Aussie Pro Rugby
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Is Australian rugby really as backward looking and thinking as it is coming across as at the moment?
Every fucking thing i read at the moment is about "returning to the glory years" and harking back to the 90s, or christ now it's "the pride the Ella's had".
News flash dickheads. Success in modern elite rugby isn't about fucking mindset, or passion, or calling on the spirit of the periods when the Wallabies were good.
It's about pathways and development and preparation and plans to maximise talent.
If this isn't just window dressing for the public, and RA really do think the job is done, then this is going to crash and burn just so hard.
@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:
Is Australian rugby really as backward looking and thinking as it is coming across as at the moment?
Every fucking thing i read at the moment is about "returning to the glory years" and harking back to the 90s, or christ now it's "the pride the Ella's had".
News flash dickheads. Success in modern elite rugby isn't about fucking mindset, or passion, or calling on the spirit of the periods when the Wallabies were good.
It's about pathways and development and preparation and plans to maximise talent.
If this isn't just window dressing for the public, and RA really do think the job is done, then this is going to crash and burn just so hard.
Amen , geez talk about taking thoughts from my mind, only you express them better than me!!
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@Stargazer cue the cries from south of the Tweed about young players missing out at the Reds.
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@Stargazer cue the cries from south of the Tweed about young players missing out at the Reds.
I'm more worried that the Australian Fijian wing pool has dried up so much you have to import ineligible Fijians now.
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@Stargazer so it's RWC or bust. That seems a strange plan, but I'm not a coaching genius or clever advertising exec.
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@Stargazer cue the cries from south of the Tweed about young players missing out at the Reds.
I'm more worried that the Australian Fijian wing pool has dried up so much you have to import ineligible Fijians now.
@Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@Stargazer cue the cries from south of the Tweed about young players missing out at the Reds.
I'm more worried that the Australian Fijian wing pool has dried up so much you have to import ineligible Fijians now.
He's a front rower.
But yeah, Nadolo's return to the Tahs is plain weird.
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@Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@Stargazer cue the cries from south of the Tweed about young players missing out at the Reds.
I'm more worried that the Australian Fijian wing pool has dried up so much you have to import ineligible Fijians now.
He's a front rower.
But yeah, Nadolo's return to the Tahs is plain weird.
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@Stargazer cue the cries from south of the Tweed about young players missing out at the Reds.
I'm more worried that the Australian Fijian wing pool has dried up so much you have to import ineligible Fijians now.
He's a front rower.
But yeah, Nadolo's return to the Tahs is plain weird.
Haha, I saw Fijian and just assumed winger ... :man_facepalming_medium_skin_tone:
If Nadolo can replicate the form from when he was a Crusader then he'd be a good buy.
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@Stargazer cue the cries from south of the Tweed about young players missing out at the Reds.
I'm more worried that the Australian Fijian wing pool has dried up so much you have to import ineligible Fijians now.
He's a front rower.
But yeah, Nadolo's return to the Tahs is plain weird.
Haha, I saw Fijian and just assumed winger ... :man_facepalming_medium_skin_tone:
If Nadolo can replicate the form from when he was a Crusader then he'd be a good buy.
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@Stargazer these retirement announcements for dudes i thought already retired just keep coming.
Not a bad little player, and had a cool career
got a "rule" named after him in Aus.
job done
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@Stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:
https://twitter.com/giteau_rugby/status/1621244915354337281
For a kid that was a second string halfback (behind Matt Henjak) as a junior player, to then redefine his career as a 2nd 5 and also a 1st 5, I take my hat off to him. He did have a few injuries over the years, but overall his longevity has been pretty remarkable.
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Eddie Jones has a weekly podcast.
This whole thing is a McLennan wet dream.
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@KiwiMurph badly needed promotion though.
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
@KiwiMurph badly needed promotion though.
Until, like, you know ... results ...
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@mariner4life thats definitely how i feel when these guys trail off with their carriers, signing several 1-2 year deals, plays for a few different clubs around the world so easy to lose track of them, not the same as someone like one club Mccaw
also just looked it up, he's been playing at the top level since 2001 (must have only been 19)...thats a long carrier
@mariner4life said in Aussie Rugby:
@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
on field pre season training started this week, nice big turnout for the boys, making the final last year may have raised our profile a little
I'll take "things i do not miss" for $500 thanks Alex
only managing so not only do i not need to turn up until we break into squads...when i do turn up its not exactly strenuous, the most i do is throw a lineout or feed the scrum
@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
trail off with their carriers
I thought suitcase retired decades ago
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Good news for women's rugby in Australia.
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Brother of Scotland's Sione.
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/emerging-waratahs-star-tuipulotu-commits-to-australia/
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Brother of Scotland's Sione.
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/emerging-waratahs-star-tuipulotu-commits-to-australia/
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@KiwiMurph what's a"boom youngster"?
@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
@KiwiMurph what's a"boom youngster"?
It's a racing industry phrase.
Maybe "the horse guy" has infiltrated ARU after all...
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
@KiwiMurph what's a"boom youngster"?
It's a racing industry phrase.
Maybe "the horse guy" has infiltrated ARU after all...
