The Silver Fern

That was the physical manifestation of me sitting my A Level examinations at the end of my secondary school education

Enough natural talent combined with a little bit of work and the questions I spotted coming up to feel good about the performance and the result after 30 minutes, only to see that there is 50 minutes left to the 'test' and with the odd exception of an educated guess I'm an observer for the remainder of the time unable to do anything about it

@NTA said in Pumas v Wallabies I:

Tizzano has 57 tackles in his first 3 Tests at 100% completion.

He's a fucking animal, that kid.

57 tackles at 100% suggests more of a machine than an animal. That's seriously impressive.

@Kruse six months is the going rate for doing something more or less everyone else is doing ineffectually (but according to Rugby’s sumptuary etiquette) in a way that is effective but aggravates the pearlclutchers.

And Aussie fans should be delighted if their coach catches 6 hard - every other coach who has, has gone on to win the next RWC.

Sadly, doubt Joe was gaming the subs. Nothing I’ve seen from teams he’s coached suggests he has the nuts and/or diabolical cunning. Which is a shame. Rugby needs a devilishly cunning Aussie team prepared to do whatever it takes to win completely. fuck up the scrum for two decades to win five or six games - of course, sandpaper cricket balls, bowl underarm, sing Waltzing Matilda after the Haka - if it means a single, one point win over Georgia, yes 100%.

Playing in the URC give the big benefit of getting use to the NH refs. Our teams struggled in the first 6 month but had to adopt or die.

4 scrums in the whole game. New Test record or something

😂😂😂

@NTA said in Aussie Community Rugby:

So, despite winning the GF easily, they were disqualified due to the competition rules.

There's no incentive, i
s there

As someone who was at the game I could understand the first penalty attempt but not the second shot at goal. The wind was strong so the Wallaroos should have kicked to the corner and put some pressure back on NZ.

@Catogrande TBF he is a better loosehead than THP.

And in a country that doesn't value scrummaging, longevity has appeal

@GibbonRib said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

@Rancid-Schnitzel

I don't think that was an unreasonable decision. At the time Folau gave RA assurances that he would abide by the code of conduct and wouldn't repeat his dickishness. She accepted his word, and was happy to give him another chance. Seems reasonable to me - maybe the value of the contract was too high, but that's pretty standard for ex-league wingers going to the Wallabies

That's an incredibly generous assessment. Completely disagree. It was a dumb thing to do and they got burnt badly. That's on her.

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Anyway, that wasn't a bad performance in the heat. If you work ons maybe a couple of injury replacements for Fiji, who by the way still scare the shit out of me 😬

@Tim said in France v Australia -:

Eddie said after the game that was basically the plan they want to use against Georgia.

How missed tackles and bad discipline is any different to what we've trotted out recently is anyone's guess...

@Nepia why not double down and discuss how it's the blueprint Ardie set in stone pre-2020?

Mo'unga scored a brilliant try, prove me wrong.

Except you, Wayne Barnes.

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@KiwiMurph said in Tonga v Australia 'A':

Tonga will get 3 cracks in pool play at an upset with Ireland, Boks and Scotland. Could really throw a spanner in the works of a tough pool.

They could give Scotland real problems due to squad rotation

Some good analysis by Giteau ten minutes or so in.

@Dan54 the Roar, while having some good stuff, is largely a waste of time.