Rugby World Cup general discussion
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Well the preparations of one entire side of the draw are just going swimmingly
@mariner4life Lol. Yeah, we're a collective basket case. At this point the only honourable thing to do is for pools C and D to agree to play a plate division instead
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Rumoured French squad. Formal announcement tomorrow
La liste des 33 joueurs retenus pour la Coupe du monde de rugby
A la veille de l'annonce de la liste de Fabien Galthié, RMC Sport vous donne les noms des 33 joueurs qui vont partir en quête du trophée Webb Ellis à partir du 8 septembre.AVANTS (19)
Première ligne (9)Piliers : Reda Wardi (28 ans, 8 sélections), Jean-Baptiste Gros (24 ans, 24 sélections), Cyril Baille (29 ans, 44 sélections), Uini Atonio (33 ans, 52 sélections), Sipili Falatea (26 ans, 13 sélections), Dorian Aldegheri (30 ans, 10 sélections).Talonneurs : Julien Marchand (28 ans, 30 sélections), Peato Mauvaka (26 ans, 23 sélections), Pierre Bourgarit (25 ans, 10 sélections).
Deuxième ligne (4)Thibault Flament (26 ans, 18 sélections), Cameron Woki (24 ans 21 sélections), Paul Willemse (30 ans, 28 sélections), Romain Taofifenua (32 ans, 43 sélections).
Troisième ligne (6)François Cros (29 ans, 20 sélections), Grégory Alldritt (26 ans, 41 sélections), Charles Ollivon (30 ans, 34 sélections), Anthony Jelonch (27 ans, 25 sélections), Sekou Macalou (28 ans, 18 sélections), Paul Boudehent (23 ans, 2 sélections).
TROIS-QUARTS (14)
Demis de mêlée (3) : Antoine Dupont (26 ans, 48 sélections), Maxime Lucu (30 ans, 15 sélections), Baptiste Couilloud (26 ans, 12 sélections).
Demis d'ouverture (2) : Matthieu Jalibert (24 ans, 25 sélections), Antoine Hastoy (26 ans, 4 sélections).
Centres (4) : Jonathan Danty (30 ans, 22 sélections), Gaël Fickou (29 ans, 80 sélections), Arthur Vincent (23 ans, 16 sélections), Yoram Moefana (23 ans, 18 sélections).
Ailiers/arrières (5) : Gabin Villière (27 ans, 13 sélections), Damian Penaud (26 ans, 43 sélections), Louis Bielle-Biarrey (20 ans, 3 sélections), Thomas Ramos (26 sélections, 28 ans), Melvyn Jaminet (24 ans, 14 sélections).
Les 9 qui vont quitter le groupe :Thomas Laclayat, Bastien Chalureau, Florian Verhaeghe, Yoann Tanga, Dylan Cretin, Baptiste Serin, Emilien Gailleton , Ethan Dumortier, Brice Dulin.
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Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
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Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
@sparky said in Rugby World Cup news:
Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
Strip him of his knighthood immediately
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@Machpants said in Rugby World Cup news:
Well, he shows his quality compared to Wayne Smith
I thought we were all for helping out the minnows
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Is it just me or did Hansen become a smug arrogant fluffybunny towards the end of his tenure?
@KiwiMurph said in Rugby World Cup news:
Is it just me or did Hansen become a smug arrogant fluffybunny towards the end of his tenure?
I think he was always like that to be fair
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Is it just me or did Hansen become a smug arrogant fluffybunny towards the end of his tenure?
@KiwiMurph said in Rugby World Cup news:
Is it just me or did Hansen become a smug arrogant fluffybunny towards the end of his tenure?
Pre the World Cup loss, his 2018-2019 interviews started sounding like some philosopher-king of rugby rather than a simple rugby coach.
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Seems to be in it for the $$ (although it says he's not being paid).
He was obviously on the payroll of that rebel hybrid competition thingy that raised it's head a year or so back.
He's already dead to me for his dalliance with recruiting players for an Aussie league team.
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@KiwiMurph said in Rugby World Cup news:
Is it just me or did Hansen become a smug arrogant fluffybunny towards the end of his tenure?
Pre the World Cup loss, his 2018-2019 interviews started sounding like some philosopher-king of rugby rather than a simple rugby coach.
@Frank said in Rugby World Cup news:
@KiwiMurph said in Rugby World Cup news:
Is it just me or did Hansen become a smug arrogant fluffybunny towards the end of his tenure?
Pre the World Cup loss, his 2018-2019 interviews started sounding like some philosopher-king of rugby rather than a simple rugby coach.
Because he never really needed to coach
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Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
@sparky said in Rugby World Cup news:
Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
Don't know why it's even news. It happens often. Didn't Henry help the Oumas etc? Most of these coaches are mates and I sure Hansen is only casting eyes over what Eddie is doing, and not actually taking training etc.
Boy talk about strom in a teacup. -
Ireland’s gun hooker Sheehan has picked up an injury. Maybe 6-8 weeks out.
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@sparky said in Rugby World Cup news:
Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
Don't know why it's even news. It happens often. Didn't Henry help the Oumas etc? Most of these coaches are mates and I sure Hansen is only casting eyes over what Eddie is doing, and not actually taking training etc.
Boy talk about strom in a teacup.@Dan54 said in Rugby World Cup news:
@sparky said in Rugby World Cup news:
Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
Don't know why it's even news. It happens often. Didn't Henry help the Oumas etc? Most of these coaches are mates and I sure Hansen is only casting eyes over what Eddie is doing, and not actually taking training etc.
Boy talk about strom in a teacup.Since when are the Pumas (Oumas?) in any way comparable to the Wallabies in terms of fierce rivalry? Winning (or rather retaining) the Bled is massive every year. Do we even have a trophy that we compete with the Oumas for?
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@sparky said in Rugby World Cup news:
Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
Don't know why it's even news. It happens often. Didn't Henry help the Oumas etc? Most of these coaches are mates and I sure Hansen is only casting eyes over what Eddie is doing, and not actually taking training etc.
Boy talk about strom in a teacup.@Dan54 said in Rugby World Cup news:
@sparky said in Rugby World Cup news:
Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
Don't know why it's even news. It happens often. Didn't Henry help the Oumas etc? Most of these coaches are mates and I sure Hansen is only casting eyes over what Eddie is doing, and not actually taking training etc.
Boy talk about strom in a teacup.For a "grassroots true rugby man" such as yourself, that's surprising to hear.
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@Stargazer you'd think alot of the IP he as in and around the squad will be redundant now anyway after 4 years since his involvement, you'd also expect he is professional enough to keep any 'trade secrets', well, secret.
I guess if he can help make Aus rugby stronger again thats a good thing isnt it?
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@Dan54 said in Rugby World Cup news:
@sparky said in Rugby World Cup news:
Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
Don't know why it's even news. It happens often. Didn't Henry help the Oumas etc? Most of these coaches are mates and I sure Hansen is only casting eyes over what Eddie is doing, and not actually taking training etc.
Boy talk about strom in a teacup.Since when are the Pumas (Oumas?) in any way comparable to the Wallabies in terms of fierce rivalry? Winning (or rather retaining) the Bled is massive every year. Do we even have a trophy that we compete with the Oumas for?
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Rugby World Cup news:
@Dan54 said in Rugby World Cup news:
@sparky said in Rugby World Cup news:
Sir Steve Hansen to help the Wallabies.
Don't know why it's even news. It happens often. Didn't Henry help the Oumas etc? Most of these coaches are mates and I sure Hansen is only casting eyes over what Eddie is doing, and not actually taking training etc.
Boy talk about strom in a teacup.Since when are the Pumas (Oumas?) in any way comparable to the Wallabies in terms of fierce rivalry? Winning (or rather retaining) the Bled is massive every year. Do we even have a trophy that we compete with the Oumas for?
Ffs he's spending a couple of days with Auusies, Henry was actually part of Pumas set up whie they were playing ABs in RC. It's like when coaches go to workshops etc, I pretty sure Hansen is not going to be helping Wallabies with tips on AB stuff. You know even while he was coaching ABs Hansen was talking to Eddie every week, and when the ABs played Boks would go for a mael with Bok coach, I never thought it a problem then and don't now. And will add Wallabies are hardly fierce rivals that title belongs to Springboks etc.
