RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia
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Awful by the Wallabies. Feel sorry for them. The rushed Eddie Jones appointment was always going to be a disaster. The man is a chancer, an opportunist and a troll. He’s only ever in it for himself. And by deliberately leaving his leaders and more experienced players like Hooper and Cooper at home, he has destroyed the confidence of another generation of players and kicked the corpse of Australian rugby while pocketing the cash. A disgraceful individual.
For the All Blacks, the truth is that New Zealand’s deterioration is directly related to the demise of the game in Australia. Losing South Africa in Super Rugby and leaving our teams to play lopsided flat-track bully games against weak Australian sides has de-powered them. Both NZ and Australia suffer from huge discipline issues and that’s clearly related.
With all the money and talent and broadcast dollars drifting to the northern hemisphere, it’s hard not to think that under Robertson’s regime the NZR will drop the overseas players ban completely.
@His-Bobness said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
With all the money and talent and broadcast dollars drifting to the northern hemisphere, it’s hard not to think that under Robertson’s regime the NZR will drop the overseas players ban completely.
NZR don't even need to consider doing this yet.
It would finish super rugby as a status competition for starters. Maybe the only main hope for NZ rugby is for the clowns in Aust to sort themselves out. To start, find some good leaders that are willing to make some hard decisions. And work with NZ in a profession manner.
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Tin foil hat time, but you'd be forgiven for believing that once Eddie realised the true magnitude of the train wreck he'd agreed to fix that he was basically trying to get sacked to get the much easier Japan gig. He rolls the dice with his young team and if it pays off he's a hero, but if it's a disaster, he gets the arse with pay and can then move to Tokyo.
Yes tin foil, but his contact with Japan doesn't indicate he was committing to the long-term, or even the medium term for that matter.
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Surprised that Japan would want him.
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Tin foil hat time, but you'd be forgiven for believing that once Eddie realised the true magnitude of the train wreck he'd agreed to fix that he was basically trying to get sacked to get the much easier Japan gig. He rolls the dice with his young team and if it pays off he's a hero, but if it's a disaster, he gets the arse with pay and can then move to Tokyo.
Yes tin foil, but his contact with Japan doesn't indicate he was committing to the long-term, or even the medium term for that matter.
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Hooper has impressed me in the post match (the way he has handled himself since been dropped actually).
He's a loyal team man, just unfathomable how he was considered surplus to requirements - sure his form wasn't stellar.. but the man oozes leadership
@Mattasaurus said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Hooper has impressed me in the post match (the way he has handled himself since been dropped actually).
He's a loyal team man, just unfathomable how he was considered surplus to requirements - sure his form wasn't stellar.. but the man oozes leadership
I thought he was injured? Calf strain if I remember?
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@Mattasaurus said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Hooper has impressed me in the post match (the way he has handled himself since been dropped actually).
He's a loyal team man, just unfathomable how he was considered surplus to requirements - sure his form wasn't stellar.. but the man oozes leadership
I thought he was injured? Calf strain if I remember?
@Darren said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
@Mattasaurus said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Hooper has impressed me in the post match (the way he has handled himself since been dropped actually).
He's a loyal team man, just unfathomable how he was considered surplus to requirements - sure his form wasn't stellar.. but the man oozes leadership
I thought he was injured? Calf strain if I remember?
He was injured but would have been fit during the tournament. Same as Jorgensen who made the squad.
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Good to see some direct questions around the Japan thing - the bloke who asked him if he has a 2nd interview lined up won't be on Eddie's Xmas card list
Poor Dave sitting there through that - just one question directed at him, and it was about Eddie!
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@antipodean holy shit headshot!
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Don't think the ARU can afford to sack him (and all his assistants). Either he stays, or they come to some "leaving by mutual agreement" arrangement with a greatly reduced payout.
But who would want him now?
@GibbonRib said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
Don't think the ARU can afford to sack him (and all his assistants). Either he stays, or they come to some "leaving by mutual agreement" arrangement with a greatly reduced payout.
But who would want him now?
There are a shit tonne of things the ARU can't afford to do which they've done anyway. Eddie holds all the cards right now. What brilliant minds they have working there.
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That was a disappointing watch. One of the worst performances I've ever seen from them, and that's not good for rugby in this part of the world.
We need to help them get strong again. Less teams for them and a better comp structure in Super rugby.
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I don't think Eddie holds many cards at all. They are all equally rooted. There won't be any protests if he gets sacked, or walks.
@barbarian said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
I don't think Eddie holds many cards at all. They are all equally rooted. There won't be any protests if he gets sacked, or walks.
He holds them all. He either stays on and continues to get paid for shitty results (any other coach would be gone already), gets fired with pay, or leaves and picks up his Japan gig. He's fine. It's Aus rugby that's completely fŭcked.
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With afl finals in Melbourne, nrl in Sydney, no one appears to give a fuck here . That’s the biggest concern , the wallabies could die completely and no one seems to care , its a bigger story in Nz .
@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:
With afl finals in Melbourne, nrl in Sydney, no one appears to give a fuck here . That’s the biggest concern , the wallabies could die completely and no one seems to care , its a bigger story in Nz .
i found it telling that even hard core rugby supporters were so resigned to losing today, and said it with a shrug of their shoulders.
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I was at a pretty packed gym and nobody gave a fůck. People checked out on the Wallabies a long time ago.
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Don't like Australian rugby in such a mess. NZ and Australia need to help each other
