The Silver Fern

<p>...someone needs to light a fire under the Wallaby team because the potential is there... firstly though you have to question the coach and captain's ability to motivate the players....insert your own motivational/ leadership quote here...</p>
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<p>IMHO apart from improving their fitness (which wins us games ) it's more an attitudinal adjustment that's needed by Oz..</p>
<p>....i.e dump the apathy and sluggishness/ laziness, not forgetting to dump the useless Quadoh in the process then run at us hard Aussies as if we just banged your missus...</p>
<p>..then throw the ball around like the devil may care , bring some outside backs into the line on forays, string some passes together hoping some will stick and maybe get a roll on...oh and don't forget to tackle - that is the act of seizing and attempting to stop an opposing player in possession of the ball by bringing them to the ground .Defence like fitness wins games...</p>
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<p>...the Aussies though are confidence players so if they can get ahead on the scoreboard they will build confidence and start playing some good rugby...some smart tactical kicking is also required - trying to run the ball out of yr own red zone is not very clever...play in the opposition's half is the story...</p>
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<p>Admittedly the Aussie backline is a mess with all the injuries so some experimentation with combinations may be necessary... NZ has reconfigured their centre combos multiple times so must Oz...there's no synthesis currently...maybe throw a few more Fijians in the mix and play a more unorthodox sevens style of football which is less predictable and highly entertaining...risky I know but if you're going to fail it's better to fail spectacularly...</p>
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<p>Lastly can I say how exceptionally good the last two Aussie coaches have made Robbie Deans look...</p>

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<p>Seems a bit odd that Samoa and Tonga arent there.</p>
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<p>Samoa were knocked out by Spain in the final qualifier in Monaco....</p>
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<p>..on Day 1 from a relatively tough Pool A that contained Ireland, Samoa, Tonga and Zimbabwe, top seeds Samoa lost to Ireland.</p>
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<p>After beating Samoa on the first day Ireland lost the 1st quarterfinal to Spain (7-12), who had finished 2nd in Pool D to Hong Kong. Spain then went on to beat the winners of the 2nd quarter final, Russia (17-12), to reach the final.</p>
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<p>On the other side of the draw, Samoa were back in form, despatching Hong Kong (31-12) and seeing off Germany (26-14) to set up the final with Spain.</p>