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Vagabundo posted:Kind of feel bad for the guy. It almost feels like he was being set up to fail. You could say he was. Bringing him in to play at fly half is a pretty big call. Then you'd have to say that making that call, you should be prepared as a coach to give him time to learn the game and the position. But bringing him in and then effectively dumping him after 8 games is pretty poo poo. Did anyone seriously expect him to just slot in and be good at that position in his first season?
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Apr 21, 2014 12:09
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Unimpressed posted:You could say he was. Bringing him in to play at fly half is a pretty big call. Then you'd have to say that making that call, you should be prepared as a coach to give him time to learn the game and the position. But bringing him in and then effectively dumping him after 8 games is pretty poo poo. Did anyone seriously expect him to just slot in and be good at that position in his first season? I was always under the impression people though he'd be another Folau? Though Izzy went into the back three, which isn't exactly flyhalf.
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Apr 21, 2014 12:49
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butros posted:I was always under the impression people though he'd be another Folau? Though Izzy went into the back three, which isn't exactly flyhalf. Exactly the problem. You put a league wing on the wing in Rugby and it's not that different. Full back, that's a bit harder, you need a better sense of the game, just look how differently Izzy is playing this year and he's got a lot to learn still. But fly half? That's the most challenging back position IMO. So if you're going to take a 28 year old who maybe played some Rugby as a kid, and put them in SR as a fly half, you have to know that it's going to take time. Looks to me like Kirwan said, let's give Benji a go, if it works I look like a genius. If it doesn't, I throw him away. And that's what he's basically done after 8 games. Yeah I reckon Benji been hosed a bit here.
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Apr 21, 2014 12:58
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/warren-gatland-targets-chiefs-star-7014342 People who watch Super Rugby: who is this guy and is he any good? Looks like the outside half factory is outsourcing abroad 
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Apr 22, 2014 09:07
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Gareth Anscombe is the Chiefs fullback and really good. He played 10 last year but I don't know how he went
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Apr 22, 2014 09:25
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He was close to going there when the Blues ( ) didn't give him a contract a couple of years ago so it wouldn't surprise me.
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Apr 22, 2014 10:07
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He was a fairly conservative 10 that was more a points-machine rather than a King Carlos type for Auckland, who never really secured the jersey in his brief stint with the Blues. The bulk of his rugby at the Chiefs has been spent either at fullback since Aaron Cruden's already in the 10 jersey, or on the shelf due to injury.
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Apr 22, 2014 10:37
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If he starts doing a Henry then Gatland is officially done. I don't think Wales needs the 5th or 6th choice Kiwi outside half to be honest. That said, I think it's just The Fail trolling Biggar.
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Apr 22, 2014 11:34
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Anscombe isn't terrible but he is easily behind Barrett, Carter and Cruden when it comes to AB selection - and possibly a couple of other players too. I don't know where that would put him in the current Welsh side but I think the move would benefit Anscombe far more that it would benefit Wales.
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Apr 22, 2014 11:50
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The current order of preference is as follows: 1. Dan Carter 2. Aaron Cruden 3. Beauden Barrett 4. Tom Taylor 5. Colin Slade Anscombe is sixth choice at best, maybe even seventh or eighth.
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Apr 22, 2014 11:59
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Vagabundo posted:The current order of preference is as follows: I don't disagree with this list, but Anscombe isn't exactly poo poo. Injury aside, he's been a consistent performer - his biggest fault is probably just that New Zealand has a mindboggling amount of depth at 10.
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Apr 22, 2014 12:14
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It's amazing to think that only a few years ago that Stephen Donald managed to play 23 tests for the All Blacks.
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Apr 22, 2014 12:18
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Mister Chief posted:It's amazing to think that only a few years ago that Stephen Donald managed to play 23 tests for the All Blacks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlwuZtscThY
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Apr 22, 2014 12:19
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Apr 22, 2014 12:41
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Vagabundo posted:The current order of preference is as follows: ?. Rhys Priestland ?. Dan Biggar ?. Rhys Patchell ?. James Hook ?. Owen Williams ?. Jordan Williams ?. Matthew Morgan ?. Gareth Anscombe If he's going to bring someone in from a foreign league, I think Owen Williams is the most likely, but Gatland seems completely against the idea of foreign-based players, unless his hand is forced by an existing squad members moving away. At this point, that applies to so many of his players, that the policy may not even matter.
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Apr 22, 2014 12:53
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Vagabundo posted:
I completely forgot about those two. Well thats even more evidence of where he fits in the All Blacks picture - nowhere.
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Apr 22, 2014 19:13
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Well he is named Gareth, that has to count for something to the WRU.
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Apr 22, 2014 19:18
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Sixth place in fantasy seems to be my thang. Placement doesn't seem to change much (unlike in the nrl fantasy!)
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Apr 23, 2014 13:35
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The Hamster Man posted:Sixth place in fantasy seems to be my thang. You won't be saying that when I surge past you next week. I think most of my players are even playing this week.
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Apr 23, 2014 13:46
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6 of my players have gold stars. Which makes my team unbeatable
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Apr 23, 2014 13:55
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The Hamster Man posted:6 of my players have gold stars. 7 of my players have gold stars, check-mate.
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Apr 23, 2014 14:01
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Well gently caress
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Apr 23, 2014 14:04
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I am bad at fantasy rugby. Worse than I am at real rugby actually.
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Apr 23, 2014 15:07
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So Welsh international Ian Gough's been charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend, a former Miss Wales, at the home she shares with her current fiance. It seems this was the proper beatdown style of assault, rather than the kind that a certain former All Black who now plies his trade in the UK was charged with 9 years ago. http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_9280988,00.html
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Apr 24, 2014 21:54
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As Johann Muller retires at the end of this season,Ulster have replaced him with another Bok,Franco Van Der Merwe.I don't know much about him,but he has a long term injury right now and he's 31.The last thing Ulster need is another player who gets injured easily.
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Apr 25, 2014 01:08
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Swan Curry posted:As Johann Muller retires at the end of this season,Ulster have replaced him with another Bok,Franco Van Der Merwe.I don't know much about him,but he has a long term injury right now and he's 31.The last thing Ulster need is another player who gets injured easily. He was the Lions captain for a while. I can see why he'd rather be playing for Ulster than the Lions, definitely. Hard to say if he's all that good though because his team has been absolute poo poo for so long that good players haven't really emerged.
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Apr 25, 2014 02:09
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXePwCllT0
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Apr 25, 2014 03:07
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Well, that Blues defence made the Tahs look like chumps.
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Apr 25, 2014 08:23
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At least the Blues can hang their hat on not being the worst team in blue in the competition.
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Apr 25, 2014 08:32
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butros posted:I was always under the impression people though he'd be another Folau? Though Izzy went into the back three, which isn't exactly flyhalf. It went down pretty much exactly how we thought it would in the league thread.
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Apr 25, 2014 09:03
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I see the Chiefs have left their brains behind in the Tron.
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Apr 25, 2014 10:01
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Vagabundo posted:Well, that Blues defence made the Tahs look like chumps. I reckon the Tahs had a part of making themselves look like chumps even without the Blues defence's help. It's well and good having a ball in hand philosophy but you need to execute the basics.
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Apr 25, 2014 10:01
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Apr 26, 2014 05:58
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I'd just like to say: gently caress Steve Walsh.
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Apr 26, 2014 10:59
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Surprise, surprise: hurricanes own
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Apr 26, 2014 11:38
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Mister Chief posted:That Malakai Fekitoa try vs the sharks. http://gfycat.com/DifficultActiveBluebottlejellyfish Shameful poo poo that "tackling".
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butros posted:http://gfycat.com/DifficultActiveBluebottlejellyfish That's about the caliber of tackling I'd expect from my team, which consists almost entirely of graduate students, half of whom have never played rugby before. COULD THIS BE THE HIGHLANDERS' YEAR??? Or were the Sharks just having a defensive brain-fart that day?
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Apr 26, 2014 14:25
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Clermont making Ashton look good. The greatest villains.
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