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The Rabbi T. White posted:Super Rugby was so boring this year no one even commented on the final. I literally forgot it was even on.
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I missed it because I was on a dinner date with a journalist.
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algebra testes posted:They only fired deans after the lions tour when they had the money. Yep. Deans' tenure has looked better than his successors, at 58.1%, compared to Michael Cheika, who has won 48% of his tests. More damningly, in his tenure to date, Cheika has not been able to get a win percentage in each year in charge other than 2015, where they were drawn against an imploding England team and got lucky against Scotland in the quarters. That said, just firing Cheika probably won't do anything, because there's the inevitable question - who do you hire? And considering the way Deans was treated, where it seemed like the ARU were just fishing for reasons to fire him starting the day after his appointment, I can't imagine many non-Aussie coaches would want anything to do with the team. Aramoro posted:I#m the opposite really, Union is getting more and more competitive at every level, Pro14, Top14, English Prem, Internationals etc are all more fun to watch. Honestly, when you've got Pacific Island teams and long-term minnow sides like Japan loving up France on their patch, it's usually a good indicator of how competitive the game is. edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Jul 27, 2019 |
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The Rabbi T. White posted:Ban all French refs IMO. Wallabies deserved to win, but it's absolutely loving galling that the decisive score came off the back of Garces being a gently caress-up of a dumpster fire ref.
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Aug 10, 2019 12:48
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So, that's the highest points ever scored against the All Blacks, and just the 6th time they've had 40+ put on them. The other other teams to achieve this are: France twice, in 1999 and in 2000 South Africa twice, in 2000 and 2004 Ireland once, in 2016 This is also tied for both the biggest winning margin ever for the Wallabies (21 points, which they also managed in 1999) and the biggest losing margin ever for the All Blacks.
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Aug 11, 2019 02:37
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Mister Chief posted:What was the score when England smashed us? 38-21
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Aug 11, 2019 03:45
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Wrap it up, Ausfailures.
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Aug 17, 2019 11:03
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Communist Bear posted:Strauss was the great experiment that failed spectacularly - he's useless and his attitude by and large stinks (he make it abundantly clear he was only in Glasgow Warriors until he could be confirmed an international, then he hosed off straight away). His train wreck approach doesn't really work anymore because most defences are pretty comfortable with it, especially as he doesn't have a tendency to offload and usually fouls when he's on the ground. It's a real shame because at one point, Strauss was an excellent loose forward and a potential Springbok-in-waiting.
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Aug 18, 2019 10:09
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MyChemicalImbalance posted:If Murray's hurt we're hosed. Proper hosed. Connor Murray and Rob Kearney.
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Aug 24, 2019 19:03
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What do we have in common with Owen Franks? None of us are going to be playing for the All Blacks at the World Cup, and neither is he.
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Aug 28, 2019 02:49
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bigfoot again posted:Also Laumape, which I find more surprising. Laumape is unlucky, but he was probably the most vulnerable out of the available midfielders to being dropped.
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Aug 28, 2019 20:02
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Yeah, but it was a French ref, and according to them, it's only foul play when an All Black does it.
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Aug 31, 2019 23:05
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It can not be understated how inappropriate it is for a high-level World Rugby official to comment on a team's player selections. Like it or not, Jean Kleyn has done his residency and has earned the right to play for Ireland. It's not Pichot's place to then try to dictate to the teams who he believes they should or shouldn't be selecting. But then again, Pichot has prior form for being a grandstanding oval office even as a player.
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Smorgasbord posted:My opinions generally align with Pichot but he has a real knack of coming across as a complete oval office about everything, especially considering his position in the IRB. His opinion on the matter is irrelevant and 3 consecutive years is already a significant portion of a player's career. There's also an air of xenophobia about his public statements on the matter, like listing the percentage of players born in the nation they represent regardless of context (I live in New Zealand, but I was born overseas. Does that mean I'm any less of a New Zealand citizen because of that? I know I'm not in any danger of getting called up to the All Blacks any time soon, but I think my point still stands) it is entirely inappropriate for him to be commenting on an individual player's selection. Who the gently caress is he to dictate to any team who they can or can't select from their pool of eligible players?
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Sep 3, 2019 20:24
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MyChemicalImbalance posted:Yeah they're a load of ballix, ireland were soundly beaten by england and Wales in the 6n but managed to win a couple of warm ups to take number 1? Load of shite. IMO, rankings should be suspended 2 or 3 months out from the tournament. To be honest though, I don't know if anyone gives a poo poo about them at the moment anyway.
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Sep 7, 2019 23:39
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McCaw has stated that the 2011 World Cup campaign was a miserable slog, and has no memory of the post-match ceremony 8 years ago.
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Sep 11, 2019 21:04
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Warren Gatland's balls. https://twitter.com/JamieWall2/status/1173486874083483648
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I've done a write up for the French, will get the No Folaus Club done soon.
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