Wallabies enjoy unstructured playtime on first day at school of Deans

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ONE of the Wallabies' most senior players, Nathan Sharpe, is delighted the Robbie Deans regime will end the Australian team's obsession with structured play.

Deans showed no mercy on the Wallabies squad yesterday, training them for more than two hours in torrential rain at Manly Oval, where they practised a variety of new drills. The emphasis was on allowing the players to show off their skills, while initiative was also encouraged.

Sharpe, who has been involved with four different Wallabies coaches, was enthused by the approach, saying: "One of the most pleasing things for all the guys is that he [Deans] wants us to play what's in front of us...

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[Flamethrower]

Well Bugger Me

What an out there concept.

A Wallabies Coach who wants the players to think for themselves.

Anyone would think they are professional Rugby players, asking them to think during a game.






About Bloody Time

[beige]

Gives him more time to drill the basics too - for example I read about a Crusaders training session where they just did ball skills and nothing else...

[chook]

Soft. I worked for 8 hours in the rain yesterday. Man up, wallabies,freakin man up.

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