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"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
I would have picked the backrow on form
Samo at 8 and Higgers at 6
You could even consider playing Big Kev at 6
I'll be blunt too, Pocock hasn't been setting the world on fire either
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no he hasn't, i read somewhere that one of the kiwis tactics was to run at pocock, make him tackle, then he isn't loose to steal. But also, there needs to be harder tackles, without it, you have no time to get over and steal the ball.
solid, not spectacular is how i would rate him. though he got a pretty harsh penalty against hime for going off his feet last weekend, in the strictest sense, he was, but it was fairly minor.
He was McCaws b1tch last week
The Kiwis absolutely dominated at the breakdown. Our backrow was made to look like schoolboys. It didn't help that Elsom stood on the wing all game
The toffs over at Green and Gold love Rooky though. If you want to start some niggle, pop over there and have a crack at Elsom. They love him.
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I recon that the ARU must have made some deal with Rocky that when /if he came back from Irland he would get the captancy but nobody said any thing about performance!
Or maybe he's someones love child!
May the FORCE be with you!
Is he Dean Mumm's half brother?
C'mon the
You guys need to realise Rocky Elsom is this Rugby World Cups Wallabies captain... are we clear… get over it... it may hurt a little but you’ll will learn to love it... You know the feeling, you had to love John Mitchell...
yes and that may be the case... but there we have a lot of lads which on the world stage are average... guys we talk up but aren't genuine RWC winners.. their not George Smiths, Gregans or Lathams, their not genuine champions. We just talk them up in blogs in OZ...
It takes work and a lot of it with talent and years of good coaching to become the world cup contender. Many of these guys haven't had that assistance or are new to international rugby. After last weekend essentially our boys are rudderless against the best opposition... In reality we have 3 loosies with no ball runner between them... Higginbotham may change that... The Wallabies miss george Smith skills from about 2-3 years ago. big time... Pocock did nothing of note.. And we lack a smart flyhalf, dumb flyhalves don't win RWCs... Quade Cooper has skills or perhaps a better description would be "the tricks" but plays dumb rugby, I think in a year or so he wont even be on the rugby map in OZ... He'll go to league or F-- -o-- north as thats what his agent does with his clients...
Its a good time for Wallabies supporters to be realistic, the Wallabies are an outside chance and have many weaknesses at this RWC... and some of the players who have been talked up can be these weak links...
Sorry it had to be said... Go the Wallabies... and god help Robbie Deans... because no one can save JON...
Last edited by mudskipper; 12-08-11 at 21:34.
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"Pain heels. Chicks dig scars and Glory lasts forever." Shane Falco
I think it is pretty negative
We have the team to win the world cup.
The wobs need to adapt the QLD tactics of giving Cooper runners inside and out. last week he had no inside runners and had no option but to move it wide every time and we got smothered.
There was not enough pick and go
There was no decoys inside
There was not enough options for Cooper to weave his magic
Mccabe is a plodder and negates Cooper's skill set. Deans is trying to turn Mccabe into a 12 a few games from the RWC. We could try that shit next year. I'm angry.
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Yes. But this time at least it was not negative bullshit.
My 2c is that the All Blacks are a long way in front, the Saffas might just have one left in them, we need a lot of things to go just right at the right times. Samoa are a chance of making a semi. The Poms could be right there too.
For once I won't be too pissed if the Kiwis win. Rough trot for the cuzzie bro's lately and they could do with a lift. We could still say they can only win one at home. But it's still preferable they choke - f@ck being charitable.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Wash your mouth out with soap
wallabies or suicide
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