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    Gushing coach leads mind games

    The West Australian
    Nick Taylor The West Australian February 20, 2014, 7:01 am


    Coaches love to play mind games with their opposition and Waratahs boss Michael Cheika is no different.

    All the pressure will be on Cheika and his Wallaby-laden side when they face Western Force in their opening Super Rugby clash at Allianz Stadium on Sunday.

    The Force have been given little chance by the bookies against a side with an embarrassment of riches - seven Wallabies in the forwards and six in the backs.

    Cheika has a particularly potent back line with players like Israel Folau, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Bernard Foley and Kurtley Beale and a pack with an all- international front row and a massive second-row pairing.

    But he has been quick to use the reverse psychology trick, turning the focus on the Force and talking up their back line.

    He said he was wary of Force X-factor players and singled out scrum-half Alby Mathewson, centres Kyle Godwin and Solomoni Rasolea and winger Nick Cummins.

    "The Force have a certain potency about them. They've got a couple of guys that have got the X-factor," Cheika said.

    "The scrum-half Mathewson, I really like Kyle Godwin he's a special player, Rasolea has got a bit of X-factor and there is Cummins.

    "They've got some real sparks. They've got line-breakers.

    "Their forwards are hard workers and (Force coach) Michael Foley will have them very well drilled.

    "You need to nullify line breakers but I'm always wary of teams that have the combination of hard workers and X-factor.

    "The Force can hurt you. They have shown on several occasions that they can beat the best sides.

    "We have to ensure that, first game at home, we are at our 100 per cent best.

    "There is a potent threat coming over."

    Cheika has signalled an all-out assault on the Force with Foley at fly-half and Beale at inside centre.

    Force coach Michael Foley and his players will take little notice of being talked up by Cheika.

    The Force side will be named today.

    "The Force can hurt you. They have shown on several occasions … they can beat the best sides.""Waratahs coach *Michael Cheika *


    http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/spo...ds-mind-games/

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    Yeah yeah...

    Whilst we're talking about Cheika..... did we ever find out what happened when he was supposed to be coming in to coach us & then (from what I remember) did a Genia?

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    The answer to that is in the same report about NSWRU payment of ground hire fees

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    So if Cheika is saying that he likes the skills of some of our backs, and the Tahs have 6 Wallabies in their own back-line, is he saying the ARU don't pick the best backs for the Wallabies? Or even that the Wallabies should pick non-top-up players from teams other than the Tahs? Surely not!

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    The 'Tahs will always have a huge number of Wallabies playing for them because the majority of Wallabies are picked from the 'Tards.
    This is regardless of where they finish on the ladder or how well the individuals play through the season.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The InnFORCEr View Post
    The answer to that is in the same report about NSWRU payment of ground hire fees
    That whole episode was a very bad joke. The cone of silence around that would out-do the one around Operation Safe Borders.
    But least the press are arcing up about that. Compare that to the Firepower firestorm and it's fall-out. Where's mudskipper when you need him. Obviously I need to move on.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by shasta View Post
    But least the press are arcing up about that. Compare that to the Firepower firestorm and it's fall-out. Where's mudskipper when you need him. Obviously I need to move on.......
    Yeah move on you crazy old bugger!

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    The key to winning rugby is to show no respect for reputation

    Go out and smack them. Dominate every collision. Give them a gob full. Hit them, hurt them, ruck them, rake them, bash them.

    There are and always will be plenty or reTAHds that have wallaby jerseys without earning them. Politics blows an odiferous zephyr in all levels of Australian rugby.

    We are at last recruiting plenty of 'ard South Africans. Lets give the tahs some snotclap

    Force by 10

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    Ooooh crap, lucky I caught myself, I nearly gave Rexy a thumbs up

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    niggle niggle

    Give yourself an uppercut

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    Odiferous zephyr?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rex Messup View Post
    The key to winning rugby is to show no respect for reputation

    Go out and smack them. Dominate every collision. Give them a gob full. Hit them, hurt them, ruck them, rake them, bash them.

    There are and always will be plenty or reTAHds that have wallaby jerseys without earning them. Politics blows an odiferous zephyr in all levels of Australian rugby.

    We are at last recruiting plenty of 'ard South Africans. Lets give the tahs some snotclap

    Force by 10
    I kinda like this... C'Arn Force...

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    Quote Originally Posted by The InnFORCEr View Post


    ... a side with an embarrassment of riches - seven Wallabies in the forwards and six in the backs.


    http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/spo...ds-mind-games/
    Wow. The salary cap is doing wonders to even up the competition...

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