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Yeah, but then we have Chrisso at 9..........don't get me wrong, Chrisso's a great bloke at 60 minutes, but we want better defence on the fringes.....Shetty was a rock last night!
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"Ref Steve Walsh back behind the whistle, great"
I disagree - I thought he was a joke - a lop-sided penalty count demonstrated that every time the Force was in attack in the Brumbies' half they slowed the ball down. I thought the new laws favoured the attacking team?
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If it's not the coach, then you tell me why hardy, whalley, takairi, McIsaac, holmes, castle, Pusey, Horua, oconnor, valentine, gits, junior, daruda, mitchell, and staniforth all left at the end of last season. Out of the 15 that left, at least 11 were offered contracts to stay or had options to stay but refused to take them up.
I'm sure Mitch has a great knowledge of the game, but i have serious doubts if he has the communication and coaching ability to take us into the finals. its a cut throat environment but he's had 4 years without sufficient results. I hope i'm wrong, i'd love nothing more than to make ME a fortress when away wins are unheard of!!!!!
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nobody is calling for smith's head because they won. waratahs were lucky with their win but they still won. in a competition that only has 13 games, wins and bonus points are too important to miss just because its the first game of the season. winners have parties and losers have meetings.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
hardy, whalley, takiari, mcisaac, horua, valentine, gits, junior, mitchell and staniforth all refused either new contracts or opted out of their final year. holmes, oconnor and Pusey were not offered deals for this season, castle was always only going to stay for one year as he had already signed in wales before he arrived, not sure about daruda. he's back in perth anyway so maybe they should throw him a bone if they need a cheap 10.
The coach is fine
The backline needs replacing instead, and the people who signed them
Mitchell has turned a lot of kids with "potential" into wallabies. A lot of these kids would have been playing club rugby due to lack of opportunity.
Mitchell didn't tell Harris to kick out on the full 6 times, drop it and miss tackles all night
Have found the answer:
1 Dunning
2 Cowan
3 Fairbrother
4 Hockings
5 Sharpe
6 Wykes
7 McCalman
8 Stanford
9 Sheehan
10 Hunt
11 Cross
12 Pocock
13 Hodgson
14 Inman
15 O'Connor
16 Whittaker
17 Henderson
18 Jones
19 Manu
20 Longbottom
21 O'Young
22 Haylett-Petty
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
Burgs u may have enjoyed putting that team togther but I tend to agree with u, well done on thinking out of the square this is Plan c we have searching for..... I would like to see OY first instead of Sheehan
i was going to suggest Pocock at 12.. man he would be devistating against Nonu!!! dunno about Hodgo though itd keep him in the front to provide some mongrel.. unfair to leave Sare out i felt he had a good game.. especially defensively so Cross back to 13 and Sare to 11
I would have put Brown in the Backline too if he was available Zim, was more aiming at getting an all Forward XV
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"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
get a 10 and get one quick or 6th,7th,8th is where the force will be yet again...
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get a 10 and get one quick or 6th,7th,8th is where the force will be yet again...
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ur right,there is alot to be worried about concerning our professional setup here in perth - there's only 4/5 major things to get right in any rugby - run, catch, pass, tackle and contact skills. why can't our guys get at least 3 of them right - they surely cannot expect us to keep watching this stuff and turn MES into a cauldron. look at crusaders, chiefs and the waratahs - they all found a way to win.Nothing else matters
Quote:" Winning isn't everything, it's the ONLY thing."
Vince Lombardi.
Date of birth October 22, 1981 (1981-10-22) (age 28)
Place of birth Victoria, Australia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight 82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fly-half
Clubs played for
Years Club / team Caps Points
Professional / senior clubs
2002-2003
2003-2004
2005-2006
2006- Taranaki
Queensland Reds
Western Force
ASM Clermont Auvergne
James are u available ????
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google : EUROPEAN CLUB RUGBY PLAYER PROFILE
Interesting reading for all who are concerned about the Force and there recruitment requirements ie Brock James
It was obvious that he was out of his depth by the end of the first half. Do you ruin his self confidence by leaving out there? Or ruin it by pulling him off? Do you give someone a go to step up or let the game go downhill?
An earlier article said that Hunt was pulled into the reserves. There was no harm in giving him a go in the last 20 of the game.
Whose fault is it then? 'Cause they deserve to be sacked. Pretorious is notorious for getting injured as is Sheps. Who were they planning on replacing Pretorius with next year? Barty is already in his 30's and Stephano is a little young to be first starter. How is that building for the future? Recruitment has been poor at best and really needs to be looked at.