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I can’t believe in this day and age a professional sporting club has guys who guzzle beer any chance they get but they d…(more)
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Are there any limits on what can be asked of players in training as part of the CBA? Does anyone know. I presume ‘no’……(more)
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What’s the obsession with the 10 having to be the kicker? The most successful wallaby team ever kicked from 15.
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Robertson seems particularly keen to choose overseas players but the NZR won’t play ball at all.
As for Schmidt he seem…(more)
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White needs to practice his goal kicking coz that could get the old man back in
Don’t have to..there is already a statue in Simonstown near Cape town commemorating ….Just Nuisance 😂
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It does seem that way. Although I get the sense he’s angling to do away with the Giteau Law as such and just give assura…(more)
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Kellaway and wright get two of back 3 spots. Don’t mind korobeiti gets the other or a speedster like Toole. Korobeiti …(more)
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You could write it Stin
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From what Schmidt says it will be local for the foreseeable future.
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Payne Haas.
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This will be the pinnacle and perhaps final act of his career so he’ll definitely be taking it seriously.
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Yes and that’s the point in having more of them.
Are you seeking to embody your name?!?
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Noah 10 and wright 15 on attack. Toole worth a shot at wing so that’s one combo. Slipper and aaa n established combo….(more)
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If we stay local…otherwise Scotty Sio. Also has the benefit of having played a lot of Rugby with AAA.
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‘Nor is Gordon the only emerging fly-half either, with all five Australian Super Rugby franchises being led by playmaker…(more)
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South Africa will be vulnerable ..Bunch of new faces ..No Felix Jones or Jaques Nienaber in the coaches box ..Kolisi shi…(more)
Hey Christy where’s the story about Qatar buying the nations cup finals?
Yeah, but I think because he also prioritises consistency around doing processes correctly, he backs himself to bring to…(more)
Yeah but DuPont has commercial opportunities at least 10 times that, I am sure. Not sure the top league guys are on bill…(more)
This is disturbing, he sounds like a coach. Are we sure they picked the right guy? He wants success for Heaven’s sake.
Nowhere else to put this comment –
Where is a Roar review of Super W? I watched all the Tahs W games and they’re an …(more)
He is an employee, just like the players so he can’t dictate player terms to his employer.
The other important point its we need to solve for a kicker first; in other words if you pick Gordon, then it’s Longer…(more)
Yes he just accepts the hand he’s dealt and gets on with it. No point stressing out on what you can’t have.
Josh Flook is officially listed as 1.86cm tall and 89kg, I wouldn’t call that on the small side? He also has quite a sto…(more)
Dude move on to where? How many Props were still standing last year? Slips even moved from LH to TH for the team in RW…(more)
Alec. Nos is gone this year. A hip-cup unfortunately with Tate.
Lebow, still early. Wait for the finals and then ask that again. You want to see combos in the knock out stages I feel…(more)
Wizz a few tried but failed or are failing. 69% from Donno and CG 😱
At #24 😛
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WE. Slips, Schoupp, Swain, Scott, Reimer, Lonergan and Pollard – happy to wager these guys will be in the training…(more)
Exactly CS. More specific… just one Roarer waffling on his bandwagon to another waffling on HIS bandwagon! You often w…(more)
Think you are being a touch harsh on the Force here. They blooded plenty of young Aus locals in the Cheetahs games last …(more)
Lynagh? You’re joking surely. Zero chance of a Wallaby call up this year.
Team of champions vs a Championship Team
But Christy….When a player does the same ..yup exactly the same you sanction them…Just being a nuisance …(more)
References to cohesion & combinations, consistency, Leinster, importance of kicking, experience etc. If there’s a…(more)
I don’t want come across as too rude but I’m sure I will sorry. That backline has a snowball’s chance in hell of being e…(more)
We are definitely building depth across all of the Teams in Oz, and you are very correct in hoping they stay.
Thank you Christy, nice to read what Schmidt has been saying. He is a breath of fresh air after the peanut Jones, simila…(more)
If you believe Du Pont is only worth as much financially as top NRL players then respectfully we will have to disagree…(more)
agree, too much weight is out on carter gordon’s ability to run and not the other critical facets pf a 10 that you lis…(more)
If he blamed Eddie, not sure he’d be wrong though mate 👍
Where are you Qualify? This would have scuppered all your threads in the other article 😂 “ Joe Schmidt says he wa…(more)
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Haha, “get the touch judges…” mate, I like your optimism but I have no idea what touchies are supposed to do now, the…(more)
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If there had been South Auckland and North Harbour the past ten or twenty years league could have been pushed out and al…(more)
Indeed, but the NRL is still starting to ravage New Zealand.
Look at the staggering way a single scout could just turn …(more)
David is a bit inconsistent, and a below avg fielder, but can easily strike a 12ball 30 or so down the order at the back…(more)
Best that SA could do is knock out one of the favourites or cause an upset somewhere, to make the semis more interesting…(more)
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Like your optimism. But Australia can not win the trophy with the team they have selected. Just few surprises.. Maxwell …(more)
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You are cruel .. Sir.. for South Africa (who of course won’t win)
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I think we have a very good coach…. he has managed to keep winning despite all the mid week games…
If we make the b…(more)
Mariners with only 37% possession, yet with more shots on target than Adelaide (7 to 4).
Congratulations coach…(more)
There were third tiers before and they didn’t make much difference.
‘but the fact is our top players don’t get enough…(more)
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Perese is in. See above.
Goddard has been okay but nothing particularly impressive. Seems to barely be able to pass to his right hand side which …(more)
Doleman does see the breakdown infringements, he simply chooses to let it play. Incidentally he loses complete control o…(more)
Well the Force will struggle worse this week. Might score a consolation try.
Both are big losses. Both have had good years. Tahs pack in general have been a bit let down, they’ve fought well most w…(more)
Harrison this year is playing like he was 3 years back, when he and Loelisio both looked confident and like future Walla…(more)
How do you think Aust last great Bled reign lasted so long
“NZ trans Tasman record in nearly all other sports than Rugby is about the inverse of the Rugby result…” Which would c…(more)
This is probably the lamest attempt at this recycled troupe I’ve seen rehashed on this site time and again. There …(more)
Was the operation to remove your sense of humour expensive? Did your health fund cover it?
(I suggest you read Ben’s b…(more)
Thanks for the invitation to your party, Rocky. Unfortunately I can’t attend as I will be busy sticking bamboo up my…(more)
Tinkler bears the most responsibility, but Bennett was his Mike Pence, enabling his excesses. He only came for a paychec…(more)
That roster was assembled under the assumption of getting paid. Any money arguments can excuse the end of the Tinkler/Be…(more)
The Fox outfit were quite hostile towards him, but he’s as slippery as a butcher’s old fella.
I can see him at Parramatta actually, less effort to correct the problems I’d imagine than where Souths has gotten itsel…(more)
The lack of cohesion in the board is indicated by numerous information leaks, poor recruitment and retention policies, t…(more)
What a mess. Did anyone see the Blake Solly interview?? #fishhead
Strange how one generation was taught tough love and say it made them stronger or more resilient but then went and taugh…(more)
No mate. I went to a Catholic Jesuit School with a boater and suit. It wasn’t my choice and it was in a time when Surry …(more)
Much as I love a good biography (and I really don’t) I am struggling to understand the relevance of Travis Touma’s herit…(more)
Did you go to high school in the area? Clevo or Randwick? Please, not Sydney Boys High! . Come back to the land of cardi…(more)
I grew up in Surry Hills opposite the Bourke Street Public School where my Dad had the corner store. It was an all Rabbi…(more)
Shute Sheild &Hospital Cup etc are great pathways that allow a player to develop and put forward their case for a b…(more)
You have to have real fighting skills to take on an inanimate object and end up losing, upside down perched on your head…(more)
Not sure about that, Greg Alexander could send a glass eye to sleep.
Except we are paying for the circus clowns in Federal parliament saying very little and delivering Dorothy Dixer questio…(more)
Rex Messup and Barry Ross
Well done CCM. Great effort to win the Premiership. Congratulations to Wellington as well for such a tightly fought race…(more)
Indeed. After a bunch of losses too.
I remember the Mariners losing to Sydney FC in the Australia Cup, Round of 32, af…(more)
What a great win in the end. What a season – how did they do it? No one would have expected this as the season started.
I had almost given up on the Mariners after twenty minutes. The TV was muted (just vision), the Mrs was doing an online …(more)
😂 Whatever you need to help you get to sleep at night bro 😛
I really don’t think he crosses over well at all TBH..he will not be an outside back who finishes a try or gets one on o…(more)
“They are more likely to be scouring the rugby schools in NZ right now than thinking about All Blacks or Wallabies”
I t…(more)
What we are seeing is what happens when a club goes bankrupt. The club goes out of business and the talent goes elsewher…(more)
Until Rugby in Australia stops behaving like a cowboy outfit then we will constantly see this migration of players to th…(more)
There are currently 15 NRL players earning in excess of 1 million. There are 11 players earning between 900k and 1 mil. …(more)
Maybe, we’ll wait and see. On another note… CARTER GORDON!!! 🥊 🥊 🥊
There’s a fair bit more in that interview than what you state. I don’t think this school teacher is a poker player b…(more)
Hahaha, I just read it. What’s Schmidt gonna say, “Nooooo, please!! Stay!”? That’ll only shoot CG’s asking price higher…(more)
Where are you Qualify? This just might have scuppered all your threads here and gives you a coach’s insight. “Joe S…(more)
😂 😂 😂 🥊
Joe This is an area where Bellamy surpasses the great Wayne Bennett, Jack Gibson, Robinson and maybe Cleary. He seems to…(more)
“write-off”, but otherwise these are my thoughts exactly.
'Everything got taken from me': Former Manly prop's legal action over excessive training could be tip of the iceberg
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I can’t believe in this day and age a professional sporting club has guys who guzzle beer any chance they get but they d…(more)
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Are there any limits on what can be asked of players in training as part of the CBA? Does anyone know. I presume ‘no’……(more)