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Post by hoskotafe3 on Sept 24, 2023 23:37:36 GMT
Eddie's will go but, let's face it: he was hired as a scape goat. The fact that he's actively intwrviewing for his next gig tells you everything. RA are not going to allow this train wreck that's been unfolding over the past 20 years come back on them. It will be the same people running the game the same way with nothing learned. Maybe you could get a top rank NRL coach to coach the Wallabies?! Would that be a possibility? I can't imagine Ivan Cleary wanting to leave Penrith in the middle of a dynasty and...no. can't think of any coaches code hopping in the last 25 years. |
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Post by weststigersbob on Sept 25, 2023 6:34:20 GMT
No NRL coach is going anywhere near Rugby Union.
The fact is, Union is on a slippery slope to obscurity in Australia, and doesn’t look likely to ever get back to where it once was.
The talent pool of islander players, who in the professional era have boosted them, has now dried up. Young Fijians, Tongans and Samoans are going to Europe to play rugby, and from there are more likely to represent their ancestral homeland. These players used to play professionally in Australia, and then represent the Wallabies. If they stay in Australia, they are more likely to play League nowadays than Union.
Eventually, I see this problem also affecting New Zealand, although to a much lesser extent.
Australia simply doesn’t have the junior numbers playing the game to be sustainable at the top level. They will still be competitive, but will be in the class of teams like Wales, Argentina, Scotland and Japan. Maybe with a golden generation (like Ireland ATM) they reach the pointy end. But regular finalists and winners ? Those days are gone. Likely forever.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 25, 2023 23:28:31 GMT
No NRL coach is going anywhere near Rugby Union. The fact is, Union is on a slippery slope to obscurity in Australia, and doesn’t look likely to ever get back to where it once was. The talent pool of islander players, who in the professional era have boosted them, has now dried up. Young Fijians, Tongans and Samoans are going to Europe to play rugby, and from there are more likely to represent their ancestral homeland. These players used to play professionally in Australia, and then represent the Wallabies. If they stay in Australia, they are more likely to play League nowadays than Union. Eventually, I see this problem also affecting New Zealand, although to a much lesser extent. Australia simply doesn’t have the junior numbers playing the game to be sustainable at the top level. They will still be competitive, but will be in the class of teams like Wales, Argentina, Scotland and Japan. Maybe with a golden generation (like Ireland ATM) they reach the pointy end. But regular finalists and winners ? Those days are gone. Likely forever. Yeah, I just read this and he makes some of the same points: State of Australian rugby union brutally exposed by Wallabies’ World Cup debacle With the grassroots game struggling, participation in decline and Super Rugby on the wane, the writing has been on the wall for years www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2023/sep/25/rugby-world-cup-2023-wallabies-exit-fallout-loss-wales |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 30, 2023 16:38:00 GMT
georgia 9-0 up on fiji at h/t.
Lifeline for Australia?
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Sept 30, 2023 19:53:39 GMT
georgia 9-0 up on fiji at h/t. Lifeline for Australia? Was always on but Fiji got away with a 17-12 win. Not a bad team, Georgia. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 30, 2023 20:56:07 GMT
Scotland 84 Romania 0 f/t
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Oct 1, 2023 6:21:47 GMT
No NRL coach is going anywhere near Rugby Union. The fact is, Union is on a slippery slope to obscurity in Australia, and doesn’t look likely to ever get back to where it once was. The talent pool of islander players, who in the professional era have boosted them, has now dried up. Young Fijians, Tongans and Samoans are going to Europe to play rugby, and from there are more likely to represent their ancestral homeland. These players used to play professionally in Australia, and then represent the Wallabies. If they stay in Australia, they are more likely to play League nowadays than Union. Eventually, I see this problem also affecting New Zealand, although to a much lesser extent. Australia simply doesn’t have the junior numbers playing the game to be sustainable at the top level. They will still be competitive, but will be in the class of teams like Wales, Argentina, Scotland and Japan. Maybe with a golden generation (like Ireland ATM) they reach the pointy end. But regular finalists and winners ? Those days are gone. Likely forever. Too much competition, mainly from League. Football Australia has a comparable problem with womens soccer. It should be on fire with the Matildas and all the teenage girls playing but the money being put into AFLW and NRLW means womens soccer is struggling and FA seem to have decided to spend their money on mens soccer. A bit of irony. I saw a news report from around 1925 that bemoaned the fact that players could switch codes easily, and mentioned my father as an example. He played League for Easts, then Union for Randwick and played 3 games in NZ for the Waratahs (the default Oz team at the time), then ended his career with the Roosters again. |
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Post by weststigersbob on Oct 1, 2023 16:05:42 GMT
Portugal looking the goods so far against Australia, until the softest yellow card I’ve ever seen.
Anyway, 7-3 to the lads from Lisbon
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Post by MrFurious on Oct 1, 2023 16:10:05 GMT
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Post by MrFurious on Oct 1, 2023 16:12:30 GMT
Scotland 84 Romania 0 f/t Gonna be a Derby next week. How does it go in the rugby, is it head to head or goal difference at the end? |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Oct 1, 2023 16:17:36 GMT
Scotland 84 Romania 0 f/t Gonna be a Derby next week. How does it go in the rugby, is it head to head or goal difference at the end? Head to head first then points difference. Scotland will probably have to win by 8 points or more (to stop Ireland getting a losing bonus point.) Then you have the complication of 4 try bonus points. Anyway, Ireland should beat us. |
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Post by weststigersbob on Oct 1, 2023 16:37:43 GMT
24-7 at the half.
The entire game shifted momentum with the yellow card.
It was 3-7 and Portugal had a 5m scrum. It changed to a man down and a penalty against on halfway.
Portugal then bombed a certain try with a forward on the wing getting the ball instead of the two backs on the inside, and he was put into touch a metre out. Pass inside, and they score under the sticks.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Oct 2, 2023 14:47:49 GMT
Whoops: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-66982218A rare own goal has been scored during a rugby match in the Scottish Borders. A player was prematurely celebrating winning the match when he accidentally knocked the ball over the crossbar in the dying seconds of the game. It meant Hawick Youth threw away their two point lead and the under-18s clash with Gala Wanderers ended in a draw. Match referee Malcolm Changleng told BBC Scotland News he had never seen a similar incident in 30 years of watching rugby. Read more stories from South Scotland Listen to the latest news from the Scottish Borders on BBC Sounds A video of the bizarre moment has been viewed more than five million times on X, formerly known as Twitter. Mr Changleng said Hawick were ahead in the Borders Semi Junior League match on Saturday when Gala scored a try. It meant the home team had one final chance to seal a draw with a conversion attempt. But the kick fell short and as Hawick ran to celebrate the win, their scrum-half accidentally knocked the ball over the post. The referee awarded the conversion to Gala before blowing the final whistle and ending the match with the score tied at 33-33. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 6, 2023 15:11:10 GMT
Is Scotland playing this weekend in Paris? A group of kilt-wearing Scots just checked in at the hotel in front of me.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Oct 6, 2023 17:18:13 GMT
Is Scotland playing this weekend in Paris? A group of kilt-wearing Scots just checked in at the hotel in front of me. Yep. Win or go home against Ireland. |
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