happygilmore
2:47 Sat Jun 23
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Proper Test series that Aussies v Ireland. Great win for Ireland using 31 players throughout the series.
Don't understand ABs playing a series against a woeful French team, they might as well have had Italy as opponents.
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East Auckland Hammer
2:46 Sat Jun 23
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What an absolute load of shit Ronald.
Poor decision, but we won by 35 points.
Remember, we also had a fair try disallowed by that dickhead George Ayoub.
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Ronald_antly
1:55 Sat Jun 23
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Grumpster 1:35 Sat Jun 23
Sometimes games have CLEAR turning points that can change a contest into a 'cake walk'.
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Sven Roeder
1:48 Sat Jun 23
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I suspect schools rugby union in Australia is confined to some private schools (ie equiv of UK public schools) in Queensland, NSW & Canberra.
When I lived in Perth rugby union was a minority interest of expat Saffas , Kiwis & people from Sydney.
Any kid of any size who can handle a football will get hoovered up by AFL at 17
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Grumpster
1:35 Sat Jun 23
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Very funny seeing the try scored purely because the ref blocked off a frog, but was hardly going to make a difference anyway seeing as they got spanked again by 35 points.
Not hard to see why they are always the only team to keep up a good standard, as if you go to New Zealand, they're obsessed by rugby where as it's not exactly a sport commonly played in schools elsewhere other than probably oz.
Fair play to them, always done it with flair and been decent to watch.
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East Auckland Hammer
12:39 Sat Jun 23
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*sigh*
Yes Ronald?
I actually just came on here for the Android tv box thread.
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Ronald_antly
12:34 Sat Jun 23
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Jonah, Jonah, JONAH!!
What CAN I say??
This16 man rugby game is really working well for you.
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Mart O
5:12 Sun Jun 17
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Virtually all coaches get the bullet. I'd sooner watch paint dry than some of the Exeter games I've sat through this season. Fine, maybe they'll evolve like Saracens did into playing some great rugby, but what they churn out at the moment would never work at international level, for similar reasons that EJ's style probably won't work again either.
I can see Baxter coaching the international side, but not yet.
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Eerie Descent
5:01 Sun Jun 17
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Cockerill? He got the bullet at Leicester for a reason.
I don't agree at all about the Exeter style of play, I enjoy watching them. What he has created at that club is phenomenal, they have something special, and he's more than ready to try to do the same for England imo.
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Mart O
4:54 Sun Jun 17
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I think it's too early for Baxter. He needs to show he can move Exeter on from the dour shite they play, which won't cut the mustard at international level.
If Deano wouldn't take it, and he won't, it has to be Richard Cockerill for me. Won titles at Leicester and totally changed their playing style. Doing a good job up in chilly Jocko land now.
Above all, for me, it has to be an Englishman.
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Eerie Descent
3:56 Sun Jun 17
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Time for Rob Baxter.
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Mart O
3:19 Sun Jun 17
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Saw briefly in the paper this morning, the frogs have apparently got some abso monster prop and beat the Kiwis up in the pack. Which is always good.
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Takashi Miike
3:16 Sun Jun 17
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missed the semi finals but apparently the french pack is very powerful, supposedly dominated the kiwi forwards. should be a tough test with france at home too
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Mart O
3:14 Sun Jun 17
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I saw that mate, cheers. Apparently both us and the frogs have really promising sides.
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Takashi Miike
3:11 Sun Jun 17
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mart o, under twenties world cup final on itv4 at 6pm tonight, us against the french
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Mart O
3:07 Sun Jun 17
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Big Billy V broke his arm yesterday, same one he came back from in April...
Mako's gone home for family reasons, Ellis Genge has done his knee. Alex Hepburn flies in for the last test. Should have been there to begin with, imho.
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Mart O
1:33 Sun Jun 17
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Same thing happened when he was at Saracens, by all accounts, Miike.
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Takashi Miike
1:25 Sun Jun 17
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im not a fan of player power in any sport but the players look like they've had enough of him, they'll probably deny it but the body language doesn't look good
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Mart O
1:19 Sun Jun 17
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Jones, and England under Jones, have been massively found out. There were plenty of Aussie posters BTL predicting with quite eerie accuracy how things would turn out as soon as he was appointed.
Let's face it, his big plan was to get the Vunipolae properly fit and conditioned for international rugby and play with POWER. 'Cos England can't play any other way, apparently. Worked great, until big Billy started getting injured. I think EJ's got pretty much everything wrong on this tour.
Selection - wildly wrong; well he's been selecting poorly for a while, but this takes the abso biscuit; preparation for playing at altitude has plainly gone really well too; tactics - fucking clueless; use of subs, especially yesterday - abso shambles; his dealings with the press have been shocking too really. Mako and Itoje weren't playing like local club players for the Lions last summer.
While he might sort some of this out, I can't see how he can possibly turn the whole thing round. When your this far gone, it's probably time for the boys upstairs to cut their losses.
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Northern Sold
11:36 Sun Jun 17
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The indiscipline yesterday was a disgrace....maku, Hughes and Itohe were like local club players with what they was doing...fine the cunts
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East Auckland Hammer
9:43 Sun Jun 17
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Well, if he stays much longer England will be worse off than when he started.
I expect they're probably already back down to 6th in the rankings and likely to sink lower if they lose the 3rd test.
It's pretty much what happens with Jones' rugby teams.
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