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Cronk was a schoolboy Union star so I guess he has a little bit of knowledge of the game. Still, at 34 he will find it a massive challenge to adapt to a game he hasn't played for 15 years. Without the 10 metre gap that they have in League, playing 10 or 12 in Union is not going to be an easy task, just ask Benji.
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@SammyC said in Super Rugby News:
I laughed at this line from Paul Kent:
“I think there’s a lot of flaws the way they play rugby and a lot of old school thinking that they need to move on from in the modern game and he (Cronk) would bring that.What an idiot.
Does Kent hate rugby more than the Walrus hates the All Blacks (and Rattue hates Henry and co)?
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Paul Kent is a barely functioning retard who is very, very full of himself.
Cronk would have been a really good 10, his main strengths are his organisation, his vision, and his kicking game. If he had moved maybe 8 years ago he would have been great. Well, maybe, dependent on the coaching he received.
Now? He's 33 years old. That makes him 35 at the World Cup. It's just a wild stab in the dark, but I can't see him having much of an impact.
Where is he going to play by the way? He's quitting the Storm to move to Sydney. The only rugby team in Sydney has the test 10 there already.
Even for Paul Kent, this is ridiculously retarded.
However, i hope these rumours are true, because the Australian Rugby Community will deadset revolt if the ARU spends up on a 33 year old league player. It'll be pitchforks and torches.
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This story about Cronk is getting crazier:
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika gives green light for Waratahs to go after Cooper Cronk
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
This story about Cronk is getting crazier:
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika gives green light for Waratahs to go after Cooper Cronk
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The NSW Waratahs and Australian Rugby Union have ruled out making a play for Sydney-bound rugby league superstar Cooper Cronk.
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/rugby/a/35395395/waratahs-and-aru-respond-to-cronk-rumours/
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Sonny Bill Williams has been cleared of concussion and is travelling with the Blues to South Africa.
Blues coach Tana Umaga had said he expected the inside centre to be fit to play the Stormers in Cape Town next Friday.
He is joined by Matt Duffie, spelled from last night's game, and a mandatory third hooker, Joe Royal.
Two players from last night's win are out of the touring party because of injuries received in the match against the Cheetahs.
Prop Pauliasi Manu left the field early with a calf injury while Ihaia West injured his ankle when he came on as a substitute for Piers Francis who had received an injury in the first half.
Manu has been replaced by Sione Mafileo, with Bryn Gatland re-joining the Blues as a replacement for West.
Gatland played three games for the Blues as a replacement, but exited the squad on Thursday before the late call to travel to South Africa. Francis was considered fit enough to travel with the touring party.
Blues squad: Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Charlie Faumuina, Sione Mafileo, Alex Hodgman; James Parsons, Hame Faiva, Joe Royal; Patrick Tuipulotu, Scott Scrafton, Gerard Cowley-Tuioti; Steven Luatua, Blake Gibson, Akira Ioane; Kara Pryor; Augustine Pulu, Sam Nock; Piers Francis, Bryn Gatland; TJ Faiane, Sonny-Bill Williams, George Moala, Matt Duffie, Rieko Ioane, Melani Nanai, Michael Collins.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11855372
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While Todd will, no doubt, undergo concussion protocols this week to determine his availability for coming games, Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has confirmed Barrett may also be out for "a couple of weeks", after tweaking his knee and ankle in the 20-12 victory.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11855856
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Anton Lienert-Brown has re-signed with NZR and the Chiefs until 2020 and Nathan Harris on to 2019.
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interestingly, from the table I posted above, the Brumbies have the 3rd worst attack (less than half the points the Crusaders or Hurricanes have scored) ahead of only Rebels and Force, yet are 3rd = on defence with Crusaders
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@taniwharugby And the Tahs have the 5th worst defence in terms of points conceded.
Meanwhile Larkham is the Wallaby attack coach and Tahs defence coach Nathan Grey is the Wallaby defence coach.......
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@taniwharugby Brumbies have 6 BPs for losing by less than 7 pts.
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@taniwharugby Crusaders have played a game more than the Brumbies though (and the Chiefs and Canes for that matter).
On a PPG basis Crusaders are fractionally ahead of the Chiefs.
