Aussie Pro Rugby
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@antipodean I'm a bit wary of Beale's return. As we've seen many (many) times in the last decade, carving up in Europe isn't always a decent indicator of anything to do back here.
I would have had Beale on the bench, Hunt starting with Foley. More of a vanilla start, but X-factor coming in.
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AOC must have money to burn...
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So...the latest high-tech rugby accesssory
Does anyone remember when these were trendy?
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby in general:
The old rugby gloves - Tony Brown using them, forever dispelling the myth that southern men were hard.
![alt text](An accident 22 years ago could have killed the career of rising rugby star Tony Brown, as SHARON LUNDY explains.
Tony Brown's rugby career might have been over long before he could catch a ball if it was not for his grandmother.
When he was just two, Brown, the Otago Highlanders first five-eighths and All Black squad member, cut his right hand on a pane of glass.
"They were going to cut my hand off in Balclutha Hospital but my nana wouldn't let them so she drove me through to Dunedin Hospital," Brown said.
Brown had cut the tendons of the first three fingers but doctors at Dunedin Hospital believed they could mend them. For the next five years, he had about one operation a year to straighten them and return their movement.
Tendons from his legs and feet were transplanted to his fingers and at one stage he had both legs and one arm in casts.
"I suppose, because I was so young, that I was a wee bit lucky and just adapted," he said. "I'm very thankful to nana for not letting them cut it off."
The fingers remain bent at the first joint - earning him the nickname "the Claw" from some of his rugby mates.
"I get a bit of a dishing when I drop [the ball] - everyone goes 'ah, it's the Claw again.'
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby in general:
The old rugby gloves - Tony Brown using them, forever dispelling the myth that southern men were hard.
Some good players were wearing gloves back then. Giteau and BOD among them.
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I don't think anyone ever accused Giteau and BOD of being 'hard'.
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WALLABIES captain Stephen Moore has announced he will retire from international rugby at the end of the year and cleared the way for Michael Hooper to take over by stepping down as Test skipper immediately. Though contracted to the ARU and the Queensland Reds until 2019, Moore has decided to pull up stumps well before the next Rugby World Cup. The 34-year-old will play on for the Reds for one more season in 2018 before hanging up his boots entirely.Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore calls time on international career
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@NTA reckon taking on the captaincy ruined him!
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@taniwharugby said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@NTA reckon taking on the captaincy ruined him!
I agree. Being made captain when you are on the decline is a hard ask. You can hardly say 'follow me' then leave the field half way through the game.
I'm sure he had the respect of the team but captaincy needs to be held by someone who is a first choice player that usually plays a full game. -
@Crucial said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@taniwharugby said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@NTA reckon taking on the captaincy ruined him!
I agree. Being made captain when you are on the decline is a hard ask. You can hardly say 'follow me' then leave the field half way through the game.
I'm sure he had the respect of the team but captaincy needs to be held by someone who is a first choice player that usually plays a full game.Tell that to Dylan Hartley
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@Crucial said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@taniwharugby said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@NTA reckon taking on the captaincy ruined him!
I agree. Being made captain when you are on the decline is a hard ask. You can hardly say 'follow me' then leave the field half way through the game.
I'm sure he had the respect of the team but captaincy needs to be held by someone who is a first choice player that usually plays a full game.Always found that bit to be the strangest thing about his captaincy. The captain getting dragged at 60 minutes every game isn't a great strategy for leading your team to victory when the pressure is on in the last 20.
Wallabies may need to find a new hooker soon. Surely TPN doesn't have long left.
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@Catogrande said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@Crucial said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@taniwharugby said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@NTA reckon taking on the captaincy ruined him!
I agree. Being made captain when you are on the decline is a hard ask. You can hardly say 'follow me' then leave the field half way through the game.
I'm sure he had the respect of the team but captaincy needs to be held by someone who is a first choice player that usually plays a full game.Tell that to Dylan Hartley
Yeah, I thought of that and think the England situation is an exception. Eddie is able to ride for a while on the coat tails of success and new ideas. It is working so no one questions it. I can't see that it will go on for long though. One incident that has the team questioning whether Hartley should be there and he'll be cut adrift.
