TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas
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@Kirwan said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
Some interesting improvements from Aussie though. Back row looks good, look better at ten for the first hour.
..and powerful locks, two big midfielders etc. It’s a style that will probably go well in the RWC
Error rate is a huge problem though
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Combo of local leagues changing scrum rules due to some bad injuries in local comp
Previous coaches: namely Perez - Jaguares + Hourcade - Pumas not prioritising their scrum & subsequently losing their fundamentals
Changes have been made & implemented Time will tell if this make a substantial difference
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@Duluth said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
@Kirwan said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
Some interesting improvements from Aussie though. Back row looks good, look better at ten for the first hour.
..and powerful locks, two big midfielders etc. It’s a style that will probably go well in the RWC
Error rate is a huge problem though
Yeah some huge units out there. In a slow, defence oriented game they could grind out a win. Should score of an improved set piece too, that back play at times was slick.
Subbed CL and Genia and that disappeared somewhat.
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@Duluth said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
..and powerful locks, two big midfielders etc. It’s a style that will probably go well in the RWC
Error rate is a huge problem though
The Arg props and locks look really soft in contact, and regularly lost the ball. A big work-on.
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@Bovidae said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
@Duluth said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
..and powerful locks, two big midfielders etc. It’s a style that will probably go well in the RWC
Error rate is a huge problem though
The Arg props and locks look really soft in contact, and regularly lost the ball. A big work-on.
Which thread am I on?
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https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/playerstats?gameId=294509&league=244293
Main stats are that Pumas conceded 28 turnovers
As well conceded only 6 penalties Problem was 5 of them were in the scrum -
@gt12 said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
@Bovidae said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
@Duluth said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
..and powerful locks, two big midfielders etc. It’s a style that will probably go well in the RWC
Error rate is a huge problem though
The Arg props and locks look really soft in contact, and regularly lost the ball. A big work-on.
Which thread am I on?
After reading through the NZ-SA thread, now I understand your comment.
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@pukunui said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
Might be a question for the Aussie rugby in general thread, and i hope no one takes this the wrong way, but do white guys not play rugby in Australia any more? Where are all the private school boys these days? AFL?
On their iPads.
Plenty of white boys still playing but the Pols are bigger and better. -
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
@pukunui said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
Might be a question for the Aussie rugby in general thread, and i hope no one takes this the wrong way, but do white guys not play rugby in Australia any more? Where are all the private school boys these days? AFL?
On their iPads.
Plenty of white boys still playing but the Pols are bigger and better.I wonder if that is a result of more polynesian guys getting into academies etc earlier on and benefiting from the development where that develooment was traditionally done at rich private schools.
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I'm not sure I need to go - again - into why schools Rugby and the pathway are a fucking joke here.
Related tidbit: some private schools with long Rugby histories are getting Aussie Rules football posts installed. The AFL bring buckets of cash when they decide they want something.
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@pukunui said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
@pukunui said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
Might be a question for the Aussie rugby in general thread, and i hope no one takes this the wrong way, but do white guys not play rugby in Australia any more? Where are all the private school boys these days? AFL?
On their iPads.
Plenty of white boys still playing but the Pols are bigger and better.I wonder if that is a result of more polynesian guys getting into academies etc earlier on and benefiting from the development where that develooment was traditionally done at rich private schools.
I definitely think so. Lots are getting scholarships. My son goes to a private school and there are a good number of Islanders there. Very few are paying students.
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@NTA said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
I'm not sure I need to go - again - into why schools Rugby and the pathway are a fucking joke here.
Related tidbit: some private schools with long Rugby histories are getting Aussie Rules football posts installed. The AFL bring buckets of cash when they decide they want something.
Nudgee College (which has produced a ton of Wallabies) has signed some massive development deal with Tottenham Hotspur. All about the money.
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Just to be clear:
Are the likes of your son and his contemporaries on a Rugby or Academic Scholarship?
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@Jaguares4real said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
Just to be clear:
Are the likes of your son and his contemporaries on a Rugby or Academic Scholarship?
What are you suggesting? That Pols aren't smart enough to get academic scholarships?
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I am asking the question as someone who is not familiar with the education systems of AUS/NZ?
No need to be so defensive
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@Jaguares4real said in TRC: Wallabies vs Los Pumas:
I am asking the question as someone who is not familiar with the education systems of AUS/NZ?
No need to be so defensive
Sorry I couldn't resist
Rugby and/or athletic scholarships. My son has a half scholarship for swimming. My youngest who will start next year has an academic scholarship. The exam was at the start of the year and well over half those sitting it were Indian.So really, if Pols don't get scholarships they don't really have a pathway to the next level and will likely turn to League. That's the paradox of the private school system. Great at producing talent but too much of a closed shop.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel fucking tiny shop as well. Rugby union ignored so many kids with talent and league snaps them up.
