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NTA

Anyways: pick who you want. Hopefully Joe can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear and win against Wales and Georgia.

Absolutely fuck all hope against the ABs or Boks.

KiwiMurph

@NTA said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

@Machpants said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

Harry Johnson-Holmes

uh... whut?

I presume they want to keep an eye on his injury recovery. He only did his Achilles in May.

Nevorian

Schmidt would definitely be expecting to beat Wales and Georgia but think there is a 2027 plan in this team also

Daffy Jaffy

antipodean

@Daffy-Jaffy certainly deciding not to be as arrogant and abrasive as his predecessor.

KiwiMurph

Schmidt comes across well. Just what Wallabies need I think.

NTA

@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

Schmidt comes across well. Just what Wallabies need I think.

We had that with Dave Rennie, too... Then pissed away 3 years of his work for a train wreck maaaaaaaate...

Tim

https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/06/23/mckellar-emerges-as-waratahs-option-after-mutual-departure-from-english-powerhouse-cheika-in-line-to-replace/

NTA

People are saying he just lined up the coaches and players he wanted at Leicester. So this seems weird

KiwiMurph

@NTA said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

People are saying he just lined up the coaches and players he wanted at Leicester. So this seems weird

Golden opportunity for the Tahs though. He is exactly what they need.

NTA

@KiwiMurph hope he likes politics and agendas.

NTA

More Roar shenanigans talking about Nick Stiles or Simon Raiwalui becoming the head of performance.

https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/06/23/exclusive-two-horse-race-for-vital-tahs-head-role-as-standoff-beckons-over-displaced-rebels/

KiwiMurph

@NTA Doran's oil is usually good

NTA

@KiwiMurph yep. And I don't mind the idea of Raiwalui in the picture.

But it is only the tip of the iceberg as far as saving rugby goes. Still too much focus on the top end while ignoring all the issues below.

NTA

Watched the interview on Stan with Joe Schmidt. A frankly delightful level of realism, given the shit that was 2023's coaching fucktardery

KiwiMurph

Excellent signing this. Canham looks to have a big future

KiwiMurph

First domino falls for Tahs with the head of performance role.

Now hire a coach.

https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/06/26/exclusive-ex-fiji-wallabies-coach-set-to-win-prized-waratahs-role/

Ten months after overseeing Fiji’s greatest World Cup victory by upsetting the Wallabies in Saint Etienne, Simon Raiwalui is set to become the head of performance at the Waratahs.

In a full-circle moment for Raiwalui, who moved to Tempe in Sydney with his mother at a young age before starting out his remarkable rugby career with Manly in the Shute Shield, the former Fijian international will become the Waratahs’ head of performance, The Roar understands.

Canes4life

@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

Excellent signing this. Canham looks to have a big future

Have there been any other major signing announcements from the Rebels thus far?

KiwiMurph

@Canes4life Uelese supposedly overseas (not announced), Gordon NRL, Kellaway Tahs

NTA

@KiwiMurph had to laugh at Cully's take:

The Silver Fern

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