Aussie Pro Rugby
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@kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:
@nta and our super teams (and i think the aussie ones are similar) are trying to control their own stream of talent, so they have age grade teams...but then have almost no one to play....i just dont think that is better than just letting these young guys go out and pay 12 clubs games trying to earn a NPC contract and then another 10 npc games all before getting a look in at super level
That won't work in the modern era because most good school programmes are more professional than a bunch of NPC ones. The pathways are well known and developed in New Zealand rugby for stars. It's school -> academy -> SR. For those that miss out they can still make their case shining in NPC and earning a SR contract.
It's hard to argue that central contracting hasn't been a success. It's the idea that the highest level of administration can dictate where a player can go and what position they'll play in that squad. That's an absurd level of micromanagement.
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@antipodean i cant prove it and so you might be right...but, i feel its success so far is still propped up by the NPC and club scene in NZ, when the development squad fail the super teams fall back on the NPC....but as the NPC is ignored more and more by NZR and left to become more and more amature, because they only see this school<dev<super pathway, we could be in trouble...and i think were seeing it in the current AB's....where some guys just seem a little undercooked...and theyre having to develop more and more INSIDE the AB's...and i only see that getting worse
I hope im wrong and you're right
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Another interesting read
https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/10/06/how-the-wallabies-are-building-cohesion-towards-2023/
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@machpants good read that. Cohesion. Trust. Vital ingredients. You have to trust the gameplan, even if it is not quite working. How many times under McCaw did the ABs chase down other teams because they trusted each other and the gameplan?
ABs have a raft of new faces. It takes time to bed them in and build up the trust and cohesion in the team. Backrow and centres is a great case in point. Foster needs to play settled combinations so they can learn to subconsciously understand each others games. In tests like the one just passed, split second hesitation can result in a bombed try opportunity or a misalignment on defence.
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@stodders said in Aussie Rugby:
@machpants good read that. Cohesion. Trust. Vital ingredients. You have to trust the gameplan, even if it is not quite working. How many times under McCaw did the ABs chase down other teams because they trusted each other and the gameplan?
ABs have a raft of new faces. It takes time to bed them in and build up the trust and cohesion in the team. Backrow and centres is a great case in point. Foster needs to play settled combinations so they can learn to subconsciously understand each others games. In tests like the one just passed, split second hesitation can result in a bombed try opportunity or a misalignment on defence.
While I agree with your point about combinations 1000%, it totally blows my mind that us plebs on internet forums have to keep making the point like it's some sort of revelation. Surely any coach knows this, so how is it possible that we keep having so many different combinations in the back row and the centres in particular? I get injuries and the need to blood new players, but generally those are both more manageable than we have made it appear,
We had a golden run with Kaino, Read, McCaw + Ma'a, Conrad, but both before and since, it feels like we have neglected the idea of combinations being important in favour of getting certain guys on the field
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@voodoo said in Aussie Rugby:
@stodders said in Aussie Rugby:
@machpants good read that. Cohesion. Trust. Vital ingredients. You have to trust the gameplan, even if it is not quite working. How many times under McCaw did the ABs chase down other teams because they trusted each other and the gameplan?
ABs have a raft of new faces. It takes time to bed them in and build up the trust and cohesion in the team. Backrow and centres is a great case in point. Foster needs to play settled combinations so they can learn to subconsciously understand each others games. In tests like the one just passed, split second hesitation can result in a bombed try opportunity or a misalignment on defence.
While I agree with your point about combinations 1000%, it totally blows my mind that us plebs on internet forums have to keep making the point like it's some sort of revelation. Surely any coach knows this, so how is it possible that we keep having so many different combinations in the back row and the centres in particular? I get injuries and the need to blood new players, but generally those are both more manageable than we have made it appear,
We had a golden run with Kaino, Read, McCaw + Ma'a, Conrad, but both before and since, it feels like we have neglected the idea of combinations being important in favour of getting certain guys on the field
I think the chemistry has to be right. Some combinations just gel. Others just don't, even if you have 3 individually brilliant players. The AB focus has to be on the front five providing a better platform. Get that right, and the ABs have players to put in the backrow that will be able to showcase their offensive abilities.
If the front five can't be sorted or AB management don't believe they have the players to control the game, then ABs need to select a backrow that can work hard under pressure and has the ability to grind things out.
Two v different backrows and skillsets needed for those scenarios.
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@barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
Read the title of the thread fellas. Get that rubbish chat out of here.
Unless you are continually referring to Allan Border, in which case... carry on.
Apologies Barbarian. Oz are on an upward trajectory and will sweep all before them in NH. better?
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@stodders said in Aussie Rugby:
@barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
Read the title of the thread fellas. Get that rubbish chat out of here.
Unless you are continually referring to Allan Border, in which case... carry on.
Apologies Barbarian. Oz are on an upward trajectory and will sweep all before them in NH. better?
Yes. Frankly I'd be surprised if we lose another game in my lifetime. We're at the start of a golden era which will be spoken of for centuries to come.
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@barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
@stodders said in Aussie Rugby:
@barbarian said in Aussie Rugby:
Read the title of the thread fellas. Get that rubbish chat out of here.
Unless you are continually referring to Allan Border, in which case... carry on.
Apologies Barbarian. Oz are on an upward trajectory and will sweep all before them in NH. better?
Yes. Frankly I'd be surprised if we lose another game in my lifetime. We're at the start of a golden era which will be spoken of for centuries to come.
"Ah what? Another World Cup?!! Just throw it on the pile with the rest, cobber...."
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@nta Knowing Aussie rugby fans, it would be closer to "Yes, we won our 13th straight cup, and I suppose that is a positive, but our lineout was a shambles and things fell to pieces when the bench came on once we got up by 40. If coach Quade Cooper doesn't fix those up I just can't see us holding on to the Bledisloe for the 53rd straight year."
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@barbarian 🤔 so... Basically Kiwis?
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so, i had the morning news on and they had the weather guy out doing his thing from some brand new pavilion/stand in west sydney, they specifically talked about how it was mainly for a Rugby Union club (although they hope to use it for lots of sports)
they had the representative of the club come on to give a we plug and was asked about Rugby UNION in west sydney.....his reply...."yeah, Unions really big and we expect a lot of interest after THE PANTHERS won the final the other week"
...his go too example of something that would drive up interest IS FROM ANOTHER SPORT!..not the wallabies beating the bokke twice....not a new super rugby comp.....this is whats broken in aussie rugby
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@tim said in Aussie Rugby:
I wonder if he's signed for MP? I'm assuming the Blues aren't that stupid.
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Concussion ends Haylett-Petty rugby career
Wallabies fullback Dane Haylett-Petty has been forced into retirement after struggling with long-lasting effects of concussion.
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@nta said in Aussie Rugby:
Concussion ends Haylett-Petty rugby career
Wallabies fullback Dane Haylett-Petty has been forced into retirement after struggling with long-lasting effects of concussion.
Ah, that makes me sad. Real shame, but have to look after the noggin first. Hope he's OK longer term
