Aussie Pro Rugby
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On Suburban rugby for a second - Renegades Rugby are looking like having a decent start to the season for the first time in a few years, as we've already organised our coaches, and our playing roster might even have enough to field TWO Grades entirely this year. There will still be a mix of old heads for reserve grade, and the kids we picked up last year are likely to return and play there instead of being forced to go up against grown men.
Most importantly, we've been able to get a few of the 20somethings back in the tent after a season or two out in the wilderness, or at other clubs. Our average age for First Grade forward pack might even drop below 35!
I'm no longer President, thank fuck, though I've picked up Club Secretary for my troubles - I was basically doing both roles last year anyway.
Looking down the barrel of a 14-round season + finals, and only a single wet weather reserved week which could be iffy. We didn't lose a single week to rain last year, but you can bet fate will fuck us and provide the wettest winter since forever.
The big news is we no longer have to share with soccer, and that means the guy running the mower for Council can cut the grass at a height somewhere above root level. Fuckers.
Hopefully it'll be a good season, and a few other clubs can step up into fielding 2 Grades for regular competition.
All those in favour of @barbarian pulling the boots on for Kings Old Boys again, say aye.
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FFS re-arrange this common saying ' in brewery a piss-up organise Couldn't a"
Wallabies in the dark on Super rest weeks
Bernard Foley wants clarity around plans to rest him and fellow Wallabies from Super Rugby games ahead of this year's Rugby World Cup.
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby in general:
FFS re-arrange this common saying ' in brewery a piss-up organise Couldn't a"
Wallabies in the dark on Super rest weeks
Bernard Foley wants clarity around plans to rest him and fellow Wallabies from Super Rugby games ahead of this year's Rugby World Cup.
It is understood Rugby Australia has begun discussions with coaches of the four franchises about resting their Wallabies players for multiple games this season. The move, designed to keep the Wallabies fresh for September's showpiece in Japan, mirrors a policy that has worked effectively for many years for two-time defending world champions New Zealand.
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My point was the super season has almost started and 'talks have begun', and star Wallabies have no idea when, or even if, they'll be rested. NZ SR teams know exactly what is happening, and have been able to plan for that since last year.
""Hopefully, there is a plan and we're not just playing it by ear," Foley said. "There needs to be a balance around the amount of football we play and getting the right amount of rest."
Hopefully? Fucking awful
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Really? I like this bit more:
Newly appointed Director of Rugby Scott Johnson has been added to the set-up alongside coach Michael Cheika after the Wallabies slipped to sixth in the world following a disastrous 2018 Test season.
But Foley said there was no talk of the new structure, or whether under-pressure assistant coaches Stephen Larkham, Nathan Grey, Simon Raiwalui and Michael Byrne would remain in their posts for the main event.
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Yeah I'd hope Scott J could sort this shit out, but I'm not following you - do you think it's OK for RA to not have sorted yet Wallabies rest times for the SR season yet? Like Cheika asking for Pocock etc to be rested a week before the game? That's OK or do you think it's pretty poor? I think it is unprofessionalism of the first order
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I've had more clarity of vision after 14 schooies than these fluffybunnies have
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@Machpants Of course it's unprofessional - the players have no idea what's going on.
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@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@Machpants Of course it's unprofessional -
the players have no idea what's going on.it is Rugby in AustraliaFixed.
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Larkham. Goooooorne ....
Larkham and Cheika rift runs deep as Wallabies make World Cup changes
Wallabies great Stephen Larkham has been made the fall guy for the Wallabies woes, and he didn't mince words about his differences with Michael Cheika.
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@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@booboo that's a good move. He's getting by on his reputation as a player, not as a coach.
Pfft, you're forgetting all those awesome tries the backs scored for the Brumbies. The ones where they joined the mauls...
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@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby in general:
Really? I like this bit more:
Newly appointed Director of Rugby Scott Johnson has been added to the set-up alongside coach Michael Cheika after the Wallabies slipped to sixth in the world following a disastrous 2018 Test season.
But Foley said there was no talk of the new structure, or whether under-pressure assistant coaches Stephen Larkham, Nathan Grey, Simon Raiwalui and Michael Byrne would remain in their posts for the main event.
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@jegga It beggars belief doesn't it?
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@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@jegga It beggars belief doesn't it?
He's such a ridiculous person, it baffles belief that he still gets employed.
I saw an aussie try and claim we don't like him because of the two poxy islands gibe back in 2003 . Its three poxy islands you dumb fluffybunnies. -
@jegga said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby in general:
@jegga It beggars belief doesn't it?
He's such a ridiculous person, it baffles belief that he still gets employed.
I saw an aussie try and claim we don't like him because of the two poxy islands gibe back in 2003 . Its three poxy islands you dumb fluffybunnies.TBF we barely pay attention to the South Island.
