Wallabies vs Springboks I
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@bovidae said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
Is To'omua injured? I would have thought he could play a similar role to Cooper in this test, and with some recent form on his side.
He doesn't have any recent form. Fifteen minutes ripping into Bled 1 doesn't offset the rubbish Super season he had playing a rubbish game plan at the Rabble.
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@junior said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@machpants said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@frank said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@oompb said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
Very strong Wallabies team. Definitely favorates with Cooper back in 10.
Hope Bok rush defense is on it.
Seriously ? No way.
Totally not serious. He's just desperate for that under dog card. World champion, world number one, lion taming boks are the favourite in every match they play for a while yet
Would it be fair to say that the Boks have a bit of an “aura” about them…? @booboo
Whiff of boerewors?
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@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@bovidae said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@nta But compared to Quade?
Well, yeah... I'm really not sure what is going on with that.
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@pakman said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@bovidae said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@nta But compared to Quade?
Well, yeah... I'm really not sure what is going on with that.
Decidedly awkward interview but I thought Quade spoke very well (as an aside, his voice-sounds like SBW).
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@nostrildamus said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@pakman said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@bovidae said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@nta But compared to Quade?
Well, yeah... I'm really not sure what is going on with that.
Decidedly awkward interview but I thought Quade spoke very well (as an aside, his voice-sounds like SBW).
He seems to have grown up.
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@pakman yes. And I think the NZ fanboi reactions and cheapshots (from me too) obscure from his decided entertainment value as a 10. Might still be a defensive liability but has some great skills. Hope he plays well, have not followed his recent games overseas...
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Frankly I thought Quade wasn't as bad as we made him out to be.
But that was mainly because he wasn't as awesome as the Aussie's made him out to be.
I think most of the opprobrium (my current favourite word) directed at him was a direct result of the overrating of him by the Aussie media (particularly the Fox Sport cheerleaders).
Frankly I rate him as one of the better Aussie 10s in recent times.
And he can tackle.
Not sure what his current form is like.
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@pakman said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
What do ex-props know?!
Pretty much everything 🤷♂️
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Interesting points around cohesion and the effect on performance
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@bones said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@booboo huh, I never really realised he was hugely rated by Aussies, I thought all the grief he got was just because he was a dick.
Didnt help
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The Quade hate thing was somewhat amusing but probably deserved after the knee to Richie McCaw's head.
Tho in your collective role as Stoic Custodians Of The Game, you carried on with the booing long after it was probably necessary
After the whole "he doesn't defend in the front line!" got going, nobody appeared to have an issue with every other 10 doing the same once the value of counterattack opportunities was understood.
So it is a mixed bag.
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@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
The Quade hate thing was somewhat amusing but probably deserved after the knee to Richie McCaw's head.
Tho in your collective role as Stoic Custodians Of The Game, you carried on with the booing long after it was probably necessary
After the whole "he doesn't defend in the front line!" got going, nobody appeared to have an issue with every other 10 doing the same once the value of counterattack opportunities was understood.
So it is a mixed bag.
For me the booing sort of ended up like calling out beeeeeeeaaaast, just the thing you do (yes kiwis did that in NZ). For most it was not malicious, just banter. Call yourself NZ rugby public enemy no 1, then you can't whine when you get treated like it.
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@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
The Quade hate thing was somewhat amusing but probably deserved after the knee to Richie McCaw's head.
Tho in your collective role as Stoic Custodians Of The Game, you carried on with the booing long after it was probably necessary
After the whole "he doesn't defend in the front line!" got going, nobody appeared to have an issue with every other 10 doing the same once the value of counterattack opportunities was understood.
So it is a mixed bag.
The knee was the spark, but it continued because it had an effect on him. Home crowd shenanigans aren’t unique to us.
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@kirwan said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
The knee was the spark, but it continued because it had an effect on him
I think players expect a bit of shit to come their way and any supposed effect the booing had on Quade was more in the minds of the people doing it, based on whether he ended up playing well. More about his lack of consistency than any external factors. And if the rest of the Wallabies were putting in a poor performance, these things get exacerbated.
I seem to remember a game in Dunedin where he was playing and kicking pretty well despite the booing, and even some Kiwis were rolling their eyes at the crowd behaviour. We still lost, mind.
Home crowd shenanigans aren’t unique to us.
Prefer Ireland's method of dealing with the kicker - dead silence. Is it respectful? Is it off-putting? Could be both.
