Wallabies vs Springboks I
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@derpus said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@antipodean comeon man. Not a single soul thought wed win that.
Did think it would be close... But that you would lose ...
I hate myself for enjoying your win ...
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@nta I saw Quade swallow before last kick, he looked nervous but still nailed it. So happy for him and Australia.
Totally enjoyed both games for quite differrent reasons.
The Gods of Rugby are smiling tonight for many reasons, not only because the prodigal son has returned!
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@l_n_p said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:.
The Gods of Rugby are smiling tonight for many reasons, not only because the prodigal son has returned!
Agreed. Wanted Argentina to put up a bit more of a fight but this result is at least interesting from a competitiveness point of view.
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@derpus said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@oompb as expected? Jog on.
I was dreadfully worried for you Derpus, that this unexpected win would tip you over into hysterical happiness and joy to all people.
I was wrong. -
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Brilliant
Raeburn Shield holders too
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@nta Australia have a reasonable pack and a decent scrum. The lack of organisation, and a good kicking game from 9 and 10 (and 12 if like me you're a fan of a true second five-eigth) seemd the biggest issue against the ABs.
Quade Cooper played a really mature, heads-up game and I felt Nick White coming on second half helped too ... organizing the forwards, more controlled exits.
Love to see Wallabies win.
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@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
@landp said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:
So add the ABs and Boks plus a wave of young talent in France means the Wallabies hover between 5-7th in the world for now.
And, if we shrink our super Rugby presence, we will be lucky to hold onto anything inside the top 10.
We need to keep the professional footprint we have, in order to keep the money we have, in order to invest in the grassroots properly and eventually justify the footprint.
If we shrink, the money shrinks, the grassroots go untended, and the game heads back to pre-professional levels.
The problem is that has been the ARU thinking for the last 20 years - thinking that has resulted in a game that s significantly less popular with fans (declining at around 3-4% per annum since the 2003 RWC) and has significantly more competition from non-traditional activities as aside from soccer, all the big Australian winter sports were shrinking abeit at slower rates than rugby union..
Raelene Castle did a lot of work in trying to address the decline in creative ways (embracing the LBQT+ community competitions and pushing 7's/10s) to get people involved which I think is the answer to slowing the decline - people who play the game or a variant watch it on TV or attend games and ultimately that is what determines the value of Super/International rugby to the ARU. However there is a lot more work to be done in this area, and that work would benefit from increased funding.
The challenge is that too much power resides with rugby administrators in NSW/Queensland and their inter-state rivalry ultimately results in resources being wasted or concentrated on that battle to the detriment of the larger game in Australia. Money s directed to Queensland/NSW to allow them to beat each other to the detriment of the wider game. They are important - just not as important as they believe.
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I’ll wait until we play the boks before I go too early,
But Maybe we ( Nz ) are going better than we thought
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@kiwiinmelb I think we are better than we thought, but they not as good as thier absence built them up to being.
Imagine what a full strength English side would do to us all!
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Don't think I've ever seen so many NZers happy about the Wallabies winning!
