RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia

[Darren]

That video was exactly what they are currently missing. Jones really put together the wrong team. They were so quick to get rid of Rennie for Jones. Biggest mistake Aus rugby have ever made.

[Nevorian]

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

@antipodean said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

Former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen, a friend of Jones’s who was in Wallabies camp in the build-up to this World Cup, observed some parts of Australia’s high-performance program were 15 years behind the All Blacks.

That bad eh?

I think even the current All Blacks are 15 years behind the All Blacks

[allblackfan2]

I wonder where Aussie rugby union would be now if Raelene Castle hadn’t resigned ….due to bullying allegedly from a clique ticked off Phil Kearns didn’t get appointed to the position. She had the credentials to do a good job and the grit to make the tough decisions eg Folau.

[antipodean]

@allblackfan2 said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

I wonder where Aussie rugby union would be now if Raelene Castle hadn’t resigned ….due to bullying allegedly from a clique ticked off Phil Kearns didn’t get appointed to the position. She had the credentials to do a good job and the grit to make the tough decisions eg Folau.

Maybe ask the Bulldogs..?

[allblackfan2]

@antipodean I’m not into league but did a quick quiz online and see she was implicated in a salary cap blowout = financial issue for the club?

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@allblackfan2 said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

I wonder where Aussie rugby union would be now if Raelene Castle hadn’t resigned ….due to bullying allegedly from a clique ticked off Phil Kearns didn’t get appointed to the position. She had the credentials to do a good job and the grit to make the tough decisions eg Folau.

If failing upwards are good credentials then I agree. Didn't she resign Folau for 4 years after his initial comments?

Edit: Yep

Beth Newman  /  Oct 23, 2018

Folau to stay in Australia with new four-year deal

She too was 💩

[GibbonRib]

@Rancid-Schnitzel

I don't think that was an unreasonable decision. At the time Folau gave RA assurances that he would abide by the code of conduct and wouldn't repeat his dickishness. She accepted his word, and was happy to give him another chance. Seems reasonable to me - maybe the value of the contract was too high, but that's pretty standard for ex-league wingers going to the Wallabies

[Tim]

Wasn't Castle's biggest failure rejecting the Fox Sports deal, then having to take a much lower offer from Stan?

[game_film]

Ahhh the halcyon days of Raelene Castle. I was just just checking in to this thread on Thursday morning UK time to see if Wales had stopped scoring yet?

[Nepia]

@Tim said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

Wasn't Castle's biggest failure rejecting the Fox Sports deal, then having to take a much lower offer from Stan?

I think Fox's initial offer was only around $20m, then they increased it (reportedly $35-40m) when other bidders came in, but they had already started shedding their rugby commentating team the year before.

So likely not a much lower offer and in all honestly from a selfish fan point of view the quality of broadcast is so much better on Stan.

Edit: In other stupid Oz rugby news I saw a headline today that they're trying sign Angus Crichton (league forward) on a multi year big money contract.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@GibbonRib said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

@Rancid-Schnitzel

I don't think that was an unreasonable decision. At the time Folau gave RA assurances that he would abide by the code of conduct and wouldn't repeat his dickishness. She accepted his word, and was happy to give him another chance. Seems reasonable to me - maybe the value of the contract was too high, but that's pretty standard for ex-league wingers going to the Wallabies

That's an incredibly generous assessment. Completely disagree. It was a dumb thing to do and they got burnt badly. That's on her.