Cardiff prop becomes viral sensation after playground incident caught on camera

The whole idea of the Horne/Schmidt/Nussi triangle was to create a watertight system like Ireland's. where nobody leaves to play elsewhere.

But Nussi is gone already. I think Joe wants to keep selecting from within the country but I also believe it's the wrong choice. He needs to do a Rassie.

It was Aussie who had to lean towards NZ in the first place because they declined in the last decade.

How would Kiwi coaches ever haven been invited if NZ was not ahead of the game?

One of the issues is that it doesn't help NZ either. When Aussie plays NZ this week it's Joe and Cronno v Razor and Jase et al. The ABs are not getting the exposure they need either.

And Farrell over Gatland will be huge upgrade as coach. Gats was essentially 'done' at the time. He had very few progressive ideas about the game his team could play against the Boks, so they just mimicked them instead. Until the third game, when Finn Russell was dragged into the side by popular demand.

Sso 2025 will have a better head coach and more cohesive team👍

SA get both BD pressure and speed off the line, though they prob perfer to maintain the latter when push comes to shove, and sacrifice the former.

The issue in Santa Fe was that Aussie got virtually no 'up' before turning out towards touch so they were conceding far too many metres in the first place. After the first half hour they never had any position from which to counter-punch at the tackle, so Argy could find width both ways within 3 or 4 phases.

But this is a good test case - Joe's coaching credentials are unimpeachable, so it was one occasion where what is going around him is more important.

Hah, so any kick down the trams was supposed to go out aye! Gold!

Maybe they were supposed to go out and that explains the broken line?!?

That's the problem for Joe - you can begin to see some nice touches in attack, and BD control is better - but things are still falling apart around that.

Wouldn't it be great if the BIL got on board in helping all Australian rugby players return to Australia for the month leading up to the series?

Exactly what influence do you fondly believe the BIL committee wields over the LNR or Japan Top League?

Seeing as RA are making the lions share of the dosh from the tour, it is their responsibility to arrange proper loan deals/sabbaticals, or release clauses.

In fact that has been an issue for years now, so it would do them good to sort it out.

So in that sense the results don't matter. From a rugby POV it is diff ofc.

If SRP teams withdraw their WBs they won't be competitive, and I suspect the Lions committee would look at a very diff tour when same spins round 12 years later. They could even send two Lions squads to both Argy and Aussie for a couple of mini-tours!