Aussie Pro Rugby

[Bovidae]

@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

Josh Canham the most unlucky.

Schmidt has definitely rewarded the Qld players with two locks, and the reserve hooker.

[NTA]

@Machpants said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

Harry Johnson-Holmes

uh... whut?

[NTA]

Three Waratahs in, and others considered. Angus Bell I understand, but he's not likely to show for the rest of the year if they're serious about his foot injury.

Dylan Pietsch (uncapped, Leeton Phantoms)

When I was at Uni at Wagga I remember those blokes turning up. Hard country boys at the time. Now mostly seasonal workers from the Pacific.

Great logo and strip too

[NTA]

Anyways: pick who you want. Hopefully Joe can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear and win against Wales and Georgia.

Absolutely fuck all hope against the ABs or Boks.

[KiwiMurph]

@NTA said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

@Machpants said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

Harry Johnson-Holmes

uh... whut?

I presume they want to keep an eye on his injury recovery. He only did his Achilles in May.

[Nevorian]

Schmidt would definitely be expecting to beat Wales and Georgia but think there is a 2027 plan in this team also

[Daffy Jaffy]

[antipodean]

@Daffy-Jaffy certainly deciding not to be as arrogant and abrasive as his predecessor.

[KiwiMurph]

Schmidt comes across well. Just what Wallabies need I think.

[NTA]

@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

Schmidt comes across well. Just what Wallabies need I think.

We had that with Dave Rennie, too... Then pissed away 3 years of his work for a train wreck maaaaaaaate...

[Tim]

https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/06/23/mckellar-emerges-as-waratahs-option-after-mutual-departure-from-english-powerhouse-cheika-in-line-to-replace/

[NTA]

People are saying he just lined up the coaches and players he wanted at Leicester. So this seems weird

[KiwiMurph]

@NTA said in Aussie Pro Rugby:

People are saying he just lined up the coaches and players he wanted at Leicester. So this seems weird

Golden opportunity for the Tahs though. He is exactly what they need.

[NTA]

@KiwiMurph hope he likes politics and agendas.

[NTA]

More Roar shenanigans talking about Nick Stiles or Simon Raiwalui becoming the head of performance.

https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/06/23/exclusive-two-horse-race-for-vital-tahs-head-role-as-standoff-beckons-over-displaced-rebels/

[KiwiMurph]

@NTA Doran's oil is usually good

[NTA]

@KiwiMurph yep. And I don't mind the idea of Raiwalui in the picture.

But it is only the tip of the iceberg as far as saving rugby goes. Still too much focus on the top end while ignoring all the issues below.

[NTA]

Watched the interview on Stan with Joe Schmidt. A frankly delightful level of realism, given the shit that was 2023's coaching fucktardery

[KiwiMurph]

Excellent signing this. Canham looks to have a big future

[KiwiMurph]

First domino falls for Tahs with the head of performance role.

Now hire a coach.

https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/06/26/exclusive-ex-fiji-wallabies-coach-set-to-win-prized-waratahs-role/

Ten months after overseeing Fiji’s greatest World Cup victory by upsetting the Wallabies in Saint Etienne, Simon Raiwalui is set to become the head of performance at the Waratahs.

In a full-circle moment for Raiwalui, who moved to Tempe in Sydney with his mother at a young age before starting out his remarkable rugby career with Manly in the Shute Shield, the former Fijian international will become the Waratahs’ head of performance, The Roar understands.