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Now that Australiais the new "England" of world rugby, we must explore the positives of winning the penalty goal way
i) In days gone by, we didn't have a goal kicker good enough to win rugby tests. We can now shoot out with the most boring teams in world rugby (of which we are now the most boring of all)
ii) The good thing about winning despite playing so badly and seemingly plucking games out of the fire.......is belief. The team is learning to win. They are building belief that if they hang in there they will prevail. This is an important mindset to develop.
The Rex plan
1. sack Deans. This style of rugby is unsustainable. The Australian public won't support this team through the turnstyles. The performances against France, Italy and wales were as boring and uninspiring as anything rubgy has produced...ever
2. Hire Link - Link is a proven performer. he seems to be a good manager of people and developing peoples strengths and managing around their weaknesses = great leader!
3. Cooper back to 10.
4. Beale is 10Kg too heavy. he is a skinny kid in a fat body and he's lost his zip. Beale has to be given a KPI. If you turn up to wallaby camp above weight x (eg 85Kg), you won't be selected. Get you fat @ss training and get off the p1ss. He has a clear goal. He has a clear expectation. If you weigh 100g over 85Kg, we will not select you.
5. Beale is not a 10
6. Get Phipps out of the wallaby program. He is the worst 9 this country has had
7. Lets get some attacking backs. Put Mccabe at 15. His defence is fantastic and he is good under the high ball. His crash balls from 12 won't win us rugby games. England proved you have to score 35 points plus to beat the allblacks. The wallabies did quite well this year in limiting them tries but we don't even look like scoring a try. You have to be great defensively but unless you score 35 points, you won't beat the allblacks very often.
8. Pretty happy with the pack. They are competing well despite a few hiccups here and there. We have great forward depth now..........better than any time in wallaby history. The dilemma is how do we get Pocock and Hooperin the same team? Does Pocock develop into an 8? It was useful to have Pocock back. He plays hard on the ball and won some fanatstic turnovers against Wales that Hooper wouldn't have done. Hooper brings an attacking edge to our game. he is fast and explosive from his beach sprinting days. He is a great go forward man that can spark an attack by getting the team on the front foot.
9. We will need a massive ball carrying forward in 6 who is also great in the lineout to play Hooper and Pocock.
The season is over. Sharpie got to go out a winner. It was great to see the big fella holding some trophies on his swansong after some lean times for the wallabies and the Force.
Jees it was ugly rugby on this tour. Something has to change. It's hard to watch