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Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
WALLABIES (1-15):
1 Angus Bell,
2 Folau Fainga'a,
3 Allan Alaalatoa,
4 Izack Rodda,
5 Matt Philip,
6 Lachie Swinton,
7 Michael Hooper (c)
8 Rob Valetini,
9 Tate McDermott,
10 Quade Cooper,
11 Marika Koroibete,
12 Samu Kerevi,
13 Len Ikitau,
14 Andrew Kellaway,
15 Tom Banks
Reserves: Feleti Kaitu'u, James Slipper, Taniela Tupou, Rob Leota, Pete Samu, Nic White, Reece Hodge, Jordan Petaia
SPRINGBOKS (1-15):
1 Steven Kishoff,
2 Bongi Mbonambi,
3 Frans Malherbe,
4 Eben Etzebeth,
5 Lood de Jager,
6 Siya Kolisi (c),
7 Franco Mostert,
8 Duane Vermeulen,
9 Faf de Klerk,
10 Handre Pollard,
11 Makazole Mapimpi,
12 Damian de Allende,
13 Lukhanyo Am,
14 Sbu Nkosi,
15 Willie le Roux
Reserves: Malcolm Marx, Ox Nché, Vincent Koch, Marco van Staden, Kwagga Smith, Jasper Wiese, Herschel Jantjies, Damian Willemse
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
I gotta say, I'm not too bothered about the scoreline in this one. If we don't play poor, poor rugby like last weekend, I am happy. The Boks are steady and confident. We are a shambles. I don't expect to win, but I'd like to enjoy watching.
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
I hope Cooper plays well,he deserves his spot
OK, you reckon?
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
How bloody good? #idhavequadesbaby
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
bloody dust in the shed
#imnotcrying
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
As they say a win is a win! QC is definitely better than last week’s contender but how would he have handled the AB’s?
I’ll take the win and be grateful.
May the FORCE be with you!
I'm good with Quade Cooper Mk II
Riddle me this
Is Quade a whole bunch better than he was or does he just look really good in comparison to what we've been seeing lately.
(This might also apply to joc, who didn't look the goods as a 10 years ago)
C'mon the
He played a controlled innings; at a guess sticking to the game plan and structure asked of him. Gave good early ball to Kerevi and made no errors. His tactical kicking was ok and there was no sign of the long hail Mary passes that failed as often as not. So yes, he's better.