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Australia 2011

  • 02-11-2010 11:34am
    #1
    conno16
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    my favourites for the RWC
    just coming ripe at the right time again
    theres an art to squad development and these guys have it to a tee
    discuss


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  • #2
    bamboozle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭bamboozle


    agree, i've been saying this for a while, they came here last year with a squad of players mostly under the age of 25, blooded them, by WC they'll have plenty of experience on board.


  • #3
    conno16
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    prob still get them at 5 to 1 / 4 to 1 if ya search
    good investment at this point in time i feel


  • #4
    Nuigforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭Nuigforce


    conno16 wrote: »
    prob still get them at 5 to 1 / 4 to 1 if ya search
    good investment at this point in time i feel
    Doubt it 7/2 in pp


  • #5
    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    I'll be sticking with the All Blacks thank you. Just because Donald gifted them the Hong Kong game don't lets lose the run of ourselves. The Aussie scrum still looks weak, Giteau has left his kicking boots at home, Quade Cooper blows hot and cold and Rocky Elsom is not really cut out for the captaincy. :D


  • #6
    JustinDee
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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    Just because Donald gifted them the Hong Kong game don't lets lose the run of ourselves
    Utter rubbish.


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  • #7
    Judgement Day
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    JustinDee wrote: »
    Utter rubbish.

    Well you're in a minority of one there. Donald missed an easy penalty and then hoofed the ball back to the Aussies in the dying moments of the game when he should have put the ball into the stand. Did you watch the game? :D


  • #8
    danthefan
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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    Well you're in a minority of one there. Donald missed an easy penalty and then hoofed the ball back to the Aussies in the dying moments of the game when he should have put the ball into the stand. Did you watch the game? :D

    I did, and Australia scored plenty of points before Donald got near the field.

    How you can blame him for the kick when Aus hung onto the ball for phase after phase for about 4 minutes - it's completely daft. The better team won.


  • #9
    JustinDee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,684 ✭✭✭JustinDee


    Judgement Day wrote: »
    Well you're in a minority of one there. Donald missed an easy penalty and then hoofed the ball back to the Aussies in the dying moments of the game when he should have put the ball into the stand. Did you watch the game? :D

    Yes I did watch the game. Have commented on it already in the match thread.
    If you think Stephen Donald was the reason that the Wallabies won that game, I'd ask you the same question.
    Did Stephen Jones win Ireland the Grand Slam?


  • #10
    Judgement Day
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    JustinDee wrote: »
    Yes I did watch the game. Have commented on it already in the match thread.
    If you think Stephen Donald was the reason that the Wallabies won that game, I'd ask you the same question.
    Did Stephen Jones win Ireland the Grand Slam?

    Yes. Jones missing the penalty and Donald hoofing the ball back downfield were pretty much the same. In Jones' case his kick fell short and presumably he had given it his best shot but in Donald's case his kick was a surprising error of judgement and had he kicked it out of play chances were that the ABs would have won. It's not sour grapes with me as a winning streak can't go on forever but it was the manner of the defeat that was hard to take.


  • #11
    conno16
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    either way i think we can all agree that the aussies are real contenders next year
    would love to see them clench it in NZ


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  • #12
    delta_bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭delta_bravo


    Friend of mine put €50 on Ireland about 18 months ago. Got odds of 66/1. Would be some windfall :)


  • #13
    conno16
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    some windfall alright
    heres hoping john hayes, wally, drico, darce and the rest of the old timers can make it there..

    NZ or australia would beat ireland by no less than 30 points right now - any time, any place


  • #14
    handsomecake
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭handsomecake


    all depends on what type of rugby is played at the next world cup. i know the rules are different now but when the stakes get raised people just love kicking the leather off it. if we get a repeat of 2007 neither aus or nz will win it. they both seem to have no inclination for drop goals either currently and historically.


  • #15
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,073 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    conno16 wrote: »
    either way i think we can all agree that the aussies are real contenders next year
    would love to see them clench it in NZ

    Is that with a fist?:) BTW I don't think Australia would beat Ireland by 30 points. Let's see the scores from Saturday's respective games to get a clearer picture.


  • #16
    Ciaran-Irl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭Ciaran-Irl


    delta_bravo wrote: »
    Friend of mine put €50 on Ireland about 18 months ago. Got odds of 66/1. Would be some windfall :)

    It's not a bad thing to do if you would love to go to some tournament, but couldn't afford it. A mate of mine put 200 quid on at 201/ for the Irish soccer team to qualify for the world cup, so if they won, it would cover a major chunk of the money to go to the tournament. They didn't qualify, but the theory made sense.

    50 quid at 66/1 would cover the Lions tour in 2013. Extremely unlikely obviously - 66-1 is probably a bit tight...


  • #17
    chimchimney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭chimchimney


    australia will need to sort out a few things if they're going to win the world cup, their scrum for a start. Maybe it will be better as alexander gets back into the swing of things, but it has been poor throughout the 3N and awful on saturday.

    they don't have as many world class ball-carriers in the forwards as they need, throughout the 3nations their forwards were struggling to get over the gain line. their backs are class but they will need go-forward ball. their defence also needs tightening up, it didnt take NZ or SA much effort to break it down on saturday or throughout the 3N.

    they need to sort out their goal kicking - key for cup rugby, could o'connor be the answer to this? gits, cooper and beale have all had low success percentages recently (by international standards).

    Cooper is a very exciting player but a bit inconsistent for my liking, i get the feeling that if things started going badly in a cup match situation he could go missing.


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