10 September 2024 #010
Good morning G&GRs and welcome to Tuesday.
It was a troublesome weekend for Australian and New Zealand Rugby followers, and you’ll examine within the Wallabies match evaluate right here, the All Blacks match evaluate right here, and a spherical up from Bris within the Monday information right here.
There was actually loads of dialogue within the feedback part on Monday, a lot in regards to the Wallabies check, but additionally in regards to the construction of Australian rugby, the great and unhealthy facets of Tremendous Rugby, the deserves of a home competitors, ought to we be utilizing abroad gamers, whether or not our gamers are pretty much as good as different groups, and does Rugby Australia learn the feedback that we submit right here.
It will be nice if RA did learn the feedback as there’s lots of positivity amongst the GAGR household regardless of the end result on the weekend, and there’s actually lots of constructive IP within the feedback.
Perhaps a shorter article as we speak, I’ll undergo the rankings from the Wallabies recreation, as scored by the GAGR readers, a quick abstract of WA membership rugby, point out the Wallaroos tour and video games within the WXV2 match, and supply a few of my ideas on tremendous rugby.
Wallabies Participant Rankings
It was a really completely different recreation between the 2 groups in Santa Fe on the weekend, very open, quick, nonetheless bodily although.
Australia participant rankings
The participant rankings are in from the match evaluate ballot on Sunday, these are the common scores from teh voting, and the commentary is mine when you prefer it and agree, and Yowie’s when you don’t.
- Angus Bell – 6 – An excellent good hit out from Bell, within the scrum and across the park. His break for the primary attempt was prime class. Went off simply after half time and that was the beginning of the tip for the Wallabies.
- Matt Faessler – 6 – One other good recreation by Faessler and its straightforward to overlook that he has solely performed a dozen check matches. He has good footwork when he carries and he does the powerful work.
- Taniela Tupou – 5 – The scrum was good and he has good expertise across the park, hopefully he was changed late within the first half to handle damage slightly than due to it. Hopefully getting again to full health over the approaching weeks for the Bledisloe.
- Nick Frost – 5 – One other good recreation by Frost, and he’s actually trying the half within the second row, physicality and carries all through his time on the sphere. Was a part of a defensive lineout that had Argentina on the ropes.
- Jeremy Williams – 5 – Some good play when he was on the sphere, his kick off receipts have been good within the first half and carried vigorously. Was a part of a defensive lineout that had Argentina on the ropes.
- Rob Valetini – 5 – One other strong recreation by Bobby V however was changed sooner than anticipated and the sport went to poo afterwards.
- Carlo Tizzano – 5 – Labored laborious, don’t bear in mind any turnovers, however he did get a attempt for his efforts.
- Harry Wilson – 5 – A strong recreation Wilson with loads of effort, carries, and tackles. It could be that his lack of expertise (and many of the crew as nicely) simply couldn’t discover a option to arrest the momentum of Los Pumas, from half-hour into the sport.
- Jake Gordon – 4 – Once more the common ranking, and as one other of the senior gamers, couldn’t discover a option to get his crew again into the sport. As one of many main kickers within the crew, he must be simpler there.
- Ben Donaldson – 5 – Acquired to probability to steer the crew round on a dry observe, and appeared first rate to good in assault, significantly within the first half-hour. Appears to have the ability to see alternatives and react positively to them, but additionally wants to enhance the standard of normal play kicking, significantly those that should be contestable.
- Markia Koroibete – 3 – Nonetheless seem like lots of effort, however was caught from behind to be denied a attempt, some poor missed tackles, and a primary knock that put the crew beneath a great deal of stress.
- Hamish Stewart – 4 – A more durable outing in his second check, nonetheless made area and time for the surface backs, however not many highlights, and the defensive position was struggling all recreation.
- Len Ikitau – 5 – A quieter recreation for Fergie and much like Stewart, the backline defence appeared prefer it was struggling to include Argentina all recreation. Regarded like he was injured early within the second half, and I don’t bear in mind a constructive interplay after that.
- Max Jorgensen – 4 – Was a part of an excellent motion that put Kellaway over for a attempt, however appears to not perceive when the kick is coming in order that he can chase it.
- Andrew Kellaway – 5 – Considered one of his finest video games in years from the Ninja, good positioning, good play for an early attempt.
- Josh Nasser – 5 – Was on early and an incredible turnover on his attempt line. Lineout nonetheless functioned, scrum struggled although.
- James Slipper – 3 – A recreation to overlook in his 139th check. Was a part of the replacements that couldn’t sustain with Argentina as the sport went on. Appeared to battle at scrum time.
- Allan Alaalatoa – 3– On late within the first half, and was a part of a scrum that struggled. Additionally a part of the bench that couldn’t make sufficient influence.
- Josh Canham – 4 – Made his debut in a recreation that I’m certain lots of people want to overlook. A knock on in site visitors and as with the opposite bench gamers, couldn’t add sufficient power to maintain up with the Argies.
- Langi Gleeson – 4 – Perhaps made a lineout steal, however in any other case not a lot constructive influence. Nonetheless early in his check profession however must discover a option to stay as much as the billing that the commentary crew give him. Similar as the opposite bench gamers, couldn’t sustain with Argentina.
- Tate McDermott – 5 – As all the time, appeared to extend the tempo of play, fast faucet for a attempt to give the smallest quantity of hope with 10 to go, but additionally kicked one out on the total to ask Los Pumas again into our 22.
- Tom Lynagh – 4 – Acquired an honest quantity of recreation time, however the Argies have been in full circulation at that stage and never lots of alternative to show it round.
- Josh Flook – 4 – Perhaps ought to have been on earlier if Ikitau was injured early within the second half. Often defender and organiser, however couldn’t assist to show the ship round.
Tell us what you assume within the feedback.
Western Australian Membership Rugby
There have been loads of Western Power gamers, and academy gamers on present within the Males’s premier grade closing in Perth on the weekend. Associates got here from behind to assert the win 21-19 over Palmyra.
Wanneroo took out the Girls’s Premier Grade closing 20-8 over Palmyra. Kudos to Palmyra for making the ultimate in each Males’s and Girls’s. Wanneroo scored early and skipped out to a 15-3 lead and have been by no means headed. Congrats.
Wallaroos
The Wallaroos have flown out to the Northern Hemisphere to play Eire and Wales at house, after which return to South Africa for the WXV2 marketing campaign over the approaching weeks. The tour schedule is beneath and hopefully the Wallaroos can flip round their current kind and report some victories to spherical out 2024 and carry some momentum into subsequent 12 months and the world cup.
With 5 video games in 5 weeks, the uncapped gamers look more likely to make their debuts and Coach Joe Yapp has ambitions to win WXV2. Good luck to the Wallaroos.
Tremendous Rugby?
Numerous chat about Tremendous Rugby in Monday’s discussion board, whether or not it has handed it’s use by date, and whether or not Australia ought to put all of it’s eggs right into a home competitors basket.
My view in regards to the home competitors is that we want extra Australian gamers enjoying extra video games on the highest stage they’ll to make the Wallabies extra aggressive. My easy view is that our gamers don’t get sufficient expertise, and that goes again to varsities, golf equipment, and Tremendous Rugby.
New Zealand and South Africa have gained the final 4 world cups between them and subsequently are setting the usual in world rugby. Giving our gamers extra probabilities to play towards them needs to be a part of the plan to enhance.
For mine, the most important mistake that they made with tremendous rugby was introducing solely two enlargement groups with the Sunwolves and the Jaguares. That and the convention system meant that the groups misplaced the advantage of the 2 or three recreation excursions to South Africa and so they usually needed to fly from South Africa to South America, or the opposite means earlier than returning house, making three video games in three nations and time zones in three weeks. Tremendous Rugby had been excellent earlier than that, and I didn’t thoughts the Reds enjoying in South Africa for a few weeks at a time.
Except they add extra groups, I believe {that a} full house and away season would convey again better curiosity with extra video games and possibly a extra balanced competitors.
I additionally love the concept of extra video games being performed domestically, undecided of the format, how a lot they could be capable of leverage the assets of the tremendous rugby groups / organisations to educate, handle, and produce collectively some consultant groups from the membership competitions to have a problem sequence that adopted the membership finals. It may very well be a bit just like the NRC I assume, so funding it could be tough.
That’s a wrap for this week
In case you made it this far, thanks for taking the time, that’s it for me this week, over to you G&GRs.
