There is Hope

So the Aussie Schoolboys beat NZ today at Hunters Hill 23-18!!
I guess we'll see some Academy players coming through in the years ahead BUT seriously I am just back from a few days away and will write about the 'Rugby World Cup' DEBACLE soon!!

Short summary now:

• Geez poor Steve Larkham with those images after the defeat
• Can we find a Front Row with skill, bulk and speed... it was supposed to be their time!
• I feel for Mortlock as he should never had needed that missed goal after playing behind a beaten pack of forewards
• Great to be watching some 'daytime' footy
• How dangerous we looked with the ball, how little of it we had
• Mastering the offload game meant loose forwards were out wide looking to run and hence invisible when beaten at the breakdown
• Our positional kicking game went off and the wheels fell off
• Berrick Barnes slight of hand was good but you need multiple phases of play so you fool the opposition ocassionally.... we didn't have enough ball to do that...
• Eddie Jones is behaving like a 'pork chop' but he is right that if George Gregan is in the side he should have been skipper and only move on after he goes...
• Vickerman... grow up! They out foxed and niggled you beautifully
• McMenniman does look good
• The Lineout pictured above and our defence are about all we did really well!!
  

Anyhow... more later!!