2013 America's Rugby Championship

[usausa]

*Side note while injured player attended to, Canada has a cute little trainer.

 

[CDN_Rugby]

Total amateur hour.

 

[canadafan]

Canada is having a shocker today.

 

[LittleGuy]

Total amateur hour.

The missing tee, WTF was that....and another missed penalty. Du Toit is really missing guys with passes as well. Wilson Ross has been fairly energetic tonight as one of the few bright spots.

 

[LittleGuy]

Canada is having a shocker today.

It was pretty much the same vs. Uruguay with the exception of the first 15 and final 15. They just didn;'t have the skill set and decision making to make us pay. This ARC has been a shocker. Du Toit must be what are 9th choice FH? Locks are probably down in like 5th-6th choice.

 

[usausa]

Emergency ringer John Cullen comes on for Tuisamoa couple of minutes after try from USA's Danny Barrett.

 

[CDN_Rugby]

The missing tee, WTF was that....and another missed penalty. Du Toit is really missing guys with passes as well. Wilson Ross has been fairly energetic tonight as one of the few bright spots.

I've been impressed with Wilson-Ross. Du Toit, on the other hand, isn't ready for this level.

 

[LittleGuy]

I've been impressed with Wilson-Ross. Du Toit, on the other hand, isn't ready for this level.

Wilson Ross might be the only Canadian player I could rate at higher than a 6/10 tonight.

 

[canadafan]

I am going to go easy on Du Toit as he is only 18, he is showing promise, but yeah, clearly isn't ready.

 

[usausa]

Watching Canada right now reminds me of watching the Eagles this year. Missed passes, dropped balls, missed scoring opportunities, inconsistent at set piece. Du Toit had a decent start but ever since he botched that high ball in the first half he hasn't been the same, seems to have lost any confidence he may have had.

Intersting tweet I saw from a Canadian fans breaking down FH depth chart.

Jeff Hull ‏@HullatHome 20m
@ThisIsAmerRugby @risingaction Canada is WAY down their depth chart at a number of positions. Wonder where offence could come from? #ARC2013

Patrick Johnston ‏@risingaction 18m
@HullatHome @ThisIsAmerRugby by my count, du toit would be Canada's 6th choice fly halfJeff Hull ‏@HullatHome 12m

Jeff Hull ‏@HullatHome 13m
@risingaction 1) Evans 2) Jones 3) Underwood 4) Hirayama 5) Braid 6) Hearn 7) McCann 8) Fitzpatrick 9) G. Reese.... #WhoWantsTheShirt?
Patrick Johnston ‏@risingaction 12m

Patrick Johnston ‏@risingaction 13m
@HullatHome 10 hull

 

[LittleGuy]

Just when I was starting to love Dolesau!!! This is one of those nights where EVERYTHING goes wrong.

 

[canadafan]

Scholz has had a fairly good game, IMO>

 

[canadafan]

Flagg has been good since he came on.

 

[LittleGuy]

Flagg has been good since he came on.

Agreed huge upgrade from our starting Locks, Dolesau despite that drop has been energetic as well. Can't see too many of these ARC guys cracking the November roster other than the players already in the national picture. Wilson-Ross and Dolesau have looked good but we have wingers coming out of our butts anyways.

 

[usausa]

Wilson Ross and Dolesau (outside of shocker drop) really impressing on the outside, got speed to burn and skills to kill.

 

[CDN_Rugby]

Scholz has had a fairly good game, IMO>

Really? Average to sub-average in my opinion. The only players who have looked decent have been Wilson-Ross and Dolesau. Flagg hasn't been bad either.

 

[LittleGuy]

Watching Canada right now reminds me of watching the Eagles this year. Missed passes, dropped balls, missed scoring opportunities, inconsistent at set piece. Du Toit had a decent start but ever since he botched that high ball in the first half he hasn't been the same, seems to have lost any confidence he may have had.

Intersting tweet I saw from a Canadian fans breaking down FH depth chart.

Jeff Hull ‏@HullatHome 20m
@ThisIsAmerRugby @risingaction Canada is WAY down their depth chart at a number of positions. Wonder where offence could come from? #ARC2013

Patrick Johnston ‏@risingaction 18m
@HullatHome @ThisIsAmerRugby by my count, du toit would be Canada's 6th choice fly halfJeff Hull ‏@HullatHome 12m

Jeff Hull ‏@HullatHome 13m
@risingaction 1) Evans 2) Jones 3) Underwood 4) Hirayama 5) Braid 6) Hearn 7) McCann 8) Fitzpatrick 9) G. Reese.... #WhoWantsTheShirt?
Patrick Johnston ‏@risingaction 12m

Patrick Johnston ‏@risingaction 13m
@HullatHome 10 hull

Hull's depth chart is a little weird, Evans hasn't been run out at FH for Canada in a while. McCann is not playing there that much anymore in France. I've never seen Hearn play at 10 and he misspelled G. Rees in his joke at the end. Johnston is a good source for info from BC and his blog at the province is quality, his player ratings are generally on target knows quite a bit about the BC scene.

Trainor has had a lot better 2nd half.

And that's the knife in the heart...wow full credit to the States full money for their big win tonight.

 

[LittleGuy]

Dolesau trying a little too hard at the end, can't say I blame him considering how terrible the rest of the team has been. Not sure if I should bother with a morbid player ratings. It would be a range of from 3-5's for most of the side, with maybe three or four 6's and a couple of 2's.

Going to get ugly against the Jaguars I feel, two pretty dreadful efforts so far by Canada. I hope the 7's reinforcements and Buydens coming back can help shore things up for the Moari match.

 

[usausa]

Hull's depth chart is a little weird, Evans hasn't been run out at FH for Canada in a while. McCann is not playing there that much anymore in France. I've never seen Hearn play at 10 and he misspelled G. Rees in his joke at the end. Johnston is a good source for info from BC and his blog at the province is quality, his player ratings are generally on target knows quite a bit about the BC scene.

Trainor has had a lot better 2nd half.

And that's the knife in the heart...wow full credit to the States full money for their big win tonight.

I was thinking when I read it that oh, is it supposed to be Gareth Rees but then I thought that since I'm not familiar with the domestic scene in Canada that maybe there is some player laying around playing provincial rugby with that name. Looks almost more like a timeline.

 

[Jaguares]

What do you think about Teros performance against The Jaguares (Argentina A)? Do you still think they can win the playoffs?