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[2014 TRC] South Africa v Australia in Cape Town (27/09/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 675120" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>Yeah, to be honest though this result does reflect just how poor our depth is and how annihilated the side has been by injuries... Given rugby is pretty well now the 4th ranked sport in Australia we still do ok, but we can't expect to match it with a side like the boks when 80% of our preferred starting line up plus several back ups are unavailable. The Kangaroos? Sure - they have just as many injuries leading up to the 4N as the Wobblies, but the side still looks insanely lethal. In Union that sort of depth is another 10-20 years from existing in Australia though (and would require stellar management at the ARU - an unlikely scenario).</p><p></p><p>But check this out - for the League 4N this is who is out of the Roos:</p><p></p><p>Justin Hodges (Broncos), Matt Gillett (Broncos), Brett Morris (Dragons), Josh Dugan (Dragons), Trent Merrin (Dragons), Will Hopoate (Eels), Andrew Fifita (Sharks), Michael Gordon (Sharks), Billy Slater (Storm), Dave Taylor (***ans), Brent Tate (Cowboys - career ending injury), Paul Gallen (ASADA ban), Darius Boyd (Knights), Luke Lewis (Sharks). </p><p></p><p>That's a pretty massive list of rep players out on a scale suffered by the Wallabies. But the side don't like any weaker, as you could still field a side that looked like this:</p><p></p><p>Cronk </p><p>Thurston </p><p>Morris (Brett) </p><p>Jennings </p><p>Hayne </p><p>Stewart </p><p>Inglis </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, we could still field a forward pack of: </p><p></p><p>Thaiday </p><p>Smith </p><p>Scott </p><p>Bird </p><p>Tamou</p><p></p><p>That's a pretty ****ing awesome team and just shows how insane the depth is in League here. But when you put the same injury list on the Wallabies you just end up with a reasonably solid looking team that's more a Super Rugby standard one than a test one.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As one of the few Wallabies fans that defended Deans, I certainly appreciate this sentiment. Perhaps now Aussie rugby fans will better understand the actual place of the sport in our country and how ridiculous it is to expect us to be world beaters when the game has no money, players who come too often from private school backgrounds (i.e. soft) and two billion dollar behometh competitors that suck all the oxygen out of the public broadcasting times. Seriously, I was in Melbourne when the first bledisloe was on and I seriously struggled to find a pub with the game on... that's a problem.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 675120, member: 12207"] Yeah, to be honest though this result does reflect just how poor our depth is and how annihilated the side has been by injuries... Given rugby is pretty well now the 4th ranked sport in Australia we still do ok, but we can't expect to match it with a side like the boks when 80% of our preferred starting line up plus several back ups are unavailable. The Kangaroos? Sure - they have just as many injuries leading up to the 4N as the Wobblies, but the side still looks insanely lethal. In Union that sort of depth is another 10-20 years from existing in Australia though (and would require stellar management at the ARU - an unlikely scenario). But check this out - for the League 4N this is who is out of the Roos: Justin Hodges (Broncos), Matt Gillett (Broncos), Brett Morris (Dragons), Josh Dugan (Dragons), Trent Merrin (Dragons), Will Hopoate (Eels), Andrew Fifita (Sharks), Michael Gordon (Sharks), Billy Slater (Storm), Dave Taylor (***ans), Brent Tate (Cowboys - career ending injury), Paul Gallen (ASADA ban), Darius Boyd (Knights), Luke Lewis (Sharks). That's a pretty massive list of rep players out on a scale suffered by the Wallabies. But the side don't like any weaker, as you could still field a side that looked like this: Cronk Thurston Morris (Brett) Jennings Hayne Stewart Inglis Meanwhile, we could still field a forward pack of: Thaiday Smith Scott Bird Tamou That's a pretty ****ing awesome team and just shows how insane the depth is in League here. But when you put the same injury list on the Wallabies you just end up with a reasonably solid looking team that's more a Super Rugby standard one than a test one. [FONT=Verdana] As one of the few Wallabies fans that defended Deans, I certainly appreciate this sentiment. Perhaps now Aussie rugby fans will better understand the actual place of the sport in our country and how ridiculous it is to expect us to be world beaters when the game has no money, players who come too often from private school backgrounds (i.e. soft) and two billion dollar behometh competitors that suck all the oxygen out of the public broadcasting times. Seriously, I was in Melbourne when the first bledisloe was on and I seriously struggled to find a pub with the game on... that's a problem. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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