Who is coaching Australia for the next Rugby World Cup? Is he any good and was Eddie Jones a bad coach?
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It will be the bloke from queensland, John Connoly.\nEddie Jones just failed a bit at the end there, thats all!
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I am in a quandry about the refereeing during every World Cup game. All teams have had bad calls and I feel sorry for Croatia. Aussies won though and play Italy tomorrow.\nAussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi
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This is the sort of thing a typical Argie-hater/English person would say when they are scared.. I know this from experience. I and a lot of other fans had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shake Diego Maradona and the selections' hand when they came to Sydney in the 1990's for the World cup qualifier against Australia. Needless to say Argentina won, but at the games there were many English fans shouting the same bullshit about the Malvinas and the 'Desaparecidos' of the 1970's, talking political shit just to bring us down because they have nothing else to throw at us.. CHEAP. I also remember as a child attending an endless amount of soccer games in Sydney in the early 1980's(being that my dad played for Independiente Mar del Plata back in the mid to late 60's),again, with Aussies poms shouting out the same shit just to intimidate us.. Holding up huge signs at the entrance to the stadium about the disappearance of thousands of people in Argentina back in the 70's.., about Perontistas and communism and all that other crap that has abosutely nothing to do with Football.. I remember being in the midst of a riot on the streets of Sydney and Argie fans picking up cans and making music and shouting out Argentinian cheers and songs and the police arresting my dad for being hit in the head with a beer bottle, by a group of drunk Aussie and pommie supporters.. calling us wogs and telling us to go back to our own country..lol.... whatever.. And yes i think Argentina has a very good chance of winning. We have numerous players with more potential than hhmm ..lol.. Beckem...lol.. Okay so Maradona messed up.. but has there been anyone like him yet? Has any other player done what Diego did in his prime??? Poms, your are acting scared.. This is a new generation of scared.. a fear that will never leave your blood.. Stop using poilitics for your advantage, this is a sports game, If there is one thing pommy fans lack it is SPORTSMANSHIP, ever heard of it pommies???
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don't jinx us PLEASE!!!\n\nGO AUSSIES!!!
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Interesting question but at present it would have to be no as they have yet to win the world cup, they are certainly far in front than other nations and a pleasure to watch and i say that as a Welshman having just seen an excellent All Blacks team
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Brett Lee and Mike Hussey is right. Yeah they are okay, just a slight hole in Brett Lee's leg that's all. Still flogging the Poms which is the main thing. Go Aussies!
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Yes, Good players keep on coming in Australian side - we have Nathan Bracken, Michael Hussey , Michael Clarke , Mitchell Johnson . There are some good  young  allrounders  too . Australian team also has a good rotational policy . So they will still be quite a good team even after Mcgrath and Warne retire .
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You might love or hate this comment but Tubby has never filled Patino's shoes no matter what you say. I know tubby has one his fair share of games but he was never the coach Patino was at UK. I definitely think UK needs a change because they have fell short in the past few years and they arent the same caliber team of old. A new coach could do them some good.
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He is good, he has a great understanding of the game and a seemingly good understanding and relationship of and with his players. He has an incredible ability to build and refine great fitness levels in the teams he coaches.But he never sticks around very long with any team it seems. In the game Australia  V's Japan his strategic outlook and player positioning was questionable. Once he worked out the "mistakes" he rectified them, however I think the guts and determination of our Aussie players made him look brilliant this morning.
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Dude.........\n\nWell according to the form of Australian Cricket Team, I think Australia may win the World Cup 2007.\n\nAustralia are gifted with hardworking players especially all-rounders.\n\nPlayers like \n1)Adam Gilchrist\n2)Mattew Hayden\n3)M.Hussey \n\ncan prove a good start to the innings.\n\n4)Captain Ricky Ponting is doing well in the field.He is one of the prominent players of Australia & best in the world.\n\n5)Damian Martynm, Andrew Syemonds,Bradd Hogg can prove perfectly well as allrounders & contribute the team with runs in the middle order.\n\n6)Jason Gillespie,Micheal Kasprowicz,Glenn McGath,BretLee,Mitchel Johnson etc. are the best options for the bowling order & can help the team in taking wickets.\n\nFurthermore Shane Watson has proved beneficial to the team as an all rounder.Therefore he can be very much helpfull in the team during the World Cup.\n\nIn addition majority of the Australian Players are in form, so it can be clearly analyzed that they have a lot of chance in winning the World Cup 2007.\n\nI hope you got your answer.
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It's only the beginning, long way to go in the series yet.\nThe score is bad for England especially as they have lost 3 wickets and scored only 53 runs in reply.\n\nFor our friends in the southern hemisphere....\n lets not forget who are actually holders of The Ashes.\nAs well as the Rugby Union World Cup!!
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japan's goal in australia's 3-1 win. it was obvious that they were holding back scharzer. the ref was a blind fool. but thank jesus the aussies still won.
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Hello there Hamsterboy,\n\nAll the opinions are flowing...mine too...lol...on the performance of the Brazilian team. Some are saying it was all tactical and they were holding back, some say they do not want injuries to impede them ( but who does).  \nFor me, they were less than dynamic and less than impressive. I don't know what the problem was, maybe they were over confident and took Croatia a little for granted which put them on the back foot against a team that played very well. Croatia impressed me. A bit of polish on their finishing of shots will see them threaten a lot of teams in time to come. Ronaldo has problems, that is obvious but the lack lustre performance was not his problem alone. They did enough to win and whether that was a tactical decision or not we will have to wait and see, but if they are going to win that form and performance will not see it happen a 6th time. They made themselves look over rated today or perhaps Croatia did. Guess it's a waiting game now. I'm really excited to see how my team Australia goes against Brazil now. I can't wait for that game.
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Poland did play very well against Germany. It's a funny thing the WC. Teams are out doing themselves and others are not playing at expected levels. Perhaps after Poland's disappointing first match, they were a little under estimated and their improvement may have shocked the German side a bit and made them a little panicky. I expected them to play a little better myself with the massive crowd support and home soil advantage, then again that is only a part of a teams psychology. I'm sure it was a wake up call though and they will be much improved in their next match.\n\nGood Luck to everyone and your team...Go Australia!!!
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i would be reversing the question especially seeing that sean long is out. australia lost last time to great britain and heads will roll if that happens again on our home soil.\n\na lot will depend on the style of the refereeing.
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Australia got into the world cup in a amazing way .... they played versus Uruguay (one of the greatest temas in south America) and won in penalties their ticket to the world cup. Probably they wont be finalist, but who knows, if they beated Uruguay, they could get to the second round, dont you think?
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As a New Zealander there are a lot of great rugby players, both in union and league.  David Campese was my favourite.  I remember him when in 1982 he beat our best winger, Stu Wilson, at that time I thought Stu Wilson was the best winger ever.  Ever since then I always thought he was great, he may have had a few defficiencies but that does not negate his skills.  Even when he knocked us out of the World Cup in 1991, I can still remember a year later the All Blacks were saying they have no fear of him he's just one player in a very talented team.  David Campese gets the ball and you see 15 All Blacks panic.  His skills are legendary.  I am not saying he's the best Australian rugby player but I like him.