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Donald's Premiership switch falls through
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 420335" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>There is a a world of difference between making an error in execution, like missing a conversion, and taking a completely wrong option under pressure, like when your team is leading by less than a converted try in the last seconds on the game, and instead of taking the high percentage play and kicking the ball <strong>OUT</strong>, you do something completely stupid and kick it straight down the throats of one of the most dangerous counter-attacking backlines in world rugby.</p><p></p><p>And Hong Kong 2010 WAS important. Losing it has given the Wallabies some heart and confidence. Had we won that game, it would have been a demoralizing 11 wins against Australia in a row, and even more demoralizing, two 4-zip whitewashes back-to-back, and to cap it off, the AB's would now be sitting on a world record 20 consecutive test wins!!</p><p></p><p>In any case, I don't buy into this "friendly" bullshit as regards test matches, they way we see it in Soccer. </p><p></p><p>ALL Rugby Union test matches are important. Its the pinnacle of the game, and I refuse to regard June tests and Autumn Internationals as "friendlies". There is no such word in my rugby vocabulary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 420335, member: 20605"] There is a a world of difference between making an error in execution, like missing a conversion, and taking a completely wrong option under pressure, like when your team is leading by less than a converted try in the last seconds on the game, and instead of taking the high percentage play and kicking the ball [B]OUT[/B], you do something completely stupid and kick it straight down the throats of one of the most dangerous counter-attacking backlines in world rugby. And Hong Kong 2010 WAS important. Losing it has given the Wallabies some heart and confidence. Had we won that game, it would have been a demoralizing 11 wins against Australia in a row, and even more demoralizing, two 4-zip whitewashes back-to-back, and to cap it off, the AB's would now be sitting on a world record 20 consecutive test wins!! In any case, I don't buy into this "friendly" bullshit as regards test matches, they way we see it in Soccer. ALL Rugby Union test matches are important. Its the pinnacle of the game, and I refuse to regard June tests and Autumn Internationals as "friendlies". There is no such word in my rugby vocabulary. [/QUOTE]
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