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Rugby Pass Podcast: Who Is the Team of the Year?
By RugbyPass
On the podcast this week, Scotty Stevenson is joined by All Blacks legend Jeff Wilson and resident Rugby Pass troll Hayden Donnell. They talk over this weekend's showdown between Australia and England, and whether it's concerning the Wallabies couldn't select Will Genia for the match because it clashed with his contract obligations to Stade Francais. Donnell repeatedly calls Eddie Jones a "goblin", Wilson insists England will never beat the All Blacks on talent, and all three make their picks for Team Of The Year.
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There must be some doubt whether Finau has the head for Test rugby right now, compared to some of the others he doesn't react as well to situations on the field.
Go to commentsMate, I’m no fan of Ireland, but pretty much every international team is constantly off side.
If the refs were to officiate offsides strictly, there’d be 20-some offside penalties per team in every international test.
Instead, offside has become the new forward pass. If it doesn’t fly 30 degrees forward, it’s “flat”. The same with offside: it it’s not a yard and a half offside, it’s on side.
The refs are generally poor at catching even the most egregious offsides (especially Nika Amashukeli, I’ve noticed - he barely officiates offsides), so if the linesmen are asleep, the game can get wild. In those cases, it’s about which team notices this ref weakness first, and abuses it more.
But trust me, EVERY team is trying to get an advantage there if they can get away with it.
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