June Internationals
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@pukunui There are more players of Island/Maori origin than of European descent in the Wallaby squad. First time ever I reckon and it shows how much the landscape has changed in Australian rugby. Should make the wallabies a lot more physical though.
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@akan004 said in June Internationals:
@pukunui There are more players of Island/Maori origin than of European descent in the Wallaby squad. First time ever I reckon and it shows how much the landscape has changed in Australian rugby. Should make the wallabies a lot more physical though.
Yeah, 18 players.
Good luck spotting the 18th 😉
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@Duluth said in June Internationals:
@ARHS said in June Internationals:
On top of the 18 Islanders/Maoris (Adam Coleman being the 18th?)
He has some notable cousins - Inoke Afeaki, Ben Afeaki & Rodney Blake
His Dad is a former Tongan international.
He actually makes 19 Maori/Polynesian players.Dayum
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Ulster team & replacements to play Barbarians, Thursday 1st June, Kingspan Stadium (7.30pm kick-off local time / 6.30am NZT):
(15-9): Peter Nelson, Mark Keane, Callum Patterson, Stuart McCloskey, Craig Gilroy, Brett Herron, Ruan Pienaar (Joint Captain);
(1-8): Andy Warwick, Rob Herring, Rodney Ah You, Alan O'Connor, Peter Browne, Matthew Rea, Clive Ross, Roger Wilson (Joint Captain).Replacements (16-24): John Andrew, Kyle McCall, Ross Kane, Stephen Mulholland, Chris Henry, Paul Marshall, Dave Shanahan, Callum Smith, Ricky Lutton.
BARBARIANS TEAM
15 Alex Goode (Saracens & England)
14 David Smith (Castres)
13 Waisea Nayacalevu (Stade Francais & Fiji)
12 Robbie Fruean (Bath Rugby)
11 Horacio Agulla (Castres & Argentina)
10 Ian Madigan (Bordeaux Begles & Ireland)
9 Rory Kockott (Castres & France)1 Chris King (Pau)
2 Corey Flynn (Star RFC & New Zealand)
3 Mike Ross (Leinster & Ireland)
4 Paul Willemse (Montpellier)
5 Patricio Albacete (Toulouse & Argentina)
6 Joe Tekori (Toulouse & Samoa)
7 Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse & France, captain)
8 Facundo Isa (Lyon & Argentina)Replacements:
16 Richard Hibbard (Gloucester & Wales), 17 Vincent Pelo (La Rochelle & France), 18 Census Johnston (Toulouse & Samoa), 19 Jeremy Thrush (Gloucester & New Zealand), 20 Chris Masoe (Racing & New Zealand), 21 Kahn Fotuali’i (Bath Rugby & Samoa), 22 Brock James (La Rochelle), 23 Jean-Marcellin Buttin (Bordeaux-Begles & France). -
@ARHS said in June Internationals:
@Frye Ok - I missed Rory Arnold - and also the Arabian hooker, Moore. Humm - that makes 24 out of 34
Good to know. Next time @NTA blames Kiwis for ruining club rugby in Australia, I'll remind him that it is them (and their kids) who are helping to keep rugby alive over there.
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@Frye said in June Internationals:
@ARHS said in June Internationals:
@Frye Ok - I missed Rory Arnold - and also the Arabian hooker, Moore. Humm - that makes 24 out of 34
Good to know. Next time @NTA blames Kiwis for ruining club rugby in Australia, I'll remind him that it is them (and their kids) who are helping to keep rugby alive over there.
Based on one Wallaby squad, while ignoring the entire failure of the game below that, you mean?
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@NTA said in June Internationals:
@Frye said in June Internationals:
@ARHS said in June Internationals:
@Frye Ok - I missed Rory Arnold - and also the Arabian hooker, Moore. Humm - that makes 24 out of 34
Good to know. Next time @NTA blames Kiwis for ruining club rugby in Australia, I'll remind him that it is them (and their kids) who are helping to keep rugby alive over there.
Based on one Wallaby squad, while ignoring the entire failure of the game below that, you mean?
Yes. Kiwi migrants helping to keep the love of rugby alive in Australia vastly outweighs the odd stingy Kiwi avoiding the club treasurer come sub-paying time.
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mega threads suck for discussion
Now the games are on lets have match threads
Wallabies vs Fiji forked to here
http://www.thesilverfern.com/topic/1688/wallabies-vs-fiji