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28 Jul 2010
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Sanzar dismiss Cooper appeal
Quade Cooper will play no part in the next two Tests against New Zealand after having his appeal for a ban rejected on Wednesday.
A Sanzar Appeals Committee has dismissed an appeal for the two-week suspension imposed after the Test in Brisbane last week. Cooper was suspended after being cited for a dangerous tackle.
Cooper will be eligible for selection from 9 August.
All Blacks betrayed
The Australian media have published the All Blacks’ game plan notes after Graham Henry was photographed with them at training.
The photos, which were taken by Australian-based Kiwi Scott Barbour and published in The Australian, The Age and Herald Sun, revealed the All Blacks’ tactics for the Wallabies this weekend. It shows that the All Blacks aim to target Wallabies pivot Matt Giteau and wing James O’Connor on defence and to counter openside flank David Pocock. It also revealed five separate plays and moves from scrums and lineouts.
See the game plan photo on SA Rugby mag’s Facebook page
Assistant coach Steve Hansen said the photographer has broken the trust between the All Blacks and media.
‘At the end of the day you guys and photographers come to training and there are a few unwritten rules and the photographer has breached the trust. There’s no too much we can do about it,’ Hansen told the media.
‘The good thing about it yesterday was a defensive training day so we won’t have to change our tactics too much.
‘Most of the time we get great response from people – our guys have been pretty good over the years but every now and then someone makes a mistake and you have to go away and have a talk about it. There are a whole lot of things that are going to happen on Saturday night and I don’t think one photo is going to make too much difference.’
Hansen admitted that the media attempting to capture plays on camera is an ongoing concern. Last year, the All Blacks removed a South African camera man from training in Durban after he was suspected.
‘Everyone in world rugby and world sport knows it is a concern.’
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28 Jul 2010, 23:52 pm
thats really funny, oh well I’m sure the abs got more tactics up their sleves. But still is really checky printing them in the newspaper, wonder if this is a first?
28 Jul 2010, 23:58 pm
@SjamBok(SjamBok)-50: The current laws make it very difficult for offensive teams to kick the ball directly into touch, simply because there is a lot less scope to do so.
Teams kicking off to the opposition are using shorter kicks, forcing the 9 to pass the ball from outside his 22 to the 10 waiting inside the 22. Of course, kicking the ball out directly then will only result in a line out from where you’ve kicked.
In general, teams are instead trying to win field position and trying to force the opposition to kick the ball out so that we can get the throw-in.
But of course – and I think this is your observation too – you can aim to kick a ball out without doing it in direct fashion (forcing it into the corners behind the back 3).
I think this is a very good point you’ve raised.
29 Jul 2010, 01:04 am
A deathly silence from the usual suspects who whine on and on about the evil “Anzac Conspiracy” at the news that Quade Cooper’s two-match suspension has NOT been reduced on appeal, and that this first-offender effectively misses just as many games as the repeat offender, Jaque Fourie?
29 Jul 2010, 01:32 am
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-53:
More games isn’t it?
I’ve read “theories” on other forums that they didn’t reduce the ban just so the RSA’s don’t s.h.i.t their pants again.
What an uncontrollable sense of entitlement some of them have!
29 Jul 2010, 01:46 am
@rossoneri(rossoneri)-28:
Great.
My favourite referee, Craig Joubert.
How lucky we are.
Watch out for Our Craig to get influenced by the crowd, or overturn a decision because the Captain asked nicely, or allow a linesman to overrule him whilst looking deadly serious indeed, or make a completely wrong call on a match-turning decision.
Its surer than death.
29 Jul 2010, 02:02 am
Great trickery from GH.
He posed for the photo with a dud set of moves just so the Wobbilies will think it’s real and prepare the wrong defence.
I heard there going to use a SA style aerial bombardment and not run the ball at all
29 Jul 2010, 02:31 am
@Black Magic(Black Magic)-56:
“I heard there going to use a SA style aerial bombardment and not run the ball at all
”
Nice, you have set today’s precedent with that crack.
29 Jul 2010, 02:59 am
Aussie distracted on two counts – no Quade Cooper and wondering what the ABs game plan is. The TAB here in NZ has ABs at $1.28 to Aussie $3.50. If the ABs win with a bonus point this weekend can we just be declared the winner of the Tri-nations, the Bledisloe and of course the Freedom cup and be done with it.
Of course that is no reason to sit back – there will still be the game in SA to watch – have the Bok learnt anything yet?
29 Jul 2010, 03:23 am
@Monty(Monty)-58:
You left out World Champions 2011…
29 Jul 2010, 08:12 am
@Monty(Monty)-58:
And since when can ABs ‘win the Bledisloe’ after winning 1 match from a 3-match Series ?
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