NZ All Blacks called Aussies by Chicago Newspaper

[henry]

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This is so good.

[Scrumhalf]

That the closest the Wallabies have got to being like the ABs in a few years.

[Herc]

I wonder how well they would do playing american football against a top nfl team?

[Scrumhalf]

I wonder how well they would do playing american football against a top nfl team?

They would suck of course, but so will an NFL team if they had to play rugby.

[Mr I]

Bouncer should have gone to watch

[henry]

scrum does rugby have a following over there? or is it just an obscure sport?

[Scrumhalf]

Pretty obscure. I mean, it is supposed to be the fastest growing sport in the country, but the average guy has never seen a rugby match or know anything about it. It will be quite a while before we can step on the pitch and hope to beat any of the top 5 or 6 countries. If you look at the Eagles team, I think 4 or 5 guys have professional contracts, everyone else is an amateur. Our halfback is a middle school teacher in New York City. He works all day, then trains in the evening. Hard to compete with Aaron Smith that way.

We need to get school kids playing rugby. You can't just take guys who dont make it in gridiron and suddenly turn them into rugby players. That's the kind of players we have right now - guys who are really strong and fast but don't have the instinctive rugby skills that the New Zealanders have, since they have been having a rugby ball in their hands since they were toddlers.

[henry]

wow that's pretty awesome of your halfback regardless.

you are spot on with the starting in school point.

it would be hard though to compete with the NFL though especially in the minds of kids.

[Scrumhalf]

Good article by Mike Petri, our halfback. He is amath teacer in scool in his day job.

For us Eagles, the potential gains help mask the pain of All Blacks defeat | Sport | The Guardian

[redback]

Good article by Mike Petri, our halfback. He is amath teacer in scool in his day job.

Not a spelling teacher?