because they dont coach the flare out of them half backs are told to take the line on and not just pass and time is spent one to one to get them ready were miles behind and thats with more kids playing than ever the rfl is hopeless

i disagree with this one,

a lot of the junior teams don't have full squads and some even struggle to put 13 out some weeks.

The player's who took the field today could'nt even catch a ball ,pass properly ,put a decent kick in or even tackle , All fundamental parts of basic Rugby what you get taught in schools and Academy's. That's not even going down the road of mentality and technique.
If any change come's from this debarcle then it needs to be aimed at the youngsters and the way we are coaching them .

So it was Stevo and Eddie's fault England played awful during the World Cup? Players picked on reputation is half the issue. I mean Ade Gardner, he's rubbish without Gidley laying tries on a plate for him...

You are talking about superstars on 2-3 thousand quid a week,and they can't do the basics.Well the so called superstars have been found out and i hope the clubs have the sense to realise this when their contracts are up for review.Let them get paid a contract commensurate with their world standing which to me is on a par with P.N.G.If they don't like it they can't all go to other super league clubs and the Aussie league certainly won't have them.Lets start paying players on performance instead of throwing money at average players.Its funny how some of the players who seem to have a high opinion of themselves have been well and truly found out ie.,Wilkins(alright showing the BBC the contents of his fridge),Wellens,Pryce,Gardner(bet he wished he had stayed at home)Sinfield and on and on.Let me hear one more so called pundit say we are not far off and i will scream.Fourty years ago we could beat the Aussies and most of our players were'nt pampered like this bunch,they had physical jobs to feed their families, besides playing.Give it a fortnight let the dust settle and we will just go back to our same old ways.Oh for someone to come in and sort it out from the bottom to the top.While ever we get Stevo and Eddie telling us we are watching superstars in superleague the players believe they really are superstars.And on a final note,reading the Aussie press they say that agents and coach's are at all of the games trying to sign players,strange the Aussie's are not interested in our superstars.

www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... ,00.htmlAt least somebody can see what is wrong

www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... ,00.htmlAt least somebody can see what is wrong

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Wrong, our obsession with constantly looking for excuses is to blame. Quality O/S players will enhance the game, as long as our national coach as the guts to pick the better players and not just the ones who play for select clubs.

Sorry it's a very good article in the Sydney Telegraph by non other than Ricky Stewart and Ex G.B. star Bill Francis.Just grappling with cut and paste,quicker to go there yourself

Bingo

Quality being the operative word,but just wait while next season and see how many more end of career Aussies we get in superleague.

Buderus and Crocker are at the careers end arent they.

Its the little known ones that are the worse...see Castleford,they are experts at it.