Wobbly Wednesday News – 19/7/23 – Green and Gold Rugby

Wobbly Wednesday Information – 19/7/23

From the information desk of GoldyLocks with many thanks!

Welcome to this woeful Wobbly Wednesday – you could be over it, however I positive ain’t. Sadly, a scarcity of worldwide matches this weekend means we’ll must go attempting to find distractions. However outdated Goldy has magnanimously put within the onerous yards in your behalf, so feast your eyes on the next!

Quad Neighbor

Famend New Zealand rugby mind Jeff Wilson continues to criticise the Wallabies’ collection of the once-Pink roustabout at 10, stating:

“I nonetheless can’t perceive, why is Quade Cooper operating this group as a result of he’s not delivering and we all know he doesn’t ship towards the All Blacks.”

“How can he be carrying the ten jersey in two weeks’ time, severely?” (quoted in WWOS)

Now, to my clearly much less well-endowed thoughts, this sounds loads like a, “Quadey me no-likey (he was imply to Ritchie, bear in mind?)” line of reasoning, which whereas little question persuasive within the land barely additional down beneath, fails to strike me as sound. Of all the explanations to criticise the collection of younger Grasp Cooper (and there are probably many), his success fee with the Wallabies in current seasons has been fairly affordable. And if the boys in almost all black can’t stand him, I’m unsure I would like a greater reference.

Seven(s) facelifts (ouch?)

World Rugby has introduced a “revamped” Sevens tour beginning in December this 12 months and operating by means of to June of 2024. RugbyPass reviews:

Rugby sevens is about to endure a transformative change with the launch of HSBC SVNS, a revamped and rebranded international celebration of the game. The brand new collection goals to supercharge rugby’s development and attraction by offering immersive experiences and turning the occasions into final festivals.

HSBC SVNS will happen throughout eight iconic cities, aligning all places for the primary time. The model id displays summer time vibes; attracting a youthful, leisure-hungry viewers. The annual collection would be the go-to vacation spot for individuals searching for a good time, combining sport, leisure, and tradition towards beautiful backdrops.

Time will inform whether or not the glitz and glam represents any actual, constructive change (sporting festivals being notoriously imprecise beasts), however a fast peak behind the headlines reveals the next key modifications:

• Males’s and ladies’s competitions will run concurrently, eradicating any issues round disparity between protection of the genders.
• Groups have been decreased from 16 to 12 throughout the season.
• A “winner takes all” finals collection in Madrid will see the highest eight common season groups battle for the championship, whereas the underside 4 face a regulation problem from the leaders of a second tier Challenger collection.

• Sydney has been quietly moved on as host of the Australian leg, with Perth now taking the crown throughout the 2024 Australia Day weekend.

Pathways being trodden

The QRU have introduced the return of the Queensland Rugby Challenger seriesthis 12 months that includes a three-match program to see the boys’s and ladies’s growth squads tackle the perfect of the grade comps within the hope of unearthing a number of extra diamonds.

The ultimate match will see a face-off with the Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights, who might be visiting Brisbane in direction of the top of the 12 months.

The press launch additionally tantalises us with the prospect of “additional regulation improvements” for trialling, although what these could also be stays a thriller. I for one submit that flankers be permitted to interrupt early from the scrum if the 9 is being a tosser, a totally goal and simply refereed commonplace.

If you end up within the neighborhood of Ballymore come September-October, make sure you drop in.

Hump Day speculation

With all of the chat concerning the bright-eyed Irish lad Johnny and his salty shenanigans towards males with whistles, I assumed I’d finish my musings at the moment with just a little story.

This previous weekend a superb buddy of thoughts persuaded me to sojourn at my native rectangular park and watch a neighborhood divisional match of soccer (the round-ball type). The efforts have been prepared and contest even, and regardless of missing an afficionado’s eye I discovered myself having fun with the spectacle.

Nevertheless, I used to be totally baffled on the approach gamers, group managers, and followers associated to the match officers. Minorly inconvenient choices have been met with open contempt, disciplined gamers, subs, and managers gaily remonstrated with seemingly each a part of their our bodies, and whereas precise expletives have been uncommon they did come out like firecrackers once in a while when proceedings grew to become notably heated.

Now I’ve no want to suggest that that is the norm for all competitions throughout that exact code. However given the ever rising, pernicious of that different round-ball import into our sport – diving – I can’t assist however ponder whether the kerfuffle round Sexton is a sign of the place we ourselves could be heading.

My query on your, GAGRs, is: who’s primarily driving this tradition? Is it gamers on the highest stage, setting an instance on our screens for the remainder of us to emulate? Is it on the grassroots, with generational change bringing with it a lack of cultural values? Or does it certainly lie with us, the followers, who with the onset of social and mass media have more and more change into empowered to criticise to our hearts content material whereas going through minimal penalties, now spilling that perspective on to real-world fields?