So are the Wallabies reborn? | A Squidge Rugby Deep Dive
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They're back! After five years of treading water, the Wallabies have won five in a row, and they've done it in style. So, how have Australia rattled back to be the team everyone wants to watch, and how tough a challenge can England, Scotland, and Wales expect in the coming weeks?
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As the Wallabies fan I’m feeling happiness for the first time in years, and it feel so weird, and now we suck again.
I have felt that as a Scotland fan for the last few years, I never stops being weird and there is always a feeling of dread that it is about to be ripped away.
Don't worry, we just lost Cooper and Kerevi.
@@Pik000 you have a bit of depth coming through, it's just a learning experience for them. Gotta look at it in a positive light haha. Games don't really matter until 2023
Feels like they're finally hitting passes they've been letting hit the deck for the past 5 years
Trust me, it's short lived.
Friday afternoon just got a lot better
Ek stem 😅
I gotta feeling that 2023 is going to be one of the best world cups as there will be so many teams with a legit chance of winning
So happy Rob Leota can finally pursue his truest dreams of creating his own website 🙏💛💚
Such a great story. So proud of him.
I can't believe I just found out he went to the same high school I did back in Melbourne. Thornbury Darebin Secondary! Not a whole lot of rugby league/union guys coming out of AFL heartland...
I went to the same club as him
@@TheAlmightyClipse ha we used to play against u in rugby
So happy that the wallabies have actually done enough right and interestingly for there to be a squidge video about them
Right after the video about Chile and Uruguay....
Brilliant analysis, as a South African I am really impressed on how the Wallabies read the game and made their move. this Championship Games had a bit of a disadvantage for Boks as all their games were away games, but based on the quality of the Aussie attack we had no answer, well deserved wins.
Had more home games then the all blacks
You had home games against Argentina buddy
Well said. One of the things I like about this sport is the sportsmanship.
@@looo5829 well it's well known that south africans travel pretty terribly, not to make excuses though of course. But Argentina didn't pose much threat.
It was our defense against your superb rolling maul that won us game 2..i love that boks side, wish they would threw it wide more..
Your first comment on Hooper was amazing, he is extremely respected in Oz and across the ditch, conducts himself as class act on and off the field. However for the tests in the UK the Aussies have just lost 5 starting players, four to for family and club reasons and one injured so to not have their best starting players let alone any cohesion in the centres and play on fairly damp turf they are certainly no favourites to win any games in the Uk. As an Aussie I do not have high hopes but I wish the less experienced players all the very best.
Yeah us kiwis lost a lot of our players to family reasons during the championship too. Richie, Ardie, whitelock, and Aaron, literally our 4 most important players in my opinion. It turned out alright and I understand they want to see their family, but it is kinda annoying. I’m just being selfish tho
@@finn54123 they’re is absolutely no comparison b/w the all black and the wallabies losing their best players. Oz needs their absolutely best team on the paddock to beat any of the top 6 teams in the world. The all blacks have insane depth and their second string side could knock off most teams without doubt.
I am hopeful the wallabies will be competitive with their missing stars though am scared that out midfield pairings will be disconnected and ineffective.🤞🇦🇺
This autumn is just a development period for everyone, including the NH opposition; you can tell by the squads selected for England and Wales particularly, they're not sweating on winning or losing these contests and neither should we, since the outcome is pretty meaningless after two years of disruption. Treat it as a practice and reconnaissance trip, look for the positives in the gameplan and forget the results.
I'm Aussie, fans are happy with the wins although there is still things to work on. The biggest thing which I'm glad the video touched on, is the culture change. The team often also sing Pacific island songs, acknowledging there important contribution s to rugby in Australia. Rennie is so measured and players wanna play for him
And a big FU to UA-cam: I've subscribed, clicked the notification bell, liked, loved, ticked every single box there is but still - nothing when Squidge drops a new video. I want my phone to go off, the lights to start flickering, a man to knock on my window and wave at me. Common!
Edit: I got a notification. AFTER I had watched the video!
I have same problem. Keep your eye out for that lovely blue dot in the subscription list.
It's so good to have a Wallabies team coached by a guy who believes in analysis. We now believe in phase play and it's exciting to see
Big David Brent energy from Rennie playing the guitar in a meeting.
As a proud young aussie i have been waiting for this
As an old aussie rugby fan...me too
Quade picked (or perhaps rather was chosen) the right time to come back as an international. He looks like a million bucks in that 2021 lovely gold coloured (instead of chicken yellow) jersey. Looks tailor made on him.
He did, but now he's returning to his club duties in Japan instead of staying in the Gold
@@elscruffomcscruffy8371 Oh, I wasn't aware. Shame. Huge fan of Quade (perhaps because I'm not Australian).
the rugbyunion subreddit was simultaneously half Meme--ing and joking for QC's return and demanding it. I'm so fucking glad it turned out the way it did. Peak Drama
@@luobomu9747 It's a bit strange. You'd think players would be freely available to represent their country, however modern contracts and $$$ seem to more persuasive, thus the reason Cooper is returning to Japan for club rugby. European rugby clubs do the same, enforcing their players to remain with the club rather than release them for international duties...
Im livid if Beale returns
@Mark Morris that's a good point too. I'm enjoying the growth of Japanese rugby, and it can only strengthen a potential future Pacific Nations comp.
watching a squidgerugby video takes me double the intended watch time, as I have to pause everytime to read the small text that makes it the comedy gold that it is
Yes...me too!! At first it irritated the shit out of me, but then I got used to it and I don't mind watching and pausing (to read the jokes & analysis) and watching again to actually get to grips with what he's said. He forces me to pay attention. If he wasn't so damn good, I'd have given up years ago!
Great video as always. Getting Rennie as head coach is the best thing rugby Australia has done in a long time
That leadup to the ad read was magical
As an Australian, you’re spot on with your analysis. What you said about the crucial work Steve Hansen has done to repair our battered culture cannot be understated, and honestly it’s had a knock on effect down the levels to the local game.
There’s one thing Cheika deserves credit for: handling Folau.
He could easily have sat that one out and hidden behind the captain, sponsors, and eventually the executives. But as a Lebanese-Australian from a working class suburban Sydney background, his word on the matter against Folau and in support of the LGBT+ community weighed far, far more than just about anyone else’s in the decade.
Australia’s player and supporter base is deeply conservative compared to the nation as a whole, with a disproportionately high number of evangelical Christians across all backgrounds. Cheika could resonate with that group a lot better than you or I or anyone in the comments, and it made a massive difference.
That’s such an interesting take. Personally I’d completely disregarded the notion of Australian rugby’s fan base being highly conservative. Because from what I observed from the Folau situation was that Union has an upper class yet much more open minded fan base compared to say Rugby League which has a typically working class with more old school attitudes. It had never dawned on me to think the action from Cheika, Hooper and Rugby AU had made a difference in the attitudes of Australian rugby fans. I’m an Australian who grew up in NZ during my younger years so the “Rugby is for everyone” attitude came natural to me, so it’s interesting to have it pointed out just how much of a difference that could have made to attitudes in Aussie Rugby fans.
It's been sad to see sports jade itself from players,fans,and other communities out here in California we have the MLR growing literally developing and last week the world witnessed the first MLR USA squad. My local club san diego Legion is always pushing lgbtq propaganda yet play in a stadium for a catholic university you tell me who is more inclusive not once has the SD Legion club made an attempt to reach out for religious beliefs maybe because they don't want any beef like the crusaders and its logo basically in rugby Christians can't have a voice .
@@mik23nh97 I don't think that's true.
Players often celebrate together with prayer circles, wear crosses on their wrist tape, give thanks to the sky after scoring. This is a legit voice for Christianity (and other religions too) within the game.
A player facing consequences for using his platform to oppress and marginalise a vulnerable group of people isn't controversial.
Long and the short of it is, he was sacked not because he's a Christian, but because he's a rampant arsehole who was handed multiple chances to act professionally, and still chose not to.
* Dave Rennie
Mate if you think being a Christian means being intolerant or even hateful of LGBT people then you dont know the first thing about the teachings of Christ.
Australia developing nicely and nice to see them in good hands again. From a South African point of view the Quade, Kerevi combo changed that Aus team from the one we saw get cleaned swept by NZ. They didn't do stupid passes or over play, their kicking game was far more balanced and looked a lot like that first half in the 3rd test v BIL when FR came on. No doubt JN will figure out a way to stop them but it was great to see a properly coached AUS team since who knows when.
Quade overplayed against Japan though he started to regress after the Boak games age is catching up to him maybe, so he may need some rest.
This is what makes me so sad with Kerevi and Quades exit from the team. They are so fun to watch, and really make me proud to support them.
And they both just got sent home lol
The analysis of how Australia attacked SA's defense might have been Squidge's best yet.
Squidge, you are now the only person whose in-stream ads are funny enough that I don't fast-forward through them.
Quite right brilliant segue-way
Raelene Castle got the short end of the stick in Australia I feel. Her two biggest contributions to rugby in Australia were to tell foxsports to get stuffed to secure a deal with Stan thus getting more eyeballs on the game and recruiting Dave Rennie. We have a lot to thank her for.
Scott Johnson hired Rennie due to their Scottish connection he also hired his good friend Scott wisemantel. Castle also had nothing to do with the Stan deal. She wanted Optus sport and was gone before Stan even came to the table the interim CEO Rob Clarke is mates with the Stan CEO Mike Sneesby and worked out a deal between them.
@@mikeyarnam9272 She is the one that told Foxtel to get stuffed tho, without her Foxtel would have just renewed and she was very much involved in recruiting Rennie, he said she was a big part of the reason why he signed and there was a fair amount of speculation that the deal might be in jeopardy when she was moved on.
@@D4N1CU5 There is no evidence to back that claim up though the board wanted to move away from Foxtel issue was there was barely any solid deal in return. Had raylene got her way she most likely would of signed with Optus which would of seen no FTA games anyway and its a shambles of a service.She had nothing to do with the Stan deal mate.Im not saying she had nothing to do with Rennie but to suggest it was just her doing is incorrect Johnson was arguably the main player.
@@mikeyarnam9272 I dunno mate, it was framed in all the media at the time, both positive and negative, that she was the one that made the call to not take the Foxtel deal. It was in the SMH as a positive thing and Newscorp raked her over the coals as a negative thing. Seems like that was her decision and she got the board on...board. You are correct that Stan Sport didn't exist until more than 6 months after Raelene left but Kayo is owned by Foxtel so Optus was probably the only serious contender (unless you can think of another one?) other than Foxtel to run a sports streaming service so it was the only other choice. Maybe if Stan Sport had existed she would have advocated for that instead, who knows?
"Arguably" is correct. Johnson probably had a large role knowing the guy but from Rennie's own words he was impressed by her and her plan for the future and that formed a large part of the reason he signed.
@@D4N1CU5 Raylene doesn't make a call on the Foxtel decision herself theres a board for a reason they cast a vote. Fox were never in the hunt did you see how low balled their offer was? they really didn't want it and for good reason the game was a joke and so was the product. RA had to wait out for something even if it was at a similar price just to get the game on FTA and thank god it was eventually Stan/Nine.On top of this the head negotiator at Optus openly stated that a deal was struggling to get through, this was the main reason IMO the board caved in on Raylene and lost their faith with her. The game needed clarity on its future.
I'm a Bok fan. I grew up with a great rivalry with Aus. I'm really happy to see signs of that again. A strong Wallabies outfit is great for world rugby and the Rugby Champs. I love their brand of rugby.
Awesome as always! Thank you. So glad you've got an official HQ. Well deserved To me you just made Autumn internationals a whole lot more exciting.
I always loved Hoops. So much drive & determination. Truly being backed by a team that does the same now, finally!!❤️
Squidge's delivery is so varied and interesting, you even don't mind listening to the in video ads at 0.75 speed
😂🤣😂 8:50 - "the gloriously mustachioed little piss boy..!!!" 😂🤣😂
That Squarespace transition was *chef's kiss*
Arguably one of the best at analysis! Looking forward to 2023!
Scotland Aus will be magical
Is scotland good too now?
@@finn54123 they got exciting players to say the least
@@finn54123 We are less bad
Awesome video, glad you took the time to illustrate where they were good against NZ because there were moments in two of the games where I legitimately thought they could take the ABs down.
Now this team is starting to look like how they used to look in the late 90s and early 2000s, which is very scary, they can go all the way.
I’m French-Australian so for the first time I’ll be able to barrack two really exciting teams during a World Cup and I couldn’t be more happy.
Rugbys at its best when Austrlia is playing well
Here after the wallabies lost to Scotland. Feels class, big up Hoggy
3:09 I felt that...as well as the subtle laugh.
What a Rugby brain you have my friend.....superb analysis. As an Australian I still see a mental fragility that all our sporting teams suffer from until they reach that
elusive invincible mind set
Best Squarespace segway I've ever seen.
Well done and presented. Go the Wallabies!!!
Thanks for the breakdown!
I think I tell you every time I watch. Your analysis is fantastic. So detailed and engaging.
See at this point, as a Scotland fan, I'm looking forward to a just plain Finn Russell secondary explanation 😉 I'd do the same
This is such great analysis thank you. Your take on Israel Folau and Cheika was spot on too
It’s so good to see the boys playing because of childhood dreams and to inspire the future set of players rather than feeling pressured to play just because it’s their job
Best "Squidge-Space" add ever!
Australians aren't stupid. They make astute business decisions and rugby is a part of that. By appointing Dave Rennie, and supporting him, they have killed it.
Their rolling of the world champion Springboks was no fluke, watch them body all the top tiers and possibly take out WC 2023.
Until 10 min in this was a good video. From 10 on it was legendary
As a South African, am quite happy to see Wallabies finding their feet💪🍻
Love your work, you are still teaching me more and more about rugby, keep going!
Terrific video. I don't even particularly like Australia as a country but boy do I love watching the Wallabies.
absolutely amazing video, thank you so much for this
I’m meant to be up for work in 5 hours but that notification for a wallabies video by squidge will be worth the bags under my eyes tomorrow
Absolutely loved the squarespace ad ahahaha
Another brilliant analysis. Thanks for your videos, they’ve added so much to my enjoyment of the game.
Your chilli shout out and then analysis was stunning... I didn't even know the match was happening... You are becoming the rugby analysis legend... we discuss your analysis more than the game... Thanks for the insight and comparative studies
As always a first class video of first class analysis and entertaining to boot...
Thanks and look forward to seeing the autumn internationals analysis and where England/Wales are 👍
Tactics aside, Australia got better because they've now got a world class finisher in Andrew Kellaway, he's prolific
Brilliant segue-way into ad, your analysis is great, thanks, I wish you would mention the ability to offload in contact, which is what separates success from failure no matter how many gaps are exploited. As a chiefs fan Rennie is probably the best rugby coach in the world right now. He has the Aussies believing in themselves. They will be a few cows short on this tour but in 2023 watch out the rest of us. He is a much better coach than our current coach, bless fossies socks
Entertaining and excellent quality, highly informative, analysis. A breath of fresh air to rugby, well done Robbie, aka Squidge.
Love it when you trying to be healthy, and then delicious cookies and muffins pop up on a rugby analysis video :')
Another beautifully made video.
Very nice work as usual. They’re a pack of monsters in Gold that is for certain. Looking forward to seeing them go around up North this series. Strap in!
Really hoping for more wallaby content, cheers
The transition to that plug gave me a bloody good giggle
A fantastic video, I learn so much every time you do these kind of videos. Congrats on the offices! How fancy. Will you be looking for staff next? Am happy to do the cuddly toy/muffin demo bits.
Can you make a video on RCT going from European champions to bottom of top 14?
I have been waiting for this.
Finally you give us aussies some love, cheers
I waited in great hope for this and it delivered.
Oh yes! Was watching another squidge video and then BAMN new squidge video 👌😁😁😁
Great video Squidge. Glad your move into an actual office (Damn that Square space money must be good) has only changed the soft-toy-rugby-move demonstrations into a delicious-food-rugby-move demonstration!
Thanks mate! Insightful like always.
I mean, I don’t love watching them but that’s due to too many painful memories thanks to one Mr Beale
Dave Rennie was awesome with the Waikato Chiefs. And with Glasgow. Both Glasgow and Scotland took their eye off the ball losing Rennie for their chosen son Gregor Townsend (to be fair to GT he has become a pretty good international coach). As you have highlighted, DR has been building the Wallabies bottom up and playing for enjoyment.
A lot of Welsh fans were calling for Rennie to succeed Gatland. I’m still disappointed we went with Pivac over him and Robertson even if they were just likely to be 4 year fixes because one of them will probably succeed foster at the All Blacks. I think the WRU went with Pivac because they thought they could keep him around longer. You never know though. It might of been a daunting task taking over from Gatland after he was in-charge for so long and had left his mark on Wales’ style of play.
It’s an interesting time to be a Wallabies fan, it’s a shame we didn’t beat the kiwis in 3 games but this spring tour will be our opportunity to show the progress we’ve made. It’s time to break the losing streak against the English
You beat the so called world champs twice which was awesome
The best thing is now in 2021, it feels great to be a Wallabies fan in Oz without being treated like someone with mental disabilty by the rest of the nation. The winning streak plus the flurry of scandals from the AFL and rugby league side during the pandemic definitely helped.
This Australia side are looking ominously cohesive, I had a bet on France winning the next world cup but might now have a little wager on these lads!
excellent analysis as always
this is brilliant stuff. brilliant from you, brilliant from the aussies and as a kiwi its exciting to be across from a competent strategist that will force us to grow and expand. And the fact they figured out the south african defence better than we have is testament to their resurgence at the top of the world of rugby.
maybe you should hire youself out to one of these top teams. you always seem to be right on top of everything the moment it happens.
thanks for these breakdowns brother
Love your work mate
Brilliant Squidge!
Michael Hooper might just be the most deserving of a world cup win of any player that hasn't yet won it. Has been the perennial openside for me ever since Richie McCaw retired.
Hooper and Lomu for sure.
Australia's secret weapon is their forward passes. I tried to admire them in this video but saw so many passes go forward.
Its all backwards out the hands. Some people have never seen running rugby before but if your playing right the ball should allways be moving forward.
Welp, day made. Great content as ever
I wonder if opposition team coaches look at these videos and actually learn something about the styles of play that squidge breaks down
Think Rassie did at one point
Yah Rassie gave a shout out to Squidge, loads of times.
Someone finally summed up how I feel about Michael Cheika. Pity the poor Pumas; Ledesma's loyalty to his former Stade Francais and Australia boss will probably see the Cheik in post there until after the Argies bomb a second World Cup pool in a row. 🥺
On a side note: I'm glad Stan Sport are playing ball (no pun intended) to allow you to finally cover SH competitions in detail. Looking forward to more of this 😊
amn i had to stop the video and make a cup of tea when u did the tea and biscuits dem of the S.A defence. BRilliant
Heeey, he did take Glasgow to the 2019 Pro 14 final! So...yeah...
I wanna trust it but I’ve been let down too many times! Caaarn the Wallabies!
Clicked on this faster than New Zealand are going to score 30 points tommorow (which I’m going to watch)
Who r they playing?
Wales
Fantastic video as usual! Would love to see one about Argentina's situation! Where we have been taken away from the spot we've earned with jaguares and forced back to the 2008 situation where our best players are all spread out andnour developing players have to face opposition that's not at our level (jaguares xv in the slar and Argentina xv wining 146 - 7 v Paraguay for example)
We won't know if they are reborn until they play away from home against top tier sides. The Boks have not had a good record against them in Australia, the Argies made everyone look good, and despite scoring those 10 brilliant tries against the All Blacks, they still lost by plenty, albeit in part due to their own mistakes that they seem to have cleaned up. Having scored the 10 tries against the AB's, I can't help but feel that the poor showing from the Boks in the second test made them look even better and three of their 4 tries, as the video shows, were scored when the Boks were down a man.
No excuses at all, just hard to exactly predict where they are as a team right now. Would be nice if this was a resurgence, but we won't know until they have completed their Autumn tour. Best of luck to them though!!
Genuinely fascinating
Great vid. As a kiwi I'm glad to see an improving Wallabies team.
great video man
So great to see Australia and Hooper smiling again.
So great you've got an office now mate, congrats, for me it's greatly important to separate my place of work and home.
Got really irked watching the Wallabies in the years after 2015 RWC...but fuck, am I getting stoked to be a Wallabies fan again!
Yes it could well be a New Born Wallabies emerging from out of the ashes. As a full-on All Blacks Supporter, in my opinion there's nothing more nerve wrecking and frightening as A Formidable Wallaby side especially with the elusive Backs and talents like Kerevi, kiribeti and so many others. It's often stated that Springboks Need the All Blacks to Validate them. Where as the All Blacks Need the Wallabies to fuel, stir and push them. The better a Wallabies team, the better it is for the All Blacks in the long-term. We rely on the Wallabies just us NZ people rely on employment in Australia as the money, lifestyle and opportunities are better. Just drawing a parallel to express how much we rely on a Top notch Wallabies side that really brings it to us and even humiliates us once in a while. We need an Aussie Wallabies side to be like this. Let's face it, there is No Two Teams that Glamorise Rugby with explosive entertainment as that of the All Blacks Vs Wallabies. Springboks are tough but no where near exciting as the Wallabies. Let's not forget the Greatest Rugby Game ever played before 109,000 people in 2000 at the ANZ Stadium
Woah, now that was an in depth analysis 😳 👏🏾
My god that segway into squarespace was great... I was like, "eh? Where is this going?" giggled out loud when he mentioned squarespace
It was good to see those few tries the Wallabies scored against the ABs - sadly the ABS scored 50 more :-)