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Australian ad tempts fate by going after England rugby fans

Taniela Tupou sits down for tea with some stereotypical England fans.

Australia has once again sought to stir the pot ahead of England’s three Test series against the Wallabies in July – with Stan Sport taking a good natured pop at English rugby fans.

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This time Wallabies tighthead Taniela Tupou is the star who’s kicked the hornet’s nest.

Tupou gatecrashes a fictional afternoon tea for England Rugby touring party, with the sun burnt England fans depicted as snooty, upper crust sorts who stick their noses up at their uncouth Australian hosts.

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    The big rig Will Skelton joins us from Monaco this week where he’s on tour with the Barbarians and rooming with George Kruis. He fills us in on the tour so far, hanging out at the palace with the Prince and who’s leading the charge off the pitch. We also hear about his man-of-the-match performance for La Rochelle in the Champions Cup Final, that famous open-top bus celebration and what it’s like playing for coaches like O’Gara and Cheika.

    “Don’t get me wrong, it’s lovely here but the beer is just too cold,” says one fan, while another observes “The tea… it’s too weak!”

    The 130kg Wallaby rudely interupts proceedings and befriends his new found and quite shocked England friends over a pot of tea.

     

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    It’s a fun skit, but a brave one considering the context of recent results on Australian soil.

    Nor is it the first time a broadcaster has tried to poke the bear ahead of a tour, with Fox Sport’s releasing brave forecast for the series in which the Australian rugby pundits mocked England and their chances againsst the Wallabies.

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    That time it back fired terribly, with Eddie Jones’ England going on to record a three -nothing whitewash of his native country.

    England will travel to Australia for their three Test series after playing the Barbarians today in Twickenham. They will play Australia in Perth (2 July), Brisbane (9 July) and Sydney (16 July).

    Meanwhile, the Wallabies went into camp on Thursday in Queensland to start preparations for the series.

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    Former NRL star Suliasi Vunivalu is one of four newcomers included in a 35-man Wallabies squad ahead of next month’s home three-Test series against England. After overcoming persistent hamstring injuries, highly-regarded winger Vunivalu forced his way in with strong Super Rugby Pacific performances for the Queensland Reds.

    additional reporting AAP

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    JW 1 hour ago
    Where is the new breed of All Black 10?

    These kids have been playing in leagues comparable to SR, not the NPC

    The likes of games these guys get introduced to are closer to NPC than SR.


    This is the team Sam played with in his first Leinster game;

    Ed BYRNE

    Tadgh MCELROY

    Tom CLARKSON

    Alex SOROKA

    Brian DEENY

    James CULHANE

    Will CONNORSE

    Max DEEGAN

    Nick MCCARTHY

    Sam PRENDERGAST

    Dave KEARNEY

    Ben BROWNLEE

    Liam TURNER

    Tommy O'BRIEN

    Chris COSGRAVE

    It’s too short, not as competitive and there are (usually) no test players in that comp.

    You’re talking about something else altogether, sure, I’m not saying people around the world want to watch the NPC, but locally its just the same with a large amount of internationals playing, even All Blacks.

    The evidence the NPC is not on par is in the U20 WC. SH sides haven’t won it since 2017

    You obviously have had very little exposure to New Zealand rugby. The NPC is made up all the Super Rugby players, plus the club battlers trying to get a gig. Far above u20 rugby level.

    Guys like Attisogbe, Gazzotti and Louis BB were in those sides. They were Top14 regulars at the time and are test players now.

    What you need to understand is that NZ rugby is not like France, basically the complete opposite. AB jerseys are not just handed out like that and there is very little room for u20 as every player in these squads is battling for an AB jersey basically. Super Rugby only has 5 teams, not 14. Sure, you can argue more exposure is better, but season length is not going to do that, you just have to get onboard with how NZ does it. They are the best after all.

    NZ used to chuck talented youngsters in at the deep end in SR. Carter, McCaw and quite a few others from the 2011 and 2015 WC winning teams were in SR at 20, 21 and ABs a year later.

    You are definitely star struck. I like it, reminds me of playing Championship Manager. It’s no different now, heard of Wallace Sititi, Peter Lakai, Noah Hotham? NZ was one of the youngest squads going around and a good number of 20/21 yo’s coming into SR each year.


    You don’t want players under pressure at that age, hence what teams do in those comps I mentioned. NZ definitely takes that to a different level for 17/18 yo, and even younger, but when you hear what happens to them when you don’t, I think that’s the right path.

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