Yardstick. Barometer. Criterion. Whatever you call it, tomorrow’s test match against the most irritating team in world rugby will determine how Scott Robertson’s tenure to date will be judged.
With no respect whatsoever to the Welsh, the Twickenham bunfight will seal the Grand Slam or leave another dirty smudge in Razor’s copybook, which has already attracted a fair amount of filth this year. The phenomenal melt down in Wellington against the Springboks and the Pumas mess will be conveniently overlooked should this season end with Grand Slam success, although imagine rolling the English then getting mugged with a leek the next week. That too would eclipse the South African and Argentine embarrassments, right?
The first half of Razor’s reign has been punctuated by inconsistency as he has attempted to settle into life in the international arena. His much-referenced armour chink has always been his lack of experience in the rarefied air of global test match confrontations. It’s more than fair to say that as sign posted as this issue has been, Robertson has still struggled with direction in this space.
He has been conservative with his selections, but he’s also given characters a decent shot at retaining their jersey even if they haven't set their matches on fire, Damien McKenzie and Billy Proctor for example. He’s also ushered some players out the back door, goodbye Ioane, Sotutu, and Reece, and introduced some potential long-term superheroes in the form of Holland, Parker, Sititi, and Lakai.
He’s also overseen some truly awful second half stats and his collection of cards would look great at the Armageddon expo, but bloody awful in the sheds.
As it stands, his half term report is a B, but knocking on the door of an A-, dependent on the Twickenham exchange.
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Episode Transcript
You're listening to the All Sport Breakfast podcast with Darcy
Waldgrave from News Talk SEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Test Match Rugby Tomorrow Morning, yardstick, barrometer, criterion, whatever you
want to call it. Tomorrow's Test match versus the most
irritating team in world rugby will determine how Scott Robertson's
tenure to date will be judged. Look with no respect
whatsoever to the Welsh. The Twicken and Bon fight will
seal the Grand Slam or leave another dirty smudge and
(00:37):
raises copybook which has already attracted a fair amount of
filth this year. The phenomenal meltdown Wellington against the spring
Box and the Pumus mess that will be conveniently overlooked
should this season end with a Grand Slam success, although
imagine rolling the English then getting mugged with a leak
next week, That too would eclipse the South African and
(01:01):
Argentine embarrassments, right, but not in a good way. The
first half of Race's year Rain has been punctuated by
inconsistency as he's attempted to settle into life in the
international arena. As much referenced Armor Chank has always been
his lack of experience in the rarefied air of global
Test match confrontations. It's like, I think it's more than
(01:23):
fair to say that as sign posted as this issue
has been, Robinson still struggled with direction in this space,
but he's getting there. Look, he's been conservative with his selections,
but he's also given characters a decent shot at retaining
their jersey even if they haven't set their matches on
fight Damien mckensick Billy Proctor for example. He's also I
(01:45):
should in some players, well I should, sorry not in,
but some players out the back door Goodbye Yumani Stu
Rece for example. And he's introduced some potential long term
superheroes in the form of Holland Parker, Setiti Larkey. He's
also overseen some truly awful SEK and half stats and
(02:07):
his collection of cards would look great at the mcgeddon
Expo but bloody awful in the sheds. As it stands,
his half term report is a bee but knocking on
the door of an aus depending on the Twickenham Exchange results.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
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