Fresh Blood

What do you do when the facts plainly speak 

in language you vigorously disdain, & there’s 

no denying a track record to date saying we’re 

in crisis, 0 wins from four international games; 

0 - 3 to Aussie Eddy Jones coached England - 

& trashing in game one of th’ Bledisloe by arch 

enemy New Zealand; so what is State of Play 

of a grossly under-performing Wallaby team?

There’s no panic coach Michael Chieka says, 

I’m just not getting messages across properly; 

ok, then besides you who’s failing in jobs they 

were selected for; we’re being beaten across 

the board in set pieces, losing our own throw 

line outs and our scrums are a dodgy mess 

There’re some players - & clearly old brigade 

so easily identified, who seem unable to keep 

up the pace, yet they still get to run on like it’s 

a null prospect fielding a representative team 

without them - & yet claiming their experience 

compensates is off beam unless it’s for losing 

We’re needing a miracle to survive th’ current 

International series with any grace; we’ve yet 

to face both South Africa & Argentina - altho’ 

dealing with the rampant Kiwis is 1st priority - 

maybe by deflating Chieka’s ego of in saying 

he needs to get fresh blood out on the field 

© 27 August 2016, I. D. Carswell 

Written prior to Bledisloe Game 2: 

Wallabies 9 - All Blacks 29