🗣 “It’s the worst defeat in Australian World Cup history.”
🗣 “It’s the end of 20 years of neglect. 20 years of poor administration. 20 years of poor technical coaching.”
Matt Williams 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 after Australia’s defeat to Fiji.
Watch the Six Nations and Rugby World Cup live on Virgin Media Television.
Subscribe to our page for more:
Follow us on Twitter – https://twitter.com/VMSportIE/
Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/vmsportie
Like us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/VMSportIE/
Follow us on TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@virginmediasport
#AUSvFIJ #Wallabies #RWC2023 #Australia #Fiji #AustralianRugby #FlyingFijians #EnglandRugby #England #Rugby #IrishRugby #MunsterRugby #LeinsterRugby #UlsterRugby #ConnachtRugby #Ireland #RugbyWorldCup #ArgentinaRugby #RomaniaRugby #FranceRugby #Springboks #AllBlacks
27 Comments
20 years ago you were not best in the world…….England were, do you forget the World Cup final in front of your own fans?
New Zealand is in the same predicament, collapsing financially and in deep, deep trouble. The writing has been on the wall for a number of years, but very few people won’t to see it. Falling participation numbers, families not allowing their kids to play. A drastically changing ethnicity base within New Zealand has seen to this as more kids wanting to play other sports.
Look at the studies that have been undertaken by the likes of football organisations who have grave concerns around young kids heading a football, good grief and you wonder why parents are stopping them playing rugby?
Clubs collapsing under the strain of trying to cover the costs of running an NPC match at a stadium (hundreds of thousands per game) while a couple of hundred turn up to watch. Many rural folk may tell you otherwise but the reality is far, far different in the larger urban areas around New Zealand. The sport is dying……
Dont worry, Rugby Australia have solved the problem by paying 5m for a league winger ! Problem solved 😀
Keep in mind A fijian winger in the Australian team scored a try for Australia, Koroibete prevented a try by Habosi and Kerevi created a try for Australia😂😂
Get rid of the “jobs for the boys” Sydney mentality. So many in RA that have been in there too long. Time to Fk off
Should of beaten wales but they didn’t
Growing rugby in the Pacifica will prevent NZ from harvesting a talent pool they've been sucking dry for decades.
Get your head out of your ass man!! Cant even acknowledge that Fiji was just that good and beat Australia. Have faith, Aus will bounce back.
Nick White should have done his late "footballers dive" to get the opposition carded.
How are the new group of people in charge of Australian Rugby doing the right thing? They literally just spent millions on poaching a NRL player.
you lead your land from the front my brother
Fiji 🇫🇯 put God first while Australia 🇦🇺 put the LGBT 🏳️🌈 first. You will reap what you sow.
Come on Wallabies. Support from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬
Australia won’t drop back to tier 2, they are already there and have been since the social justice keyboard warriors crucified Israel Folau. Get over it and accept Australian rugby has died a sad and not so slow death.
Fiji playing unreal rugby.
Australia too focused on League and Aussie rules, union just isn't a priority.
The game is being developed n australia can't win all the time
Ever
Wi n or losses u have to accept
There will only 1 wiinner
Love you fiji full speed no brake
The moral of the story is never right off Fiji.Well done fiji
Huge respect to fiji.
All Blacks supporter here.
Fiji, Tonga, Samoa are getting better and better through tough competition.
It’s only a matter of time before they beat the All Blacks.
Cry baby
Need to recruit league players as there is no young junior rugby players anymore.. the state of rugby in Oz is in decline! The juniors are playing AFL soccer and league
These critics have truly identified the problem just as the calling of Mr. E. Jones to try put some magic in a 20 yrs fallout as mentioned.. Let's see the professional players workout strategies to beat Wales and make a quarter final spot even to the finals. Fiji usually play semi professional. Now Australia has helped a lot in Fiji's transition to professionalism. Most in Fiji are Wellabies fans. Let's support them. Last RWC Japan beat South Africa. Upsets is healthy and bad refereeing is sick. Go Australian Wellabies go.
Sacking jones is the beginning. He is a fake.
😭😭😭😭more even proud to be Fijian. The years of unfairness. Now humbleness and striving forward is the way forward