Daly: Waugh for prop
26 May 2006
Phil Waugh should switch from flank to prop, says former Wallaby front-rower Tony Daly.
Daly, who scored the only try in the final as Australia won the 1991 World Cup, believes it is a move that could pay off for a team that has historically struggled in the tight exchanges.
According to Daly, new Australian coach John Connolly needs to return to “short nuggety blokes” in order to end the team’s front-row woes.
“I played as a flanker in my last two years at school,” Daly told The Daily Telegraph. “I went to Western Suburbs the following year and played first grade at prop. Four years later I was in the Test side. It can be done.”
“Richard Harry was a club flanker before he became a Test prop and Waugh could do the same, especially if he wants to extend his international career. He’s got the perfect physique, he’s certainly strong enough and you could get him to 110kg easily enough.”
“It would take him a season, maybe two. But what an option he’d give you. When I went into first grade straight out of school, I got smashed. I also learned pretty quickly.”
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26 May 2006, 13:06 pm
Suparugby(post 66),
I cannot read your post because I don’t know your Africaans. However I note the word “Tito” .
Now if you are calling any of my Hurricanes ugly ——-Well they are all beautifull on the inside Oke.
Tana, Tito, Jerry all beautifull on the inside.
Which is more than can be said of Joost.
26 May 2006, 13:09 pm
cane; joost has to be ugly ‘cos he’s a security guard;
on strike at the mo’
26 May 2006, 13:10 pm
Jason Eaton.
26 May 2006, 13:11 pm
jb
I thought he was a TV comments man!
26 May 2006, 13:12 pm
and Naas remains baas
BTW; Garvey was a retreaded no.8 ; played there for Zim ’87/90? WC
26 May 2006, 13:12 pm
Cab Anton Oliver is THE OFFICIAL HOMOSAPIEN
but he does speak well
Seun Fitzatrick is also not the best looker.
26 May 2006, 13:13 pm
cane;
he’s guarding Naas
26 May 2006, 13:15 pm
Jerry Colins wouldent be to bad a looker but for What ammounts as the KAKEST hairdo in World Rugby.
26 May 2006, 13:16 pm
Then when you really look at it Every mae Australian Fell down the ugly tree and hit all the branches on the way down.
26 May 2006, 13:18 pm
jb,
Adrian Garvey took part in charity boxing tourament in NZ a couple of weeks ago to help raise money for Child Cancer patients.
So that Guy really really is beautifull on the inside.
P.s. he got a hiding.
26 May 2006, 13:18 pm
Wessel Roux
26 May 2006, 13:21 pm
Garvey living in NZ now?
26 May 2006, 13:31 pm
Cane
Who was his aponent?
26 May 2006, 13:33 pm
Brick; the Kiwi PM
she can’t play rugby but u should see her box
26 May 2006, 13:39 pm
Why not?
If a total non rugby player like Eddie Andrews or Dik Davids can be given a Bok jersey, Phil might work as prop.
Naka, gary Botha and a few others did it.
26 May 2006, 13:47 pm
Jb,
No I think he (Garvey)was only here for the boxing,
James Dalton and John Allen also did their thing for the same Charity.
All ugly Mothers , but beatifull on the inside.
Risked physical pain , humiliation and injury for the Kids.
26 May 2006, 13:52 pm
Brickwall,(post 113).
Inga Tuigamala (Aka Inga-the-Winger).
Not sure if you Guys are familiar with Inga as he went over the Rugby League.
But get this ——He is an Undertaker now.
26 May 2006, 13:55 pm
‘Cane,
I remember being at work when I read that Paul Tito had been called up to the NZ Maori side (I think it may have been when the Lions toured there a year or two ago). I almost dropped my beer in amazement … I guess the Ginger Gene can strike at any time and is not just the scourge of Zimbos and Natalians …
26 May 2006, 14:00 pm
Well phil will have to learn the “unknown” language of front-row talk “middle earth” is what i call it. Its easy for Daly to say it from his couch, but todays game is all about guys who specialise in the front row department. But if they are going down that line, why not convert David Lyons as well, he is probably a better person to convert with his weight already there and perfect height, like sheridan and hayman, but technique will be the key factor.
26 May 2006, 14:01 pm
My vote goes to Anton Oliver – chased all the way to the line by Jannie de Beer, Serge Betsen and Phil Waugh.
Special mention goes to the England dream team’s neanderthals – Johnson, Dallaglio and Back (wtf is with that caveman low brow thing? someone said ‘roids do that.)
26 May 2006, 14:03 pm
SideShowBob,
Yip, the ginger Gene is alive and well.
A lot of Guys who don’t look very Maori, play(have played)for the maori team.
e.g. Christian Cullen. Carl Hayman, Tony Brown.
But they all must have proof of a link to a particular Tribe.
26 May 2006, 14:05 pm
wls, i assume you refer to **** ERECTUS
26 May 2006, 14:06 pm
As you pansies are talking about the looks of players, I can’t believe that you could forget Phillip Schutte
26 May 2006, 14:10 pm
cane,
Did Dalton and John Allen at least win their bouts?
Dalton used to be a bit of a notorious bouncer in his day and loved a good scrap.
26 May 2006, 14:14 pm
cane,
tuigamala was a monster, forget lomu, this oke had thighs that made gerber look like a ballet dancer. was’nt it tuigamala that klapped Garvey to hell and gone with 4 standing 8 counts?
26 May 2006, 14:14 pm
Vinnie,
No—-It was not a good night for overweight saffa’s.
They tried hard—–Everyone was a winner for the Kids.
26 May 2006, 14:25 pm
Cab,
Yes, Thats all true , But you have to remember that it was Inga’s 3rd fight in this Annual Charity event.(Garvey’s 1st)
Also Inga is a personal friend of “The Tua Man” who fought for the Heavyweight Championship of The World, against Lennox Lewis and twice defeated Rachmin(spelling), who latter became the World Champ.
So in summary Garvey showed a lot of courage.
26 May 2006, 14:27 pm
yes Cane, and i doubt very much anyone was heavire than Inga who tipped the scales at 141 kgs, imagine trying to stop that running down the wing?
26 May 2006, 14:33 pm
Cab,
At the end of the fight(and it is the real-deal).
Inga said he had “now retired” from boxing and admitted to being some weight which astouded me.
Sorry I can’t the weight but 170 rings a bell.
26 May 2006, 16:34 pm
130
26 May 2006, 17:29 pm
PS. Tuigamala, in his last test for New Zealand before going to Wigan to play League weighed in at 98 kg`s. Smaller than Dean Hall, Ben Cohen, Clyde Rathbone and a few others. 141 kgs, I don`t think so…
26 May 2006, 17:38 pm
its what i read AJ, i can easily believe it, very powerful bloke, 98kgs of pure muscle when playing.
27 May 2006, 10:09 am
Inga is now 140kg and he can still move for a big man, he was the proto-type to the Jonah Creation and he and Brian Williams led the way before Jonah came along.
27 May 2006, 13:48 pm
This guy must have smoked some fine stuff on the weekend to come out with these comments!
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