Wallabies v Ireland - Test #2 (Melbourne)
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You dumb auusie fucks, if they don't have the ball, don't fucking hit them!
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Gee the irish are inventive on attack. Really making the aussies make decisions on defense....
And eventually the bash over
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Despite Ireland getting the try, I'd still be carding the player who rolled over and lay on the wrong side of the ruck.
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Rugby is officially NFL
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@mimic said in Wallabies v Ireland - Test #2 (Melbourne):
Yeah, for me it's a YC or a PT. Getting both is harsh.
The ref, however, knows the law. A PT should come with a card.
You may argue the law is wrong all you like, but the ref is obliged to use them as written.
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@chester-draws said in Wallabies v Ireland - Test #2 (Melbourne):
@mimic said in Wallabies v Ireland - Test #2 (Melbourne):
Yeah, for me it's a YC or a PT. Getting both is harsh.
The ref, however, knows the law. A PT should come with a card.
You may argue the law is wrong all you like, but the ref is obliged to use them as written.
Depends. An penalisable transgression that prevents a try may result in a PT, but the action may not meet the threshold of a YC.
90 secs for Wallabies to score a converted try.
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Yesssssssss
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@mariner4life said in Wallabies v Ireland - Test #2 (Melbourne):
Gee the irish are inventive on attack. Really making the aussies make decisions on defense...
It's the big question hanging over Schmidt's coaching. Are the players he has just bereft of attacking instinct, or does he coach it out of them?
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Lads. At long last NZ has a decent ref. That was an excellent display.
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@billy-tell said in Wallabies v Ireland - Test #2 (Melbourne):
Lads. At long last NZ has a decent ref. That was an excellent display.
The second half, yes.
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That’ll do nicely.
Roll on week 3.
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This Irish team's ability to retain possession is second to none. We have more X factor players than them but they are way more patient than we are, compete better at the breakdown and in Murray and Sexton, they have halves that control the game better than Smith and Beaudie. The match in Dublin is going to be one hell of a game.
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That tighthead for Ireland (Furlong) is a beast, isn't he? Miles ahead of any tighthead in the game at the moment in my opinion.
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@akan004 said in Wallabies v Ireland - Test #2 (Melbourne):
This Irish team's ability to retain possession is second to none. We have more X factor players than them but they are way more patient than we are, compete better at the breakdown and in Murray and Sexton, they have halves that control the game better than Smith and Beaudie. The match in Dublin is going to be one hell of a game.
It's only the Wallabies....
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@act-crusader said in Wallabies v Ireland - Test #2 (Melbourne):
@akan004 said in Wallabies v Ireland - Test #2 (Melbourne):
This Irish team's ability to retain possession is second to none. We have more X factor players than them but they are way more patient than we are, compete better at the breakdown and in Murray and Sexton, they have halves that control the game better than Smith and Beaudie. The match in Dublin is going to be one hell of a game.
It's only the Wallabies....
Only problem is whether the backrow stocks can survive the attrition rate of this approach.
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@samurai-jack said in Wallabies v Ireland - Test #2 (Melbourne):
That tighthead for Ireland (Furlong) is a beast, isn't he? Miles ahead of any tighthead in the game at the moment in my opinion.
I haven't watched the second test in full. But have read that Furlong was immense.
But in general, I think Furlong is maybe the most over-rated player in world rugby.
That's not to say he isn't good. And more importantly that he isn't extremely promising as he is still very young. He is fantactic in the loose (was great in Chicago) and I have every expectation that his scrummaging will eventually get to the world class state.
I watched the Lions scrum last year with much interest and was extremely unimpressed with all 3 tightheads in the scrummaging, and my opinion is still influenced by that. They weren't just unimpressive in the tests they were unimpressive against all the SR teams starting front rows (except Hurricanes IIRC). Furlong and Irish scrum was also poor last week v Aussie scrum when he came on as a sub.
To digress. Australian scrummaging is right up there now.
Taniela Tupou is I think going to be worryingly fucking good. I really thought that guy had chosen the wrong sport when he left school (would be a phenomenon in League). But his scrummaging seems to be getting up to speed scarily rapidly. He is still a beast in the loose even v grown men.
I think NH scrummaging is a bit of a current myth, including the French, it may have been true 5 to 10 years ago. But - Owen Franks who I would have rated the best tighthead in the world after last year, got completely owned on the weekend. So ..... take from this post what you will ... a brain dump rather than a hard theory.
