RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D)
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Pocock shouldnt be talking to the ref at halftime anyway, it should be Hooper.
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@mariner4life said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
Do you reckon Cheika looks at the opposition at all? Or just relies on the team playing their way to be enough?
Nope. I've interviewed him on the GAGR pod and he said as much.
It's such a self-defeating approach to the game in 2019.
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@barbarian said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@mariner4life said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
Do you reckon Cheika looks at the opposition at all? Or just relies on the team playing their way to be enough?
Nope. I've interviewed him on the GAGR pod and he said as much.
It's such a self-defeating approach to the game in 2019.
that is actually astounding
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@mariner4life Yeah crazy but he has repeated it often in interviews. It's as bad as his 'we don't practise kicks because we want to run it in the fair dinkum ozzie way' idea. I think that one may have changed, but he said that several times a few years ago.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@NTA Skeen sounds like it could be a French name.
So does Barrett
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@Snowy said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@booboo said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@sparky said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
Some heroes for Wales tonight. Wyn Jones 23 tackles, Navidi 15 tackles and no misses, Gareth Davies made over 110 running metres from half back.
Because everyone loves a corrector ...
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That's "Jones" or "Alan Wyn" ... mot "Wynn Jones".
His given names are "Alan Wyn".
His surname is "Jones".
I'm helping ...
Umm, yeah, but it's Alun.
You're helping too.
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@booboo said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@Snowy said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@booboo said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@sparky said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
Some heroes for Wales tonight. Wyn Jones 23 tackles, Navidi 15 tackles and no misses, Gareth Davies made over 110 running metres from half back.
Because everyone loves a corrector ...
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That's "Jones" or "Alan Wyn" ... mot "Wynn Jones".
His given names are "Alan Wyn".
His surname is "Jones".
I'm helping ...
Umm, yeah, but it's Alun.
You're helping too.
Stupid Welsh, they are so unused to vowels, they don't even use the right ones
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@mariner4life said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@booboo said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@Snowy said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@booboo said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@sparky said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
Some heroes for Wales tonight. Wyn Jones 23 tackles, Navidi 15 tackles and no misses, Gareth Davies made over 110 running metres from half back.
Because everyone loves a corrector ...
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That's "Jones" or "Alan Wyn" ... mot "Wynn Jones".
His given names are "Alan Wyn".
His surname is "Jones".
I'm helping ...
Umm, yeah, but it's Alun.
You're helping too.
Stupid Welsh, they are so unused to vowels, they don't even use the right ones
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@mariner4life said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
The Wallabies are mystifying. They seem so close, and yet so far away.
I'll say this with an asterix because there has been a lot of coming and going during the past eight years... but it is mind boggling to see Genia, Pocock, AAC, O'Connor, Beale, Keepu etc in their third RWC playing with more naivety and less edge than their first. On paper Australia have all the hallmarks of a RWC champion (aside from on field success prior to the tournament!).
Yes, Cheika has his quirks but it's not as though this is a bunch of kids. You have a very experienced core of players who in any other situation would be driving the bus.
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@mariner4life said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@booboo said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@Snowy said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@booboo said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
@sparky said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
Some heroes for Wales tonight. Wyn Jones 23 tackles, Navidi 15 tackles and no misses, Gareth Davies made over 110 running metres from half back.
Because everyone loves a corrector ...
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That's "Jones" or "Alan Wyn" ... mot "Wynn Jones".
His given names are "Alan Wyn".
His surname is "Jones".
I'm helping ...
Umm, yeah, but it's Alun.
You're helping too.
Stupid Welsh, they are so unused to vowels, they don't even use the right ones
Kiwi says whut?
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@mariner4life put a sock in it sweetie!
Oops, soz, wrong thread.
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@mariner4life agree, I though the Wallabies were going to roll over the top of them. Thought White wasn't as good as he has been, but he was heaps better than Genia, and Toomua was great, so direct.
That said, the Welsh really stopped playing in the 2nd half, like they were just trying to defend the lead. Played with none of the width they had so much first half success with.
As an aside, so good to see the Wallabies hoist up a couple of defensive lineouts in their own half, it feels like a lost art these days!
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Wonder if they were right in law, by the way. Excerpt below - height not indicated anywhere in the law. @Damo any rulings or interpretation we need to know about?
A ball-carrier is permitted to hand off an opponent provided excessive force is not used.
Sanction: Penalty.Law 9.24
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So I have only just managed to see the game so was able to replay the Kerevi incident a few times. I think there is initial contact to the head from the fist of Kerevi, to me it looks as though the head of Patchell jolts back and the jaw muscles move consistent with a blow. Skeen got it wrong when he said initial contact to the chest which slipped up to hit throat/head.
Also when did Biggar suffer his head injury - not during the Hooper late tackle?
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@nzzp said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
Wonder if they were right in law, by the way. Excerpt below - height not indicated anywhere in the law. @Damo any rulings or interpretation we need to know about?
> A ball-carrier is permitted to hand off an opponent provided excessive force is not used.
Sanction: Penalty.
Law 9.24
Is what Kerevi did a hand off? It wasn't a Cory Jane style fend with the hand, it was a forearm. Anyone know if the laws touch on this specifically?
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@Nevorian said in RWC: Australia v Wales (Pool D):
So I have only just managed to see the game so was able to replay the Kerevi incident a few times. I think there is initial contact to the head from the fist of Kerevi, to me it looks as though the head of Patchell jolts back and the jaw muscles move consistent with a blow. Skeen got it wrong when he said initial contact to the chest which slipped up to hit throat/head.
Also when did Biggar suffer his head injury - not during the Hooper late tackle?
Tackling an Aus runaway - think it was Koroibete. Got his head on the wrong side of the tackle.
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On Kerevi - I understand that a forearm to the throat is a penalty, but I've never seen it penalised in that instance.
The times I've seen it called are when the arm is extended from the body and it's an aggressive move against a defender. It's the classic 'stiff-arm' that's gone a bit wrong.
To me, Kerevi's arm never really left his chest. He was carrying the ball in a manner that a lot of other players do, and the Welsh defender ended up in a very poor position.
I don't have a huge issue with the penalty in isolation, but it's the consistency that rankles me. We see that sort of fend-off used multiple times a game, but for some reason we only decide to penalise it in a crucial RWC match.
