RWC: England v Australia (QF 1)
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England and Australia get Garces as ref.
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@antipodean plus his compatriots as ARs and Skeeny as TMO....
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@antipodean plus his compatriots as ARs and Skeeny as TMO....
the dream team
IMO the best french ref is the tall skinny bloke
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@mariner4life said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@antipodean plus his compatriots as ARs and Skeeny as TMO....
the dream team
IMO the best french ref is the tall skinny bloke
I wouldn't call Peter Sellers skinny.
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@antipodean said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
England and Australia get Garces as ref.
Good luck Aussie.
If a match is going to end in controversy it could easily be this one.
It suits England’s tabloids more for them to be shafted.
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@TeWaio said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
Really want Aussie to get up for this one Perth-style, think England will be a tough SF opponent (if we beat Ire) if they're high on confidence from winning well.
I just want all our Southern neighbors to beat the UK teams. And of course I think we have a better chance against Aus than England. I'd love to see them pull out a Perth game.
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@The-Irishman said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@Darren said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@TeWaio said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
Really want Aussie to get up for this one Perth-style, think England will be a tough SF opponent (if we beat Ire) if they're high on confidence from winning well.
I just want all our Southern neighbors to beat the UK teams. And of course I think we have a better chance against Aus than England. I'd love to see them pull out a Perth game.
What about Ireland? You didn't mention them.....just the UK teams....🤔
I believe he's a Kiwi....so the question should really be who's he supporting in the SA/Japan clash shouldn't it? I guess Brexit could change things for NI though huh.
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He only made his Test debut two weeks ago but 19-year-old Jordan Petaia will make a shock start at outside centre in the Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against England. In the biggest selection bombshell in Australian World Cup history, Petaia — who scored on debut against Uruguay — will replace James O’Connor at No 13 in Oita on Saturday, foxsports.com.au understands.
Go big or go home: Cheika punts on teen rookie Jordan Petaia in massive World Cup gamble
Petaia in, O’Connor out: Cheika punts on teen rookie in massive World Cup gamble
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@KiwiMurph he's not really though is he? Played so his school footie at FB and Wing. I know he played some at 13 fpr QLD pre-injury, but it's not like he has years of honing the skills for that spot. Marshalling defenses etc
Edit to add to this - its not that I don't rate him at 13, he clearly has talent. But it's game time there at this level and also outside Kerevi, especially on D, that just makes this fraught with danger IMO. It's a heck of a punt
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@KiwiMurph Fair enough.
So you wouldn't be worried? I would be. I think it's a heck of a cauldron to throw him into. 6th 9/10 partnership in 6 tests. Just the 2nd time Genia and Lilo have played together. And Tuilagi running at him.
Good luck to the kid, I truly hope he does well
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@voodoo It's definitely risky but I don't see that many great alternative options. JOC is not a 13 himself. Kerevi and TK have never worked as a combo. Petaia looks like the best back prospect that has come through the Aussie system in 10 years - he's one of their best talents they have so I think they are much better off with him out there rather than being too cautious and wondering what if. Wallabies have lost something like 6 test matches in a row against England so what they have been doing hasn't been working.
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I'll firstly point out that Christy Doran says some weird bullshit about rugby. Never had much time for his writing.
However, Cheika makes no secret about a lot of the shit he does, so this is just crazy enough to be true. And it isn't the worst 23 we can put out, so whatever.
1 Sio
2 Latu
3 Alaalatoa
4 Rodda
5 Arnold
6 Pocock
7 Hooper (c)
8 Naisarani
9 Genia
10 Lealiifano
11 Koroibete
12 Kerevi
13 Petaia
14 Hodge
15 Beale/DHP16 Uelese
17 Slipper
18 Tupou
19 Coleman
20 Salakaia-Loto
21 White
22 To'omua
23 JOCLot of young blokes there I must say. Average ages:
STARTING XV - 26.9
- Tight Five - 26.2
- Forwards -26.6
- Backs - 27.1
BENCH VIII - 26.6
- Forwards - 25.2
- Backs - 29 (all of them born before August 1990)
MATCH DAY XXIII - 26.8
Oldest: Pocock @ 31 (Slipper and Beale are 30)
Youngest: Petaia @ 19 (Uelese 22, Rodda 23) -
IF IF IF that is the team:
I think our forward pack will probably give a better account of themselves than in the last 6 drubbings by England, which isn't saying much. That is basically a forward pack that is predictable - tho the complete absence of Kepu is somewhat of a surprise.
The backs have some good combinations. It will be interesting to see Kerevi line up the hole between George Ford and Shoulders Farrell to see how hard the Pommy back row want to work. Probably more interesting will be watching them skip pass Kerevi and see how Tuilagi deals with Petaia and vice-versa.
The downfall? Our game plan - the one-out attacking will get eaten up by the Poms and they'll rely on the French ref's complete lack of desire to adjudicate the ruck as carte blanche to mess it up good.
Probably the best-ish team we could have picked but we'll still get mullered to the tune of 15 points.
