Japan v Wallabies
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@bones said in Japan v Wallabies:
@akan004 said in Japan v Wallabies:
Seems like Williams is only looking at infringements from Japan.
Hasn't seemed that way to me. What's the pen count in the last ten?
It's evened out a bit in the last few minutes tbf.
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How was he holding his weight...using his head
23-27 Aus
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@taniwharugby said in Japan v Wallabies:
How was he holding his weight...using his head
23-27 Aus
Looked like he was holding his weight to me, but the jap released it, Valetini had the ball, just chose to not leave the tackle. Go figure.
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Ref pretty poor for both sides. Japan spent half the time offside and Aussie seemed to get the rub of the green a bit too much.
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@bones I thought he was doing a headstand while stealing it.
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@gt12 said in Japan v Wallabies:
@bones said in Japan v Wallabies:
I'm watching via alternative means and have some amateur (I think) yank commentators. Anyone else got them? Hilariously awful.
I gave up watching, they were that horrible.
The main guy has obviously been watching rugby for only this year. So many bad takes on plays and replays. Funny listening to him try to decide if the aus player was out or a try had been scored... when they were looking at the shoulder charge.
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@taniwharugby said in Japan v Wallabies:
@bones I thought he was doing a headstand while stealing it.
Don't be jealous of his hair.
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@akan004 said in Japan v Wallabies:
Seems like Williams is only looking at infringements from Japan.
Except every single Japanese player offside and the Japanese dummy runners in midfield metres ahead of the ball and taking defenders out of play.
Japan could have seen a yellow before halftime but Williams and his assistants were utterly ignoring the last feet, and Australia had most of the ball.
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We certainly didn't make it easy, but then having Kerevi and Koroibete is a much easier team to run. Paisami hasn't played any footy in a month, and needs time. Wright I just don't rate.
Intercept tries. FFS. Short passing in their half, we win easily. Long passes in our own? Nup.
Throw in the first half silly offloads and we made Japan look a lot more competitive than they ultimately were.
Our set piece was better but we lost concentration at critical times. Thankfully the forwards stepped up for the two tries that mattered - short passing, or no passing. Easy money.
Andrew Kellaway has 9 Tests now, with 5 tries, and probably less errors than the difference. He just seems to have time to sum up the situation and provide the best option. Doesn't transfer pressure. Does the little things right.
Petaia was rock solid under the restarts too, which cannot be said of our forwards on the restart.
Our back row was largely nullified on defence as Japan targeted almost everyone bar them with their attacking runs.
We got the win playing shit for long periods. James Slipper was interviewed via Zoom (modern!) at the end of the game and he made the simple point: "We can take confidence in our game plan. When we do it well; when we look after the ball and kick with a good strategy we can put teams under a lot of pressure. When we go away from that , we put ourselves under pressure"
