England to whitewash Australia

mariner4life

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Fuck, then its YOUR fault! Bloody Queenslanders cursing our shit. 
 
Get ready for the whitewash everyone!
 
England are $1.95 at the TAB, Wallabies $1.85. Line is +1.5
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well, blaming me certainly makes a change from the average aussie fan blaming the wingers (or any player not from their Super side)

NTA

Don't forget the ref.

mariner4life

how could I, facebook won't let me.

barbarian

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Barbarian, was that you speaking on the GAGR + Egg Chasers podcast? I think one of you mentioned that Australia had a very antagonistic relationship with the referee and that might have influenced the lack of penalties going the Wallaby's way.
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Yeah that's me.
 
That was a well made point (wasn't me). Again reflects badly on Moore. He was getting into the niggle, encouraging it, and we were screaming at the ref all game. So it's not surprising that England got the 50/50s.

KiwiMurph

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Yeah that's me.
 
That was a well made point (wasn't me). Again reflects badly on Moore. He was getting into the niggle, encouraging it, and we were screaming at the ref all game. So it's not surprising that England got the 50/50s.
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That was a really good listen. Good stuff all around.

barbarian

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That was a really good listen. Good stuff all around.
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Thanks mate. Been fun to do, even if the result wasn't the one we wanted.

NTA

WALLABIES TEAM

James Slipper - Reds (76 Tests)
Stephen Moore (c) - Brumbies (104 Tests)
Sekope Kepu - Waratahs (65 Tests)
Will Skelton - Waratahs (14 Tests)
Rob Simmons - Reds (61 Tests)
Scott Fardy - Brumbies (32 Tests)
Michael Hooper (vc) - Waratahs (53 Tests)
Sean McMahon - Rebels (8 Tests)
Nick Phipps - Waratahs (41 Tests)
Bernard Foley - Waratahs (29 Tests)
Rob Horne (vc) - Waratahs (31 Tests)
Matt Toomua - Brumbies (31 Tests)
Tevita Kuridrani - Brumbies (33 Tests)
Dane Haylett-Petty - Western Force (2 Tests)
Israel Folau - Waratahs (40 Tests) 
Replacements (One to be omitted) 
Tatafu Polota-Nau - Waratahs (63 Tests) 
Scott Sio - Brumbies (17 Tests) 
Greg Holmes - Reds (25 Tests) 
Adam Coleman (Uncapped) 
Dean Mumm - Waratahs (46 Tests) 
Wycliff Palu - Waratahs (57 Tests) 
Nick Frisby - Reds (2 Tests) 
Christian Lealiâ€™ifano - Brumbies (17 Tests) 
Taqele Naiyaravoro - Waratahs (1 Test)

mariner4life

The selecting in this series is fucked. What the fuck is with the 2nd row? Kuridrani untouchable? Sio in and out? A new winger on the bench?

NTA

You get the impression he's just used this whole series for auditions leading into TRC

mariner4life

he must feel very secure in his job. the Wallaby public don't see it that way.

NTA

Though I'd like to see Coleman get a run at the back end of the game. 
 
Still don't understand McMahon at 8.
 
Skelton included is yellow card territory for us - not going to fix discipline issues in a hurry that way :)

NTA

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he must feel very secure in his job. the Wallaby public don't see it that way. 
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I don't think anyone in the land of the Wallaby public has been happy since Macqueen took a bunch of ragtag misfits and won a shitload of silverware and crystal goblets.

mariner4life

short memories and limited recent success mean if it works out, and he grabs one of the big trophies later in the year, this whole tour will be forgotten about. It's a risk, because if it goes tits up, then the whole year will be viewed as a disaster.

NTA

Yeah and I'm not sure, short of this being a huge snow job, that we're going in that direction.
 
Anyway, I'm going over to GAGR to see how shrill the QLDers are getting.

Bovidae

Does Mumm have some incriminating photos of Cheika?

NTA

Well, he's not yet on the bench - one of Mumm, Palu, or Coleman will go I think, depending on Eddie's team announcement, which I assume is this afternoon.

NTA

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Yeah and I'm not sure, short of this being a huge snow job, that we're going in that direction.
 
Anyway, I'm going over to GAGR to see how shrill the QLDers are getting.
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Yep. Pretty shrill.
 
 
Weather forecast from today is "Mostly Sunny", "Windy", "Mostly Sunny".
 
Will be cold this weekend in that part of Sydney - tops of 15-16 during the day so kickoff will be fairly chilly compared to normal.

Frank

Nick, What do you think of Skelton as a starting lock?

NTA

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Nick, What do you think of Skelton as a starting lock?
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I think fighting English size with our own is pointless without a better attitude and plan of attack.
 
Need to get our ruck working, then popping the ball to Skelton, Kepu, Moore, and Slipper at pace could work a treat. Only then should we chuck it at the second channel. Fuck the backs.
 
 
If Skelton is going to play then he'd better fucking run into the teeth of the Pommy defense all day and fuck some shit up, as well as get some offloads away. None of the niggly shit we've seen from him in the past.
 
Our lineout consists of Simmons, Fardy, and McMahon with Hooper at a pinch, so that is a concern any time you include Skelton, but mostly you should be smart enough in Test Rugby that the number of jumpers doesn't matter on your own ball. A good enough opposition will pick you apart.

NTA

Oh - and Skelton needs to fucking hurt some fluffybunnies in contact with or without the ball.

The Silver Fern

England to whitewash Australia