Scotland v Australia
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@Steve said in [Scotland v Australia
World cups will be decided by this arbitrary carry on. Retallick might be on a flight home after todays red. Glen Young will be back on the pitch in 8 minutes.
Your coms are spot on , the Scottish replacement lock gets to lineup up against the All Blacks next weekend but Retallick is on a flight home for arguably an offence that was lesser than what we saw this morning ..
Also the quicker they do away with the deliberate knock down the better ..it’s not foul play , it’s a knock on -
Scotland did everything they should have in the final build up. They put pressure on the Wallaby forwards to not make a mistake and sure enough Fainga’a made it. Penalty awarded. Excellent play Scotland.
But then the tightness in throat started when the approach to the penalty kick looked different. Then the execution of the kick, it didn’t look like a clean strike. Sure it’s a pressure kick to win a test match, but to me that was a choke.
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I thought Pearce was extremely good in a niggly match full of inaccuracies. Would like him to ref NZ games as he communicates so well.
Thought Kinghorn was candidate for mom but killed it by lining kick up straight when he had been hooking left all day. Thought Scotland made a lot of poor decisions to give away a match they should have won. Ritchie is a poor captain.
McDermott was horrid at times and others like Paisami Foley and Banks quite ordinary. So well done Hooper White Valetini and the locks for pulling Australia through. -
@ACT-Crusader said in Scotland v Australia:
But then the tightness in throat started when the approach to the penalty kick looked different. Then the execution of the kick, it didn’t look like a clean strike. Sure it’s a pressure kick to win a test match, but to me that was a choke.
His attempt at the conversion in the first quarter was also away to the left.
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Watching back now so comments in delayed time.
First 10 minutes or handling is pretty good and McDermott is having a good game as we attack from depth and use some second man play.
How the fuck the assistant ref finds fault with our scrum in the 10th minute I have no idea. Scotland's hooker pops first and their loosehead is elbow down, boring in. Reset was the correct call.
Good try from Scotland as Holloway turns in with the dummy runners.
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Scotland are idiots. Penalty right in front. Guaranteed 3 and they go to lineout. 26th minute.
Then another one right in front. Even Kinghorn couldn't miss that. Nup - tap and go and eventually held up. Good defence Wallabies.
A wide ball to a running Van Der Merwe could have worked better than the repeated pick
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Close game!!
Breakdown was a shitfight man. Scots applied huge pressure, and the wallabies just didn't adjust to throw another number in there.
Aus started well, fell away, but the Scots never put them away and paid for it.
That last kick was a shocker.
Enjoyed it. Scrappy but both teams had a fucking crack and put together some good code at times. Wallabies have not fixed their discipline and it will absolutely cost them.
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@Stargazer yeah it was!
Lucky he scored it given the support players he ignored...
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So Young gets a yellow for a bicep against the head; why does it matter whether it's a shoulder or bicep? Ref says it's not as dangerous. Bollocks.
Also, why didn't they look at the head clash? Not saying Foley should have received a red card for it, but if there was consistency, he should have been sent off as well, at least with a yellow.
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That Scottish yellow was a red All day.
It's very easy for guys of my age who their whole career saw that as an awesome clean out to ask what else could he have done. But shit is different now
When I coach at any level it's all about entering a ruck with small fast feet so you have control. That was long feet and he dived head first. It was a shit piece of play.
Players, and especially coaches and commentators are not adapting to the new world.
