RWC Week 1: Australia v Georgia

[Tordah]

mark nawaqanitawase looks exactly like

[MiketheSnow]

Oz have come to play

Donaldson’s positional play has been superb and barring one kick his kicking game too

Oz haven’t allowed Georgia to get in a rhythm

Kicked long, chased well

Competed at every breakdown

And monstered their much vaunted scrum

They’ve trucked the ball up hard, especially Kerevi , making Georgia tackle and tiring them out

That Eddie bloke can coach

[MiketheSnow]

Well taken fair play

Not convinced it was a penalty against Australia at the scrum

[MiketheSnow]

Shit kick from White but did well with the tackle
But good recovery
Great offload
Deserved that try

[Billy Tell]

Hard to know what to make of Aussie as Giorgia have generally been very poor.

[MiketheSnow]

Fabulous pass for BP
Donaldson MOTM

[Duluth]

[NTA]

Watching back now. Good start.

[NTA]

Followed immediately by a shit exit. Classic us

[NTA]

Good try to Marky Mark. Lot of flick passes... makes me think Georgia aren't really putting the pressure on.

Donaldson 2 from 3 after the penalty. Big nudge.

(And yes I know the result)

[NTA]

Last 10 of the first half fairly pedestrian from both sides. Wallabies sitting on a lead. Georgia have nothing in attack and just looking for field position.

McDermott concussion not good. Knee straight to the head.

[NTA]

Loved big Will laying it down in the huddle while McDermott is attended to. Plenty of f bombs

[NTA]

One law change we trialled in club footy this year: defending 9 can't go past the midline of the scrum. Wish they'd bring it in at pro level.

[NTA]

Just stupid by Georgia 11 for the YC. Wallabies fuck up the maul tho so no immediate harm done

[NTA]

Minutes 30-50 pretty ordinary from the Wallabies

[NTA]

Skelton stops the maul but technically you still can't collapse that.

[NTA]

Lucky try to Donaldson after Georgia break out and the Hail Mary offload goes to Tupou

[NTA]

Some good work to get to 35 but lineout went to shit when the replacements came on. We were ok but Georgia were not good.

My confidence against Fiji and Wales is not high - flick passes aren't going to win games

[NTA]

Donaldson is a poor defender.

Incorrect call but the referee at 73 minutes: Georgia knocked on in goal. Should have been a line dropout

[NTA]

Anyway, that wasn't a bad performance in the heat. If you work ons maybe a couple of injury replacements for Fiji, who by the way still scare the shit out of me 😬