Wallaby EOYT 2016
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Good game. Scotland organised and disruptive, and never panicked. Aus too good in the last quarter, kept probing. Foley and Folau prominent.
I thought Hooper was the wallabies best
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Wales looked rusty as shit and were unfit, plainly. First game in a few months, we had a bit of time together and never let them into the game.
Scotland are always different for us. Despite the rain staying away it looked like we pushed too many passes and then had brainfarts like Skelton.
Their defence was much better than Wales, and it showed in a lack of ability to put tries on the board. Then of course we're on attack and Skelton brainfarts. Might as well let him play France then send him home, giving Arnold a rest.
Scotland were creative on attack and put us back a little with the chip kick. Then that excellent 13 of theirs made Kuridrani's defence look even more shit than usual and they were right in it.
BUT they didn't score from minute 48 onwards, and so the difference might be in the bench of each side to hold out a win.
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@pukunui said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
@NTA said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
BUT HE NEVER GETS ENOUGH RUCK STEALS FOR AN OPENSIDE!!!!!
Pocock is so good he even steals turnovers from his own team. Amazing!
Is Scotland the new Wales in terms of getting close to Australia then choking?
Last two games have been one point losses but pretty certain they won the previous two in 12 and 09.....
Huw Jones sure looks a good un.
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Also posted in the general 2016 End-of-year internationals thread:
French team to take on the Wallabies:
1 Baille 2 Guirado (c) 3 Atonio 4 Vahaamahina 5 Maestri 6 Ollivon 7 Gourdon 8 Picamoles
9 Machenaud 10 Doussain 11 Vakatawa 12 Fofana 13 Lamerat 14 Nakaitaci 15 SpeddingReserves : 16 Chat 17 Chiocci 18 Slimani 19 Le Devedec 20 Chouly 21 Serin 22 Lopez 23 Fickou
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- James Slipper (83 Tests)
- Tolu Latu (1 Test)
- Allan Alaalatoa (7 Tests)
- Kane Douglas (28 Tests)
- Rob Simmons (68 Tests)
- Scott Fardy (38 Tests)
- David Pocock (c) (63 Tests)
- Sean McMahon (12 Tests)
- Will Genia (vc) (73 Tests)
- Quade Cooper (65 Tests)
- Henry Speight (8 Tests)
- Kyle Godwin*
- Tevita Kuridrani (42 Tests)
- Sefanaia Naivalu (3 Tests)
- Luke Morahan (2 Tests)
Reserves (one to be omitted)
Stephen Moore (c) (114 Tests)
Scott Sio (27 Tests)
Tom Robertson (5 Tests)
Will Skelton (17 Tests)
Dean Mumm (54 Tests)
Lopeti Timani (5 Tests)
Nick Phipps (50 Tests)
Bernard Foley (39 Tests)
Taqele Naiyaravoro (2 Tests)Yep. Big changes. Lot of Barbarians tourists in there, and with another game against the French Barbarians in Thursday, many of these guys will need to back up
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IN: James Slipper, Kane Douglas, Scott Fardy, Kyle Godwin, Sefa Naivalu, Luke Morahan, Taqele Naiyaravoro
OUT: Israel Folau, Dane Haylett-Petty, Michael Hooper, Sekope Kepu, Reece Hodge, Adam Coleman (knee), Rory Arnold
First time Folau and Hooper haven't started a test in about a year? RWC 2015 Uruguay I think?
Queenslanders finally have no excuses - Genia + Cooper.
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@akan004 said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
How far have the French fallen that Australia has named a 2nd string side against them. I feel the Aussies will lose this game with an experimental side but can understand Cheika not wanting to flog them to the ground on this grueling tour.
Don't read it like that at all. They have a punishing schedule, they have a chance of a GS, they have a chance for revenge against England.
They would happily sacrifice a defeat to France to achieve the other objectives.
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This tour (thanks to the last 15 minutes against Scotland) is going very well for Cheika and the Wallabies. Pasted the Welsh, and withstood the Scots to keep the GS dream alive. Pre-tour plans to rotate for this game can still be rolled out, and he's pretty safe that even a reverse can be talked up in the way of positives.
The whole tour is much more about the next two weekends than this one, and so far it has been set up perfectly.
Bit of credit due i think. It's certainly going better for them than us, and waaaay better than the Boks.
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Fucking hell the Queenslanders have already started - finally they get a few of their duds in the XV and they're blowing up that Cheika is throwing the game with all these rookies.
Fuck's sake have a word with yourselves...
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@NTA said in Wallaby EOYT 2016:
Fucking hell the Queenslanders have already started - finally they get a few of their duds in the XV and they're blowing up that Cheika is throwing the game with all these rookies.
Fuck's sake have a word with yourselves...
If that's aimed at me, go fuck yourself!
If aimed at them elsewhere, we have said many times that Reds fans are the absolute worst.
https://www.ffr.fr/Equipes-de-France/Rugby-a-XV/XV-France/France-Australie-La-composition
