England V Australia
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@chester-draws just this minute seen that on the replay, fair call he was always offside, didn't stop or retreat as you must do being the only way to get onside.
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As for the interview....Chieka is a cock, he needs to take a good hard look at himself, but the interviewer needs a rocket for trying to egg something that needed no egging.
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@taniwharugby said in England V Australia:
As for the interview....Chieka is a cock, he needs to take a good hard look at himself, but the interviewer needs a rocket for trying to egg something that needed no egging.
I think with an ego like his he looks at himself a fair bit, he just doesn't see what the rest of the world sees. Woodward must be a bit worried , having passed Jake White already Gatland and Krusty are in a race to the bottom to take his spot as the most contemptible human to ever coach a rugby team.
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Have seen the highlights package and have no real problem with any of those calls.
You could argue that Robshaw still got hold of Koroibete and couldn't stop the try, but the letter of the law puts Moore in a bad position for that. Also: fucking stupid Moore should have just run a better support line.
I saw a screenshot floating around stating Robshaw "never got onside" but he did.
Bit of a blowout by the looks, but the penalty count and two yellow cards doesn't look good for us. Neither does Cheika reacting to the crowd.
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A crumb of comfort for Oz is that they played through the sinbin periods very well - most of their problems happened when they had a full complement on the pitch.
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@nta said in England V Australia:
Have seen the highlights package and have no real problem with any of those calls.
You could argue that Robshaw still got hold of Koroibete and couldn't stop the try, but the letter of the law puts Moore in a bad position for that. Also: fucking stupid Moore should have just run a better support line.
And the worst thing was that Moore got in the way so there was no definitive camera angle showing that Koroibete had grounded the ball if the obstruction call was dismissed.
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@nta said in England V Australia:
Have seen the highlights package and have no real problem with any of those calls.
You could argue that Robshaw still got hold of Koroibete and couldn't stop the try, but the letter of the law puts Moore in a bad position for that. Also: fucking stupid Moore should have just run a better support line.
I saw a screenshot floating around stating Robshaw "never got onside" but he did.
Bit of a blowout by the looks, but the penalty count and two yellow cards doesn't look good for us. Neither does Cheika reacting to the crowd.
No objections whatsoever. You got some last night didn't you...
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@rancid-schnitzel Had our club AGM last night and I got President again, so I've got more pressing shit to think about, rugby wise.
Overall, I'm fairly sanguine at the moment about where the Wallabies are headed. The loss to England was expected, and I look forward to England fans spitting chips next time a TMO call is perceived to go against them.
All that said, we need to put Scotland to the fucking sword and at least earn our current ranking.
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I didn't notice it on live viewing, but watching the highlights, seeing how Kurtley Beale simply gave up on the ball that dribbled close to the touchline was embarassing. He easily had that ball covered had he tried. What a goof.
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Well, i finally got round to watching Cheika's post match presser with Sky and in truth I was pretty disappointed. I was expecting and had been led to believe, that there was going to be rabid frothing at the mouth and a complete implosion. I thought he was OK really.
it's a shame when your biases are proven groundless.
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@catogrande I've got to say I'd be pretty irritated by that line of questioning too.
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@antipodean said in England V Australia:
@catogrande I've got to say I'd be pretty irritated by that line of questioning too.
Yeah, the upshot of all this is that people like me that think Cheika is an idiot most of the time feel sorry for him for the stupidity of the questioning he gets subjected to.
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@nta said in England V Australia:
I saw a screenshot floating around stating Robshaw "never got onside" but he did.
But at the point of the ball coming out of the ruck he's in our line. It's a clear penalty, as it had a tangible effect on the options Genia could take.
I think Paul Cully is the voice of reason in the Aussie rugby media, and I liked his piece this morning: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/england-get-three-winning-tickets-in-twickenham-lottery-20171118-gzo9ca.html
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@barbarian Cully has written some good articles, a few are a bit odd. His teams of the week annoy me, its like he watches the AB's and Wobblies and whoever they're playing and thats it. On the whole, betterer than Rattue, Jones etc.
