Wallabies v Ireland #1 - Brisvegas

[No Quarter]

@hydro11 said in Wallabies v Ireland #1 - Brisvegas:

@no-quarter said in Wallabies v Ireland #1 - Brisvegas:

@derm-mccrum said in Wallabies v Ireland #1 - Brisvegas:

Stockdale released ball there. But ref says ruck was formed.

Yeah, he definitely released it and got back up. Should have just been play on.

Ref explained it well. If the ruck is formed around you (which it clearly was) you can't get up and play it again. Stockdale was lucky to stay on the field. Aussies would have scored if he didn't infringe.

Fair enough, have seen players get away with that but makes sense.

[NTA]

Fucking carnage out there. Some big hits

[NTA]

@derm-mccrum said in Wallabies v Ireland #1 - Brisvegas:

Glad it’s an SA ref making that call.

It was a Kiwi TMO.

[Damo]

Ireland are well drilled, but they seem to have very little creativity and penetration. I am pretty underwhelmed by this performance tbh.

[hydro11]

Really good performance by the Aussies though. Some maligned players have stood up and they broke Ireland down which isn't easy to do. 50/50 game up until the 60 minute mark but the Aussies were fully deserving of the win after that.

[Derm McCrum]

@nta said in Wallabies v Ireland #1 - Brisvegas:

@derm-mccrum said in Wallabies v Ireland #1 - Brisvegas:

Glad it’s an SA ref making that call.

It was a Kiwi TMO.

Even better. 😏

[NTA]

Fucking hell just give it.

[ACT Crusader]

From a test match where the TMO wasn’t used to a test where there’s too much of it!

[Derm McCrum]

Marmion in? Probably not.

That went as expected given the trial lineup and Oz record.

Congrats Australia. Look froward to seeing the next one.

Off to work.

[ACT Crusader]

Well done Qantas Wallabies. All down to the selection of Pete Samu...

[Damo]

That was weird. Skeen was saying that there was a knockon in the footage that he could see, but this wasn't on the TV. Very strange.

[No Quarter]

Despite Ireland not playing all their big guns, that's a hell of a win for the Wallabies. Will do them a fucking world of good.

[NTA]

Scrum worked. That's good!
Lineout didn't. That's bad...
Defence worked. That's good!
Attack didn't. That's bad...
The frogurt is also cursed...

I think if Ireland picked their first choice lineup they'd have won.

[Kruse]

Loved the kid in green in the background, making it very clear to the ref verbally and with appropriate hand signals - that he was, in fact, a "piston wristed gibbon" - to not give the consolation try.

[Billy Tell]

Not enough class today in that Irish starting XV.

Ireland have world class halves and Ryan is a great lock.

I predict Gary Ringrose (13) and Dan Leavy (7) will come back in for sure for test 2.

Great result for Australia, they really hung in there and Beale was brilliant.

[ACT Crusader]

Excellent physicality by the Wallabies tonight.

Their midfield and back 3 in attack don’t seem to be on the same page. This has been a problem with the Wallabies for a while, no matter who the personnel are, and that’s why they struggle to put on points.

[NTA]

@act-crusader said in Wallabies v Ireland #1 - Brisvegas:

Excellent physicality by the Wallabies tonight.

Their midfield and back 3 in attack don’t seem to be on the same page. This has been a problem with the Wallabies for a while, no matter who the personnel are, and that’s why they struggle to put on points.

Kerevi was almost completely absent, except when he dropped the ball.

And what's the point of picking a big lump like Timu of your not going to put him on the burst?

[KiwiMurph]

Wallaby attack was much more threatening than the Irish.

Wallaby defence very impressive too.

[Bovidae]

Pocock was farkin' good for a player who hasn't played a test in over a year. Beale showed his class too.

[akan004]

@bovidae said in Wallabies v Ireland #1 - Brisvegas:

Pocock was farkin' good for a player who hasn't played a test in over a year. Beale showed his class too.

I don't get the Pocock hate in NZ. He would walk into the AB 23 imo. MOTM performance tonight.