Wallabies v Springboks II
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@kirwan said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
@nta said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
@no-quarter said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
One thing is for though, Quade Cooper has made a fucking huge difference at 10. They are a damn sight harder to beat with him there instead of the youngster. Gotta hand it to the bloke, I thought he was done and dusted with the Wallabies, to come back and play so well is a credit to him.
Which goes back to the point that Lolesio isn't shit, but he's half my fucking age in his second year of pro footy, so we can cut him some slack.
Will Quade be around for RWC2023? Can we bring through Lolesio or another youngster in that time? Those are the questions Rennie and co will be considering.
Quad, JOC and Lolesio are decent group of tens.
There is also young Harrison at the Tahs - who needs a better forward pack in front of him, and Carter Gordon from the Rebels who played a pretty good game against the Crusaders this year at Leichardt Oval.
Competition for spots is the key, but you'd think the combinations of White+Lolesio and Tate+JOC are tempting to have. Quade is 33 and JOC 31.
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@bones said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
@nta Kellaway looks like a player that needs to be involved more...
They didn't want to kick to his wing because they were targeting Koroibete's with the high ball. We didn't execute much set piece attack either to bring him in.
Very low error rate.
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From GAGR -
"It's pretty inspirational that the Boks are even playing in this tournament. Seems Etzebeth and many of their forwards suffer from serious chronic medical conditions, severe forms of arthritis, perhaps, and struggle to go more than 14 seconds without being attended to by a legion of medical staff for a minute or two. Leaving the care home -- whence I assume they all reside, what with all this constant need for medical attention -- must be a pretty daunting experience. They have displayed true courage simply by turning up to Australia, let alone finding the willpower to partake in a match of rugby union football." -
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@canefan said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
@nta said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
About 30%? Revolving doors
23% - total 88, missed 20.
Wallabies missed 4%
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Thought Boks forwards and halves looked off the pace. Vermeulen Etzebeth Mbonambi and the props are not mobile enough and Faf looks slower than I remember. The ref kept them in the game though with what I thought was some over zealous officiating. If AB's can stop the constant stoppages from the Bok forwards and not get penalised heavily they should do OK.
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@stag said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
Just how shit were Gatlands Lions😳
Just how outdated & limited was Gatland’s game plan?
Picked the wrong players to execute his game plan when he had all the players he needed to smash the Boks with a different game plan
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@mikethesnow could have been a very dangerous backline outside Russell, with strike players like Hogg/Williams, Watson, Harris, etc.
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Tremendous from Australia
Some lovely attractive running rugby with deserved tries.
Great to see guile best grunt.
Hopefully they can do the same to the Argies.
If SA get anywhere near NZ then we’ll be back in Heimlich land
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@bones said in Wallabies v Springboks II:
@mikethesnow could have been a very dangerous backline outside Russell, with strike players like Hogg/Williams, Watson, Harris, etc.
And had better forwards than Australia who could have run them ragged
