Wales v Australia
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@frye said in Wales v Australia:
All polynesian backrow. Is that a first? Also (more bizarrely) all Melbourne-born backrow. Also a first you'd think.
Shame only one of them plays in Melbourne these days!
If we actually redistributed our talent, it would do a lot more for results and development for the Aussie teams.
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@duluth said in Wales v Australia:
9 Nic White
No offence to White, but this should have been Tate.
4 Rory Arnold
19 Will SkeltonSo Swain and Philip have not even made the bench for the Euro part of the tour, while these two have been completely ineffective.
Well at least Wales are missing about a hundred preferred starters, so she'll be a cripple fight.
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I've just checked the odds, and apparently Wales are favourites - 4/5 with Oz at 7/5. (I'm not a gambler, just interested in a slightly more objective view than fan sites).
That surprises me a bit. I know the Wallabies are being held together by sticky tape at the moment, but Wales are much the same. And that shambolic display against Fiji has to count for something? Fiji destroyed Wales at the breakdown. We're not ranked 9th in the world for nothing.
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@nta said in Wales v Australia:
@duluth said in Wales v Australia:
9 Nic White
No offence to White, but this should have been Tate.
4 Rory Arnold
19 Will SkeltonSo Swain and Philip have not even made the bench for the Euro part of the tour, while these two have been completely ineffective.
Well at least Wales are missing about a hundred preferred starters, so she'll be a cripple fight.
I reckon White is too harshly marked by many. I think he's a great player. I mean, i fucking hate him, i hate the way he looks, i hate the mouth and the niggle, and, well, i hate halfbacks
but
He's a fucking competitor, goes hard all game, comes up with a lot of really good play, has zero fear, and he doesn't make that many mistakes for a guy trying as much as he is, playing behind a very inexperienced pack.
He should be nailed on for the Gold 9 jersey in any big game.
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@mariner4life this isn't against White necessarily - it is more about seeing what the Tate/JOC combo can do.
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@gibbon-rib said in Wales v Australia:
That surprises me a bit. I know the Wallabies are being held together by sticky tape at the moment, but Wales are much the same. And that shambolic display against Fiji has to count for something? Fiji destroyed Wales at the breakdown. We're not ranked 9th in the world for nothing.
Agreed - Wales aren't red hot, but they still won and were pretty close against the Boks.
The Wallabies aren't that far away of course, but fuck we've shit the bed on this tour.
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Aus by 4-7 in a points fest
Both teams scoring more than 20
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@nta said in Wales v Australia:
@gibbon-rib said in Wales v Australia:
That surprises me a bit. I know the Wallabies are being held together by sticky tape at the moment, but Wales are much the same. And that shambolic display against Fiji has to count for something? Fiji destroyed Wales at the breakdown. We're not ranked 9th in the world for nothing.
Agreed - Wales aren't red hot, but they still won and were pretty close against the Boks.
The Wallabies aren't that far away of course, but fuck we've shit the bed on this tour.
Funny this year Quade Cooper appears to be the strong, calm, stabilizing influence the Wallabies miss.
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@nostrildamus Kerevi and Koroibete's influence as well. Half the backline
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@nta said in Wales v Australia:
@gibbon-rib said in Wales v Australia:
That surprises me a bit. I know the Wallabies are being held together by sticky tape at the moment, but Wales are much the same. And that shambolic display against Fiji has to count for something? Fiji destroyed Wales at the breakdown. We're not ranked 9th in the world for nothing.
Agreed - Wales aren't red hot, but they still won and were pretty close against the Boks.
The Wallabies aren't that far away of course, but fuck we've shit the bed on this tour.
Wales play a game pretty similar to the Boks. Given that the Wallabies found a game plan to beat the Boks twice in a row, I would tip them for the win today.
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@billy-webb said in Wales v Australia:
@nta said in Wales v Australia:
@gibbon-rib said in Wales v Australia:
That surprises me a bit. I know the Wallabies are being held together by sticky tape at the moment, but Wales are much the same. And that shambolic display against Fiji has to count for something? Fiji destroyed Wales at the breakdown. We're not ranked 9th in the world for nothing.
Agreed - Wales aren't red hot, but they still won and were pretty close against the Boks.
The Wallabies aren't that far away of course, but fuck we've shit the bed on this tour.
Wales play a game pretty similar to the Boks. Given that the Wallabies found a game plan to beat the Boks twice in a row, I would tip them for the win today.
Agreed
And our nemesis, Kurtley, is playing
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@mikethesnow said in Wales v Australia:
@billy-webb said in Wales v Australia:
@nta said in Wales v Australia:
@gibbon-rib said in Wales v Australia:
That surprises me a bit. I know the Wallabies are being held together by sticky tape at the moment, but Wales are much the same. And that shambolic display against Fiji has to count for something? Fiji destroyed Wales at the breakdown. We're not ranked 9th in the world for nothing.
Agreed - Wales aren't red hot, but they still won and were pretty close against the Boks.
The Wallabies aren't that far away of course, but fuck we've shit the bed on this tour.
Wales play a game pretty similar to the Boks. Given that the Wallabies found a game plan to beat the Boks twice in a row, I would tip them for the win today.
Agreed
And our nemesis, Kurtley, is playing
I'm not sure he is the same as Kurtley of yore.
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@nostrildamus said in Wales v Australia:
@mikethesnow said in Wales v Australia:
@billy-webb said in Wales v Australia:
@nta said in Wales v Australia:
@gibbon-rib said in Wales v Australia:
That surprises me a bit. I know the Wallabies are being held together by sticky tape at the moment, but Wales are much the same. And that shambolic display against Fiji has to count for something? Fiji destroyed Wales at the breakdown. We're not ranked 9th in the world for nothing.
Agreed - Wales aren't red hot, but they still won and were pretty close against the Boks.
The Wallabies aren't that far away of course, but fuck we've shit the bed on this tour.
Wales play a game pretty similar to the Boks. Given that the Wallabies found a game plan to beat the Boks twice in a row, I would tip them for the win today.
Agreed
And our nemesis, Kurtley, is playing
I'm not sure he is the same as Kurtley of yore.
I'm sure we can adjust our level accordingly
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@billy-webb said in Wales v Australia:
@nta said in Wales v Australia:
@gibbon-rib said in Wales v Australia:
That surprises me a bit. I know the Wallabies are being held together by sticky tape at the moment, but Wales are much the same. And that shambolic display against Fiji has to count for something? Fiji destroyed Wales at the breakdown. We're not ranked 9th in the world for nothing.
Agreed - Wales aren't red hot, but they still won and were pretty close against the Boks.
The Wallabies aren't that far away of course, but fuck we've shit the bed on this tour.
Wales play a game pretty similar to the Boks. Given that the Wallabies found a game plan to beat the Boks twice in a row, I would tip them for the win today.
I tend to agree with you.
I'm not sure why we're playing like this, Pivac was meant to be a breath of fresh air after the effective but dull Gatland era, but it's not quite panning out like that
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@bones said in Wales v Australia:
Fucking hell. Yellow at best. Shithouse. No mitigation my arse.
Shit tackling technique
High, hard, dangerous
Just desserts
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Fabulous try earlier from Australia
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Never a red imo either, very poor decision and good game ruined now. Wales should sail through this game.
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@the-irishman said in Wales v Australia:
Never a red imo either, very poor decision and good game ruined now. Wales should sail through this game.
Beard is 6’ 5”
On the hoof maybe 6’ 2”
You go head on head at that height you deserve to go
