Australia v England - the decider

[Catogrande]

@ACT-Crusader

Hard to disagree but maybe Care is there early doors to provide some affinity with Smith, who looked a little out of sorts last week?

[Bovidae]

@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - the decider:

Long range goal kicking option can not be underestimated

The thing is that Hodge seems to be known for missing long-range penalties, not getting them.

[MiketheSnow]

@Bovidae said in Australia v England - the decider:

@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - the decider:

Long range goal kicking option can not be underestimated

The thing is that Hodge seems to be known for missing long-range penalties, not getting them.

Only has to to hit one

[gibbon rib]

@Bovidae said in Australia v England - the decider:

@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - the decider:

Long range goal kicking option can not be underestimated

The thing is that Hodge seems to be known for missing long-range penalties, not getting them.

Oh, you wanted direction as well as range?

[TheMojoman]

I really rate Wilson, be interesting how he works with Valentini though considering they’re both primarily ball carriers. Hooper better be prepared to up his workload. Leota makes sense coming off the bench for impact.

Good to see Vunivalu get a shot. He’s finally starting to return on the investment Rugby Aus made. Before this season he just kept the physios busy.

As for Hodge, the fact Banks, Kellaway and Petaia are injured tells you all you need to know about his selection.

[antipodean]

@TheMojoman I think Wilson, Valentini and Hooper are a reasonably well matched backrow. Certainly one that would give any team fielding three opensides a torrid time of it.

[Bones]

@antipodean said in Australia v England - the decider:

@TheMojoman I think Wilson, Valentini and Hooper are a reasonably well matched backrow. Certainly one that would give any team fielding three opensides a torrid time of it.

[Old Samurai Jack]

A Fairy Tale
How they laughed when Aussie fielded 2 opensides and it didn't work. Then the ABs did it for the same results and they gnashed their teeth. But the worst was yet to come! Like magic, there were 3 opensides! But at that stage, everyone wasn't surprised at all, they were just numb.

[Tim]

Handling costing Australia.

[Donsteppa]

Brilliant lineout move!

[Duluth]

Great try, shitty camera angles

[Duluth]

Skills and power from Koroibete. Fend, move ball to other arm, fend the second guy, two arms around the ball and run over the third defender

[Kruse]

Lovely shot of Aus coaches box, with the young IT guy showing Rennie how his laptop works.
"Just put your finger on this little square, and move it around - and see how the arrow on the screen moves too... ?"

[Tim]

That was dumb from White.

[Mattasaurus]

Both these teams seem more organised than Fossies fellas...

Poor error by white there

[Stag]

Clear shot of the mulleted idiot holding a player in the ruck before that try

[MiketheSnow]

Australia doing their level best to throw this one

Should be 3 tries to the good

Cameraman must have just got his drone license

Ref has no clue at scrum time

English loosehead losing his binding almost every scrum

Great coaching from Eddie to hook Care

They’ve released the handbrake

[hydro11]

I don't understand why teams don't set up better against the counter attack. All you needed was one guy to hold off a little bit, and Smith doesn't score that try. All the Australians rushed up for some reason.

[Jailbreak7]

Ha Marcus Smith does a Will Jordan and scores from nowhere. but acts like hes won the WC.
One thing you can say for Eddie Jones, he was a good coach.Unlike Foster who was always an averagely shit Chiefs coach at best

[Kruse]

That was some spectacular side-line commentary not quite censored by the broadcasters...
"Owen Farrell's a fucking ... blank... "
I don't think the guy was trying to say "legend".