Australia A v Japan XV

KiwiMurph

Great crowd.

NTA

@cgrant 34-22 to Aus at FT.

Pretty enjoyable game in the end. Seemed to flow a little more than a full blown test might have.

I think because guys were expressing themselves a bit more than test Rugby. First half a bit ordinary but fuck me there were some nice moves and good play by both teams to score tries.

antipodean

@NTA said in Australia A v Japan XV:

@Derpus said in Australia A v Japan XV:

@cgrant 34-22 to Aus at FT.

Pretty enjoyable game in the end. Seemed to flow a little more than a full blown test might have.

I think because guys were expressing themselves a bit more than test Rugby. First half a bit ordinary but fuck me there were some nice moves and good play by both teams to score tries.

Agreed. Both teams wanted to use the ball and scored some cracking tries. The crowd would've been entertained.

Derpus

@NTA reckon another ref wouldve pinged both sides a lot more at ruck time too. Was pretty messy in that regard.

Daffy Jaffy

Bones

Beautiful drawing of the player and timing/accuracy of the pass on those first couple of Japan tries.

ACT Crusader

@Derpus said in Australia A v Japan XV:

@NTA reckon another ref wouldve pinged both sides a lot more at ruck time too. Was pretty messy in that regard.

I turned the volume down after about 5 minutes because it was coming across as a second rate production (the sound and quality that is), so I don’t know what the comms were saying about the ref, but my reaction was that there was less whistle in this one which I think made it a little more enjoyable to watch.

Bones

@ACT-Crusader said in Australia A v Japan XV:

I turned the volume down

This could have something to do with the lack of whistle.

ACT Crusader

@Bones said in Australia A v Japan XV:

@ACT-Crusader said in Australia A v Japan XV:

I turned the volume down

This could have something to do with the lack of whistle.

Less stoppages you fungi 😀

Daffy Jaffy

Japan's 3rd and final warmup game before taking on the all Blacks -

MiketheSnow

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Australia A v Japan XV:

Japan's 3rd and final warmup game before taking on the all Blacks -

Some cracking tries
Very exciting, open match

ACT Crusader

@MiketheSnow 100 points in the match!

NTA

Great game to watch in terms of action. No trophies or contracts up for grabs, except maybe EOYT spots.

Expression session. Less TMO. Less referee. Yeah some wrong calls but that happens. The better team won and that's what you want.

Bovidae

The ABs to use the lineout drive often against Japan.

The Silver Fern

Australia A v Japan XV