Australia A v Japan XV

Daffy Jaffy

The match will be available live on Stan Sport with coverage starting at 7.55pm AEST on Saturday for an 8pm kickoff.
No TV coverage in NZ that I can find -

Matt Gibbon (Melbourne Rebels)
Lachlan Lonergan (ACT Brumbies)
Tom Robertson (Western Force)
Nick Frost (ACT Brumbies)
Cadeyrn Neville (ACT Brumbies)
Ned Hanigan (NSW Waratahs)
Ollie Callan (Western Force)
Langi Gleeson (NSW Waratahs)
Ryan Lonergan (c) (ACT Brumbies)
Ben Donaldson (NSW Waratahs)
Filipo Daugunu (Queensland Reds)
Bayley Kuenzle (Western Force)
Hudson Creighton (ACT Brumbies)
Suliasi Vunivalu (Queensland Reds)
Jock Campbell (Queensland Reds)
Replacements
Billy Pollard (ACT Brumbies)
Harry Hoopert (Queensland Reds)
Archer Holz (NSW Waratahs)
Ryan Smith (Queensland Reds)
Brad Wilkin (Melbourne Rebels)
James Tuttle (Melbourne Rebels)
Isaac Henry (Queensland Reds)
Mark Nawaqanitawase (NSW Waratahs)

Daffy Jaffy

Frye

Strong Japan team. Should be a close game.

ARHS

@Frye Matsushima is back!

Crucial

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

The match will be available live on Stan Sport with coverage starting at 7.55pm AEST on Saturday for an 8pm kickoff.
No TV coverage in NZ that I can find -

Australia A v Japan XV

Matt Gibbon (Melbourne Rebels)

Lachlan Lonergan (ACT Brumbies)

Tom Robertson (Western Force)

Nick Frost (ACT Brumbies)

Cadeyrn Neville (ACT Brumbies)

Ned Hanigan (NSW Waratahs)

Ollie Callan (Western Force)

Langi Gleeson (NSW Waratahs)

Ryan Lonergan (c) (ACT Brumbies)

Ben Donaldson (NSW Waratahs)

Filipo Daugunu (Queensland Reds)

Bayley Kuenzle (Western Force)

Hudson Creighton (ACT Brumbies)

Suliasi Vunivalu (Queensland Reds)

Jock Campbell (Queensland Reds)
Replacements

Billy Pollard (ACT Brumbies)

Harry Hoopert (Queensland Reds)

Archer Holz (NSW Waratahs)

Ryan Smith (Queensland Reds)

Brad Wilkin (Melbourne Rebels)

James Tuttle (Melbourne Rebels)

Isaac Henry (Queensland Reds)

Mark Nawaqanitawase (NSW Waratahs)

Where's Swain?

Fine Print: unavailable due to being a fluffybunny

antipodean

I don't know who this ref is, but his decisions are mystifying, to be polite about it.

NTA

@antipodean said in Australia A v Japan XV:

I don't know who this ref is, but his decisions are mystifying, to be polite about it.

Lot of Japan's ruck turnover penalties clearly on the body in the first half.

NTA

Japan also creating space behind the ruck in their own ball via borderline illegal cleanouts past the ball

antipodean

@NTA said in Australia A v Japan XV:

Japan also creating space behind the ruck in their own ball via borderline illegal cleanouts past the ball

Not just Japan. The ref isn't interested in people cleaning out from an onside position.

NTA

And he just marched us 15 metres instead of 10. Hmmm

NTA

@antipodean said in Australia A v Japan XV:

@NTA said in Australia A v Japan XV:

Japan also creating space behind the ruck in their own ball via borderline illegal cleanouts past the ball

Not just Japan. The ref isn't interested in people cleaning out from an onside position.

Yeah but I'm not watching Australia's fuckups 😜

cgrant

@NTA
Score ?

Derpus

@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.

KiwiMurph

Great crowd.

NTA

@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.

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.

The Silver Fern

Australia A v Japan XV