Springboks v Wallabies
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@KiwiMurph said in Springboks v Wallabies:
I can't understand why they play Valetini at 8. He's a 6.
Probably the form 6 of SR (if you count SB as a lock
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Just watched the highlights.
Is hooper the best 7 in Aussie still?
Quade Cooper lol - but the fact that he got a run probably speaks to the quality of Aussie 10s currently. -
@Mattasaurus said in Springboks v Wallabies:
Just watched the highlights.
Is hooper the best 7 in Aussie still?
Quade Cooper lol - but the fact that he got a run probably speaks to the quality of Aussie 10s currently.I thought Cooper was ok actually, it would of been incredibly hard behind that pack performance for any back!
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@Mattasaurus said in Springboks v Wallabies:
Is hooper the best 7 in Aussie still?
No. McReight is better.
Hooper's game has fallen off of a cliff.
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Difficult to see what aspect Eddie has improved based on that abject performance.
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@game_film said in Springboks v Wallabies:
Tell you who they could have used out there today: Harry Wilson
Hard to justify picking him on super form
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@KiwiMurph said in Springboks v Wallabies:
Sean Maloney sounds broken
We got the Saffa commentary here where the grass grows green mate, and actually enjoyed them, didn't miss Maloney at all!!
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@Tim said in Springboks v Wallabies:
50 is on now.
You want Eddie Jones as an analyst, not a head coach.
It really sucks that NZ is geographically relegated to depending on Australian Rugby.
Amen Tim, if ever we wanted reminding of that was watching this toady!
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@Dan54 said in Springboks v Wallabies:
@KiwiMurph said in Springboks v Wallabies:
Sean Maloney sounds broken
We got the Saffa commentary here where the grass grows green mate, and actually enjoyed them, didn't miss Maloney at all!!
Yeah it was rough having to listen to Justin Harrison & co
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IMO that first penalty try and YC is complete bullshit. He didn't collapse that maul, he got rolled by 5 Springboks while trying to defend a maul solo. Yes he ended up on his back, that's generally what happens when you get trucked.
Rugby is not played in super slow mo.
The 2nd however was nailed on
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@Tim said in Springboks v Wallabies:
Tom Hooper is a solid Super Rugby player at this stage. Shouldn't be playing test rugby.
He got isolated and then exposed twice on defence.
I was also surprised that a fresh Samu went off when Porecki got the YC rather than Hooper. Eddie made some strange selection decisions.
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@mariner4life the problem is that him/the Wallaby pack being a bit shit at defending the maul actually stopped a try
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SA perspective - pretty happy with that, we were a little better than what I was expecting. Two selections I was worried about, Esterhuizen and Van Staden, were a lot better than I was expecting.
We were far from clinical though and made errors at some key moments that kept the score closer than it could have been, but I'd put that down to rustiness.
Libbok but good, but maybe called for the ball a little too often in the first half, in the second he let the pack just go to work on the wallabies and they just didn't have any answers.
The only guys I thought that would be dissapointed with their games last night are Am and Reinach.
But the main story of this game was how bad the Aussies played. They looked second rate everywhere. Collectively shat the bed.
I get that people love Koriobete's energy, but he is going to cost his side big time. In this game he got away with two high tackles, diving on a player (with head contact) and a couple questionable wraps. He's a walking red card unless he changes his approach.
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@mariner4life said in Springboks v Wallabies:
IMO that first penalty try and YC is complete bullshit. He didn't collapse that maul, he got rolled by 5 Springboks while trying to defend a maul solo. Yes he ended up on his back, that's generally what happens when you get trucked.
If you don't penalise that, every maul five metres out will be defended by one bloke who will immediately go to ground.
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Disagree on both counts
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@SidBarret said in Springboks v Wallabies:
@mariner4life the problem is that him/the Wallaby pack being a bit shit at defending the maul actually stopped a try
I have some sympathy for that view, how Australia got it that wrong to be left with one on 5 defies belief
But I am very consistent in my view that not being strong enough should not result in cards and penalties. I think the same thing about scrums.
He got rolled and south africa with a 4 man advantage couldn't stay on their feet.It's just my view lads based purely on how I would feel as a player.
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You can go backwards as a result of being weak and still stay on your feet.
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Lol not with 5 bound African forwards moving at pace you can't
