England to whitewash Australia
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<p>According to these ratings i cant see why Oz didnt win by 30 points..</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2016/06/18/australia-vs-england-second-test-player-ratings/michael-hooper/'>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2016/06/18/australia-vs-england-second-test-player-ratings/michael-hooper/</a></p> -
I think that although England won there was an element of luck involved.<br>England tried to sit on a slim lead early in the second half. They started doing tactical grubber kicks to pin Australia deep in their half. You can't sit on a lead that slim and<br>sure enough 5 minutes later Australia were hot on attack only mere metres out from the try line. Congratulations on the win England but next time when you have the ball in hand in a good attacking position then<br>try to run it and score a try as you can't back your defence to hold the other team scoreless every week.<br><br>Still as was explained to me on my other message board, this was England's first series victory ever in Australia and the magnitude of the occassion was huge. So I can see that<br>point.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Nepia" data-cid="589615" data-time="1466292579"><p>
I think my talking up of Foley last week was a bit premature ....</p></blockquote>
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Me too. I called him worldclass last week. He was dire yesterday. <br><br>
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There was an excellent article someone posted last week about Australia using a 1-3-3-1 formation for their forwards,<br><br>The commentators picked up on this and said it was part of the problem last night. The formation calls for both flankers to be out on the wing and as such they were fairly silent,<br>according to the comms Hoopah gave up on 1-3-3-1 and just started chasing the ball and Australia improved for a time.
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You drop that much ball when you repeatedly have backs running at a set defense because the forwards have failed to punch through. Or when you do generate momentum your halfback throws it behind his intended receiver. <br><br>
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One of the real issues of Chieka is the lack of variety in their play - he hasn't been known for having great plan Bs. Their kicking game is woeful and it looks like they are sorely missing Beale in attack - the Foley Folau Beale combo makes it all go.<br><br>
As has been mentioned they don't have great player options at the moment but it might help if they got their backrow balance right - McMahon a 100kg 7 playing 8 and a wide running non traditional flanker playing 7. -
A lot of people were saying they were interested in how McMahon would fare.<br><br>2 knock ons, 1 penalty, line out win, some good carries. He was not an key asset.<br><br>McCalman didn't fare much better but didn't make any mistakes.<br><br>Don't know who Australia go with for the third test in the 8 jersey.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="KiwiMurph" data-cid="589641" data-time="1466299532"><p>One of the real issues of Chieka is the lack of variety in their play - he hasn't been known for having great plan Bs. Their kicking game is woeful and it looks like they are sorely missing Beale in attack - the Foley Folau Beale combo makes it all go.<br><br>As has been mentioned they don't have great player options at the moment but it might help if they got their backrow balance right - McMahon a 100kg 7 playing 8 and a wide running non traditional flanker playing 7.</p></blockquote><br>This will be a bit of an out there idea, but no worse than McMahon playing number 8, how about Hoopah at 8? He would be fast and can tackle whoever needs tackling.
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<p>This will be a bit of an out there idea, but no worse than McMahon playing number 8, how about Hoopah at 8? He would be fast and can tackle whoever needs tackling.</p>
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<p>Physically he might take a pounding and can't see Hoopah adding much at scrumtime and it is hard to throw sand in your opposite's face from 8.</p> -
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I'm not putting the boot into Cheika, have a look at page 4 and 5 of this thread and the aussie vs kiwi impressions of him. He might have been a great club/superrugby coach but he's not a great international coach.<br>
Eales Horan etc was 15 years ago, I'm not sure I see your point there.</p></blockquote>
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You don't see it though. The way this team is losing - the culture is different. In the sheds they look up to Cheika. He made it in the fashion industry so it's just a matter of time until the Bledisloe is home. -
<p>Congratulations England. </p>
<p>Wallabies were dumb or naive though. Easy to defend against one out runners while the defense commit nobody to the ruck. As well, Wallabies were being physically knocked back and dominated at the collision. I kept yelling, "pick and go" at the screen. They didn't listen to me...Another problem was the midfield combo lacked any creativity. Crash and bash when a bit of guile was needed. The rush defense of the Poms worked a treat because of the lack of variation in attack. Phipps' weaknesses were very evident as well.. He wasn't directing his forwards in the right directions and because he posed no threat around the ruck the Pommy forwards fanned out across the park. From what I saw sometimes there wasn't anybody defending behind the ruck but he would just keep throwing it out to where the Pommy forwards were defending. Just dumb. Coaches and the tactics need to take the brunt of the criticism.</p> -
<p>That Haylett-Petty looked pretty handy I thought.</p>
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<p>I would be looking at the pack, the halfback, and the leadership group before I started on the backline.</p>
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<p>Is there a dumber set of captains than Moore and most especially Hooper?</p> -
