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Wallabies v Pumas, GIO Stadium, Canberra, Sat 16th September

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George Gregan (70)
dru said:
Phipps god love him. First pass at the ankles, second at the stars, line break because of his speed anyway. Scores.

Phipps. Love him.
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Well at least hes entertaining

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Shiggins

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Steve Williams (59)
Thank God dempsy didn't score there. Jordan deserved one. Dempsy should be in the team

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Micheal

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Nicholas Shehadie (39)
Dempsey made 10x the impact in his 15 minutes than Hanigan has the entire season.

Uelese is a beast! McMahon and Hooper likewise. Simmons had a fantastic offload but not much else - I'd rather see Arnold starting with Tui / Rodda on the bench.
 
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George Smith (75)
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Pound for pound, the leg drive from McMahon and Hooper is excellent. They both played well but I'm still not comfortable with our overall balance. Too much passiveness from all in contact first half.
But won't gripe here - they played a very good second 40 min to roll over Argentina. Fitness seems to be better than earlier in Test season.
 
KOB1987

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Rod McCall (65)
cyclopath said:
Pound for pound, the leg drive from McMahon and Hooper is excellent. They both played well but I'm still not comfortable with our overall balance. Too much passiveness from all in contact first half.
But won't gripe here - they played a very good second 40 m in to roll over Argentina. Fitness seems to be better than earlier in Test season.
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Yeah I'm thinking that Cheika is orchestrating a mobility over brute back row. We lose the collision though, so maybe he counters that with big backs e.g. Hodge, kerevi, etc, but that compromises speed out wide. Compromise. Rugby is a game of compromises and balance, maybe we are too used to the norm and Cheika is trying to win a World Cup with a game plan based on his best people. Just maybe.
 
dru

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Tim Horan (67)
Joe Blow said:
He or Kepu. Genia was also good and Hooper outstanding as usual
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You have to look at the whole game. Right now I'll call Hodge for MOTM. But I'll revisit things tomorrow. McMahon got going when the momentum swung our way. I don't recall him being too dominant before then. Back when Hooper, Simmo and Kepu were in pretty much everything. And when we needed to step up in D and in the pigs. Hanigan was also active in that period.
 
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George Smith (75)
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KOB1987 said:
Yeah I'm thinking that Cheika is orchestrating a mobility over brute back row. We lose the collision though, so maybe he counters that with big backs e.g. Hodge, kerevi, etc, but that compromises speed out wide. Compromise. Rugby is a game of compromises and balance, maybe we are too used to the norm and Cheika is trying to win a World Cup with a game plan based on his best people. Just maybe.
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Won't win a RWC being that passive in contact. The clean outs etc were much better in the second half and we improved the speed of ball = attacking opportunities appear. Defence was better organised too.
As Cheika put it, the urgency all round was better. From what he said, it didn't sound like the plan was to be so passive as they were, but whether it is planned or not, it's a big issue against top 10, let alone top 5 teams. Gotta be better.
Player like Hanigan, for example, will probably have good stat numbers, but impact from him, and many others, was low. Definitely improved as the game went on. So that's something.
Lots to improve though.
 
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