Wallabies vs England, Sydney, 3rd Test, 25 June @ 8:00pm

[Istanbul]

Brown = knob

Eww nobody likes a brown knob!

 

[Scotty]

Phipps is having another bad game. Cheika needs to take a gamble and take him off earlier this time. He is really halting our attack.

 

[boyo]

Goo run To'omua, great run Fardy - as expected Phibbs

He's not playing

 

[wilful]

Didn't think Foley was doing so badly, except the missed kicks, but having To'omua outside him definitely helps.

 

[Viking]

McMahon is surprisingly having more impact. A pilfer and 2-3 great runs.

 

[Scotty]

Generally Owens has been good but for Australia to be penalised in the scrum for collapsing and then when England collapses under pressure on their own ball only for him to allow play to go on is a bit of a joke.

I reckon we would have gone close to two tight heads if they had been made to stay up.

 

[biggsy]

Keeping goal kicking with in 5m either side of the post is paramount for the wallabies winning.

 

[Istanbul]

Phipps is having another bad game. Cheika needs to take a gamble and take him off earlier this time. He is really halting our attack.

Yep - change 9 and 10 and swap Horne for anyone and watch this team fly!!

 

[Viking]

Didn't think Foley was doing so badly, except the missed kicks, but having To'omua outside him definitely helps.

Foley playing alright. But kicking is a real big problem for him now.

 

[Viking]

Yep - change 9 and 10 and swap Horne for anyone and watch this team fly!!

This is Horne's best game I've ever seen in the wallabies jersey.

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And it's still zero on attack. He is not a winger.

 

[Slim 293]

Didn't think Foley was doing so badly, except the missed kicks, but having To'omua outside him definitely helps.

Yep......

Overall a better team effort, but England have scored two tries off th back of two poor kicks from Foley.

He's been good in general play.

 

[The torpedo]

Thoughts:

• Foley is shit at kicking
• Attack seems a bit better
• Skelton is shit at carrying
• Defence is still pretty meh
• Scrum is better
• Cole is a cheat in the scrum
• McMahon is A LOT better
• A 2nd playmaker is essential to Cheiks gameplan succeeding
• DHP belongs @ test level
• England will turn it on in the 2nd half & win this (IMO)

 

[No4918]

Rob Simmons MOTM

 

[Viking]

Thoughts:

• Foley is shit at kicking
• Attack seems a bit better
• Skelton is shit at carrying
• Defence is still pretty meh
• Scrum is better
• Cole is a cheat in the scrum
• McMahon is A LOT better
• A 2nd playmaker is essential to Cheiks gameplan succeeding
• DHP belongs @ test level
• England will turn it on in the 2nd half & win this (IMO)

To be fair, England clearly have a target on Skelton, they are on him so quickly.

 

[Istanbul]

DHP has a big future! I really like what I've seen of him. Does he play any other position than wing?

 

[Viking]

DHP has a big future! I really like what I've seen of him. Does he play any other position than wing?

He plays primarily at fullback in super xv.

 

[The torpedo]

To be fair, England clearly have a target on Skelton, they are on him so quickly.

Fair point. He is also doing ok in defence & cleaning out

 

[Istanbul]

Front row always wears the blame for scrum problems but a change of locks seems to have made a very big difference for the wallabies!

 

[Slim 293]

Let's see how we go after another 40 mins.......

20 mins into the first test and we looked like we were gonna wipe the floor with them.

 

[Strewthcobber]

To be fair, England clearly have a target on Skelton, they are on him so quickly.

Yep - they dropped the kickoff directly on top of him and have been sending pressure his way every time he looks like getting the ball since