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Hooper almost never does that. I'd say 'never' but I haven't seen every minute Hooper played. He goes where the ball is, as fast as his little legs will carry him.
Ireland is a quality side, and this is a better team, but they have the leaden fatigue of a long season and a brutal first game defeat in a foreign country to overcome. That’s very hard for any team. The Wallabies have been known to fall apart under similar circumstances - witness last year. Big...
A corollary of that is we play a wider game right to left. Lots more unders lines and decoy runners left to right. The difference is marked.With the obvious exception of the Folau non try.
His problem is Rory Arnold. He’s locked in a selection battle now, which is good. Although Simmons in underrated, Arnold has more upside. If Rodda hadn’t emerged it’d be more clearcut.
The big hits must’ve been a conscious choice to establish dominance. Its a risky strategy bur great when it works - ie no one nimbly steps round the lumbering beserker. Like good comedy, it’s all in the
timing.
The neck roll decision was bizarre. There were two offences in the clean-out: a neck roll and a lift past horizontal, after which Hooper landed on his head. The ref conflated them and let the [admittedly brave] Irish off with a pen, because the neck roll wasn't finished, an interpretation that...
Not if a match official saw a knock on. The day decisions are made based on what fans see is the day the game is lost to common sense forever, since every fan sees something different.