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Scarfman
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Smith was a freak again but Ouedraogo got raped by the ref.
I was disappointed by the collective Giteau and Barnes kicking game. And I think they knew it, too. Turns out there's still work to do if they aren't getting front foot ball. Pity - I thought that problem had been solved.
I was disappointed by the collective Giteau and Barnes kicking game. And I think they knew it, too. Turns out there's still work to do if they aren't getting front foot ball. Pity - I thought that problem had been solved.
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Spook
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Baxter got hammered again like the bad old days.
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Trevor Allan (34)
good to get a win against an almost full-strength french side that has shown how tough they can be. but geez that reminded me too much of watching the tahs.... :tard :banghead a bit ugly
set piece work still needs to tighten up. too many wayward lineout throws, most by taffy but i think squeakers had at least one or two also. scrum was alright, especially after the first 15. seemed to be a lot of trouble getting everyone in position for the frogs. not sure what that was about. from what i could tell though, it seemed that if both teams could keep it up after the hit, the wallabies usually had the advantage. so i guess that's good.
kicking was off. gits/barnes wonky with the radar. several up and unders went too far beyond the chasers too, giving it right back to the frogs with some space. a better opponent would have made trouble out of those. at least georgie boy seemed to finally get those grubbers out of his system :thumb
pretty happy about the work at the breakdown. smith had several nice pilfers. robo and pocock also snagged memorable ones. i don't remember getting counter-rucked or pilfered by the french too much, so i guess the piggies were doing their job. ref was hard on ouedraogo though, i agree. aussie defense was pretty tight overall - tah like. bent a few times, but never broke and could seem to get a turnover when needed. encouraging to see. could have been a different story if beauxis didn't have a shocker.
i thought burgo was ok this game. didn't see the sniping runs and i think that took some of the life out of the attack. but it looked like the french were targeting this. i seem to remember one exchange where he passed from a ruck to AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)'s feet, he lost forward momentum, ruck formed, and burgo was directing traffic while the frogs took the ball. frustrating moment for me, but otherwise i didn't notice too many glaring errors. he did have a nice tackle on one of the front rowers that dislodged the ball.
lack of go forward ball from the locks and backrowers was still missing i thought. backs had some good runs but something always seemed to spoil it - knock on, isolated, seagull sharp deciding not to pass to the open support runners, etc.... AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and turner were great, mitchell even did pretty well. morty seemed to be just bottled up enough to not break the line. a bit cleaner play though and several more tries could have been scored. need to do better against the kiwis and saffers.
so a bit sloppy in some areas with work to do before 3N's. but haven't lost a game yet, while getting some valuable experience for the young blokes. and on a positive note, no injuries picked up (besides hodgy). so should only be getting people back and further strengthening the squad.
set piece work still needs to tighten up. too many wayward lineout throws, most by taffy but i think squeakers had at least one or two also. scrum was alright, especially after the first 15. seemed to be a lot of trouble getting everyone in position for the frogs. not sure what that was about. from what i could tell though, it seemed that if both teams could keep it up after the hit, the wallabies usually had the advantage. so i guess that's good.
kicking was off. gits/barnes wonky with the radar. several up and unders went too far beyond the chasers too, giving it right back to the frogs with some space. a better opponent would have made trouble out of those. at least georgie boy seemed to finally get those grubbers out of his system :thumb
pretty happy about the work at the breakdown. smith had several nice pilfers. robo and pocock also snagged memorable ones. i don't remember getting counter-rucked or pilfered by the french too much, so i guess the piggies were doing their job. ref was hard on ouedraogo though, i agree. aussie defense was pretty tight overall - tah like. bent a few times, but never broke and could seem to get a turnover when needed. encouraging to see. could have been a different story if beauxis didn't have a shocker.
i thought burgo was ok this game. didn't see the sniping runs and i think that took some of the life out of the attack. but it looked like the french were targeting this. i seem to remember one exchange where he passed from a ruck to AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)'s feet, he lost forward momentum, ruck formed, and burgo was directing traffic while the frogs took the ball. frustrating moment for me, but otherwise i didn't notice too many glaring errors. he did have a nice tackle on one of the front rowers that dislodged the ball.
lack of go forward ball from the locks and backrowers was still missing i thought. backs had some good runs but something always seemed to spoil it - knock on, isolated, seagull sharp deciding not to pass to the open support runners, etc.... AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and turner were great, mitchell even did pretty well. morty seemed to be just bottled up enough to not break the line. a bit cleaner play though and several more tries could have been scored. need to do better against the kiwis and saffers.
so a bit sloppy in some areas with work to do before 3N's. but haven't lost a game yet, while getting some valuable experience for the young blokes. and on a positive note, no injuries picked up (besides hodgy). so should only be getting people back and further strengthening the squad.
Spook said:
Actually he didn't.
The French pack was backing off as Aus was getting set to muck up the Aus hit and the French LHP wasn't driving forward, he was just pivoting at the hips and allowing Baxter to collapse.
The were doing the same against the ABs.
They try to negate the hit of the bigger pack and then while they are off balance start to drive. (Wales did the same to us last November)
When there was a hit, the Aus scrum was quite good.
Pfitzy
George Gregan (70)
fatprop said:
Wow - I've only seen the first two scrums so far, but what you describe is what I was going to say. Baxter bludgeoned the French LHP at one scrum, and when he got penalised at the other it was because Frenchie didn't even want the hit! You can see the guy's lower back buckle and then his shoulders drop. Can't build a bridge without two ends.
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Has anyone seen attendance figures - it looked as though the staduim was only half full - could have been played at the Sports Ground. If Sydney can fill it then send the games to Brisbane.
WhoNeedsMelon
Frank Row (1)
rugbywhisperer said:
About 43,000 apparently. Like most spectators, I'd prefer the games at the SFS but c'est la vie.
Pfitzy
George Gregan (70)
Yeah its a shame these Tests are (A) held in Sydney and (B) at Homebush. I've been to a few Tests there now, and whenever its not New Zealand, the place doesn't attract the crowds. The only non-NZ Test that got a full house was Argentina for RWC2003 opener.
[edit] Of course, I meant the Wallaby Tests - and of course I include the final in that.
[edit] Of course, I meant the Wallaby Tests - and of course I include the final in that.
We played pretty poorly and yet came away with a 22-6 win, and really never looked like losing. That is the first and major positive of the game, as we were playing a very handy French side. If it was a second-string Wales I would worry, but the Frogs topped the ABs and we were never seriously challenged by them.
Once our kicking game hits its straps the other aspects of the game will start to rectify themselves. Our backline just looked a little bit off, we made far more simple errors in this game than we have in the previous 3 combined.
If that is our one bad performance of the season (we can only hope), I am glad we got it out of the way against France, and we got away with a comfortable win.
Once our kicking game hits its straps the other aspects of the game will start to rectify themselves. Our backline just looked a little bit off, we made far more simple errors in this game than we have in the previous 3 combined.
If that is our one bad performance of the season (we can only hope), I am glad we got it out of the way against France, and we got away with a comfortable win.
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