RWC Pool C - Australia v Wales - 5AM 25 Sep AEST

[rugbyAU]

Skelton, Tupou to miss must-win Wales match

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Need a BP win, and Wales can't come away with anything

1 - Bell
2 - Porecki
3 - Pone
4 - Frost
5 - Phillip
6 - Hooper
7 - Gleeson
8 - Valentini
9 - McDermott
10 - Donaldson
11- Korobiete
12 - Kerevi
13 - Perese
14 - Mark
15 - Kellaway

16 - Faesslar
17 - Slipper
18 - Nonggorr
19 - Arnold
20 - Leota
21 - Fines
22 - Gordon
23 - Petaia

 

[Tomthumb]

Wales by 20

 

[Bullrush]

Skelton, Tupou to miss must-win Wales match

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Need a BP win, and Wales can't come away with anything

1 - Bell
2 - Porecki
3 - Pone
4 - Frost
5 - Phillip
6 - Hooper
7 - Gleeson
8 - Valentini
9 - McDermott
10 - Donaldson
11- Korobiete
12 - Kerevi
13 - Perese
14 - Mark
15 - Kellaway

16 - Faesslar
17 - Slipper
18 - Nonggorr
19 - Arnold
20 - Leota
21 - Fines
22 - Gordon
23 - Petaia

Are you starting Donladson because you need a kicker or because you think Gordon deserves to be dropped after the Fiji game?

 

[rugbyAU]

Are you starting Donladson because you need a kicker or because you think Gordon deserves to be dropped after the Fiji game?

Gordon deserves to be dropped

 

[Dctarget]

So what are the machinations?

Win next two games with BPs and hope Fiji and Wales drop a BP along the way?

 

[Dctarget]

1. Bell
2. Porecki (c)
3. Fa'amausili
4. Frost
5. Philip
6. Hooper
7. McReight
8. Valetini
9. McDermott
10. Donaldson
11. Koroibete
12. Kerevi
13. Petaia
14. Nawaqanitawase
15. Kellaway
16. Faessler
17. Slipper
18. Nonggorr
19. Arnold
20. Gleeson
21. IFL
22. Foketi
23. Gordon

 

[qwerty51]

So what are the machinations?

Win next two games with BPs and hope Fiji and Wales drop a BP along the way?

huh? If we beat Wales we'll go through. I doubt Wales and Fiji beat Georgia and Portugal by what we did/will.

Tupou and Skelton are out so we're not beating Wales who cares.

 

[qwerty51]

So we lose Tupou, Skelton and people still want McReight in the team? No.

Gleeson in immediately.

 

[rugbyAU]

@qwerty51 McReight has the same issues as Michael just ineffective at the breakdown and blasted off at the rucks, unleash Langi

 

[qwerty51]

Certainly closer to a Botia than McReight is.

 

[rugbyAU]

huh? If we beat Wales we'll go through. I doubt Wales and Fiji beat Georgia and Portugal by what we did/will.

Tupou and Skelton are out so we're not beating Wales who cares.

As in you think they’re beating them by more? I back us to beat Portugal by more than 20

 

[Dctarget]

huh? If we beat Wales we'll go through. I doubt Wales and Fiji beat Georgia and Portugal by what we did/will.

Tupou and Skelton are out so we're not beating Wales who cares.

Nah, we need to either get a BP or rely on them dropping a BP. For example:

We beat Wales without a BP and take 5 points from Portugal. We end up on 15 points.
Wales pick up a LBP and take 5 points from Georgia. Wales finish on 16 points.
Fiji beat Georgia and Portugal with a BP each. Finish on 16 points.

 

[Bullrush]

For guys who think Donaldson should replace Gordon and given that the Wallabies now need to be thinking of attacking and going for BPs and perhaps points differential....is Donaldson a better attacking player than Gordon?

To me, White is more of a problem than Gordon. I was cringing as White get subbed today, watching him stop and seemingly give players advice. I wondered if there wasn't a small part of IFL just nodding his head and ignoring every word. If I was a Wallaby supporter, the last thing I would want is the replacement 9 coming on and playing like White.

 

[dillyboy]

For guys who think Donaldson should replace Gordon and given that the Wallabies now need to be thinking of attacking and going for BPs and perhaps points differential....is Donaldson a better attacking player than Gordon?

To me, White is more of a problem than Gordon. I was cringing as White get subbed today, watching him stop and seemingly give players advice. I wondered if there wasn't a small part of IFL just nodding his head and ignoring every word. If I was a Wallaby supporter, the last thing I would want is the replacement 9 coming on and playing like White.

Yep, White has to go - he takes the Flyhalf out of the game too much

 

[Tomthumb]

huh? If we beat Wales we'll go through. I doubt Wales and Fiji beat Georgia and Portugal by what we did/will.

Tupou and Skelton are out so we're not beating Wales who cares.

We aint beating Portugal

 

[eastman]

For guys who think Donaldson should replace Gordon and given that the Wallabies now need to be thinking of attacking and going for BPs and perhaps points differential....is Donaldson a better attacking player than Gordon?

To me, White is more of a problem than Gordon. I was cringing as White get subbed today, watching him stop and seemingly give players advice. I wondered if there wasn't a small part of IFL just nodding his head and ignoring every word. If I was a Wallaby supporter, the last thing I would want is the replacement 9 coming on and playing like White.

People need to be careful: we replace Gordon with Donaldson, and we go entirely into kick-bot mode. Donaldsons game is standing deep, shoveling on the ball but primarily kicking. It might result in less mistakes but it comes at the cost of a lot of attacking threat.

 

[Members Section]

People need to be careful: we replace Gordon with Donaldson, and we go entirely into kick-bot mode. Donaldsons game is standing deep, shoveling on the ball but primarily kicking. It might result in less mistakes but it comes at the cost of a lot of attacking threat.

Can anyone here definitively say that in the 30 min BD had at 10 he offered anymore than what CG did in the previous 50? the answer is no

 

[Bullrush]

Yep, White has to go - he takes the Flyhalf out of the game too much

I said this during the RC.

And when I say ‘I said this’, I mean that I heard Will Genia say it and I repeated it LOL

 

[KOB1987]

People need to be careful: we replace Gordon with Donaldson, and we go entirely into kick-bot mode. Donaldsons game is standing deep, shoveling on the ball but primarily kicking. It might result in less mistakes but it comes at the cost of a lot of attacking threat.

Yeah, the reality is that any game plan has to ensure that we score 4 tries, Wales score less than 4 and don’t finish within 7 points of us.

 

[Braveheart81]

Can anyone here definitively say that in the 30 min BD had at 10 he offered anymore than what CG did in the previous 50? the answer is no

He didn't but he also didn't make several big errors including absolutely butchering a high ball which resulted in the try that sealed the match.