Individually, collectively.... they weren't the problem, but certainly part of the problem.
They conceded 50 agains Scotland, everyone was part of the problem.
That game and the one against England were lost in the forwards, the second row were ineffective, McCalman played like him old self, Kepu got carded, Moore showed why he is retiring and Sio looked like he was on one leg.
The ineffectiveness of the forwards was made worse by a poor game plan, or at least the poor implementation of game plan from the halves. Against rushing defence trying to play as flat as they were causes issues, that’s why there were so many bloody handling errors from Australia. Players were taking a look at the opposition instead of eyes on the ball, no one was hitting the ball with speed thus the forwards couldn’t get across the advantage line. I’m expecting similarly miserable stats from the forwards as those we saw last week.
Kicking was the other flaw in the game plan implementation, against rushing defence there is space behind, the Wallabies found thst space on the 20th phase for Kuridranis 1st try, and in a similar fashion for his 2nd try but besides that it was absent or poorly executed.
And finally discipline, before Kepu’s try McCalman was penalised for foul play when he cleaned out through a ruck leading with the shoulder. Then Kepu did the exact same thing. But also the lack of discipline when it came to forcing passes, Scotlands second try came about because Hodge tried to pass when it wasn’t on. He wasn’t the only one, unfortunately his resulted directly in a try.