Wallabies match fixing scandal?

[Brumbieman]

Might just be Growden talking out his arse again, but....

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-...d-wallabies-match-fixing-20190307-p512gk.html


Hmmm....any guesses as to the game? (No guessing on players, GAME ONLY)

 

[RugbyReg]

Samoa in Sydney 2011, Scotland in Newcastle in 2012 are probaly our two biggest shock losses right?

Perhaps Scotland in Sydney in 2017?

 

[Mr Wobbly]

^ That link doesn't seems to working but this one is...

https://www.watoday.com.au/sport/ru...-fixing-suspicions-to-ra-20190307-p512gk.html

 

[Pass it to Dunning!]

I don't believe a word Greg Growden says. Any respectable journalist wouldn't publish this hearsay and conjecture.

 

[The Honey Badger]

I think it is ancient history. Not anything in the recent past. Don't think any of the players are still playing.

 

[sunnyboys]

The game that kind of matches his hints had a this as part of its match review on GAGR:

“I struggle to think of an occasion when I’ve seen a side with so much possession and so many attacking opportunities, against an opponent with no meaningful attack, lose with a miserly 8 points to show for their effort. The Wallabies even managed to actually fall over the try-line twice more, but on their backs. That’s innovation! If you planned to throw a match as part of a betting scandal, this would have been far too elaborate a route.”

Any guesses???

Away game...

 

[Beer Baron]

Spot fixing makes more sense - give away a penalty in front of the sticks in the first minute

 

[Mr Wobbly]

I don't believe a word Greg Growden says. Any respectable journalist wouldn't publish this hearsay and conjecture.

If it weren't for hearsay and conjecture Growden's articles wouldn't be any more than a by-line and a couple of stock photos.

 

[Mr Wobbly]

The game that kind of matches his hints had a this as part of its match review on GAGR:

“I struggle to think of an occasion when I’ve seen a side with so much possession and so many attacking opportunities, against an opponent with no meaningful attack, lose with a miserly 8 points to show for their effort. The Wallabies even managed to actually fall over the try-line twice more, but on their backs. That’s innovation! If you planned to throw a match as part of a betting scandal, this would have been far too elaborate a route.”

Any guesses???

Away game.

Scotland, '09?

 

[sunnyboys]

Yep! Scotland ‘09

 

[The torpedo]

This I also found very interesting:

A referee’s performance in another lost Wallabies match is also being scrutinised. This is believed to follow several dubious "points shaving" bets on the game from sports-gamblers in India.

 

[The torpedo]

Anyone willing to tweet Growden and ask him to define 'several years ago'?

 

[The torpedo]

Although TBH I believe this may be a case of Chinese Whispers

 

[RugbyReg]

yep, for our safety I reckon we lock this thread. No benefit to anyone making wild assumptions on the back of a Growden article. Let's let it lie until something more substantial comes out.