Wallabies v France, Brisbane, Sat 17th July, 8pm

[Dctarget]

How good is it that we’re sending BPA and Naisarani off with a game like this, so when they’re playing in freezing sleet in French winter, this is their memory of the other side.

 

[A mutterer]

If your captains a cheat, that’s who you follow. People question Hooper’s captaincy, but as far as leading from the front, you’d follow him through broken glass

i did tonight, lost a tv and finished watching the game on the pc

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Brilliant team effort. Hard MOTM pick but I'd choose Tate.

 

[stoff]

Justice!

15 on 14 the whole match and the cowardly surrender monkeys never even tried to go to the corner to step on the throat. Plugging away with chickenshit penalty shots for 3's.

BACKFIRED, DICKHEADS.

SERIES LOST.

Fucken baguette-faced bullshitters.

Cheese easting surrender monkeys!

 

[zer0]

Poite, Garcès and the other French officials judging O'Queefe, and the other nuclear weapons grade punishers, match, and series, derailing efforts.

Anyway. Was a good test. Glad I decided to be a right mad lad and spend my Saturday night doing some work number crunching to keep me up for it past the red card. The new/old jersey colour looks infinitely better than the old/new yellow ones too. But I presume that's already common knowledge.

 

[Adam84]

Glad you stuck with it mate

Haha I lasted all of 5 minutes

 

[cyclopath]

The psychological credits that the Wallabies bank from that effort cannot be under-estimated. Superb effort from all, especially the pack - BPA, all the front rowers really, Hooper, Swinton and Swain, but some standouts in the backs too - McDermott, Lolesio and Hodge especially.
Really, really hard-earned and deserved win. Gutsy.

 

[A mutterer]

haha dave calling out that we got clocked in the head a few times and didnt stay down

 

[Up the Guts]

The whole pack was incredible. How about Naisarani making that cover tackle and getting to his feet and winning the penalty? Dropped for fitness last year and he does that. Great stuff.

 

[Equalizer]

The determination is back.

 

[cyclopath]

Look at the minutes played by BPA and Hooper in particular. Immense efforts from both.

 

[TSR]

I actually think that you can see improvement across the players around the things Rennie talked about.

 

[Dctarget]

Interesting that Uelese who wasn’t even in the initial squad was our bench hooker and did the bench hooker perfectly, came on and didn’t fuck up anything. Longeran is my pick for the future but I’m not sure we win those final scrums with Longeran on.

Also I was very disinterested in Swain when the squad was announced, thinking my Rebels Hosea should’ve been in the squad, but Swain was probably my man of the tournament after Hooper.

 

[Pokinacha]

All the forwards stood up tonight. Fought as a pack and really stuck it to them after that 5min decision.

Despite the football behaviour, the French had a great series and will trouble other higher matched teams. I think even the mighty darkness would have struggled with their pace, flair and defence.

 

[Up the Guts]

I actually think that you can see improvement across the players around the things Rennie talked about.

Most tries we’ve scored under Rennie with our best attacking weapon off and our other flyer injured in the first minute. Would have been 1 more as well if the TMO could count phases.

 

[cyclopath]

I actually think that you can see improvement across the players around the things Rennie talked about.

Agree. Gives some hope that systems are not only in place, but working.

 

[TSR]

I just loved how fired up and physical the whole pack played.

 

[AFL_Converted]

You can see why Waratahs were so much less of a team without Hooper. The bloke just gives 100% and brings his team with him.

 

[Teh Other Dave]

Can we bottle that, distribute it to the junior rep sides, and say 'this, but faster and harder'

 

[A mutterer]

You can see why Waratahs were so much less of a team without Hooper. The bloke just gives 100% and brings his team with him.

tate's interview comments about hoops were really insightful about how he's seen by his teammates as a leader