Australia v England: Match II @ Suncorp 7.55pm AEST, 09/07

[RugbyReg]

So the bigger question than ruminating on a game thats done and dusted is who is actually going to be available to play the decider?

1 Bell
2 Porecki
3 Tupou
4 Frost
5 Philip
6 Leota
7 Hooper
8 Valetini
9 White
10 Loloesio
11 Koroibete
12 Kerevi
13 Paisami
14 Wright
15 Hodge

16 Fainga'a
17 Slipper
18 AAA
19 Hanigan
20 Samu
21 Gordon
22 JOC (James O'Connor)
23 Vunivalu

 

[Shiggins]

And

And the Fainga'a lines too
And JOC (James O'Connor) (James O'Connor) unforced mistakes
And the defense in first half
And Tupou
And Hooper
And Kerevi
And Bell
and so on and so forth

England being offside every ruck and giving away penalties that were never blown. It was extremely one sided on the penalties.

 

[dru]

So the bigger question than ruminating on a game thats done and dusted is who is actually going to be available to play the decider?

By my calls the following won't be available after tonight:
Neville
Petaia
Sio
Perese

 

[Brumby Runner]

Wallabies lost the early physical encounters and went 19- 0 down. Great effort to get as close as they did.

But the pack needs to be beefed up somehow. Bell and Porecki can't match their opposites in the physical game. Next week, start with Slipper and FF (Folau Fainga'a) at 1 and 2. If fit, Holloway to partner Philip in the second row, and horror Samu at 7 with Harry Wilson on the bench.

Hopefully Ikitau back and Vunivalu on the wing. Wright to 15. Disappointing that so little ball gets to our 13 and wings with Kerevi at 12. Needs to be addressed at training this week.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Did Hooper just say "they were coming down our throats"???

 

[Country Kid]

O'Çonnor: 4-5 errors, very costly momentum killers.

 

[dru]

And the Fainga'a lines too
And JOC (James O'Connor) (James O'Connor) unforced mistakes
And the defense in first half
And Tupou
And Hooper
And Kerevi
And Bell
and so on and so forth

To start with, JOC (James O'Connor) wasn't on for the first 35

 

[mst]

Why are they having drinks breaks? Is there an injury?

Drinks break AKA the "Razzy" rule. Its a new one implemented to keep support staff off the field.

Each team submits to the ref when the want the drinks breaks per half. I believe one team nominates for the first half, the other the second half. It also stops team slowing the games down.

 

[dillyboy]

What are you talking about fluffybunny he picked three sevens to play the Irish. Blokes full genius.

And some questioned the "two sevens" tactic

 

[Marce]

And
England being offside every ruck and giving away penalties that were never blown. It was extremely one sided on the penalties.

And England beating any Wallaby defender in any metre of the field
And England rolling maul gaining about 20 meters each time

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Preparing to be rinsed by the Hooper fan club but I reckon he was well off the pace this game.

Somehow he suddenly looked very small.

Even standing next to Farrell he seemed smaller, like a stocky halfback

 

[molman]

Tonight was a show of the old and dear Wallabies. A loser team since 2003

Personally disagree. They fought back from a large deficit. Created opportunities and scored tries. Just needed to be more clinical, take the errors out, convert the other chances they had.

 

[dillyboy]

So the bigger question than ruminating on a game thats done and dusted is who is actually going to be available to play the decider?

National lottery - dust your boots off....

 

[A mutterer]

liked dave's subtle dig in the post match interview about neville being cleaned out from the side

surely that should have been reviewed

 

[Marce]

To start with, JOC (James O'Connor) (James O'Connor) wasn't on for the first 35

Yeah, he started in a positive moment for the Wallabies and lost big opportunitties in key moments

 

[brokendown]

who was the TMO,?appeared to inject herself into the game at every opportunity

 

[kiap]

O'Çonnor: 4-5 errors, very costly momentum killers.

Even Hodge would be better.

 

[Derpus]

Didnt watch super close but looked like they muscled up in the first 20 and then defended.

Bit soft really.

 

[Marce]

So Vunivalu and Hodge for the decider. Personally, I don't like the current version of Hodge but he can't be worse than JOC (James O'Connor)

 

[Eyes and Ears]

who was the TMO,?appeared to inject herself into the game at every opportunity

Joy Neville from Ireland