Not a very convincing win, actually. Wallabies bit lucky at the end. But hopefully, it's positive for the team.
Just need to get a few things off the chest.
Backs: you don't look very threatening. Complicated set moves don't work unless the players have played together for a thousand years. Keep it simple.
Forwards: when it's a slow ball at the ruck, one-off forwards waiting an age to receive it and then simply taking a hit-up is a complete waste of time. It never gets over the advantage line. Have another option ready. Learn to draw and pass to your support forward. It's a simple but effective skill all forwards should be able to do. Also, the amount of times a forward tries to run themselves 5-10 metres out from the line with no support is unforgivable. It's going to be a turn over 80% of the time. Don't set yourself up to be isolated. Stick together. Sometimes take the tackle, and sometimes do a short pass to another forward in support. The one try we scored came off a short pass between the the forwards. That's a skill all forwards should be using more often, rather than only ever going to ground. Vary it up.
Whole team: in broken play or turn-over ball, if you've got the ball, draw the defence to yourself and pass. And use soft hands. Don't bullet pass to a teammate 2 metres away. And teammates, support the ball carrier. Run into space to receive a pass. Don't assume you know what the ball carrier is going to do (e.g. thinking they'll obviously go to ground because they always do). Here's the big difference between the Wallabies and the ABs. When a Wallaby makes a break or gets the ball off a turn over, there is very often no one in support. When an AB makes a break, there are usually too many ABs in support to count. AB's score so many tries simply by providing support to the ball carrier, anticipating an offload in broken play and/or turn-over ball.
There are some simple things we can do to help us step-up to the next level. ATM, we're playing about as good as our ranking.
