Bledisloe #2 - AUS v NZL, Eden Park, Auckland, August 15th

[Brumby Runner]

Bit worried this wallabies team has a similar balance to the tahs S15 semifinal side - and we all know how that worked out.
Last week we lost the collisions as usual but picked a side to play to our strengths and dominated the breakdown.
This week we are trying to muscle up and have picked a side to try to compete in the areas that are the ABs traditional strengths. In doing so we have left the best player from last week on the bench, weakened our lineout even more and sacrificed the combinations which were are our strengths.
I just hope we are not too far behind when Cheiks is forced to bring on pocock and a third lineout jumper.

Have to say you nailed it here @tragic. In retrospect, Cheika made some very big calls and they all turned to shit.

 

[Viking]

Quade had a very off game. The avalanche of points came after his dumb yellow. To'omua would be my starting 10. White was as slow as a wet week. For all his faults, Phipps gets the ball away instead of waiting.

To'omua was just as bad as Cooper though. I'm not sure what to do with the halves.

 

[Tomikin]

Go back and look at the comment it was in reply to.

Sorry

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[The_Brown_Hornet]

the halves are our biggest problem by far. Nobody has stuck their hands up and demanded the jersey in either 9 or 10.

 

[Marcelo]

The starting XV for the WC:

1 Sio
2 Moore (c)
3 Kepu
4 Mumm
5 Horwill
6 Fardy
7 Hooper
8 Pocock
9 Stirzaker
10 The kid hired by Rebels who can kick +60m
11 Tomane
12 To'omua
13 Kuridrani
14 Two Daddies
15 Folau

16 TPN
17 Slipper
18 Holmes
19 Douglas
20 McCalman
21 White
22 Giteau
23 Mitchell

Go home:

Palu
Cooper
Phipps
Skelton
Speight
Foley
Genia

 

[Teh Other Dave]

Sorry

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Haha all good. I'm pissed off as well :/

 

[Groucho]

Including AFTER we had 15 back on the park?

You'd have to be completely one-eyed to not see how much Quade's brain-fart cost us. A yellow card, a penalty try, and then two tries while he was compulsorily off the field. He didn't cost us the match, but he was the main contributor to the drubbing. I like Quade, but I wouldn't pick him again after that.

 

[BamBamRMH7]

That's what I'm saying and some posters kill me for it. Put Lopeti Timani on the plane or he's going to play for Tonga

Speaking of Timani. It'd be great to have Sitaleki Timani back...

 

[Teh Other Dave]

I recall a NH tour game many years ago where the Physio pulled on a guernsey for Australia. I wonder if we can talk Larkham into doing it. For all of our RWC games.

 

[Teh Other Dave]

You'd have to be completely one-eyed to not see how much Quade's brain-fart cost us. A yellow card, a penalty try, and then two tries while he was compulsorily off the field. He didn't cost us the match, but he was the main contributor to the drubbing.

My point was that I don't see To'omua being the answer based on tonight.

 

[biggsy]

Cheika's only right choice was cooper, he was far to blame.

 

[HJ Nelson]

You could tell he was zooming in further on Google maps when he mentioned Yeovil

Yeoval please. The greatest little town in the west.

 

[Benaud]

Well, fuck.

 

[daz]

Forget what the players did or didn't do; that was an Epic fail by Cheika tonight.

Simple as that.




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[No4918]

I blame Cheika.

 

[Chunderstruck]

Either Quade and To'omua are both shit 10s, or they were both behind a beaten pack and therefore exempt from judgement

 

[Viking]

the halves are our biggest problem by far. Nobody has stuck their hands up and demanded the jersey in either 9 or 10.

I wouldnt say biggest problem - hard for any halves to perform going backwards all game. The forwards were shocking tonight.

 

[Groucho]

My point was that I don't see To'omua being the answer based on tonight.

He may not be the answer, but at least he's a possibility.

Quade has a long way to go to get back to his former self.

Foley will probably be the starting 10 in the RWC.

 

[Pfitzy]

I think all the White supporters who like to bag Phipps mercilessly should take a spoon, and a napkin. Chef will be around soon to serve you some humble pie.

 

[Brumby Runner]

If estimate 8 tackles at least already

But @TWAS the most important one was his miss on Dan Carter that directly led to Coles' try.