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When did we go from being one of the smartest teams in world rugby to far and away the dumbest. So much sheer stupidity - cards, poor decision making. We’ve gone from winning games we probably should have lost to giving away a 10 point start every game with cards and dumb penalties. Add another...

He’s a rugby coach ffs. Not the prime minister

Yaawwnnnn. Think there is a game on tonight?

Geez I hope Cheika drops the c bomb in the coaches box this weekend. At least give a reason for some of the pious folk on this site to get their bloomers in a twist.

Nah - he’s a future talent and will be a regular starter in years to come. Lock him in and give him a taste of what’s to come before he is lured to the dark side.

This game will come down to discipline, the scrum, and our success rate kicking for goal. If Sio can stay off the deck and we have scrum parity, and if we don’t get pinged off the park I actually think we’ll win. Provided foley doesn’t get the yips.

The two k’s to stay in the centres. Hunt on the bench. Interesting call.....

No I rate Sio. But he was exposed against England by whatever scrum skullduggery they managed. I recall some props on the forum suggesting they were getting him to overextend then hinging or backing off the pressure a bit causing him to fold. It seems the Welsh were managing the same thing at...

The scrum worries me. Sio folded like an origami master against the English. No coincidence after a scrum session with Eng the Welsh managed the same. Whatever they're doing they've worked out how to expose him. The English pack will be salivating after that outing.

Sssshhhhhh... (6, same as quade.) Que something about being a no 7 and therefore pushing the envelope. Or he’s playing to Cheika’s game plan.... Besides he’s Hooper so they only count half.

Sorry just saw this. I've rule 10'd myself anyway :)

It's hard not to infringe when you are trapped on your line for phase after phase with no exit strategy. Yes our discipline was poor but our complete lack of an exit strategy put us in that position. And that all came down to terrible kicking options. Anyway I've said enough. Time to rule...

Stats might have been be a bit off but the exact stats push the point even further.

Kicking went a long way towards losing us game 1. Sure there were other issues. Conversions would have made it a 2 point ball game. But the kicking in general play was appalling and the 7 kickable penalties given away whilst trapped in our own half vs the two England gave away were the killers...

Agree 100%. But it baffles me why we still often put foley in the pocket in our 22. Makes no sense when his distance is so much shorter than Beale and Hodge and his trajectory has hearts in mouths for a charge down try.

We scored more tries in game 1. Foley converted 1/4. Farrell kicked 5/6. We scored more tries in game 3. Foley kicked 6/11. Farrel kicked 9/10. We were booted from the park. Both off the tee and in general play.

I'd rather not thanks - I have higher standards than that. It was the major factor - not just conversions but kicking from hand. In fact I said at the time if we swapped 10s I think we would have taken the series. We were constantly pinned in our 22 with no exit strategy other than to finally...

I would have been far less troubled if Cheika announced he was going to rest Foley for this game due to his high workload. It's not a bad game to see what hodge or Beale have to offer in the 10 role given Quade is clearly on the outer. Many including myself have called for depth to be developed...

We've lost three internationals as well as a series against England off the back of Foleys poor kicking since Cheika has been coach. He's never going to pick him again Oh....wait.....

Plodder with the whistle let the wallabies off the hook today.