2nd Test Wallabies v France 8pmTuesday 13th July,

[kiap]

Gotta take points on offer when it is Test rugby.

 

[dru]

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Haha!

There is another test yet.

 

[PhilClinton]

Lost the scrum at the critical moment and cost us the game.

Interesting what to do with Tupou, if this side stays the same they really need someone getting over the advantage line at the back end of games and also getting us some set piece dominance. He has the engine to go 80mins at Super level, do they give it a go next game?

 

[Up the Guts]

It's not lucky. They have a specific game plan that targets exactly this outcome.

They are perfect opponents for WBs right now and deserve some kudos.

Nah. Their only try was literally off a mis-pass.

 

[Slim 293]

Really not a fan of Lonergan.
Couldn’t lock down a start spot for the brumbies then gets selected for aus?

Er, it was pretty much his first proper year with the Brumbies and he finished it as their starting hooker, taking the spot off a Wallaby………

 

[kiap]

Kick for touch, lose the lineout.

Dumb
Dumb
Dumb

 

[Ignoto]

Eh, I can't say we were hard done by.

Wright's dropped ball, that lineout on the 5m around the 65th mark, that scrum, little to no support play and giving away so many penalties were bigger impacts than the Ref's interpretation.

 

[dru]

Interesting what to do with Tupou, if this side stays the same they really need someone getting over the advantage line at the back end of games and also getting us some set piece dominance. He has the engine to go 80mins at Super level, do they give it a go next game?

Nope. We have two awesome THPs. Find one to war hard, then another to work harder at the end. Let them argue over 3 v 18 but NO to 80mins.

 

[Slim 293]

I think it was telling that at one point in the second half we had half our forward pack defending a ruck none of the French were engaged with………

 

[KOB1987]

Haha!

There is another test yet.

Yes and we only have to wait 4 days!

 

[Joe King]

Wallabies are better when Topou comes off the bench. We really need him at the end of games.

 

[dru]

Nah. Their only try was literally off a mis-pass.

Nope. the mis pass is happening on a designed umbrella D that tries to put intercepts in place wide, or offer the runner their choice of tackler.

It's not an accident.

 

[Rugby Head]

3,2 and 1.

3- Marika
2- Marika
1- Marika

 

[Chunderstruck]

Getting tired of Wallabies having heaps of possession and territory playing frantic ball in hand rugby, while the opposition just chills and calmy waits for their opportunity to score points. We just seem to try and play faster and faster

 

[dru]

Yes and we only have to wait 4 days!

 

[Slim 293]

I don’t think we’ll see Tom Wright next week………

He just couldn’t do anything right tonight.

 

[Derpus]

Wright's knok on from a midfield kick return was insipid. I thought the forwards laid a good platform and the backs sharted it all out their arseholes (except for Marika - what a fucking bloke).

Fuck we are going to miss Marika.

 

[Joe King]

Wallabies are better when Topou comes off the bench. We really need him at the end of games.

Nic White is another player like that. A game changer when he comes off the bench.

 

[Up the Guts]

Nope. the mis pass is happening on a designed umbrella D that tries to put intercepts in place wide, or offer the runner their choice of tackler.

It's not an accident.

What? The French acting halfback tossed it to no one and it went back 10-15m. If he passed it where he wanted to it would have been a routine carry.

 

[kiap]

Wallabies are better when Topou comes off the bench. We really need him at the end of games.

Who is our third thp?