Australia v Ireland, Sat 9th June @ 8.00pm, Suncorp Brisbane

[Up the Guts]

Yep - I'm a big Speight fan but he's not coming back as long as those two keep turning that out!

It's sad watching Speight atm, not sure he'll ever be near the Wallabies again.

 

[William88]

Interesting changes to the Structures from last year.

Defensive set up was vicious, teams will attack us with short kicks if we maintain that sort of line speed. Need Genia floating in behind to cover he got caught in the line w couple of times. Nice seeing the D line set up like a league d line. We just kept teeing off on the contact and Ireland didn’t know what to do. That will work against NZ attack as well. That’s exciting for me.

The turnover ball was magic to watch, Beale links in quickly from the back then we look immediately to go for width- nice to see.

It was also great to see us actually have some attacking kicks- we looked so dangerous with them- it’s the first time in many ears we used them to attack.

Our scrum was wonderful to watch. All 4 props are fantastic players.. the work we started 10 years ago to find new props is slowly finding rewards.

Things to work on:

The lineout.

The breakdown could be improved- especially out wide if we look for width.

Folau is a runner.. not a passer.

 

[Chunderstruck]

Koroibete has got to be one of the least fun guys to tackle, he's a cannonball

 

[A mutterer]

As a Robertson hater, I was really impressed. Hope he can keep it up.

i was very impressed he didnt drop the ball once.

more impressed the wallabies brains trust told everyone not to pass it to him after the 80th

 

[Inside Shoulder]

found myself rooting for Aus in that one. Fuck Ireland. Aus try to play expansive yet Ire just drag them down to a defensive 9-8 bollocks scoreline with cagey tactical chess game. BORING. Instead of barraging with brilliance like AB's do they just bore you with Bishop to E-7. Glad they lost. Fuck em.​

Their second placed ranking seems a bit much - games like they played would see empty stadiums in the Southern Hemisphere.
Bigger question for you is whether the French will go into vacation mode after that scoreline.

 

[Up the Guts]

Their second placed ranking seems a bit much - games like they played would see empty stadiums in the Southern Hemisphere.
Bigger question for you is whether the French will go into vacation mode after that scoreline.

French 13 looks like he wouldn't mind getting into a few NZ wines and cheese.

 

[Istanbul]

It's sad watching Speight atm, not sure he'll ever be near the Wallabies again.

I suspect you're right- he has good pace and agility when he's on but can't match the big bodies on the wings tonight

 

[mark_s]

TMO has more cameras available than can be shown on the telecast.

How and why? Seemed a dodgy call to end the game. No real impact other than on punters but looked a fair try to me

 

[Istanbul]

Am I being harsh on Foley? I'm not a fan at all but tell me if I'm bias towards him..

 

[Up the Guts]

How and why? Seemed a dodgy call to end the game. No real impact other than on punters but looked a fair try to me

Yeah seems a bit 1984, TMO definitely made his presence felt tonight.

 

[The torpedo]

On the train home - thought that was actually a decent game of football.

Beale, sanchez, poey, folau standouts

BPA a bit dodgy on debut.

Kearney was shocking

Sexton should have started.

TMOs should only be allowed to go back to the previous 1 or 2 phases to look for infringements and only can be referred to by the ref - they cannot pipe up

Scrums and defence very good.

Cheika loves using the word truck

 

[The torpedo]

French 13 looks like he wouldn't mind getting into a few NZ wines and cheese.

Who doesn't though?

 

[Silverado]

Too gushy.
Ads?
Ugly but moderately encouraging win.
We cannot progress if our preferred attacking method is the cross field kick, a fact proven by how much better we went when we ran it.

Whatever. I enjoyed the game. You obviously don't enjoy anything


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[Derpus]

Thought Foley did very well and Genia was only so so.

Very impressive performance that! Genia, Beale and Folau outstanding with Korebeti and DHP very good. Pocock brilliant and a big effort from the tight five. Not thrilled with Foley - we need to find or make a new 10 but overall very happy with that hit out!!

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[Derpus]

found myself rooting for Aus in that one. Fuck Ireland. Aus try to play expansive yet Ire just drag them down to a defensive 9-8 bollocks scoreline with cagey tactical chess game. BORING. Instead of barraging with brilliance like AB's do they just bore you with Bishop to E-7. Glad they lost. Fuck em.​

Barrage you with ref b.....rilliance yeah

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[Derpus]

Less fun to be tackled by him

Koroibete has got to be one of the least fun guys to tackle, he's a cannonball

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[cyclopath]

That's all on Foley! He is the weak link in a good team

Mate, rubbish.

 

[mark_s]

Was a good wallaby team performance tonight and I actually thought they looked well coached for a change. I reckon Pocock was the difference for us tonight, but plenty of players right behind him in MOM voting.

Our line out is the biggest thing to work on this week, but geez it was great to see a dominant scrum from the wobbs, including the penalty/3 points that turned the game in our favour. We love playing at Suncorp don’t we

 

[Istanbul]

Still won't sleep tonight until someone tells me what the one armed cat is about...

 

[Istanbul]

Mate, rubbish.

His pop gun kick put us on the back foot for 10 mins