England v Australia, Saturday 3 December
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Simon.
Bob Loudon (25)
I don't think the ball runners were the main cause of that. It was losing the kicking game once again, compounded by scrum problems and turnovers.
Despite all the progress the Wallabies have made between June and now, England played the exact same game but without the breakdown dominance they had in June, and they beat us by even more. They just put pressure on us with intelligent play and accurate kicking, and pounced on our errors.
To lose by a bigger margin against a less dominant team using exactly the same tactics just shows that we're still playing stupid rugby.
England too good and deserved their win after being under the pump in the first 20 mins.
Too many mistakes from the Wallabies to allow England back in and took their chances well - 2 X Joseph tries an example.
The Wallabies barely played in the English half in the 2nd half, apart from the Kepu try and spent far too much time in their own end.
Too many mistakes from the Wallabies to allow England back in and took their chances well - 2 X Joseph tries an example.
The Wallabies barely played in the English half in the 2nd half, apart from the Kepu try and spent far too much time in their own end.
Simon.
Bob Loudon (25)
I don't think he clearly scored his try at all. His left hand touched the ball first, then there was separation, then he grounded it with his right hand. That's a knock on.
The video ref said his left hand was in contact with the ball the whole time, which to my eyes was just not true.
But in the overall scheme of things it's a minor detail. It wasn't the difference between the two sides.
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Steve Williams (59)
You can clearly see his left hand knock it on and then ground it with his right
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Rip 'em a new one
Bob McCowan (2)
Congrats to the soap dodgers but fuck me, a level playing field would be nice one of these days...
Going to bed.
Going to bed.
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Moono75
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Its obvious to me we need more Force players in the team to sort this mess out 
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Moono75
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were not blaming the ref, we just think he's a dickhead.....theres a subtle differnce.
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Joe Blow
Peter Sullivan (51)
I'm not even going to read the match thread from the kickoff on. It was our game to take in the first 20 minutes. Once again we were unable to finish off a lot of promising movements and play.
Peypers performance was undoubtedly the most inept by a test ref this year, but it was up to the Wallabies to take that game away from the Poms. To their credit they came back very well in the second half and as our confidence eroded (and Phipps went to la la land) it was only a matter of time.
How utterly gutting after it looked as though the game was ours. Fuck!
Peypers performance was undoubtedly the most inept by a test ref this year, but it was up to the Wallabies to take that game away from the Poms. To their credit they came back very well in the second half and as our confidence eroded (and Phipps went to la la land) it was only a matter of time.
How utterly gutting after it looked as though the game was ours. Fuck!
It's easy to pick "turning points" with hindsight but I got a bad feeling straight for the kick off to the second half when May got the penalty against Haylett Petty for holding on to the ball from the kick off. I had the de ja vu feeling - England got a sniff and didn't need a second invitation. We seemed to spend the next 10 minutes under pressure and England capitalised on our mistakes.I was pleased to see that Rob Simmons kept going for the whole game and put in a good shift. He is someone who seems to have responded to Chieka's brand of motivation. Timani was good but faded like a few others. i can't waiting to hear Chieka's at the post match press conference. I like him but I get the feeling more of the same is not going to make the Wallabies a great team.
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