Rugby Championship 2025 : Wallabies v Argentina Rnd 2

[Pfitzy]

61:37 Argentina 17 takes Bell out in front of the ruck, preventing a contest. No penalty

 

[BDA]

Depends which boks team turns up...all 4 teams a bit inconsistent

Do we think this Los Pumas team can beat the Boks once?

Depends which boks team turns up...all 4 teams have been inconsistent. They certainly wouldnt beat the boks i watched this evening

 

[Pfitzy]

It's clear from this game that while Argentina can play Rugby, under pressure they revert to type: spoiling, negative, cynical. That's why they'll always hit a limit.

That and their bench. Not nearly as good as their starters

 

[Pfitzy]

69:18 under counter ruck pressure Argentina 21 is off his feet trying to clear the ball. Technical, but penalisable

 

[Pfitzy]

73:58 Valetini might be falling into that tackle but it's still head contact with shoulder and force. Yellow card

 

[Pfitzy]

75:52 the forward pass call against McReight. Facepalm.

 

[Pfitzy]

77:23 right in front of the ref a head shot from Kremer. Another one. Shoulder contact to the head. Upright tackler. Yellow card and review? Nah. Penalty only and the TMO had to intervene to get even that

 

[Pfitzy]

Daugunu's 2nd try looked forward. Anothet example of the failure of the refereeing team

 

[Pfitzy]

In the last play we didn't do enough in close to create space out wide or run it in close

 

[LeCheese]

I just saw that fluffybunnyiponi is still complaining about the refereeing

To be honest, I don’t disagree with most of what he said around the state of things.

I think your last 20 or so posts suggest you might not exactly disagree either.

 

[Shiggins]

Just wondering. Who's in top of the ladder now hahaha yeh Boi

 

[John S]

The reffing was pretty ordinary across the board, they were camped in our line all afternoon and nothing. There were some dodgy calls going our way at the end but it doesn't make up for earlier

 

[rugbyAU]

Everyone can talk about the ref and injuries but we were shocking today, the scoreline flattered us and it was the same issues from last week

the 10-12 selection went up in smoke, it feels like a never ending one step forward two steps back with this side, we just can't string multiple good games together, we were due for our regular wobbly game

most disappointing is we have a sell out at the SFS with a lot of casual fans coming, after a promising last few weeks and then dish that out

for all the talk of us improving, a 50% win rate this year, with most of those at home is average

 

[Slim 293]

On a positive note... this rugby championship is putting up a pretty good competition.

 

[Teh Other Dave]

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most disappointing is we have a sell out at the SFS with a lot of casual fans coming, after a promising last few weeks and then dish that out

for all the talk of us improving, a 50% win rate this year, with most of those at home is average

Casual fans saw end-to-end rugby with a thrilling finish. Some purists would be disappoonted. Personally I saw Australia chancing an arm against a physical Argentina side who got the basics right. They nearly pulled it off - the game not the arm.

As for our record this year, our tests have been against high quality opposition. This isn't 2000 when losing anything was a disaster, the world top ten can beat each other on their day. Notice that not one of our tests have been a blow out.

 

[John S]

Everyone can talk about the ref and injuries but we were shocking today, the scoreline flattered us and it was the same issues from last week

the 10-12 selection went up in smoke, it feels like a never ending one step forward two steps back with this side, we just can't string multiple good games together, we were due for our regular wobbly game

most disappointing is we have a sell out at the SFS with a lot of casual fans coming, after a promising last few weeks and then dish that out

for all the talk of us improving, a 50% win rate this year, with most of those at home is average

I'm not saying we weren't the authors of our own destiny today - so many dropped balls, not adjusting to the ref and his interpretation of laws, too many heroe plays, too many penalties in range of the sticks when Sinti had the ball on a string. Still doesn't mean we can't mention that there was some poor decisions made by the ref.

I think Harry probably needs to dial his talking to the ref back a notch - really started losing it as soon as the ref switched off.

 

[John S]

How's the form of the Arg capt yelling out shut up c*** to Harry when he's trying to talk to the ref - right in the refs ear too. (https://www.theroar.com.au/rugby-un...-bomb-at-harry-wilson-in-frustration-1451034/)

Seems to happen a bit this year - oppo captains trying to rile up our captain when talking to the ref