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Rugby Championship 2025 : Wallabies v Argentina Rnd 2

Pfitzy

Pfitzy

Phil Waugh (73)
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

Pfitzy

Phil Waugh (73)
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 :rolleyes:
 
John S

John S

Ken Catchpole (46)
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

rugbyAU

Peter Fenwicke (45)
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
 
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Teh Other Dave

Teh Other Dave

Alan Cameron (40)
rugbyAU said:
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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
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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

John S

Ken Catchpole (46)
rugbyAU said:
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
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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.
 
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Backintheolddays

Bob Loudon (25)
Was a bit to take away.
advertisers may not like it but I love a full stadium in the afternoon. A real mix of ages in the crowd as well, was great.
I thought we actually looked good with ball in hand but did not respect opposition enough and pushed a lot of passes. On another day we could have scored a lot more tries if those stuck and the conversation would be very different.
We seemed to get some of our slower forwards stuck out wide in defence which they exploited well (but didn’t finish- again could have been several tries).
While I found the ref frustrating live I think he was broadly consistent in his application, just not how we like and was quite different to other men in charge this season. I think the Argentinians with their European experience adapted far better and knew where to exploit.
Against the grain I thought Edmed and Paisami not too bad but a bit of bad luck for Edmed especially. Paisami’s carries were huge, but his offloads were awful.
Kicking and kick receipts/attack. Wow this was awful in all aspects. Not my forte but we’re really missing something here.
I love our bomb squad, just got to be more in the game before they join.
Captain Harry. Still young and learning. He’ll take away a lot from the ref interaction. Despite all the celebrations of last week’s win when not taking the three points I strongly believe this is head over heart stuff and he needs to be taking the points when on offer. Do feel like the fun police when I say that though.
 
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