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Arch Winning (36)
HMP should have been kicking goals instead of MG.
The Ghost of Raelene
Andrew Slack (58)
I guess if you want MG to be a 15 he needs time there. HMP wasn’t bad and he wasn’t getting great ball.
Agree about the ref. Thought he was outstanding.
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John Thornett (49)
see how jacked he was? bring him off the bench for japan
KiwiM
Nev Cottrell (35)
Yes. In the game at the Cake Tin I was far more impressed by Junior Wallabies even though they didn't win.
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Peter Sullivan (51)
Good Result, but plenty of room for improvement.
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John Thornett (49)
Plenty of room to select the best side next game as well. I cant wait to see Wilson/Bowen with a 60 min shift & for us to bring back in that front row we used v nz.
Anyone know why Maiava was a late out?
The Ghost of Raelene
Andrew Slack (58)
Besides the Red card to Pearce I thought he was quite good. For a big unit he Carries well and finds a hole. Few support runners and they are away.
Confucius Say
Arch Winning (36)
I wonder if Ireland played their best team or were saving it for the Australian game?
England were ordinary in the U20s six nations so I wouldn’t be surprised.
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Peter Sullivan (51)
Random stupid thought while watching the game, I kind of wish that we had different coloured numbers.
I would love if QLD players had red numbers, NSW players have blue etc so that as a casual fan of U20's, I can easily see the guys that I will cheer on in a couple of years.
I would love if QLD players had red numbers, NSW players have blue etc so that as a casual fan of U20's, I can easily see the guys that I will cheer on in a couple of years.
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Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Yeah he is a real prospect, Force have a good one there.
Wallaby Man
Trevor Allan (34)
None because all these players signed to Super Rugby clubs. This isn’t the level players get raided that’s u18s and earlier
justlookin
Stan Wickham (3)
Not all of them.
I don't think it's arrogance. It's just the nature of the tournament that you have to use your whole squad. There's only a 5 day break between each game and the Fiji game was definitely our easiest game on paper.
Realistically now it's 4 more games in 20 days and if you want to win the tournament you're going to be selecting your best side for each of them.
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Trevor Allan (34)
Everyone of these guys has at a minimum a train and trial deal with a super club, many have academy contracts and the remainder full contracts. There isn’t one that’s not affiliated with a super club or if we are being technical the Aus7s as well.
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Andrew Slack (58)
I get that and it was written write after watching but gee we almost had the tournament ended. We were pretty close to be sitting here typing how Nathan Grey stuffed it because of changes.
Turned out well thankfully and now we are in a good position for the next 2 games.
I know you ideally want to win all your games in this tournament due to the nature of the finals but the Draw between Ireland & England is annoying. Glad we got a BP because the pool is going to come down to them and PD.
Does the draw change anything for us?
We know that wins in both games gets us to the semi finals.
If we only win one of the two games then we'll finish second in the pool and realistically need at least 6 points from the 2 games to have a chance to progress. Given the way the results have fallen so far I think we'd need 12 points to progress as the second placed team. I reckon one of the other second place teams will get 11 points and have a better point differential.