Wallabies v Ireland, Sun 20th Nov 7am AEDT
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Rod McCall (65)
We don’t have to drop a player if we don’t have a 3rd hooker
qwerty51
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Yes if you force uncontested scrums due to a card you go down a player (pretty sure). Only case you don't if it's from injury.
I thought the Irish have been bordering on offside.
I still stand by Rennie needing to bench players for idiotic penalties. The neck rolls have killed them. Cost a try and a yellow card. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Having Tupou/Skeleton/Samu on the bench hasn't done anything to help their attack, but they have looked more clinical at the lineout, so hard to take took much issue.
Physically Mark N (Nawaqanitawase) is a test level winger, that's extremely clear. He has the pace and the power. Seems a bit uncertain in terms of decision making, but that should come.
As a former back three Tom Wright makes me sweat every time he touches the ball off a kick. I have no clue what he might do.
I still stand by Rennie needing to bench players for idiotic penalties. The neck rolls have killed them. Cost a try and a yellow card. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Having Tupou/Skeleton/Samu on the bench hasn't done anything to help their attack, but they have looked more clinical at the lineout, so hard to take took much issue.
Physically Mark N (Nawaqanitawase) is a test level winger, that's extremely clear. He has the pace and the power. Seems a bit uncertain in terms of decision making, but that should come.
As a former back three Tom Wright makes me sweat every time he touches the ball off a kick. I have no clue what he might do.
dru
Tim Horan (67)
Then surely it's because of injury to our starting hooker?
dru
Tim Horan (67)
OK half time against the world #1 and we are down by 3. That is a hell of lot better than I was thinking. We are doing much better in the rucks, though the Irish are sublime. The whole neck roll thing certainly is an enhanced risk with the way the ruck was being given flexibility at the start, but little excuse to go 4 penalties including a card.
White is accurate and thinking, even doing some great darting - but his delivery seems to be slowed to me.
1 x try + 1 x penalty costing 8 point differential simply due to Porecki. And now who knows what points penalty from Fa'ainga.
Back line skedaddled by the injury to Paisami. I'm really liking the effort and class from Nawaqanitawase and Ikitau - Petaia also. Who is playing in-center?
Hooper looks like he's regaining his form. Foley is fine.
White is accurate and thinking, even doing some great darting - but his delivery seems to be slowed to me.
1 x try + 1 x penalty costing 8 point differential simply due to Porecki. And now who knows what points penalty from Fa'ainga.
Back line skedaddled by the injury to Paisami. I'm really liking the effort and class from Nawaqanitawase and Ikitau - Petaia also. Who is playing in-center?
Hooper looks like he's regaining his form. Foley is fine.
Rugby Head
Watty Friend (18)
Mark N (Nawaqanitawase) has been awesome, love a winger looking for work
molman
Peter Johnson (47)
A real arm wrestle of a game. Wallabies will be happy with how much field possession and placement they seem to be controlling, Irish barely seemed to be down in our 22 for much of the game, but they are starting to look a little bereft of ideas on how to manipulate this Irish line, which to my eye looks to be pushing the offside a little at times. The breakdown is a bit of a mess. Wallabies look to be imposing a physical aspect, but are a little lacking in how to do it with finesse. The Irish on the otherhand are smarter at pushing the line and playing to the ref. They're all over the ball slowing things down.
I've got to wonder how well communicated this laser focus on the kneck roll was prior to the game. If it was, then this is a poor showing by the boys. That Fainga'a yellow was beyond stupid.
I've got to wonder how well communicated this laser focus on the kneck roll was prior to the game. If it was, then this is a poor showing by the boys. That Fainga'a yellow was beyond stupid.
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