Wallabies v Lions Game 2 MCG 26 July

[Linerunner2023]

Correction, in the first half.

And for the first 34 min

 

[Goosestep]

Where are they? What have they won?

They beat us

 

[rugbyAU]

Scotland lost against the United States in 2018 and look at where they are now. We will be fine mate

Scotland have exited in the pool stages in three of the last four world cups, have never finished higher than 3rd in the six nations and haven’t beaten the top 3 sides in NZ, SA or Ireland since then, they are 8th in the world rankings (bottom of the Tier 1 sides), so what do you mean look at them now?

 

[stillmissit]

Yeah harsh reality is that it’s going to end up as another failed coach who came into the role with a strong CV

We have to tie this back to some players and Lord Laurie must go. The Lions appeared to know how to work this ref, Itoje was in his ear after every decision.

 

[Tex]

Would've loved us not to have to be defending our try line at the death then begging for a technical penalty like a bunch of mendicant cowards, but that's the breaks.

It's not the biggest Wallaby heartbreak I've watched in Melbourne (cc Bledisloe 2022) so I'll focus on the excellence of the event.

10/10 for all involved. Full house and walked in and out of the ground without pause, easy food and drink, great vibe and and excellent game of footy.

Derpus and the deathriders of Australian rugby can have a sleep and reconsider.

Love this sport, love Lions tours, naysayers can get fucked.

 

[duckbill]

Another great game ruined by a refereeing decision....

I don't know what else to say

 

[Major Tom]

The annoying thing is it really seems to only be the wallabies that get done like this. Remember the French ref calling us for time wasting in the bledisloe.
Also, how the ref let the lions player change boots mid game was actually ridiculous.

 

[Tomthumb]

They beat us

Who hasn’t at this point

 

[Marbig]

Would've loved us not to have to be defending our try line at the death then begging for a technical penalty like a bunch of mendicant cowards, but that's the breaks.

The only cowards are the officials from the historically cowardly nations of Italy, France and New Zealand. The Georgian gets a pass because they’re a scary people.

 

[rugbyAU]

Who hasn’t at this point

Georgia?

 

[The Red Baron]

That’s the saddest thing. The best performance was still another fucking loss

Makes you genuinely wonder if we will ever win anything meaningful again

Why watch and post about it then hey?

 

[BDA]

The finger pointing and negativity on the thread is nauseating. We got a good game. The decision is debatable thats life. 2 years ago the prevailing view was that this series wouldnt be competitive. This kind of performance belies where we are at in the world rankings.

Spare me the sky is falling shit

 

[Tex]

The finger pointing and negativity on the thread is nauseating. We got a good game. The decision is debatable thats life. 2 years ago the prevailing view was that this series wouldnt be competitive. This kind of performance belies where we are at in the world rankings.

Spare me the sky is falling shit

100%

 

[rugbyAU]

The finger pointing and negativity on the thread is nauseating. We got a good game. The decision is debatable thats life. 2 years ago the prevailing view was that this series wouldnt be competitive. This kind of performance belies where we are at in the world rankings.

Spare me the sky is falling shit

Because we’re sick of losing and not closing out games we should win, only scoring 3 points after the 29th minute

the Lions aren’t as good as they’re hyped up to be, they lost at home to an Arg A side who had less than a week together

We’ve heard the positivity many times before after we have a good performance over the years only for us to regress again, in a few weeks from now, we’ll probably be coming off two disappointing performances in SA, and the cycle continues…

How we get into a position where we’re starting Lynagh at ten when this is our biggest series since 2003, in one that RA desperately needs is ridiculous

 

[HooperPocockSmith]

Getting this close to beating the Lions was a pipe dream 18 months ago. I didn’t think we’d get within 30.

 

[notdeadyet]

The Lions were getting stronger and stronger...it was a fair win.

they were and it wasn't

 

[parkfootyenthusiast2]

Was at the test tonight, great game of footy, great crowd, tough, heart breaking result but that’s footy and that’s life.

I’ve long been a proponent of not slow motioning the breakdown because there’s always going to be questionable contact, so whilst I disagreed with the decision, I can live with it.

Very proud of the boys, I think there’s a few errors in bench subs etc but they stood up tonight and came ever so close to the result they deserved.

Onto next week, heads up, there’s brighter days ahead and the game has a pulse here.

 

[Tex]

Fellas, that cleanout happens at 95% of rucks with a jackler competing for the ball. Carlo took a ridiculous dive, sold the penalty and it didn't pay off.

Cracking game, bring on Sydney, then refocus to beat the jaapies 2-0 away and finally win in Aukland.

 

[whitefalcon]

Fellas, that cleanout happens at 95% of rucks with a jackler competing for the ball. Carlo took a ridiculous dive, sold the penalty and it didn't pay off.

Cracking game, bring on Sydney, then refocus to beat the jaapies 2-0 away and finally win in Aukland.

100%

I hate the fact we lost because the series is now done and "the wallabies are shit" but i also see some really good signs there, we just need to tweak a few things

 

[rugbyAU]

i also see some really good signs there, we just need to tweak a few things

There were, but the problem is we've heard this sentiment many times before