A terrible game from the Wallabies. The new coach must be tearing his hair out and the forwards coach polishing up the resume.
Any steps forward from the last match can be ignored as more than two steps back were achieved last night:
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James Slipper
Solid enough, good around the park but must take some of the blame for the poor scrum as do all the tight five. 5
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Stephen Moore
Has made a fine career as a third mobile prop but is really struggling to actually hook the ball. 3 [/one_third] [one_third last=”yes”]
Sekope Kepu
Didn’t do enough. Scrum was poor, barely touched the ball. 4 [/one_third]
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Kane Douglas
Played a solid game in the tight. Nothing exceptional. 4 [/one_third] [one_third last=”no”]
Rob Simmons
One of the few to improve from last game. Still not great but deserving of his grading. 5 [/one_third] [one_third last=”yes”]
Scott Fardy
A few good tackles and certainly put in. 6 [/one_third]
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Michael Hooper
Industrious, but just doesn’t have any effect and doesn’t perform his core duties. 4 [/one_third] [one_third last=”no”]
Ben Mowen
I want the Ben Mowen who played for the Brumbies! Where’s he playing now? 4 [/one_third] [one_third last=”yes”]
Will Genia
Did more by trying to do less. Still a long way from the player he was in 2011. Watching Bismark pick up the ball unforgivable. 4 [/one_third]
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Quade Cooper
Defended in the front line. Tried to ignite Australia’s attack behind a well beaten pack and a well organised defence. Made errors late in the game trying to chase points. 6 [/one_third] [one_third last=”no”]
James O’Connor
Defence was better but he is part of our high ball problem and has a pop gun for a kicking boot. 6 [/one_third] [one_third last=”yes”]
Christian Leali’ifano
Some say solid. I think anonymous. Wasn’t a hard running No.12 or a distributing No.12. The time to try someone else is getting closer. 4 [/one_third]
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Adam Ashley-Cooper
A road block. Refuses to set up his outside men. The one time he drew and passed we made 40 metres down the right wing. 2 [/one_third] [one_third last=”no”]
Nick Cummins
Interspersed hard running with terrible handling. You always get his best but the dropped ball cost him. 5 [/one_third] [one_third last=”yes”]
Israel Folau
Did his best but is expected by some to do amazing things to keep us in the match. 6 [/one_third]
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Scott Sio
Just not ready yet. 3 [/one_third] [one_third last=”no”]
Ben Alexander
Still in trouble at scrum time. 3 [/one_third] [one_third last=”yes”]
Ben McCalman
Apparently played 20 minutes. Who’d have thought. 3 [/one_third]
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Liam Gill
Came on with 10 to go but I didn’t see him do much. Game was gone anyway. Unrated [/one_third] [one_third last=”no”]
Nic White
Two minutes. Unrated [/one_third] [one_third last=”yes”]
Jesse Mogg
Splinters. Unrated [/one_third]
G&GR Wallaby Man of the Match:
Look I tried to pick one guy for Man of the Match honours but I just can’t bring myself to give anyone a gold star.
The patented G&GR ratings guide:
10 – A legendary performance to go down in the history books
9 – Outstanding performance: Man of the match shoo-in
8 – Excellent all-round game
7 – Good game with a few sparkles
6 – Solid performance
5 – Average – ho hum
4 – Below par
3 – Had a bad game
2 – Tell your story walking pal
1 – A complete joke
