Despite the scoreline there were some mixed performances on the weekend. Here then are are my Wallabies player ratings against Uruguay. How do they tie up with yours?
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1. Scott Sio
Was part of a dominant scrum, made all his 10 tackles and got a clean pilfer. 6[/one_third][one_third last=”no”]
2. Tatafu Polota-Nau
Looked like a hooker who knew he had to play for the full 80, made 9 tackles and missed one, threw a few crooked lineouts 5[/one_third][one_third last=”yes”]
3. Toby Smith
Scrummed well at tight-head, but when he went to LHP the scrum wasn´t that dominant anymore, added nothing in the loose. 4[/one_third][one_third last=”no”]
4. Dean Mumm
Stole 4 and took 4 lineouts on our own ball, the scrum was good with him in 2nd row and took his try well. 7[/one_third][one_third last=”no”]
5. Will Skelton
The scrum went fine while he was on, but only 25 meters of 7 carries, zero offloads and on warning for a high shot is not a good performace against Uruguay. 3[/one_third][one_third last=”yes”]
6. Ben McCalman
Busy afternoon for Big Dog, won a few TOs, made 8 tackles and got himself a brace for reward. 7[/one_third][one_third last=”no”]
7. Sean McMahon
A freak by nature, made a team high 13 tackles, scored a brace, was chasing kicks, ran 67 meters with the ball mostly through contact, will he get a bench spot for England? GAGR MoM 8[/one_third][one_third last=”no”]
8. Wycliffe Palu
He just is not up to it anymore, 7 tackles for a half of rugby and no carries is no standard for a test number 8. Propably the last we saw him in gold.3[/one_third][one_third last=”yes”]
9. Nick Phipps
I didn´t see any howlers, but then he wasn´t going 30 paces all over the place, set up Mumms try very nicely 6[/one_third][one_third last=”no”]
10. Quade Cooper
Well that was a two sided coin from Quade, some touches of brilliance and then a stupid YC and 6 missed place kicks, if we add everything together it was just an average performance. 5[/one_third][one_third last=”no”]
11. Drew Mitchell
Started very nervously with bad handling, but went better as the game got older, same as Quade, points deduction for errors. 6[/one_third][one_third last=”yes”]
12. Matt Toomua
Did not really push his selection with that performance, still overall solid. 6[/one_third][one_third last=”no”]
13. Henry Speight
Playing out of position, still racked up nice stats with 105 meters from 12 carries and a solid 10 tackles, point deduction for bad handling and throwing an intercept. 6[/one_third][one_third last=”no”]
14. Joe Tomane
A solid performance, put in a nice chip behind the Uruguay back filed defence too. 6[/one_third][one_third last=”yes”]
15. Kurtley Beale
Good in attack, should have backed himself from the quick lineout instead of throwing a 50/50 infield. Defence still a big concern with 2 tackles out of 5 7[/one_third]
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
