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Re Spiro Zavos article (and he often gets it wrong for mine), there's no doubting the Wallabies need to take it to the next level and concentrate on THEIR game but there's also no doubting Peyper had an absolute shocker and needs to concentrate on HIS. There was much left out of Spiro's take...

Wow. You must have been so proud of the way YOU played.

There was no crawling he simply rolled over and placed the ball on the line. Try. Anyway, I'm over it. We lost. Just can't handle it when Kiwis try to defend the indefensible such as blatantly obvious, crucial mistake by the Ref.

What bullshit! He is allowed to place the ball after being tackled which he did when he scored the try. In Rugby you're allowed that movement by law (we're not talking mungo rules here thought you know that).

When the Refereeing is as clearly substandard as that was, I'd expect nothing less than the National Coach to say something about it. Unlike other matches, there was no definite AB upperhand in that last match only poor Ref decisions the took away what was for the most part clear Wallaby...

Old argument no doubt and maybe it's a numbers thing - but It's definitely time we make an effort to introduce a third tier 'ITM Cup' type arrangement. Nothing between Club Rugby and Super and it's not enough, the step between those two is way too big - Club Rugby is crucial but there's simply...

Unless you're being facetious, that's a completely dumb arse thing to say.

I just completely disagree. Any team suffers when momentum is killed even the AB's. If the Refereeing had been right we could have won that game. There was nothing special about the AB's tonight accept their 16th player.

Let go of Powerpoint mate, just let it go.

Huh?

Utter fucking bullshit. Get a real Ref and it's completely different game. The Wallabies forwards had the AB forwards scrambling all night only to have the poorest of Refereeing decisions kill momentum.

Fucking refereeing debacle. Well done to the Wallabies. Across the park they had the mongrel that deserved a winning scoreline. Forwards were better than the AB's despite the scoreboard. To'omua fully stepped up. JOC (James O'Connor) played with real hunger. And for mine, Mogg was far more composed. Fast...

My point is that regardless of position, balls skills and awareness have to be the utmost importance at Test level. I reckon we're suffering at this a bit presently. If backs are expected to act like forwards at the breakdown (in lieu of forwards not being present), then likewise when forwards...

I saw Reid. The dude's intensity and skill was applied the other night and it hurt, some of his offloads and breakdown play is quite formidable, the same however, cannot be said of Simmons. If you dispute that you're just being parochial.

So it's ok to have shit balls skills then? "Sorry man, dropped that one, and the one before and yep, I threw an intercept too but hey bud - I'm just a second rower" Every player at Test level should have the highest of ball skills or they shouldn't be there - full stop and regardless of how...

Stereotypes? Who the hell is talking about stereotypes?! Simmons effort doesn't make up for lazy arse balls skills. Compare his skills and physicality to that of Reid for the All Blacks and it's embarrassing. Hugh Pyle has the physicality that Simmons lacks. QC (Quade Cooper) is so overrated it's...

Well I've made it clear on here earlier that I'd have Factcat over Slipper any day. Hugh Pyle over Simmons by a long shot. Have QC (Quade Cooper) only delivering oranges at an Under 7's game a few blocks away (ok ok maybe on the bench pending an injury). And bring in Speight - a hard, good line running...

My point is simply that there was a lot of talk that Ewen McKenzie was going deliver the AB's head on a stick - and do everything that Deans apparently couldn't do which has now been confirmed to be just crap. BUT yes it's early days - I'm just not a fan of some of his selections either.

Hmm. Turns out that Ewen McKenzie is not the messiah many were expecting to steer the Wallabies to win. No surprises for me there. Makes the inroads Deans had been making appear a lot clearer - just having a fellow Aussie as your coach means fuck all. Early days, yes, but a lot more has to...