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Other forwards obviously had more involvement in D rucks: Slipper & Fianga'a - 9; Kepu & McCalman - 8; Carter - 7; Simmons - 5. There's a lot more becoming obvious (especially re timing of engagement and impact) but I'll wait until after the England game.

There is no doubt that the Wallabies are missing Fardy on the Spring Tour. Fardy, after a poor series against France, had a good/very good 2nd half to the Rugby Championship. Against the Boks in Cape Town he made as many rucks as Hooper but had more impact. Against Argentina, Fardy had the...

Wallabies did well in the 1st half in coming back to evens from 17 points down. Ireland's discipline in defence very impressive. Wallabies had 63% possession and territory in 2nd half and couldn't make any headway. Thought they looked like a rudderless ship in a running tide. Ruck data: +...

If this become reality then it indicates that Cheika is more concerned about our lineout than the breakdown. This will continue the trend from the last 2 Tests when, for considerable periods, the Wallabies actively avoided defensive rucks. It was ugly last week watching us get mangled at the...

I think that this is trying to read too much into what's a very simple system. I doubt if there is a conspiracy or co-ordinated strategy. Feedback on this site is proof that rugby fans generally agree upon very little. I'm not a big fan of this system because there appears to be no consistent...

Attached is a breakdown of ruck involvement by Wallaby Forwards (and their replacements) broken down for each 10 minutes of the game. The red numbers highlight where players seem to be working harder than the average. The blue numbers when they have been involved lower than average (taking more...

Front Row: W 345kg - F 323kg (+22kg) 2nd Row: W 232kg - F 234kg Back Row: W 304kg - F 327kg (-23kg) TOTAL: W 881kg - F 884kg Very even Pack weights. Wallabies win out on experience. Forwards' Test Caps: W Av 41 - F Av 30 France appears to have extra jumper - Le Roux. Wallabies Team av 36...

McMahon the luckiest bloke in the squad after last week's showing.

I'm struggling to see the attraction of Higginbotham at Test level. In 2014 he has started twice and come off the bench 5 times. In both starts he's been subbed at 60 minutes. Up until that time his average contribution has been: 6 runs for 14 m, ~2 Defenders Beaten, 4 tackles, ~2 Lineouts...

Relax Muglair...I've got some time on my hands at the moment. ;) I wanted to see, for myself, what changes Cheika had made without just listening to the rubbish dished out by Fox Rugby (whose commentators I rate very lowly!) and weren't obvious from first viewing. At least Georgina Robinson...

This was the first Test under new coach Cheika. One feature that was obvious was his expectation of involvement by the Forward Pack - especially over their planned game time. There appears to rest periods and periods when the tight 5 are expected to step up. I don't think that this just...

I've given up trying to understand or rationalise the GAGR Ranking System as it makes absolutely no sense to me nor does it reflect the contributions of players in any particular match. But it does create a lot of interesting discussion. I also fail to understand how McCalman who was one the...

Ah yes the intentional error. Chris was subbed at 76 mins. Thnx. Like his work rate in defence - great for a small bloke and would like to see him get more of the ball in attack.

By my count McCalman made 32 rucks with early engagement (1st or 2nd) for 23 of these (72%) and made an impact (active engagement, strong physical contact, changed shape of ruck, clean-out, etc. - more than hand on someone's bum or playing statues.) for 20 of them (63%). His impact rate was...

Ruck involvement for full game: Starters Forwards + Hooper (83mins) made 46 rucks, 29 early (63%) and 17 with impact (37%). + McMahon (70 mins) made 33 rucks, 30 early (91%) and 20 with impact (61%). + Slipper (73 mins) made 33 rucks, 26 early (79%), and 18 with impact (55%). + McCalman (80...

I've commented that Hooper needed to be subbed on a number of occasions because he looked "spent" after ~65 minutes and was having little impact on the game. BUT in the game against Wales he really lifted in the last 13 minutes. In the last 13 minutes: + Hooper laid on 6 of his 17 tackles...

The ESPN Stats show that in his 18 minutes, Higgers had 2 runs for 16m, 1 Linout, ONE TACKLE. He also made only 5 rucks. I suggest that we need a higher work rate from our Test No 6. His stats have been similar for all Tests this year. Just not enough! Far from being invisible Hodgson...

ESPN's tackle stats state that he had only 6 tackles in his 65 minutes. 3rd highest Wallaby for ruck engagements (36) behind Horwill (50)< Hodgson (39) and just in front of McCalman (31).

Perhaps more than just 6 tackles in 65 minutes of rugby??? McMahon had a cracking Test debut and in his 65 minutes had the 3rd highest ruck involvement for the Wallabies (36); behind Horwill (50) and Hodgson (39) and just ahead of McCalman (31). However, his speed of engagement needs to...

Apologies TWaS, I meant to refer to Hodgson's efforts in his 20 minutes against the ABs in Bled3. Thanks for your hint but I've never considered myself a "champ". Dctarget raised the query. I assumed that he was promoting some discussion. Take it "with a massive grain of salt" if you need to...