Australia v England: Match III, SCG, Sat 16th July 7.55pm AEST

[tragic]

I wish we were just outplayed by a better team.

So just rinse and repeat the last 15yrs then? How’s that worked for you?

 

[Tomikin]

I know Nicks a Brumbie, but the person involved with that comment isn't and is very rude, in a lot of his posts, and I don't take that shit from anyone. conversation over thank you for your input.

What's you telling at a Force fan got to do with a player being a Brumby..

You sound young.. well done for your input

 

[Rebel man]

Tupou needs to prove himself as a test player before he starts demanding a kings ransom

 

[Drew]

A thing I noticed across the two games today, the NH teams seemed to pile in on most breakdowns, the SH were still trying to commit less players to their attacking breakdowns and running somewhat set phases. Whether legal or not, our ball was messy, slow, stolen. The more they pile in, the more decisions the refs have to make, the more the defensive teams gets away with. It’s something we will have to address.

 

[Tomikin]

Tupou needs to prove himself as a test player before he starts demanding a kings ransom

His coming off a long lay off, and seems better off the bench, but 7As (Allan Ala'alatoa) was also coming back from injury.

 

[Rebel man]

His coming off a long lay off, and seems better off the bench, but 7As (Allan Ala'alatoa) (Allan Ala'alatoa) was also coming back from injury.

I agree it’s been a less than ideal lead in for him. But if he wants the 7 figures he better show up in the rugby championship

 

[Equalizer]

Tupou needs to prove himself as a test player before he starts demanding a kings ransom

He might still be concussed from being slapped in the face with a tortilla. Plus he might be struggling with the work/life balance as a new dad.

 

[Rebel man]

He might still be concussed from being slapped in the face with a tortilla. Plus he might be struggling with the work/life balance as a new dad.

Yeah cool but if you want 7 figures you can’t be struggling you need to perform. I hope he stays and I rate him as a player but if you want to demand that sort of money you have to stand up and be counted

 

[young gun]

What's you telling at a Force fan got to do with a player being a Brumby..

You sound young.. well done for your input

Well, you have a very well documented history of being a Brumbie fan boy who can't stand any criticism of a Brumbies player. I assumed that your unsolicited comment was because I had the temerity to be critical of Nick, a player I greatly admire, but he made a mistake that was critical. No point glossing over it, it was critical. That was my reading of the situation, but maybe your the peoples elected official that can make these calls.

Interesting comment about the alias thing, is your real name Tomikin? if not, your a hypocrite. I have only one name account on here. In terms of being young, I'm 65, how about Champ - in the Mr Inbetween sense of the word?

 

[Derpus]

Yeah cool but if you want 7 figures you can’t be struggling you need to perform. I hope he stays and I rate him as a player but if you want to demand that sort of money you have to stand up and be counted

He doesn't seem to want it very much. He's so flippant in the way he plays. Loose half assed passes. Hasn't really been dominanting at scrum time the way he can either.

 

[Slim 293]

The White brain explosion trying to run it out of the 22 before half time was the most pivotal point of the game, more so than the 2 potential bombed try’s

Damn these 40 min test matches...

 

[Wallaby Man]

Damn these 40 min test matches...

Yes because one moment can’t single handedly change the dynamic of a game.

It’s alright if a player from a team you support has a bad moment. Doesn’t mean they are a bad player

 

[Slim 293]

I'm just going to skip through all of the x players from y team and should be dropped/that one decision cost us the match/shiggins referee rant and just say...

Experience and execution essentially cost us the match - plenty of opportunities to win that game bust just lost their heads when it mattered...

Good series nonetheless, congrats England.

 

[Slim 293]

Yes because one moment can’t single handedly change the dynamic of a game.

It’s alright if a player from a team you support has a bad moment. Doesn’t mean they are a bad player

I'm sure that among the various errors that cost us that match, the one that occurred in the first half in a tight scoring contest wasn't the most pivotal moment of the game..

 

[Rebel man]

Johnny Hill holds Kerevi back denying him the opportunity to defend when the cross the first time. The phase before the ball is held up in goal. Yes they had penalty advantage but they simply can’t play on.

Then there is the LCD knock on leading to the Marcus Smith try. That’s 12 points right there

 

[Derpus]

Have a feeling someone told the TMO to butt the fuck out which I'm cool with.

 

[Equalizer]

The most pivotal moment of the match was when the clock expired and we were down 4 points. Hard to come back from that miscalculation.

 

[Rebel man]

Have a feeling someone told the TMO to butt the fuck out which I'm cool with.

You can’t make that change mid series. Same as the Ireland NZ game. World Rugby is a joke. Soon they will have what they want the game dead outside of Europe

 

[Hawko]

After watching Ireland beat New Zealand it is entirely obvious that either team would have beaten both Australia and England by a wide margin. From what I saw of France in the 6N they would beat us and England too. SA I haven't seen this winter but they are currently 1-1 against Wales and I suspect that they are not what they were. So, before the Rugby Championship which may change everything, I reckon that tier one is France, Ireland and New Zealand with not a lot between them. On most days they will beat every other team on the table'

Tier 2 is South Africa, England, Australia and Wales with all four close together. With these four teams the quality of the refereeing when they play each other probably decides the outcome. Australia and South Africa have the potential to reach tier 1 if they raise their game. Hard to see England and Wales do that with their current game style, because you don't beat a tier 1 side by kicking every ball and infringing at every opportunity in the breakdown.

Watching Ireland vs New Zealand tonight was uplifting - there was some great rugby played by both teams. Watching Australia vs England was frustrating to the nth degree. One team didn't want to play rugby, the other didn't have enough skilled players to take advantage of that. Still, we learnt a lot from that game; some things we just didn't want to know.

 

[Derpus]

After watching Ireland beat New Zealand it is entirely obvious that either team would have beaten both Australia and England by a wide margin. From what I saw of France in the 6N they would beat us and England too. SA I haven't seen this winter but they are currently 1-1 against Wales and I suspect that they are not what they were. So, before the Rugby Championship which may change everything, I reckon that tier one is France, Ireland and New Zealand with not a lot between them. On most days they will beat every other team on the table'

Tier 2 is South Africa, England, Australia and Wales with all four close together. With these four teams the quality of the refereeing when they play each other probably decides the outcome. Australia and South Africa have the potential to reach tier 1 if they raise their game. Hard to see England and Wales do that with their current game style, because you don't beat a tier 1 side by kicking every ball and infringing at every opportunity in the breakdown.

Watching Ireland vs New Zealand tonight was uplifting - there was some great rugby played by both teams. Watching Australia vs England was frustrating to the nth degree. One team didn't want to play rugby, the other didn't have enough skilled players to take advantage of that. Still, we learnt a lot from that game; some things we just didn't want to know.

England will come good for the World Cup i suspect. They were missing some huge players and they did away with us at home relatively easily in the end.