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

[AdelaideRugby84]

8 of 9 World Cups won by SH nations, mate

Do the Saffas really count? Technically yes but their provincial sides play north of the Equator.

 

[Silverado]

So we can blame players when they are incompetent and blame coaches for the same reason but not the ref

Yeah, blame the ref for every loss. We were shit

 

[Marce]

Do the Saffas really count? Technically yes but their provincial sides play north of the Equator.

Since 6 months ago lol

 

[Viking]

Tonight, Wilson proved why Rennie picked and will pick Valetini over him every f*cking day of his life until final judgement

Wilson was pretty bad. Frost was surprisingly great, but strange that he played 80min, was clearly stuffed after 60minutes, should have brought on Leota sooner.

 

[Shiggins]

We need to learn. Don't play rugby. Kick the ball and defend. That's how you win test matches.

 

[molman]

... that was a little frustrating at times, but boy you bunch are a dower lot. There needs to be some perspective on the injuries and depth Rennie and the team have been developing. Players like Frost really stood up tonight. We're no longer bemoaning our hookers not throwing it in straight. Yes, there were errors and some poor decision making at times, but truthfully England was far from clinical as well.

 

[Shiggins]

And that's how Union is losing supporters in Australia. A boring series from a perspective of casual fans and another defeat against Poms

Games dead mate. When a team who just defends and gets away with everything wins what game are we playing ? It's not rugby

 

[Viking]

So we can blame players when they are incompetent and blame coaches for the same reason but not the ref

You can criticize the ref's performance but they aren't the reason we lost. The coaches and players are.

 

[Derpus]

Ah maybe I'm becoming more like Dan54 in my old age but I enjoyed the series and thought it was the best thing for Aus rugby short of a series win. Three genuinely competitive, nail biting games where there's no clear favourite.

SOO buried rugby these last few weeks.

 

[whitefalcon]

Wilson was pretty bad. Frost was surprisingly great, but strange that he played 80min, was clearly stuffed after 60minutes, should have brought on Leota sooner.

I thought frost was one of the best on ground.

I reckon they didn't want to put Leota into the row unless they had too.

 

[Shiggins]

... that was a little frustrating at times, but boy are you bunch a dower lot. There needs to be some perspective on the injuries and depth Rennie and the team have been developing. Players like Frost really stood up tonight. We're no longer bemoaning our hookers not throwing it in straight. Yes, there were errors and some poor decision making at times, but truthfully England was far from clinical as well.

No. If the referee awarded an attacking team the Wallabies win that game by a landslide. Instead they award a defending team who does nothing but in fridge a million times until they win a penalty

 

[The Red Baron]

After neutering a generation of Australian props (and tight five forwards in general), I find it hard to congratulate Eddie Jones on his success with England tonight.

God damn it.

 

[tragic]

Frustrating game. We created more opportunities, looked more dangerous, and had the cattle to win. Just left too many points on the park. And the try against the run of play which required no line break from England killed us.
For the first time in ages I’m quietly confident our time is coming.

 

[dillyboy]

The strategy looked fine it was once again execution that let us down. If only I had a dollar for every "last pass" that we have screwed in the last decade.

Australian rugby love playing a running rugby skilled game, but maybe we simply don't have the skill to execute this game anymore.

This 100%

Too often we force an extra pass that simply isn't on & if we just take the tackle & try again on the next phase we'll likely get across the line!

It's as if they forget there's no tackle country....

 

[Marce]

What a silly mistake by Wilson. That cost the series

The backrow for the next 2 years:

6 Leota
7 Hooper
8 Valetini
20 Samu

Goodbye Harry Wilson

 

[Dctarget]

That shit pass from Tupou to Frost near the try line in the 1st half really hurts.

 

[Shiggins]

Yeah, for that reason 8 of 9 World Cups was won by SH nations lol

Were. If they keep going like this we will see what happens. However south Africa play the NH game

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Damnit, anyone but England and Eddie Fucking Jones. Fuck.

 

[flat_eric]

Australian rugby love playing a running rugby skilled game, but maybe we simply don't have the skill to execute this game anymore.

Unfortunately the reality is we haven't had the skill to execute it for the better part of two decades.

 

[Tomikin]

M

That shit pass from Tupou to Frost near the try line in the 1st half really hurts.

And Hodge tossing a pass over the sideline.