Australia v England Test 1 Sat. July 2 @1955

[Tomikin]

Thought it was Petaia

Actually could have been Noah and Kellaway ran into each other then either Petaia or Gordon was stood up afterwards...wasn't JOC (James O'Connor)

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Happy to see a gutsy win against the poms from this side of the ditch.
I guess Rennie starting to look a keeper then!?

Only if the strategy is to play with 14 men every match

 

[Jagman]

Well done Santos Wallabies

 

[Drew]

JOC (James O'Connor) replaced Koro at the end according to espn scrum

 

[qwerty51]

Happy to see a gutsy win against the poms from this side of the ditch.
I guess Rennie starting to look a keeper then!?

I maintain his decision to take Leota off for Phillip was wrong. He should've taken Kellaway or Ikitau off immediately for Phillip. The breakdown/ruck work is still pretty bad and the attacking shape looks non-existent at times.

They definitely seem FAR more mentally resilient than previous Wallabies teams however, pre-Rennie we'd get a red card or a shocking call against us (how many Bledisloes did this happen in???) and we completely fall apart and throw in the towel. That's now two wins against good teams with first-half reds.

 

[tragic]

Never thought I would say that this season but to me Noah should start the next test.

Let’s not get too carried away. England only won 2 games in the 6 nations
Quade was a class above Noah last year against better opposition.

 

[Rebel man]

Anyone brave the stream in 4K?

 

[KOB1987]

I can say this here without a spoiler warning as it has nothing to do with any other results.

we just jumped the dodgers on world rugby rankings haha

 

[cyclopath]

I can say this here without a spoiler warning as it has nothing to do with any other results.

we just jumped the dodgers on world rugby rankings haha

I can't remember where we sat? Were we 6th??

 

[dru]

Let’s not get too carried away. England only won 2 games in the 6 nations
Quade was a class above Noah last year against better opposition.

So we should come mid stream in a 6 Nations + Aus? Hell, maybe I've come down in my expectations but that sounds, well OK.

The French #3 were better opposition than the Pommie 1st 15? Serious? Look, I love Quade and I really was crazy apprehensive about his late removal. But hell. If you didn't see a quality 10 in the building with Lolo in that game wen are seriously living in different universes.

 

[dru]

I can say this here without a spoiler warning as it has nothing to do with any other results.

we just jumped the dodgers on world rugby rankings haha

Got to win 2/3 to make it stick.

 

[tragic]

So we should come mid stream in a 6 National + Aus? Hell, maybe I've come down in my expectations but that sounds, well OK.

The French #3 were better opposition than the Pommie 1st 15? Serious? Look, I love Quade and I really was crazy apprehensive about his late removal. But hell. If you didn't see a quality 10 in the building with Lolo in that game wen are seriously living in different universes.

Eng only beat wales and Italy. So not really mid - more lower end.
And I’m not just referring to the wallabies games against the French.

 

[Viking]

Great fight back but i have to say England looked pretty damn shit. I thought Ireland looked real sharp in the first 20mins against the darkness and the intensity in that game looked much higher then this game, especially in the first half. Lots of improving from both teams to do.

Both debutants were very good, as was the bench and replacements. We really didnt get into any sort of shape until the final 20mins though.

 

[RugbyReg]

Actually could have been Noah and Kellaway ran into each other then either Petaia or Gordon was stood up afterwards...wasn't JOC (James O'Connor) (James O'Connor)

It was JOC (James O'Connor).

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

OK

But we ran a man down for how long? We saw how the starting 15 can set up through hard work. And the bench can seriously impact the game. We are doing good.

How long since our last W agin England?

I'll pay this one.

Absolutely, but I kinda wanted to see one of the boys do what Freddie Burns did in the Premiership final and scream at the other lads to focus.

Other than that we were magnificent in the second half.

 

[whitefalcon]

They definitely seem FAR more mentally resilient than previous Wallabies teams however, pre-Rennie we'd get a red card or a shocking call against us (how many Bledisloes did this happen in???) and we completely fall apart and throw in the towel. That's now two wins against good teams with first-half reds.

I agree, and it seems that we are much more set in our game plan. Noah coming on to start, losing banks and the cards and yet we still seemed to know what we were doing.

I'd like to see Kellaway start at 15 next week, I think he may be a better 15 than Petiaia.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Noah take a bow. You came of age tonight lad. That was an excellent performance under all sorts of pressure.

 

[dru]

Eng only beat wales and Italy. So not really mid - more lower end.
And I’m not just referring to the wallabies games against the French.

That's #4 in a 6 team comp. Don't know how you can get more "mid" than that. And that was England, so logically we would be better than that. "Mid" works for me, and tbh I think it works mathematically speaking.

 

[tragic]

I can't remember where we sat? Were we 6th??

Yep
SAF>France>NZ>Ire>Eng>Aus befoye tonight
Still a fair jump to Ireland
Both in points and ability based on both tonight’s games.

 

[BDA]

Great win. Probably shouldnt try to analyse the game too much cause im pretty drunk. Will have to rewatch but i thought noah put in a great shift on short notice. Petaia also rose to the occasion. Lots of blokes played well. On to next week