Australia v South Africa - Perth - 6 September 2014

[Richo]

To give him credit, it wasn't as bad as the "knock on" call that denied the Argies a try against the All Blacks......

That's a career killer.

Except this is the IRB, so the bloke will be doing the RWC final.

 

[Bakkies' Index Finger]

Phipps and Foley were very poor last night. If White and Beale played as badly as those two did last night, the knives would be out for them on this forum.

Foley's last two starts for the Wallabies have been horrific. Phipps is just simply not up to international level. Poor passing and decision making.

 

[Train Without a Station]

It was Fardy who made that tackle.

Must have shaved his beard off at the line out then

 

[Train Without a Station]

Phipps and Foley were very poor last night. If White and Beale played as badly as those two did last night, the knives would be out for them on this forum.

Foley's last two starts for the Wallabies have been horrific. Phipps is just simply not up to international level. Poor passing and decision making.

He didn't have any passes that were as poor as some of white's. His service was much quicker too.

 

[Train Without a Station]

Tomikin are you referring to the tackle where Simmons was penalised? I'm actually referring to one in the second half.

 

[Ruggo]

I kind of laugh when people assess Palu. I think he is value but he is the sort of player you need to balance the rest of the back row around. He plays a head down, arse up tight forward style of game. Not a bad thing by a long shot but it highlights a good reason to consider a pack dynamic of one rather than a pack of 8 individuals.

 

[Slim 293]

Just to clear things up TWAS..........

I'm not sure which tackle you're referring to but I think Tomikin is referring to the one where Fardy brought down Habana in the first half following his line break...........

Fardy was very industrious last night and improved greatly from his last match....... Was often the first player to the breakdown, made a nuisance of himself and carried well.............

If Higgers is to come in it would have to be at 8...........

 

[Train Without a Station]

Yeah that's the one where Simmo was pinged. In the second half piennaar had a run off the ruck and Simmo mowed him down.

I thought Fardy was pretty well involved especially in the first half. Simmons and him looked to be starting the match strongly, especially on our ball.

 

[KOB1987]

Phipps and Foley were very poor last night. If White and Beale played as badly as those two did last night, the knives would be out for them on this forum.

Foley's last two starts for the Wallabies have been horrific. Phipps is just simply not up to international level. Poor passing and decision making.

a yet to be tried combination is 9. White 10. To'omua 12. Beale

it probably warrants a look at some point even if its subbed on

 

[Train Without a Station]

Nah. We need to make tackles to win games.

 

[KOB1987]

the locks and halves are our primary areas of concern at the moment

 

[Train Without a Station]

That's because they were on the field. If Beale was his defence would be.

 

[KOB1987]

Nah. We need to make tackles to win games.

scoring tries helps too

 

[Train Without a Station]

We better score a fucking shitload if Beale is on for 80 because so will they.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Bloke in front of me said last night that KB (Kurtley Beale)'s gotta play at 12 -- look at the Tahs etc. I said I thought he made a fair point but the fact that he can't tackle is massively concerning when playing in such a high traffic defensive channel.

 

[I like to watch]

a yet to be tried combination is 9. White 10. To'omua 12. Beale

it probably warrants a look at some point even if its subbed on

Why?
I'm a little gob smacked that anyone does not think Phipps was a massive improvement.
His service is soooo much quicker,It frustrates me enormously to watch White hold the ball in the ruck until he is certain that the defensive line is ready for our next phase.
That and the fucking endless shite box kicks.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Perceptions are often different at the ground, but I thought Phipps was a significant improvement in terms of service to the backs. He also didn't box kick, which is massive plus.

 

[Train Without a Station]

Maybe I missed moments but all night Phipps executed fine from what I saw. His passes may have been very inaccurate but they were always in front of the man who was forced to run onto it so we wouldn't know if it's where he was aiming. We actually got forward momentum at times because of it.

Foley wasn't great. But other than kicking which I think was link's tactical error, he wasn't bad either.

 

[Slim 293]

I'm not sure why there's still calls to start Beale when he plays his best every time at the end of the game off the bench?

It seems pretty clear that's where makes the most impact..........

 

[Train Without a Station]

Or any