England v Wallabies, Twickenham, Sun 10th Nov 2:10AEDT / 1:10AEST

[Italophile]

BBC radio commentators love Sua'ali'i.

And bagging Borthwick. Pointing out, quite rightly, that England, when they actually play rugby, via Smith, can be pretty good. Until they revert to Borthwick type with poor, wasteful, defensive box kicking. As per last week.

 

[drewprint]

Yeah Ikitau needs a big shout out too. That centre shift worked well.

 

[Italophile]

Sua'ali'i named MOTM. Not sure about that. Cracking debut but Ikitau had to be in with a shout.

 

[Shiggins]

Sua'ali'i named MOTM. Not sure about that. Cracking debut but Ikitau had to be in with a shout.

100 percent. could of picked Bell, Wright, Lenny. in my opinion all had a bigger impact than Saalii

 

[KentwellCup>ShuteShield]

really thought suaalli insipired the boys tonight.

 

[Yoda]

One word……. OUTSTANDING!
I‘m still in shock….from a ‘lowly’ number 9 in the world! Beating the Pommy favourites at Twickers and a young man debuting for the Wallabies having not played rugby for 5 years…. Gee whiz…. Last play to run the ball and not look for a 50/50 drop goal was great vision.

 

[Shiggins]

I can't sleep.....

 

[Joe Blow]

100 percent. could of picked Bell, Wright, Lenny. in my opinion all had a bigger impact than Saalii

Also Bobby V, McReight and Williams

 

[PhilClinton]

“Can’t believe we are rushing in this kid who hasn’t played rugby”

“Moving Ikitau is a disaster”

Some posters on here can eat a big slice of humble pie and shut their farking mouths.

Great win and I dare say it was the best game Len has played in gold which is a big call because he’s had a great few years.

 

[PhilClinton]

One word……. OUTSTANDING!
I‘m still in shock….from a ‘lowly’ number 9 in the world! Beating the Pommy favourites at Twickers and a young man debuting for the Wallabies having not played rugby for 5 years…. Gee whiz…. Last play to run the ball and not look for a 50/50 drop goal was great vision.

Let’s not undersell Jorg’s pure speed and finish there either.

Bright things ahead with some of the young backs. And I’d argue even more impressive because flyhalf still weak compared to other positions.

 

[KOB1987]

That was incredible! Mods, we might need more numbers than 3-2-1 for the voting.

Pretty sure we have found our centre pairing although JAS will probably end up at 12 once he settles in.

 

[fatprop]

WOW

 

[The Marketing Pigeon]

Any idea on injuries going into next week?
Wilson went off for HIA but looked fine after, bell and pietsch both looked ginger leaving the field

 

[John S]

What.A. Win. Was half expecting poms to roll all over us 20 min in, but we just hit a reset button or something, and to come from 17 points down, and keep scoring to win at the death.

Best game I've watched the Wobs play at Twickenham for a long time.

 

[LeCheese]

You bloody beauty! What a wonderful surprise to wake up to.

Fuck it, let’s go and get the grand slam.

 

[TSR]

That was incredible! Mods, we might need more numbers than 3-2-1 for the voting.

Pretty sure we have found our centre pairing although JAS will probably end up at 12 once he settles in.

I also think we have our lock pairing and our backrow sorted.

 

[eastman]

That was incredible! Mods, we might need more numbers than 3-2-1 for the voting.

Pretty sure we have found our centre pairing although JAS will probably end up at 12 once he settles in.

He doesn’t play like a 12 at all? Plus physically his height will become an issue as a crash ball centre and make him prone to being held- up.

 

[TSR]

What a great game to watch. England played some great rugby but I feel like we ran their forward pack off their feet.

Great performances across the park. A couple of special mentions though -

- Valetini has had some great games in the last couple of years but I don’t think he’s played any better than that.
- Ikitau outstanding at 12. Best he’s played in gold in 12 months.
- Sua'ali'i’i - what a debut. Cracking game.
- I was a bit of a doubter with Williams - but if that is what he keeps putting out, suddenly our locks look right up there (thought Frost continues to improve too)
- Bell - I thought Genge was all over him early but barely sighted after 20 and Bell only got better
- Wilson & McReight both very good too and Faessler industrious

Pick the same 23 next weekend. They’ve absolutely earned it.

Edit - sorry, big oversight. Have to specifically mention Tom Wright. Everything you’d want in a Wallaby fullback. Outstanding game.

 

[Sully]

I don't think we can win games like this without great kicking and great set piece. england and test defence is so fast you could have 5 of the best backs in the world that can't do anything

Well, that aged like milk.

 

[KOB1987]

He doesn’t play like a 12 at all? Plus physically his height will become an issue as a crash ball centre and make him prone to being held- up.

I thought after I wrote that that perhaps leaving them as they are I.e switching in defense might actually be the answer:. the poms were doing the same thing. Wasn’t thinking of him as a crash baller, more an offloading role like SBW