RWC 2015 Semi Final 2 - Australia v Argentina Twickenham, Monday 19 October, 2:45 AEDT

[chasmac]

Is kickoff 3am NSW time?

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[cyclopath]

Prune juice and bran, Dr Cyclo!

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Your moral, and other, fibre is strong.

 

[Pedrolicus]

Just created this for the facebook page.

Wallabies by 11.

Good luck to myself and all others relying on alarms.

 

[chasmac]

I was worried you were gonna get a pressure sore or a DVT if you stayed any longer!

A grape!

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[Hell West & Crooked]

The Wallabies have a double challenge in my opinion - ideally take a firm lead as early as possible into the match, and then try to not allow the remainder of the game to become too sapping - I fear the truth is that the Argies will still be throwing everything at them into the 80th minutes - or worse, we are forced to play catch-up....

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

It's important not to get too cute today. Just throw all the ammunition possible at Argentina and try and win the game convincingly. Let next week take care of itself.

 

[Hell West & Crooked]

At one level I agree - however it is Tournament Rugby, and the whole Rationale of today's match, is earning the right to have a chance of Winning the Final - not just playing the final... It is an imperfect science, with no easy answers... todays match - much like yesterday's could easily have been, can become a pyrrhic victory...

 

[Joe Blow]

Defense, breakdown, set piece.........not necessarily in that order.

The tries will come if we take care of those areas.

 

[Hell West & Crooked]

I might even dare suggest that we should try additionally hard to win This One, as one scenario on the development of International Ruby would suggest that it may be some time before we walk this way again...

 

[dru]

I might even dare suggest that we should try additionally hard to win This One, as one scenario on the development of International Ruby would suggest that it may be some time before we walk this way again.

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[Hell West & Crooked]

... at the moment, we are clearly in the top 4 - and arguably capable of winning it... NZ will probably never be much stronger than they currently are in comparison to the worlds Top 5 - but the South Africans can - and the English and Argentinians certainly will become stronger over the next decade and beyond...
The Irish, Welsh and Japanese are capable of doing the same, even if their rankings don't radically alter... Australia on the other hand, continues to balance its lack of funds against its creaky domestic structure - and competition from more professional rival codes...

 

[Hell West & Crooked]

Not suggesting its all doom and gloom, only that even as we develop, the question remains whether we can keep pace with the improvements internationally... World Cup Semis, Finals and Titles may become increasingly hard for us to come by...

 

[Groucho]

. at the moment, we are clearly in the top 4 - and arguably capable of winning it. NZ will probably never be much stronger than they currently are in comparison to the worlds Top 5 - but the South Africans can - and the English and Argentinians certainly will become stronger over the next decade and beyond.
The Irish, Welsh and Japanese are capable of doing the same, even if their rankings don't radically alter. Australia on the other hand, continues to balance its lack of funds against its creaky domestic structure - and competition from more professional rival codes.

I think all the nations face similar (or greater) challenges.

Ours are relatively easily corrected. There's no rule that says our structures have to be creaky, or that rugby has to be less professional than other sports. Those are choices.

Europe's problems with clubs are far more deeply rooted. South Africa's rugby is deeply intertwined with activist domestic politics. Argentina's economy won't support professional teams. Those are really hard problems to solve.

 

[jollyswagman]

Prune juice and bran, Dr Cyclo!

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.....and there is this little piece of miraculous engineering.

 

[Hell West & Crooked]

Right... 40 minutes to go - Best To Ban All Mention of The Darkness, until Full-Time and the Job is done.... If we get it done.

 

[Cardiffblue]

Hope Folau is really fully fit.

 

[Hell West & Crooked]

It is time for Israel to step forward and begin to show the kind of form that identifies him as one of the World's best - A Total Class Act, I don't want him to leave this World Cup, wondering....

 

[Marcelo]

Go the mighty Wallabies!!!

Hope Folau is really fully fit.

I'm more worried about Poey, I hope he's at least at 80%

 

[Pedrolicus]

Hope Folau is really fully fit.

It's probably more a case of the lignocaine being well placed.

 

[Marcelo]

Kuridrani and Folau should play at their best level. They still didn't in this WC. We need strong ball carriers today