RWC: AUS v URU (Villa Park, Birmingham): POOL A; 9pm (AEST) Sunday 27 September

[ACR]

Quade Cooper

3 try assists
1 line break
2 line break assist
5 tackle busts
7 runs for 70m

(against Uruguay)

Shit kicking performance though..

Which would you prefer against Wales/England?

 

[Slim 293]

Both Speight and Mitchell had poor starts, but both have been good this half.........

 

[Ash]

Cooper may replace To'omua on the bench, he's shown what Foley lacks around the field - mainly vision and creativity.

Phipps has been very good and will be putting Genia under lots of pressure.

Mitchell and Tomane were very disappointing early but improved as the game went on. Same goes for Speight too.

McCalman had been good but had a few small errors. I think McCalman will be ahead of McMahon on the bench at this stage.

 

[the plastic paddy]

Sorry, 2011...... both horrible memories.

Can't agree I am afraid.

 

[maxdacat]

Quade converts!

 

[Strewthcobber]

But didn't we have several dominant scrums after he switched sides?

What's happened more recently?

Those scrums close to our line.
He was off balance. Timing way off. Went down a couple of times.

 

[Slim 293]

Cooper may replace To'omua on the bench

Nah, that's not going to happen............

 

[KOB1987]

Yeah I'm with this school of thought. i.e. McCalman for the bench spot

 

[Pfitzy]

smith has played pretty well and scrummed well on both sides

Geez he's not a good loosehead though. Head well outside, no drive against the THP.

 

[ChargerWA]

So how many points did we leave out there from kicking?

6 missed, so 12 points.

 

[Ash]

Which would you prefer against Wales/England?

Do you think that Foley is a Test level flyhalf though? Great running and support, goal kicking back on song, but the rest of his game isn't up to scratch at the moment. Lack of vision and ability to control / organise a backline at Test level really worry me.

Foley will get the nod without a doubt, but there's no confidence in either of them at 10 right now.

 

[ChargerWA]

Poor Uruguay, what a bastard of a pool to be drawn in.

 

[galumay]

Biggest score and biggest margin in the RWC so far.


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[TOCC]

Drew Mitchell had a poor first half, his second half was much better, showed why he was selected.

KB (Kurtley Beale) put in a solid performance at fullback but was never really tested under the highball or for positioning.

Quade had a good game at 5/8 bar his kicking.

To'omua and Speight were underwhelming in the centres.

McMahon and McCalman were both good, Palu was average for the time he was on.



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[ChargerWA]

We should almost have to declare Shaun McMahon before games under the secret weapon rule. Everyone forgets him because he's behind Pooper, but it must be a shock to the opposition when he does what he does.

 

[scaraby]

Good to see you guys during a World Cup are still crapping on about Tahs v Reds ......if I'm Wales or England I don't want Quaide on the field either....makes mistakes .....but we've scored 11 tries this evening.. First game back for a while....start with Foley ok but I'd hate to mark up on Quaide.....I'm wondering after watching that whether it's QC (Quade Cooper) or the guys outside him. Seems to me that Beale new where to be?

 

[Pfitzy]

Poor Uruguay, what a bastard of a pool to be drawn in.

With 27 amateurs in their squad, they're unlikely to get a decent run anywhere, though in 2003 I saw them beat Georgia.

 

[ChargerWA]

The one who took a step back in my mind was To'omua. He's just not showing anything, and against a minnow.

 

[A mutterer]

Cooper may replace To'omua on the bench, he's shown what Foley lacks around the field - mainly vision and creativity.

Phipps has been very good and will be putting Genia under lots of pressure.

Mitchell and Tomane were very disappointing early but improved as the game went on. Same goes for Speight too.

McCalman had been good but had a few small errors. I think McCalman will be ahead of McMahon on the bench at this stage.

Seriously? He had a good 10 mins.

Both of the Macs were among best on field, bracketing Beale

 

[Groucho]

So how many points did we leave out there from kicking?

6 missed, so 12 points.

We wouldn't be picking Quade for his kicking. We'd be picking him for his playmaking. Giteau can kick fine. I'd be picking Cooper, on the balance of all the intangibles. But I'd also be picking Phipps.