stillmissit
Peter Johnson (47)
I am not anti this ref as I thought he was just OK. My issue was a couple of times in the first half where their prop had gone down and he reset the scrum.
RWC: Pool C - Wallabies v Fiji - Monday 18 Sep 2am AEST
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Dan54
David Wilson (68)
There is a sensible post. Sometimes the other team is better, and in this case the Fijian's were. You know why I watch rugby? It's because it's a sport, and sometimes in sports a team will play bloody well and deserve to win!
Anyone in any game can pick and choose a moment when a team should of got a penalty, or a player makes a mistake, I find I get a lot more enjoyment out of noticing the skillful moments etc that lead to the results.
Try if fellas it makes game more enjoyable. And I said exactly same when my beloved AB lost to France! Not suggesting we ignore what needs fixing, but or anything but don't look for just reasons for loss, that honestly aren't that accurate.
stillmissit
Peter Johnson (47)
Rubbish, had we played the game I would agree but we rarely got out of 1st gear and when we did we fucked up by penalty, losing in contact or kicking it away. Also, what bright spark thought the drift defence was the way to play Fiji? They needed to be shut down early not allowed to run.
Gutless performance from my POV but not sure if it was the players or the coach, most probably a mix of both.
Bullrush
Geoff Shaw (53)
I thought Australia might have been lucky on those. It looked like Fiji wanted to get a shove on and perhaps Slipper pulled the prop down and was hinging. ('Hinging' used to be a call refs used a lot but I haven't heard it for a long time...is it still a thing??)
But honestly, you could write everything I know about scrums on the back of a folded stamp LOL
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Tomthumb
Peter Fenwicke (45)
You lose the Bledisloe for 20 years straight and then see if you keep this opinion
Bullrush
Geoff Shaw (53)
I actually thought Fiji bottled it a bit in the second half. Kuruvoli going off was a big handbrake for them I felt. They really didn't capitalise on a couple of good moments they had. I think the scoreline could have been worse for the Wallabies.
Bullrush
Geoff Shaw (53)
Took over 20 years for us to win the RWC a second time. That quarter-final loss to France in 2007 was a really hard one to take. 1999 was probably the worst reaction to the ABs losing that I've seen. People were SO ANGRY. I think a number of ABs just stayed in Europe for a while to let things cool down in NZ. I think John Hart got death threats.
rugbyAU
Bob Davidson (42)
Except we played terrible and clearly didn’t want it as much as Fiji and Eddie’s selections are terrible
wamberal99
Jim Clark (26)
So what would your team have been?
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Bit of a stretch but maybe.
rugbyAU
Bob Davidson (42)
Bell, Porecki, Slipper, Frost, Phillip, Leota, Gleeson, Valetini, Fines, Donaldson, Korobiete, Kerevi, Perese, Mark, Kellaway
Highlander35
Steve Williams (59)
lol
wamberal99
Jim Clark (26)
Cannot see any new world beaters. Certainly not Gleeson.
rugbyAU
Bob Davidson (42)
How do you rate Petaia’s impact, having him at 13’s going well right
stillmissit
Peter Johnson (47)
Hinging is a thing but the ref needs to see you hinging prior to bringing him down, I didn't see that I thought Slipper pulled back a bit and the Fiji prop wanted to get a big hit on and was outsmarted.
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
I feel he was fairly consistent with his application of the laws. I didn’t agree with how he reffed the break down, I felt almost every time they were clearly hands on the floor then onto the ball.
I felt thought that the Fijian’s responded to this and played to the whistle where the Wallabies were unable to adjust.
Yeah the lack of scrum penalties early when there loose head kept going to ground did my head in
stillmissit
Peter Johnson (47)
Let's not get into rare air we are what we are and there are few surprises and certainly no great players to pull in. The coach has to wear that result as I have cooled down a bit it is the only sensible thing that I can see. The guys have had weeks together to hone skills and cut down on penalties.
I don't buy Eddie getting the shits, his game plan, for what little I saw of it was the shit that caused it.
I don't buy Eddie getting the shits, his game plan, for what little I saw of it was the shit that caused it.
Tex
Greg Davis (50)
Nah mate, he was getting 1-2 reps out with questionable form. That tells me it's at or near max load.