Confucius Say
Colin Windon (37)
Samu Kerevi talking a lot of sense
Wallabies v Argentina @ CommBank Stadium 7.45pm Sat 15/07
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KOB1987
John Eales (66)
Just them? How’d bobby v go? His hair looked good.
HogansHeros
Dave Cowper (27)
Hodge back in the starting team :/
Marce
John Hipwell (52)
That's right cause this is probably the worst full strenght WBs side I can remember. I saw bad performances in times of Deans, McKenzie, Cheika or Rennie but always missing some key players or injury crisis.
I never see a full strenght WBs side at home playing so pathetic rugby. And this is the full strenght side, no excuses. You are missing Tupou and no more. Maybe Kellaway and that's all. Hooper is not the best openside flanker on form anymore
Thoughts:
- Fire Wright into outer space. "If you don't know me by now, you'll never, never, ever know me." We know you mate.
- Kerevi looked way off the pace, but not surprising given he's been injured. Hope Ikitau is OK.
- They need post match penalties for fake injuries/diving. They do this in NHL hockey and it is warranted.
- Some inexplicable refereeing decisions. The use of the TMO is totally inconsistent.
- I can't imagine the EJ (Eddie Jones) experiment is going to work in the short-term. The team would have performed far better than this under Dave Rennie.
- Discipline is bad, shoveling the ball is bad.
- Despite all of that the individual players didn't look bad for the most part. But as a group they look confused. The good news is that most of the problems are fixable.
- It seems highly improbable that they can fix everything in time for the RWC. There's too much to work on.
- I thought Gordon, Skelton, Quade, Holloway were stand outs, relatively speaking.
- Fire Wright into outer space. "If you don't know me by now, you'll never, never, ever know me." We know you mate.
- Kerevi looked way off the pace, but not surprising given he's been injured. Hope Ikitau is OK.
- They need post match penalties for fake injuries/diving. They do this in NHL hockey and it is warranted.
- Some inexplicable refereeing decisions. The use of the TMO is totally inconsistent.
- I can't imagine the EJ (Eddie Jones) experiment is going to work in the short-term. The team would have performed far better than this under Dave Rennie.
- Discipline is bad, shoveling the ball is bad.
- Despite all of that the individual players didn't look bad for the most part. But as a group they look confused. The good news is that most of the problems are fixable.
- It seems highly improbable that they can fix everything in time for the RWC. There's too much to work on.
- I thought Gordon, Skelton, Quade, Holloway were stand outs, relatively speaking.
Misunderstood fan
Jimmy Flynn (14)
Bell is bloody good players. Bell and Tupou coming back in making the difference. Time to reassess Wright and with Kellaway’s recovery should make the difference. Gordon is a solid defender but best at flyhalf. Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) needs to start.
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
Flook to 13. When’s Petaia available to fuck Wright off?
dillyboy
Colin Windon (37)
Have a feeling though that no matter what Quade did, you'd say he was below par
Other than that high shot (which was borderline) at the end I thought he played well - especially for a 10 who had a major shuffle to his centre pairing 17 mins in.....
molman
Jim Lenehan (48)
I still wonder at where Cooper and Kerevi are both really at in relation to their historic fitness levels.
Koroibete I felt was well below his standard in this game.
That said, they're still quality players. The try they were all involved in. Quade's kicking from the tee was very good. I felt they warmed into the game somewhat.
Marce
John Hipwell (52)
You are a blasphemer. This kid in times of Larkham and Gregan only could carry the bags
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
Genuinely curious to hear your reasoning around Quade and, particularly, Koro?
Most of the errors are fixable, like bad discipline. Also seemed like the offensive systems are not well embedded. That can improve. They looked good at set piece. I thought man for man the players didn't look terrible. Far less than the sum of their parts.
qwerty51
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Well that's what happens when you play Argentina with Saffer refs and TMOs. Got to expect and behave for it.
syndrome
Stan Wickham (3)
Maybe. Certainly should use players who performed well during this Super Rugby season. Too many (old) slow players in the squad based on past reputation. Like to see Corey Toole given an opportunity as speed would be useful. Wright had a shocker. Mark N (Nawaqanitawase) had great moments in attack but his defence leaked.
Dismal Pillock
Michael Lynagh (62)
Waco Jaco letting opposition have a nice lie down at the back of rucks was a bit of a jarring sight after seeing it pinged to death all through soup rugby
Great old ding dong for the neutral. Bit of squeaky bum time for the aussie viewers. Match highlight, Coach Eddie up in the box throwing a headset sook
Great old ding dong for the neutral. Bit of squeaky bum time for the aussie viewers. Match highlight, Coach Eddie up in the box throwing a headset sook
Drew
Bob Davidson (42)
Whatever mate…. Time will tell. I’m looking forward to seeing how he goes in the future. Like Larkham, I enjoy how he plays the game. When Larkham was playing, people said he was no Ella.
Confucius Say
Colin Windon (37)
The best 13 in Australia behind Len is Josh Flook