Wallabies v Italy

[Harv]

Same nonsense. Not being direct. Not going forward before going wide. Forcing the pass. Crap kicking. Losing lineouts. Italy deserve to be a try or two up. Just awful and depressing.

 

[gel]

Actually the "not straight" throws were set as the standard earlier - it's a bit harsh to start calling them now

 

[duckbill]

20 minutes down and the wobblies have done nothing, Italy have had 2 tries disallowed, one of which was 100% fine - Forza Azzurri!!!

 

[southsider]

Italy robbed with that try - offside my hairy arse.

I took it as a bit of karma for the Italian off the field who caught the kick into touch that AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) was trying to get to

 

[Slim 293]

This whole passing the ball to the player who is already swamped by defenders is an interesting tactic............

Let’s see if it eventually pays off.

 

[Slim 293]

I took it as a bit of karma for the Italian off the field who caught the kick into touch that AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) was trying to get to

Yeah, I don’t know how they wasn’t a penalty?

 

[southsider]

This whole passing the ball to the player who is already swamped by defenders is an interesting tactic....

Let’s see if it eventually pays off.

Not only that but the pods are so deep, there’s been a few decent runs by Tupou and Rodda where they’ve made quality metres but they are so far behind the advantage line at the get go that it’s uselss

Also foley is butchering our chances out wide, there’s holes everywhere and he just can’t pick the right option

 

[Italophile]

Kerevi MOTM.

 

[D-Box]

Has Ashley-Cooper managed to pass the ball in the movements leading up to each try?

How many years did Australian coaches try to get him to do that?

 

[Hawko]

For someone who supposedly never passes, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) has passed to make two tries so far.

 

[southsider]

For someone who supposedly never passes, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) has passed to make two tries so far.

All he has to do now is do that another 5632 times and he’d have made up for all the bombed try’s and linebreak assists when he should’ve passed but didn’t

 

[D-Box]

If the Italian halfback didn't get a try we should not have got that one.

 

[D-Box]

Can Foley look where he is passing - not at the guy about to hit him

 

[duckbill]

"typical rubbish Foley no look pass" - at last Italy get a try

 

[Italophile]

Kick it away, kick it away, kick it away.

 

[Italophile]

That defines a flattering scoreline.

 

[Slim 293]

Yep, not sure why I wasted all that time watching the Wallabies when I could've watched the first half of Eng v Japan............

 

[Brumby Jack]

26-7 looks OK but it was very hard slog for the Wallabies until 30 mins in.

I think Foley looks way out of sorts at the moment and needs a rest. Poor passing and poor kicking and looked like a passenger at 12 with To'omua running things at 10. Folau was also below his best and the persistence of trying to push a pass when going to ground needs addressing. In a game where the Wallabies weren't really going anyway, pushing passes isn't the way to go.

Some forwards had a good game - Rodda when Sio was off was immense. Pocock was doing Pocock things before going off with a stinger. Hooper was good around the park.

In the backs AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) played pretty well for his first Test in 2 years and was instrumental in the 2 tries for Koroibete, who also had a pretty good game after coming into the side late in the week.

Oh, and here's Tupou's offload before his try..

 

[Strewthcobber]

@theblitzdefence: Controversy in Italy as Gauzere disallows an Italian try for offside. https://t.co/w7zy3l2R9Q

Tweet has video of the disallowed try.

The half is beyond the 15m before the lineout is over and doesn't return inside so it's the correct call.

One of those laws routinely ignored by refs.

 

[Sully]

I called the 15 live but wasn't so sure on seeing the replay. Was he definitely offside?