Wallabies v Japan, Oita - 23 October, 3:45pm AEDT

[whitefalcon]

Why would Paisami have put in that grubber?

yeah its a part of his game he needs to stop.

 

[Scooter]

Great to see Victorian Rob Leota score his first try for the Wallabies.

 

[swingpass]

Why would Paisami have put in that grubber?

Called by others ?

 

[kiap]

Could see that intercept coming all game...

 

[Tomikin]

yeah its a part of his game he needs to stop.

His won a few games with it..

 

[Derpus]

Fuck sake Rennie. Tell them to cut out the fucking cut outs.

 

[kiap]

Aussies getting a lot of caps today

 

[Tomikin]

Nice scrum Japan

 

[Derpus]

Gotta be worst performance of the year.

 

[swingpass]

Newcastle Scotland comes to mind

 

[kiap]

Good to see Tate on

 

[Ignoto]

I don't get this game plan. We're so deep that we get the ball 20 metres behind the gain line.

I haven't seen an inside ball since the first 30 minutes. Seemed to be working well then?

 

[Tomikin]

Well done McInerney... Throw straight. Maul Straight.. Try time

 

[Tomikin]

Well we took the high ball well but no pressure on it.. wins a wins a win.. glad for the match before Scotland..

 

[TSR]

Thank God for that.

Not many players have been good for the whole 80.

Valetini & Rodda probably the only ones.

Edit: 5 in a row though and it’s been a long time since we’ve done that so still have to be happy with that.

 

[kiap]

Well done McInerney... Throw straight. Maul Straight.. Try time

Met the requirements. I like that.

 

[Derpus]

Japan are definitely on the way up. High time they come into the championship if they want it.

We played pretty average I thought. No stand outs.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Fairly shit from Aus. Were never really in the ascendancy. Still, no shame in it. Japan are no longer really "Japan" Japan. More a frankenmess of limitlessly rich multi-national funding for facilities etc, megabucks world class coaching, meticulous and fanatical attention to detail and shameless Island poaching.

Rodda and Philips presided over a rickety old lineout.

Thought Nic White was way too tentative and conservative. Gave Japan all the time in the world to align defensively.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Missed Samu Kerevi big time. But best game for a while from Jordan Petaia, and played long minutes. Excellent under the high ball.

 

[gel]

Vintage Cooper for much of that match.

Just not the right vintage.

A rather bizarre performance tbh; I would have thought the wallabies would take the opportunity to continue with the more disciplined approach.

I guess not.