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Wallabies v Lions - 3rd Test, Accor Stadium, Saturday 2 August

Th0mo

Herbert Moran (7)
Yeah I am fully aware on the why - just completely crap that both Berry and Gus who are arguably in the top 5 of Refs going around can't Ref an Australian game.
This series was a bit like the ashes when all the best umpires were from England or Australia and we got the leftovers. What's happened to the SA refs? And still not sure how BOK got ranked over Williams.
 

Major Tom

Arch Winning (36)
This series was a bit like the ashes when all the best umpires were from England or Australia and we got the leftovers. What's happened to the SA refs? And still not sure how BOK got ranked over Williams.
Williams, BOK and Doleman just seem to let the breakdown turn into an absolute farce! Much prefer how Gus, Berry and the Georgian bloke officiate the ruck.
 

Dctarget

David Wilson (68)
One (of many) things I enjoyed about this game was that for once we always had the momentum with us. It felt like if the game had an extra 20 minutes, our winning margin would’ve grown. Unlike the Melbourne test where we packed up with 30 to go.

the whole series feels like that too, rare to always be improving and put into good performances in a row.
 

Major Tom

Arch Winning (36)
One (of many) things I enjoyed about this game was that for once we always had the momentum with us. It felt like if the game had an extra 20 minutes, our winning margin would’ve grown. Unlike the Melbourne test where we packed up with 30 to go.

the whole series feels like that too, rare to always be improving and put into good performances in a row.
Another 20mins of the first test and I think we'd go close to winning that. Unfortunately, we left our run too late or just weren't prepped to hit the game running.
 

Dctarget

David Wilson (68)

Nice little refresher of the game from Squidge.

In particular focus on Skelton's impressive and less flashy work in rucks and lineouts. Glad he's here for the RC.

Also nice feature on Sua'ali'i and Jorgensen's surprisingly good defence.
 

noscrumnolife

Darby Loudon (17)
Also nice feature on Sua'ali'i and Jorgensen's surprisingly good defence.
Something people won’t appreciate about JAS - because they either didn’t watch him play League, or sole memory is the Walsh tackle - his defensive potential is sky high. He is obscenely physical and has the ability to replicate and exceed players like Ringrose and Kriel (the best going atm imo) do where they clamp down on the edge of any promising attack from 13.

I watched the kid poleaxe Kikau at age 18, that’s an ability that you don’t leave on the wing. Does he make mistakes? Yes. He’s also still a baby at test level. And at union profesionally in general

for me it’s one of the main reasons to persevere with the JAS Ikitau combo. The defensive potential, especially in a better system, is best in the world in my opinion. However it takes reps together. Worked like a charm in the wet, will only get better.
 

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
Staff member
for me it’s one of the main reasons to persevere with the JAS Ikitau combo. The defensive potential, especially in a better system, is best in the world in my opinion. However it takes reps together. Worked like a charm in the wet, will only get better.

I think it's already our best combination because I'd much prefer Pietsch or Potter on the wing than I would having Paisami at 12.

I'm also not convinced that Paisami and Ikitau would currently be any better than Ikitau and Sua'ali'i if you just looked at the centres in isolation.
 

rugbyAU

Chilla Wilson (44)
I think it's already our best combination because I'd much prefer Pietsch or Potter on the wing than I would having Paisami at 12.

I'm also not convinced that Paisami and Ikitau would currently be any better than Ikitau and Sua'ali'i if you just looked at the centres in isolation.
We've tried Paisami many times - he isn't test quality at 12, on the weekend the Ikitau/JAS combination looked a bit better
 

Backintheolddays

Syd Malcolm (24)
If the weekends backline (ex 9 where we have depth) stays together for a couple of seasons with some form of competitiveness in the forwards they’ll be world class.
 
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