Wallabies v Lions Game 2 MCG 26 July

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Bomb adjacent is one of the sparklers my son gets on his birthday cake.

I'm gunna hit the forum with an unpopular opinion but Tizzano off the bench is not the same Tizzano who brained it for the Force this season.

I rate him, but I think he needs to be playing 'his game' if that makes sense and I'm not sure that works in tandem with McReight. In the same vein if they pull him for McReight with 10mins to go, he doesn't have enough time to play his game.

We just shrink our pack if both are playing and it's likely Skelton has come off by then also. I'd much rather play a smaller pack late in a game over a big one.

 

[rugbyAU]

Replace Gleeson with LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) and I’d be happy

Replace Williams with him instead

 

[Dctarget]

Sione not dropped, tight hamstring. Real shame he can’t play in front of his real home crowd for once either. Ringrose injured too.

IM FEELING OPTIMISTIC.

 

[parkfootyenthusiast2]

Fixed it for you... lineouts are overrated, crash balls 1m out from the ruck are not.

Replace Williams with LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) and I’d be happy

 

[dru]

Barely a hand grenade.

Joe loves Frost. I worry about this idea of holding Bell back and taking the sting from the game. Wallabies were lucky to not be way behind by the time he got on. Could of easily been 17/0 and then who knows where the Wallabies would have gone from there.

HAnd grenade it is, lol!

 

[Wilson]

Not necessarily the team I would've named, but I don't hate it and I am very happy to see some consistency for once.

The Lions being forced to split their centre pairings is a very good thing for us too.

 

[LeCheese]

Scored last minute freebies so flying down for this one (definitely nothing free about that). Not confident nor optimistic, but can't wait to experience the atmosphere again.

 

[Dctarget]

Not necessarily the team I would've named, but I don't hate it and I am very happy to see some consistency for once.

The Lions being forced to split their centre pairings is a very good thing for us too.

And losing McCarthy too. Hopefully Kinghorn has another ‘mare of a game too.

 

[parkfootyenthusiast2]

nah come on, revival at the ‘G. I’m flying down for this game so make it worth it Melbourne with your miserable weather.

likewise dawg wheres the GAGR pre game?

 

[dru]

Out of interest, who is the second primary jumper (starting)?

 

[Brumby Runner]

Neither, he’s played too little rugby, I’d have Pollard starting

And Faessler on the bench. As you say, Porecki has had too little game time, and it would be a reasonable expectation the Fez would improve after his last outing.

 

[whitefalcon]

Out of interest, who is the second primary jumper (starting)?

I'm guessing Wilson

 

[Brumby Runner]

The Lions will cream us in the halves, and that will be the game.

Head scratchers include Bell on the bench, Porecki in the XXIII, no second primary jumper with Skelton in the team, Hooper missing out in favour of Tizzano who probably won't get to play No 7 at all if McReight stays on for 80, our halves pairing and Potter retaining his spot.

 

[Mr Pilfer]

Out of interest, who is the second primary jumper (starting)?

Skelton and Valetini are just going to launch McReight 20 metres in the air

 

[parkfootyenthusiast2]

The Lions will cream us in the halves, and that will be the game.

Maybe... or maybe Gordon and Lynagh will look a lot better with a bit more front foot ball off the back of some big units bending the line

 

[Hogan]

If Jack Deb didn't have a consistent howler play in him he'd be undeniable with his boot. The problem he has is with every 60m kick comes an attempted cut out to no one that skips over the sideline. Nobody has been able to eliminate that from his game.

He can’t run out of sight on a dark night. Too slow and inconsistent.

 

[Tomthumb]

Thrilled to have both of Eddie Jones World Cup captains back in the run-on team

There are question marks but certainly a better team than game 1. Biggest Wallabies test in forever, they simply can’t let next week be a dead rubber

 

[Joe Blow]

I think Salakaia-Loto's exclusion is entirely on the basis that he he's considered the third best tight head lock.

We've got Skelton and Williams there and Frost and Canham as loose head locks.

Clearly we can argue whether the pecking order shifts because one of our tight head locks can potentially shift to the other side and beat out Frost there. In the first test we lacked grunt on either side so it was especially noticeable.

It’s a long season ahead. He will be included soon I reckon, along with a few others. Canham is a good young prospect but LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) has shown he is perfectly capable of starting right now. We are going to need some beef against SA.
Attitude is gold.

 

[Derpus]

The Lions will cream us in the halves, and that will be the game.

Head scratchers include Bell on the bench, Porecki in the XXIII, no second primary jumper with Skelton in the team, Hooper missing out in favour of Tizzano who probably won't get to play No 7 at all if McReight stays on for 80, our halves pairing and Potter retaining his spot.

There is no team we can put out that wouldnt have some combination of flaws.

I think this is an improved team and probably pretty close to the best we can field. No excuses now.

 

[Joe Blow]

I'm guessing Wilson

Wilson and Valetini are serviceable. I would have had Hooper in place of Tizzano on the bench. He was very good last week.