Wallabies v Springboks, Sat 17th August 2024 Perth

[BDA]

Despite the result im not too down on the team...in the end the boks experience off the bench was the difference, which i expected, but we toiled hard and were in the contest. Its all we can ask given we are a team building from scratch against the best team in the world.

Major positives for me were bell and koribete. Both looked great coming back into test rugby and i thought jorgy was strong on debut.

 

[Aussie D]

In case you had your eyes shut, Ala'alatoa was subbed off almost comatose.

Must have been when I was distracted. My daughter was whinging about not being able to watch some movie

 

[Strewthcobber]

Not tackled so no need to release

Balls is out of the maul then so it's just obstruction?

 

[Running_rugby_1954]

Rugby is starting to look like it’s on a suicide mission, strangling itself with so many rules that teams like South Africa are stretching them to the breaking point, making it near impossible for anyone else to compete. The Wallabies play it by the book, which basically means we get penalized for breathing. Meanwhile, the Boks are out there bending the rules like they're made of rubber.

If rugby wants to keep stumbling down this path, fine. But it might be time to admit that small, speedy players have something to offer too, and maybe make some changes—kind of like how rugby league did, to get a few more bodies in the stands.

I love rugby, but that game I just watched was a hot mess.

 

[whitefalcon]

Despite the result im not too down on the team...in the end the boks experience off the bench was the difference, which i expected, but we toiled hard and were in the contest. Its all we can ask given we are a team building from scratch against the best team in the world.

Major positives for me were bell and koribete. Both looked great coming back into test rugby and i thought jorgy was strong on debut.

I agree

For those saying its the worst performance they've seen from the wallabies they must have forgotten the bin fire that was all of 2023

We've got huge depth problems that are going to take time to fix and probably still have a team with scars of last year.

Honestly, there's a chance we wont win a game this TRC but I'm prepared to give them this year to build.

 

[Shiggins]

How many times did we get the ball past 13? Or even 10! Fuck all. Our forwards hardly made it over the advantage line again. I can't think of subs that will help. The back 3 don't matter as they never see the ball.
White was better than Gordan.
Noah has to go. It's not working. We have tried it enough. Start Lynagh or Donaldson.

We looked uncoached.

 

[Marce]

Honestly, there's a chance we wont win a game this TRC but I'm prepared to give them this year to build.

What about the Lions tour? Even the British should be thinking if they can move the event

 

[Brumby Runner]

Wasn't Noah offside ? Could of been a card

No. Marx had detached from the maul. Noah was fine, just not strong enough.

 

[Strewthcobber]

3 rolling maul tries in the second half.

How many of those have we conceded this year?

It's one area of the game that needs urgent attention, or don't even bother running out.

The rest of this evening was just typical Australian rugby players being flummoxed by rain. Even our greatest teams had that issue

 

[Pokinacha]

For those saying its the worst performance they've seen from the wallabies they must have forgotten the bin fire that was all of 2023

It’s been a decade of malaise with islands of ‘ where the fuck has that performance been?!’ When we win random games against the Kiwis or Saffas.

 

[grievous]

“We weren’t far off” - Harry Wilson

fuck me, you lost 30-12 at home against the Springboks B team

These players live in a bubble..or really are that dumb

 

[LevitatingSocks]

A lot of the negatives about the game are attributable to talent discrepancy, lack of cohesion, and a new coach.

But going along with my earlier complaint about going off their feet in rucks and the point @Running_rugby_1954 made, if the South Africans are going to stretch the rules then why are we not adapting to the officiating?

If the official is letting the Boks not roll or come in from the side, then our players need to recognize that and take advantage as well.

 

[Derpus]

So who from Dad's army came up with the game plan of our backs to kick it around in pissing down rain.

For a bloke who's coached in Europe where these conditions are rife, you'd have thought Joe would have had us play 10 man rugby.

I think that is 10 man rugby... right? We are just really really bad at it.

 

[Brumby Runner]

The rules in rugby union are only enforceable about 60% of the time it seems.

He wasn't tackled. Anyone falls over with the ball they are able to regain their feet and play on. But one hand on them while on the ground constitutes a tackle.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Koroibete whacks Kwagga, then Hooper is just brushed away and Koroibete comes back to finish it off…

Was Kellaway not Hooper.

 

[whitefalcon]

What about the Lions tour? Even the British should be thinking if they can move the event

This is what we need to be focused on.

My one criticism of Schmidt so far is that he doesnt seem to want time with the team. Im hoping that the spring tour could help with a solid 5-6 weeks together

 

[liquor box]

WTF, Blyth at prop

Eddie Jones was right, we can use hybrid players

 

[KOB1987]

Can someone run me through the criteria for determining that was the Springboks B team, and ours being our strongest one?

 

[KOB1987]

WTF, Blyth at prop

Schmidt hasn‘t mastered the art of uncontested scrums yet. Donno should have been there instead of Blyth.

 

[cyclopath]

What about the Lions tour? Even the British should be thinking if they can move the event

Oh, just fuck off with your idiotic posts.