Australia's front row is the most dominant in world rugby. I would have loved a match against France to see how we match up. Aside from that a good game of rugby. Smith and Pocock clearly stole the breakdown show easily. Imagine if it was rolling subs, I reckon we could definately see Smith and Pocock wrecking shit up.
Genia and AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) in the air was very good. Genia all day provided crisp ball. I thought Hynes was good, a bit surprised Deans didn't play him at outside centre for this match, too me it seems as though he would be that midfield defense that we really need.
Gits really found the gaps, and I was very impressed with him at #12 not as much at #10. His ability to find gaps reminded me of Stephen Larkham- without the ability to glide through like the legend did. But it was a good site to see a player like him really asserting himself and proving the critics wrong.
The 2nd rowers gave away too many penalties in kicking range. Those penalties could have cost the Walabies a lot more had the Welsh capitalised on those opportunities they had. When they were within 11 points I reckon they could have had us if they didn't make a few crucial errors.
Despite my ranting on the chat about Wayne Barnes, I thought he had a good game, and allowed the dominating team to well dominate at the scrum and ruck, which a few referees this year haven't allowed us to do.
Aside for that it was a game of Rugby that Australian Rugby really needed, and what people like us just really wanted to see, it actually makes me look forward to the Super 14 next year. Despite the fact that Bryce Lawrence will be a regular.
