RWC Week 4: Australia v Portugal

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Portugal's 9 is an angry little cuss. Love it

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Gotta say that tackle by the Portugal 2 on Pone is borderline illegal. Front on it becomes a cannonball. Side on its a different story

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That said, Pone is a dumb fuck for pushing the opposition prop on the kick chase

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McReight having his best game in some time

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Lost our scrum on 56:30. Why the fuck is Arnold packing behind the loosehead? He should be the big lump on the right

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Followed by a dumb late shot from Foketi and a dumb shoulder from Kerevi. Why? Just hold the fucking line and tackle low.

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Aaaand the dumbest shit from Faessler. Deserved yellow.

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TBH I have no issue with the knock on from Portugal 2. Ball goes forward into an opponent

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Kerevi done for his troublesome forearm. What a goose.

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Koroibete just hits too hard to wrap sometimes

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@NTA said in RWC Week 4: Australia v Portugal:

Lost our scrum on 56:30. Why the fuck is Arnold packing behind the loosehead? He should be the big lump on the right

Rinse and repeat for Portugal's second try

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Why IFL kicks away turnover ball - even with the game in hand - shows where we are

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Last minute. Better scrum.

Ref says "tackle" multiple times. Marky Mark just did not listen. Facepalm.

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Kemeny gets a token few minutes. Genuine shame

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IFL kicks away. Again. We're honestly about 8 on 3 + a cover defender on our 22. Game win. Have a crack!

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And another kick from the reserve halfback. What the fuck???

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Farcical ending to that game. Mostly from us.

Jesus wept

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Basically dominated first half and shat parts of the bed in the second. Never really threatened tbh - 3 quick tries around the 20 minute mark put paid to that.

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A hard watch all round for an Aussie I’d guess. You have my sympathies mate, we’ve been down this road of late.

I did see some positives though, albeit just personnel at this stage. Bell, as you say, had a good all round game and I thought Porecki put his hand up too. Sideshow Bob on the wing is a bit of a live wire and will feature in a good few Wallaby teams to come. McDermott has the game I feel and will grow into things with a bit more time. He could do with a decent 10 outside him though. Someone with a bit of experience would not go amiss…

A stat that surprised me a little though was that Slipper is approaching Gregan’s caps record. I mean he’s ok and doesn’t let the side down, but all time great he is not.

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@Catogrande TBF he is a better loosehead than THP.

And in a country that doesn't value scrummaging, longevity has appeal