The Silver Fern

As someone who was at the game I could understand the first penalty attempt but not the second shot at goal. The wind was strong so the Wallaroos should have kicked to the corner and put some pressure back on NZ.

@Catogrande TBF he is a better loosehead than THP.

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

@GibbonRib said in RWC Week 3: Wales v Australia:

@Rancid-Schnitzel

I don't think that was an unreasonable decision. At the time Folau gave RA assurances that he would abide by the code of conduct and wouldn't repeat his dickishness. She accepted his word, and was happy to give him another chance. Seems reasonable to me - maybe the value of the contract was too high, but that's pretty standard for ex-league wingers going to the Wallabies

That's an incredibly generous assessment. Completely disagree. It was a dumb thing to do and they got burnt badly. That's on her.

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Anyway, that wasn't a bad performance in the heat. If you work ons maybe a couple of injury replacements for Fiji, who by the way still scare the shit out of me 😬

@Tim said in France v Australia -:

Eddie said after the game that was basically the plan they want to use against Georgia.

How missed tackles and bad discipline is any different to what we've trotted out recently is anyone's guess...

@Nepia why not double down and discuss how it's the blueprint Ardie set in stone pre-2020?

Mo'unga scored a brilliant try, prove me wrong.

Except you, Wayne Barnes.

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@KiwiMurph said in Tonga v Australia 'A':

Tonga will get 3 cracks in pool play at an upset with Ireland, Boks and Scotland. Could really throw a spanner in the works of a tough pool.

They could give Scotland real problems due to squad rotation

Some good analysis by Giteau ten minutes or so in.

@Dan54 the Roar, while having some good stuff, is largely a waste of time.

Wallaroos squad for the Pacific Four Series:

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Wallaroos coach Jay Tregonning has confirmed a 31-player squad for the Pacific Four series, opening with an O'Reilly Cup match against the Black Ferns on June 29 at Dolphin Stadium in Moreton Bay.

@MiketheSnow said in Rennie Sacked, Eddie In!:

I don’t think any coach would have done significantly better than Rennie if they’d had to select from a very shallow pool of players with the pool springing a leak and play the teams Australia played during his tenure

It was a panic decision

@NTA said in Italy v Australia:

@MN5 said in Italy v Australia:

@NTA said in Italy v Australia:

@ACT-Crusader said in Italy v Australia:

@Winger said in Italy v Australia:

WTF. Bad result for NZ as we need a stronger Aust. Hope the team can sort themselves out and win at least one of their next 2 games

Yeah nah.

The ABs will continue to play what’s in front of them when it comes to the Wallabies. They’ve been inconsistent over the past 15 years - from very good to very poor. They don’t have great depth (not that unusual) and there were a bunch of newish players in this side. They didn’t perform and were whistled off the park because of poor discipline.

Look longer term: we're a tier 2 nation. Everyone who thinks we're top tier haven't looked at the history of mostly average work, garnished with a couple of awesome stretches where we punched above our weight.

You only just beat Scotland. It doesn’t get much lower than that

And could so easily have lost .... Bar the massive choke from Kinghorn...

They were keeping the powder dry for the victory over the ABs tomorrow.

@Bovidae said in France v Australia:

Holloway is the player who has really stood up this year with his physicality . Fainga'a has a habit of missing key lineout throws.

The try on HT was the real killer blow.

I think there was a knock on by Fickou.

@Derpus said in ANZAC XV:

It would probably involve the tier of player just below/on the edge of test selection. Doubt you'd have centurians like Whitelock or Hooper lining up.

It'd still be fun though - I think a 23 selected from the best players in SR who arent currently in either test 23s would be fairly competitive.

And yeah, a true ANZAC team would only have a handful of Wallabies - Hooper, Koirobete, Kerevi, Valetini and White would probably be the only ones in with a shot.

I'd say the whole starting front row would get a look in.

Just saw Young's yellow card from this game. What an absolute shocker. That's as clear a red as you'll see.

@pakman unseen? Hardly. Still evident v Japan