Australia A v Japan XV
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The match will be available live on Stan Sport with coverage starting at 7.55pm AEST on Saturday for an 8pm kickoff.
No TV coverage in NZ that I can find -Australia A v Japan XV
- Matt Gibbon (Melbourne Rebels)
- Lachlan Lonergan (ACT Brumbies)
- Tom Robertson (Western Force)
- Nick Frost (ACT Brumbies)
- Cadeyrn Neville (ACT Brumbies)
- Ned Hanigan (NSW Waratahs)
- Ollie Callan (Western Force)
- Langi Gleeson (NSW Waratahs)
- Ryan Lonergan (c) (ACT Brumbies)
- Ben Donaldson (NSW Waratahs)
- Filipo Daugunu (Queensland Reds)
- Bayley Kuenzle (Western Force)
- Hudson Creighton (ACT Brumbies)
- Suliasi Vunivalu (Queensland Reds)
- Jock Campbell (Queensland Reds)
Replacements - Billy Pollard (ACT Brumbies)
- Harry Hoopert (Queensland Reds)
- Archer Holz (NSW Waratahs)
- Ryan Smith (Queensland Reds)
- Brad Wilkin (Melbourne Rebels)
- James Tuttle (Melbourne Rebels)
- Isaac Henry (Queensland Reds)
- Mark Nawaqanitawase (NSW Waratahs)
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Strong Japan team. Should be a close game.
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@Frye Matsushima is back!
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Australia A v Japan XV:
The match will be available live on Stan Sport with coverage starting at 7.55pm AEST on Saturday for an 8pm kickoff.
No TV coverage in NZ that I can find -Australia A v Japan XV
- Matt Gibbon (Melbourne Rebels)
- Lachlan Lonergan (ACT Brumbies)
- Tom Robertson (Western Force)
- Nick Frost (ACT Brumbies)
- Cadeyrn Neville (ACT Brumbies)
- Ned Hanigan (NSW Waratahs)
- Ollie Callan (Western Force)
- Langi Gleeson (NSW Waratahs)
- Ryan Lonergan (c) (ACT Brumbies)
- Ben Donaldson (NSW Waratahs)
- Filipo Daugunu (Queensland Reds)
- Bayley Kuenzle (Western Force)
- Hudson Creighton (ACT Brumbies)
- Suliasi Vunivalu (Queensland Reds)
- Jock Campbell (Queensland Reds)
Replacements - Billy Pollard (ACT Brumbies)
- Harry Hoopert (Queensland Reds)
- Archer Holz (NSW Waratahs)
- Ryan Smith (Queensland Reds)
- Brad Wilkin (Melbourne Rebels)
- James Tuttle (Melbourne Rebels)
- Isaac Henry (Queensland Reds)
- Mark Nawaqanitawase (NSW Waratahs)
Where's Swain?
Fine Print: unavailable due to being a fluffybunny
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I don't know who this ref is, but his decisions are mystifying, to be polite about it.
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@antipodean said in Australia A v Japan XV:
I don't know who this ref is, but his decisions are mystifying, to be polite about it.
Lot of Japan's ruck turnover penalties clearly on the body in the first half.
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Japan also creating space behind the ruck in their own ball via borderline illegal cleanouts past the ball
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@NTA said in Australia A v Japan XV:
Japan also creating space behind the ruck in their own ball via borderline illegal cleanouts past the ball
Not just Japan. The ref isn't interested in people cleaning out from an onside position.
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And he just marched us 15 metres instead of 10. Hmmm
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@antipodean said in Australia A v Japan XV:
@NTA said in Australia A v Japan XV:
Japan also creating space behind the ruck in their own ball via borderline illegal cleanouts past the ball
Not just Japan. The ref isn't interested in people cleaning out from an onside position.
Yeah but I'm not watching Australia's fuckups 😜
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@NTA
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@cgrant 34-22 to Aus at FT.
Pretty enjoyable game in the end. Seemed to flow a little more than a full blown test might have.
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Great crowd.
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@Derpus said in Australia A v Japan XV:
@cgrant 34-22 to Aus at FT.
Pretty enjoyable game in the end. Seemed to flow a little more than a full blown test might have.
I think because guys were expressing themselves a bit more than test Rugby. First half a bit ordinary but fuck me there were some nice moves and good play by both teams to score tries.
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@NTA said in Australia A v Japan XV:
@Derpus said in Australia A v Japan XV:
@cgrant 34-22 to Aus at FT.
Pretty enjoyable game in the end. Seemed to flow a little more than a full blown test might have.
I think because guys were expressing themselves a bit more than test Rugby. First half a bit ordinary but fuck me there were some nice moves and good play by both teams to score tries.
Agreed. Both teams wanted to use the ball and scored some cracking tries. The crowd would've been entertained.
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@NTA reckon another ref wouldve pinged both sides a lot more at ruck time too. Was pretty messy in that regard.
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Beautiful drawing of the player and timing/accuracy of the pass on those first couple of Japan tries.
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@Derpus said in Australia A v Japan XV:
@NTA reckon another ref wouldve pinged both sides a lot more at ruck time too. Was pretty messy in that regard.
I turned the volume down after about 5 minutes because it was coming across as a second rate production (the sound and quality that is), so I don’t know what the comms were saying about the ref, but my reaction was that there was less whistle in this one which I think made it a little more enjoyable to watch.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Australia A v Japan XV:
I turned the volume down
This could have something to do with the lack of whistle.
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@Bones said in Australia A v Japan XV:
@ACT-Crusader said in Australia A v Japan XV:
I turned the volume down
This could have something to do with the lack of whistle.
Less stoppages you fungi 😀
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Japan's 3rd and final warmup game before taking on the all Blacks -
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Australia A v Japan XV:
Japan's 3rd and final warmup game before taking on the all Blacks -
Some cracking tries
Very exciting, open match -
@MiketheSnow 100 points in the match!
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Great game to watch in terms of action. No trophies or contracts up for grabs, except maybe EOYT spots.
Expression session. Less TMO. Less referee. Yeah some wrong calls but that happens. The better team won and that's what you want.
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The ABs to use the lineout drive often against Japan.
