Wallabies v Los Pumas I
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Schmidt has really got control of the penalty count / discipline. Wobs were the worst at this under Eddie. In 2022 they averaged 13.6 per game with 15 yellows and 1 red.
Contrast that with the first 2 SA games where they were pinged a total of 10 times across both matches.
I imagine it's almost a pre-requisite for selection.
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@NTA said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
I agree, but at the same time Hooper, Valetini, Wiliams, and Frost have done nothing wrong.
LSL should have maybe done some good tiptoeing earlier in the year.
The counter argument would be that without Skelton the may be lacking for bulk and power - see Lions test 1 and second half Lions test 2.
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@Smuts Interesting. It's a small sample size for this year so it's possible but I do think their breakdown work is more proficient. It's bloody hard to find decent stats on the overall penalty counts though - like average per team per year. (I feel like we're trending in the wrong direction.)
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@Smuts said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:
@JA be interesting to see if that continues or reverts to the mean.
My sense is that their charmed relationship with whistleblowers this year has been unrelated to their discipline/accuracy.
Interesting take.
You could argue they got a bit of a raw prawn in Lions 2 and Boks 2 for certain decisions. Not sure where the "charmed" bit comes from.
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Who’s everyone picking in this one? Kind of wanting the Aussies to win which is weird.
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Massive defence from the Argies to start.
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Aussies are playing like we did when were younger, everyone crowding around the ball, waiting to carry. I find those tactics a bit strange when spreading the ball wide was where they were most effective against the Boks.
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Wilson is having a great season.
