RWC: England v Australia (QF 1)

[Nepia]

@mariner4life I would have thought Salakaia-Loto would have lost any chance of starting after Bledisloe 2.

[NTA]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

Awesome - my daughter's birthday party coincides exactly with this game. Wonder how good the wifi is at the local bowling alley?

Flat tyre

Wife's car has runflats I think

[voodoo]

@Bovidae :man_facepalming:

[canefan]

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@MiketheSnow said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

Awesome - my daughter's birthday party coincides exactly with this game. Wonder how good the wifi is at the local bowling alley?

Flat tyre

Wife's car has runflats I think

Food poisoning? Ask Suzie

[NTA]

@canefan said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@MiketheSnow said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

Awesome - my daughter's birthday party coincides exactly with this game. Wonder how good the wifi is at the local bowling alley?

Flat tyre

Wife's car has runflats I think

Food poisoning? Ask Suzie

Nah - the problem with food poisoning is you use it as a crutch to explain poor performance roughly forever.

[antipodean]

England and Australia get Garces as ref.

[taniwharugby]

@antipodean plus his compatriots as ARs and Skeeny as TMO....

[mariner4life]

@taniwharugby said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@antipodean plus his compatriots as ARs and Skeeny as TMO....

the dream team

IMO the best french ref is the tall skinny bloke

[antipodean]

@mariner4life said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@taniwharugby said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@antipodean plus his compatriots as ARs and Skeeny as TMO....

the dream team

IMO the best french ref is the tall skinny bloke

I wouldn't call Peter Sellers skinny.

[Hooroo]

@antipodean said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

England and Australia get Garces as ref.

Good luck Aussie.

If a match is going to end in controversy it could easily be this one.

It suits England’s tabloids more for them to be shafted.

[MajorPom]

[TeWaio]

Really want Aussie to get up for this one Perth-style, think England will be a tough SF opponent (if we beat Ire) if they're high on confidence from winning well.

[Darren]

@TeWaio said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

Really want Aussie to get up for this one Perth-style, think England will be a tough SF opponent (if we beat Ire) if they're high on confidence from winning well.

I just want all our Southern neighbors to beat the UK teams. And of course I think we have a better chance against Aus than England. I'd love to see them pull out a Perth game.

[Bones]

@The-Irishman said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@Darren said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@TeWaio said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

Really want Aussie to get up for this one Perth-style, think England will be a tough SF opponent (if we beat Ire) if they're high on confidence from winning well.

I just want all our Southern neighbors to beat the UK teams. And of course I think we have a better chance against Aus than England. I'd love to see them pull out a Perth game.

What about Ireland? You didn't mention them.....just the UK teams....

I believe he's a Kiwi....so the question should really be who's he supporting in the SA/Japan clash shouldn't it? I guess Brexit could change things for NI though huh.

[KiwiMurph]

He only made his Test debut two weeks ago but 19-year-old Jordan Petaia will make a shock start at outside centre in the Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against England.                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                        In the biggest selection bombshell in Australian World Cup history, Petaia — who scored on debut against Uruguay — will replace James O’Connor at No 13 in Oita on Saturday, foxsports.com.au understands.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/michael-cheika-to-punt-on-jordan-petaia-at-no13-in-australias-biggest-ever-rwc-gamble/news-story/c290f60ff917cab9661c1f3552c9b468

[voodoo]

They've clearly not leaned from our mistakes

[Bovidae]

So a Toomua-Kerevi-Petaia combo?

If this move is to counter the size and power of Tuilagi then why not Kuridrani?

[KiwiMurph]

@voodoo said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

They've clearly not leaned from our mistakes

Petaia is a centre.

[voodoo]

@KiwiMurph he's not really though is he? Played so his school footie at FB and Wing. I know he played some at 13 fpr QLD pre-injury, but it's not like he has years of honing the skills for that spot. Marshalling defenses etc

Edit to add to this - its not that I don't rate him at 13, he clearly has talent. But it's game time there at this level and also outside Kerevi, especially on D, that just makes this fraught with danger IMO. It's a heck of a punt

[KiwiMurph]

@voodoo Petaia also played outside centre in the NRC last year.