Wallabies v France 2
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@derpus said in Wallabies v France 2:
@toddy Rennie is fine. No one could slap together a real test side with a bunch of under 20s and blokes like Banks.
So it’s a cattle issue?
Robbie Deans has entered the conversation
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@act-crusader said in Wallabies v France 2:
@voodoo said in Wallabies v France 2:
France still fun on the counter attack
Woki, the French no7 has been awesome tonight.
Big brute isn't he? Potential superstar
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@stargazer said in Wallabies v France 2:
Also interesting:
It is, I wouldn't have guessed it was that lop sided.
The Wallabies showed signs of good structures but let down badly by individual decision making and skill execution. Particularly in the backline. Hearing backs complain about effort at the breakdown as if that was the failing would be fucking galling as a forward in the sheds.
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@stargazer said in Wallabies v France 2:
Also interesting:
Get a head start on the scoreboard, then defend for ages, make a few plays on counter, get some penalties, and then defend some more.
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@act-crusader said in Wallabies v France 2:
I hate this crap at the back of a ruck when a halfback has his hands on the ball for a good 5-6 seconds and the defence can’t do anything.
I noticed in the Sharks-Lions game Peyper said to the halfbacks early in the game that if you roll/slide the ball back from a ruck with your hands it is out. I wish all refs did that.
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@bovidae said in Wallabies v France 2:
@act-crusader said in Wallabies v France 2:
I hate this crap at the back of a ruck when a halfback has his hands on the ball for a good 5-6 seconds and the defence can’t do anything.
I noticed in the Sharks-Lions game Peyper said to the halfbacks early in the game that if you roll/slide the ball back from a ruck with your hands it is out. I wish all refs did that.
Absolutely
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@kiwimurph said in Wallabies v France 2:
@voodoo said in Wallabies v France 2:
Is it just me, or do the Wallabies not look nearly pissed off enough post-game?
I thought the same with Rennie's interview to be honest.
Perhaps a recognition they were beneficiaries of considerable luck in the first fixture?
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@bovidae said in Wallabies v France 2:
@act-crusader said in Wallabies v France 2:
I hate this crap at the back of a ruck when a halfback has his hands on the ball for a good 5-6 seconds and the defence can’t do anything.
I noticed in the Sharks-Lions game Peyper said to the halfbacks early in the game that if you roll/slide the ball back from a ruck with your hands it is out. I wish all refs did that.
A proper ref for starters! Good to hear and I hope there is a directive put out by World Rugby. I can tolerate the rolling it back with the foot to keep the ball in the ruck, but the multiple rolling it back and placing it under a boot lace, is taking the proverbial.
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@voodoo said in Wallabies v France 2:
@cgrant said in Wallabies v France 2:
If the ABs cannot beat this Wallaby team my more than 20 points, even away, then they'd have to worry for the next NH tour.
Don't get @Bones started again
Yes. Imagine what a full French team would do to the ABs if they failed to beat this poor Australian outfit by more than 20 points.
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@chris said in Wallabies v France 2:
First win for 31 years in Australia unbelievable
That was the series when Peter Fitzsimmons got targeted by the French. I don’t remember the French win but the game at Ballymore is one of the great tests and the Blanco try from the Wallaby try line where he skinned Campo, Carozza and a couple of others.
