Wallabies vs Springboks I

[MajorPom]

@oompb Damn that's a good team.

If you don't beat the Wallabies by 20-30, I'll be seriously surprised.

[NTA]

Boks by a THOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSAND.

[booboo]

@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

Boks by a THOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSAND.

@duluth said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

Anyone picking the Aussies?

@nta said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@duluth said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

Anyone picking the Aussies?

[G-Man]

@act-crusader said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@booboo said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@oompb 6-2 bench?

Edit: so don't expect too much razzle-dazzle

Damian Willemse covers 1st 5, 2nd 5 and fullback.

If one of their wingers go off Lukhanyo Am covers wing and Willemse comes on to 2nd 5 and de Allande moves to centre.

Kwagga can also cover a position or 2 in the backline if needs be.

[G-Man]

Still think it's not going to be easy for the Boks. The Aussies will be coming out firing with the kitchen sink and baby. Would not be surprised with the score if it is within a converted try.

Boks scrum will need to be firing at full cylinders.

[antipodean]

@g-man said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

Still think it's not going to be easy for the Boks. The Aussies will be coming out firing with the kitchen sink and baby. Would not be surprised with the score if it is within a converted try.

Boks scrum will need to be firing at full cylinders.

Wasn't the Bok scrum dominant against the Lions?

[G-Man]

@antipodean said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@g-man said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

Still think it's not going to be easy for the Boks. The Aussies will be coming out firing with the kitchen sink and baby. Would not be surprised with the score if it is within a converted try.

Boks scrum will need to be firing at full cylinders.

Wasn't the Bok scrum dominant against the Lions?

'Tis was, but not as dominated during the RWC final

[OomPB]

Our scrum did not dominate in the scrums due to the sandy grass in Cape Town. Hope it will be better on sunday. Willie can cover wing if needed.

[MiketheSnow]

Oz can win against 14

[SidBarret]

19 – Marco van Staden (Leicester Tigers) – 6 caps, 0 pts
20 – Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo) – 12 caps, 5 pts (1t)
21 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 5 caps, 0 pts

Why? Three very similar loose forwards, would have preferred an extra back and/or another lock on the bench

Also would preferred Fassi to Nkosi, I think Fassi is something special and we need to get him on the field more.

[nostrildamus]

@oompb said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

Springbok team to face Australia in Gold Coast:
7 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 44 caps, 5pts (1t)

Great details, thanks.

[junior]

@l_n_p said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

I've watched Bledisloe 3 a couple of times but with my AB eye-patch on :winking_face:

I don't really get the Aussie tactics. Playing the AB's at their own game as they did seems insane, the result was pretty much what you'd expect.

Especially with the Boks next up, why did they not try a tighter more set-piece (yes defensive) orientated game. Perhaps it would have been damage limitation but occasionally you get lucky. The aussie backs look either pretty average or pretty inexperienced (or both) at the moment.

For all the hyping of Tate McDermott, he has a slow pass with limited range. And his running game doesn't bring others into play ... perhaps says more about aussie team than him. Noah Lolisio may be good in time but in NZ rugby he would probably be treated more like Zarn Sullivan i.e. give him time to develop (and Zarn, from what I've seen, may have that ultimate gift for a 10, he always seems to have time).

I'd have Nick White at 9 versus the Boks. Decent pass. Brings his forwards in better. Better kicking game. There are no decent options at 10 until JOC is back and JOC is still only a safe pair of hands at 10.

I don't envy Dave Rennie tbh.

Dave's big problem is that Aussie sports / rugby fans will never get behind a team that plays "pragmatic" rugby. They love a winner that plays hard and pushes boundaries, but they really hate dour, defence-first, conservative teams. It's probably part of the national psyche that their sports teams, and people, are meant to have a crack.

[booboo]

@act-crusader said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@booboo said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@oompb 6-2 bench?

Edit: so don't expect too much razzle-dazzle

Damian Willemse covers 1st 5, 2nd 5 and fullback.

If one of their wingers go off Lukhanyo Am covers wing and Willemse comes on to 2nd 5 and de Allande moves to centre.

@g-man said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@act-crusader said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@booboo said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@oompb 6-2 bench?

Edit: so don't expect too much razzle-dazzle

Damian Willemse covers 1st 5, 2nd 5 and fullback.

If one of their wingers go off Lukhanyo Am covers wing and Willemse comes on to 2nd 5 and de Allande moves to centre.

Kwagga can also cover a position or 2 in the backline if needs be.

I revkon this is kind of making my point. The backs are there as cover. A necessary evil. Not to provide impact.

That bench screams 10 man rugby to me, perhaps even 9 man.

[booboo]

@sidbarret said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

19 – Marco van Staden (Leicester Tigers) – 6 caps, 0 pts
20 – Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo) – 12 caps, 5 pts (1t)
21 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 5 caps, 0 pts

Why? Three very similar loose forwards, would have preferred an extra back and/or another lock on the bench

Also would preferred Fassi to Nkosi, I think Fassi is something special and we need to get him on the field more.

Wouldn't have thought Kwagga was that similar?

[OomPB]

@booboo van Staden is a proper 6 (NZ 7) Glad he get a crack at the Wallabies.

[NTA]

@booboo I'm complex.

[Frye]

@booboo said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

I revkon this is kind of making my point. The backs are there as cover. A necessary evil. Not to provide impact.
That bench screams 10 man rugby to me, perhaps even 9 man.

I think a 6-2 man bench isn't necessarily a negative tactic, just a realistic one given the way the game is played currently. In general I think you're going to get more output from another loosie rather than a midfielder.

Anyway Willemse as 10 backup looks a bit of a gamble. He has been a bit flaky so far at test level and doesn't have a lot of experience at 10. Hope Pollard doesn't get injured.

[antipodean]

@junior said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

@l_n_p said in Wallabies vs Springboks I:

I've watched Bledisloe 3 a couple of times but with my AB eye-patch on :winking_face:

I don't really get the Aussie tactics. Playing the AB's at their own game as they did seems insane, the result was pretty much what you'd expect.

Especially with the Boks next up, why did they not try a tighter more set-piece (yes defensive) orientated game. Perhaps it would have been damage limitation but occasionally you get lucky. The aussie backs look either pretty average or pretty inexperienced (or both) at the moment.

For all the hyping of Tate McDermott, he has a slow pass with limited range. And his running game doesn't bring others into play ... perhaps says more about aussie team than him. Noah Lolisio may be good in time but in NZ rugby he would probably be treated more like Zarn Sullivan i.e. give him time to develop (and Zarn, from what I've seen, may have that ultimate gift for a 10, he always seems to have time).

I'd have Nick White at 9 versus the Boks. Decent pass. Brings his forwards in better. Better kicking game. There are no decent options at 10 until JOC is back and JOC is still only a safe pair of hands at 10.

I don't envy Dave Rennie tbh.

Dave's big problem is that Aussie sports / rugby fans will never get behind a team that plays "pragmatic" rugby. They love a winner that plays hard and pushes boundaries, but they really hate dour, defence-first, conservative teams. It's probably part of the national psyche that their sports teams, and people, are meant to have a crack.

Slightly OT, but I get the feeling that if the Wallabies played nine man rugby to win the Bledisloe, they'd be singing the praises of "proper rugby".

And then quickly complain about not running it the next season.

[NTA]

Ah, memories...

https://twitter.com/wallabies/status/1435806176793411587?s=20

[Smuts]

@antipodean yup. But to play 9 man rugby you now need 13 mean bastards capable of doing the damage.

As someone said upthread, short of significant systemic change Oz isn’t likely to produce that many mongrels at once any time soon.

For different reasons SA has the opposite problem. I can’t remember a time when the boks had more than a pair of international caliber centres available for selection. And we’ve had long stretches when we fielded none (we put Jorrie Muller onto an international pitch!)

Ditto flyhalves. And fullbacks.

So it’s lucky that most of the SA rugby public are more than satisfied to win a tryless match by a dodgy dropgoal so long as, to paraphrase a great filmmaker, the boks fucked the opposition up, physically.