England to whitewash Australia
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<p>Joubert is going to lose control of this match because he refuses to stamp his authority on it.</p>
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<p>As I write that, England score from the maul and it was easy.</p>
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<p>This is like watching your two least favorite cousin-in-laws have a "you looking at me" moment while drunk at Christmas. You don't care who wins just think its gonna be hilarious no matter what happens.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="hydro11" data-cid="589453" data-time="1466246475"><p>Don't think it is his fault.</p></blockquote>
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I'm struggling to think who else is involved. Don't think it's the first time in Melbourne though... -
<p>This feels like the end of the second half not the first</p>
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Someone needs to give Billy V an uppercut for kicking to touch before the hooter.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Donsteppa" data-cid="589457" data-time="1466247334"><p>I'm struggling to think who else is involved. Don't think it's the first time in Melbourne though...</p></blockquote>
I remember one of the AB games in the RWC had the same issue when they played at a Soccer stadium. The sandy field is great for Soccer with the amazing drainage... not so great when you have 900kgs of prime beef pushing against 900kgs of prime beef. -
<p>Jeez that felt like a big moment at the end of the half there. But Joubert's decision to call 'advantage over' was atrocious- he's not having a good game tonight.</p>
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<p>England playing smarter rugby, like last week. The conditions suit them, and they are playing them perfectly.</p>
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<p>We need to step up in the forwards, and continue the good work in the last 10 of the first half.</p> -
Wow. Plenty of handbags going through the tunnel there. 2nd half should be a cracker. <br><br>
Foley having a bit of a shocker. Reckon Aus need a more traditional 12. Kerevi is not a good enough distributor. -
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Jeez that felt like a big moment at the end of the half there. But Joubert's decision to call 'advantage over' was atrocious- he's not having a good game tonight.<br><br>
England playing smarter rugby, like last week. The conditions suit them, and they are playing them perfectly.<br><br>
We need to step up in the forwards, and continue the good work in the last 10 of the first half.</p></blockquote>Re: the advantage the same thing happened in the ABs v Wales match where we had adv in their 22. A new directive perhaps? I was very surprised as I assured my wife (Wallabies supporter) that they'd get the chance to tie it up. -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Donsteppa" data-cid="589468" data-time="1466248021"><p>
I thought the advantage at the end of the first half was fine - seemed to go for plenty of phases.</p></blockquote>
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Except perhaps it was a yellow card penalt? -
<p>Yeah but 'number of phases' isn't the way advantage is determined.</p>
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<p>In the case of a penalty 5m out, you need a clear-cut try-scoring opportunity to present itself for the call to be made- eg. a 3-on-1 out wide. Nothing even close to that came up, so to call advantage over where we had just shifted across field but made no ground is baffling to say the least.</p>
