Why, Wycliff Palu, didn’t you draw and pass to an unmarked Adam Ashley-Cooper when instead you half-dummied and lost the ball? Why, Matt Giteau, did you not just pass normally on the inside to a looming Lote Tuqiri, rather than that ordinary attempted impersonation of the Harlem Globetrotters over your shoulder? And why, why, why Sam Cordingley, did you go yourself on the line when Giteau and 53,000 Queenslanders were screaming for it out wide???
The Wallabies had it on a platter on Saturday night: the Tri-Nations, the Bledsiloe, a winning record over the All Blacks, twelve months worth of sledging Kiwis, and it all disappeared with two non-passes and one shocker. Oh, the humanity!
In one of the better games of expansive rugby in recent years, this truly will go down as the one that got away. Australia dominated possession and territory for most of the game, yet fell short of the line to the most damaging counter-attacking backline in the world. What more can I say?
I’m quite sure this game will be remembered as a major turning point for the Robbie Deans reign, but even having watched the game on Sunday afternoon after returning from a wedding and avoiding all news for most of the day, this one really hurts.
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