The Wallabies will face Scotland in the second match of Australia’s 2016 Spring Tour, with kick-off scheduled for 1:30am on Sunday 13 November (AEDT).
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When: 1:30am Saturday 13 November (AEDT)
Where: Murrayfield
TV: BeIN Sports 3, live
Betting: Scotland $4.10, Australia $1.24Scotland
15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 Ryan Wilson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 John Barclay, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Dell.Replacements: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Moray Low, 19 Grant Gilchrist, 20 John Hardie, 21 Ali Price, 22 Pete Horne, 23 Rory Hughes.
Australia
15 Israel Folau, 14 Dane Haylett-Petty, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Reece Hodge, 11 Henry Speight, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Will Genia, 8 Lopeti Timani, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 David Pocock, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Rory Arnold, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Scott Sio.Replacements: 16 Tolu Latu, 17 Tom Robertson, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Will Skelton, 21 Dean Mumm, 22 Nick Phipps, 23 Quade Cooper.
The Wallabies have only one change to their starting side ahead of the match against Scotland and that is the return of Will Genia, who missed last week due to his commitments with French side Stade Francais.
Nick Phipps was moved to the bench to accomodate Genia’s return, with Michael Cheika saying that Phipps had impressed but not done enough to displace Genia.
“Genia, I thought he’s been one of our best all season,” said Cheika.
“I just feel that this is a good game for him to play, come back in and get straight into it and then Nick [Phipps] will finish the game. I think Nick’s standard has definitely gone up from what I saw earlier in the year and now there’s a real competition going on there.”
The match will see the Aussies look to make it two wins from as many starts in their Spring Tour, after defeating Wales by a comfortable margin last week.
After this week’s match, they have Tests against France, Ireland and England to come.
Boz the Younger
Guest
They dudded themselves by failing to catch the lineout which preceeded the disputed call, then by taking a long, uncontested kick off with a minute to go which denied them possession and the chance to score winning points. It was theirs to win but a lack of polish made them vulnerable to the unpredictablites of refereeing, not our problem.
Professor Rosseforp
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Would love to see Scotland win after they were dudded in the last meeting by the referee. However, I can't see the Scots making it 3 out of the last 4 meetings between the nations. I tip the Wallabies to even things at 2-2, probably by a large number of points. However, if they play the way they did against New Zealand, and they have a referee who doesn't like their "running the decoy" tactic (i.e. plain interference), the Scots could find themselves with plenty of penalty kicks.
The Neutral View From Sweden
Roar Guru
Bruce I reacted to that quote also when I saw it in a header. But when I heard it from the the horses mouth in the right context, EJ meant chess pieces on steroids = bigger chess pieces. On another note, I am still furious that England-South Africa and Scotland-Australia kicks off at the same time. The two most interesting games of the weekend and it is impossible see both live.
Bruce
Guest
Fairfax newspapers in early editions at least have headline "Springboks play chess with steroids" says Jones but it doesn't say that in the article?? Whats this about?? Is it defamatory??
Neil Back
Roar Rookie
Sportsbet have the Jocks paying $4.10 Good odds in a two horse race, even with Rookie props and Denton missing.
bigbaz
Roar Guru
after the League, I'm a bit worried about tonight.
The Sheriff
Guest
I remember that missed Giteau goal.
Galatzo
Guest
The Scots' props are a worry for Scots fans - this will be Allan Dell's (a Saffer) first test. Zander Fagerson has just the one test cap and had a torrid time against the England scrum but he's not bad in the loose. Flanker John Barclay is about the same size as Pocock so no fears there for WB fans. Timani is a lot bigger than Ryan Wilson. On the whole, the WBs have bigger, faster backs. It's raining now in Edinburgh. Clouds are predicted to roll away by tomorrow but the grass will be slick. Oz leads Scotland at Murrayfield 9 wins to 7.
Only one eye
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Don't mind how much they win by but want to see intelligent decisions and adapting to conditions -- Comment from The Roar's iPhone app.
The Saint
Roar Guru
The Wallabies by 10-20