No Folau, no Pocock, no worries for Wallabies

Paia'aua is an excellent #12. H provided the attacking spark that helped Qld Country to a NRC championship last year. He would be a better impact player than Bernard.

I think you're right Dcd.

The All Blacks put 46 points on them ffs.

Fionn! I don't remember seeing Beale do anything of note and he's still got that 'three steps on the spot' manoeuvre then runs towards the sideline, and as far as him threatening the line, it didn't happen!

Haydn; I didn't see any "excellent ball movement or Superb defence" either, from either side, it was good to see the Boys in Yellow come out on the right side but whether it was justifiably deserved is another matter. It was really a case of two very ordinary International rugby sides competing to see which one was the worst.

Pleased for the Wallabies' as a win is what they absolutely needed in more ways than one, a win is a win is a win; just quoting the old well hacked quotation, but how that win was achieved is certainly nothing to write home about and in fact if a certain lineout by the Bok's hadn't been overthrown, the 'Boys in Yellow' would probably never won that game: ~ But, win it they did and that's all that matters: those numbers on the right side of the leger. However the Pumas after watching them against the All Blacks; are it obviously appears a vastly improved side and even though the Kiwis fielded possibly a smattering of an 'A/B/C mixed team' an obvious derivative of the 'main Team proper' with the aim to give most a run; they could very well have lost that game, ~ The Pumas really took it to the Kiwis but in the end and mainly because of the frenetic pace and style of the game the All Blacks deemed necessary to run the opposition all over the park; they just over ran the Argentinians! After watching that game; the Wallabies are really going to be on their game to beat those guys, but with yesterdays win as perhaps a confidence booster there's no real reason the Wallabies can't do well against them in that next game! One thing's for sure is they had better not underestimate the Puma Boys!

Ok, but if it was a Bok B team, with all the changes through injury it was a Wallaby B team as well. And an AB B team for that matter with first line players rested.

No probs, so you boys have a great week shifting around your deck chairs still the same ship!.):

Ah the Meburnian who doe"s not make mistakes, OOPS look back at one of your replies, you must have forgotton to use the edit button!.

I was surprised how bad the SA team is at making the right decision/taking the right option, even a simple draw and pass when they had created the overlap was executed poorly - the kick pass should be removed from there game. No tries in second half I thought showed both teams had just run out of any idea as to how to get across the line, neither team had the ability to grab the championship minutes and take control of the game. A pretty even game of two teams possibly about evenly matched, a game of opportunities missed rather than opportunities taken.

Hate to see the crowd figures next week when they play the argies . They have to stop the time off for minor / fake injuries. Time has to be taken off for penalty goals and scrums. Teams take an eternity to set a scrum for it to just collapse and then take another eternity. The game is virtually dead.

I agree Ethan. Not perfect, but pretty good. On more than one occasion he was cool enough to not throw the desperate pass when he was covered but the try line beckoned, took the tackle and kept the ball in play. I'm not sure how many current wingers could have scored or slipped the ball to Koroibete that time when he was tackled into touch a few centimetres from the line. B.Lam perhaps? Julian Savea a few years ago?

Wow with headlines like this no wonder we suck and only 27k people go to a game. Time to pull our collective heads out of the dirt. Playing like that, winning the World Cup is not even a dream we can indulge in let alone anything close to reality.

Hey win 4. Best of luck with your pursuit of the English language there, Buddy. It's tricky for the first year or so, but stick at it Bud.. you'll master it in no time. ????

Ken " They did the rest of us a service, demonstrating how to blunt some of the AB sharpness." Assuming the fitness of said team is up to playing this kind of game, right? I agree that Roarers should watch the match simply because it was an exciting, quality affair. Lots of errors yeah, sure, but the passion and the endeavour ( and a bit of tension ) made it a joyful way to spend 90 minutes.

Agreed, fullback is Beales position. Unfortunately don't have many 10/12 options at the moment. Foley, toomua might be our best bet, until cooper proves himself in nrc, and kerevi comes back.

So many doom merchants. The wallabies aren't that bad. They're not that good either. The fact is the All Blacks are miles ahead and the next 6 or so countries are about the same.

Thanks Fionn.

Agree with Fions points. I think they have to keep Toomua on, but does Cheika have to bring Foley back to a starting spot? I think you have to ask ‘Where do you place Beale?’ The easy answer is FB, moving Folau (when fit) to the wing. Dropping Koriobete - that solves the Koriobete problem of too. Alan Jones (I think it was him), said that you have to pick your best players in their best position. This team always looks like Cheika picks his the best 23 players and just show horns them in to positions make it work.

I sort of felt that we'd see that. Toomua often playing first receiver on attack, but defending at 12. Beale had some good touches at first receiver though I thought, while he also moved a bit too laterally at times also.