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Not your fault, but yours is the comment I first saw that mentioned x-factor. Honestly Australian rugby could do with a lot less x-factor. There has been a sad history of x-factor players who can’t pass, tackle, catch, or know where to be at the right time. That said the players you mention had good games.
Studs and duds: Wallaby 'lacks maturity of a Test player', naïve leaders panned after 'pissing off ref'
Most of the penalties you call neck rolls had contact to the upper body or neck but no attempt to roll. The problem is that for years neck rolls were not penalised and so became part of players instinctive reactions. It is easy to make judgements when watching, but players are making split second body movement decisions. Imagine how well a batsman would do against a fast bowler if he had to think about what he was going to do.
Studs and duds: Wallaby 'lacks maturity of a Test player', naïve leaders panned after 'pissing off ref'
I laugh every time I hear someone crap on about discipline. Rugby is a game of technical cheating. The team that cheats best wins the penalties. The whole idea that adherence to the laws avoids penalties applies to junior rugby and nothing else.
Studs and duds: Wallaby 'lacks maturity of a Test player', naïve leaders panned after 'pissing off ref'
But Japan beat South Africa at the last world cup. And SA weren’t any smaller. Grand theories are fine, but as many have pointed out, the facts disprove yours.
The Rugby World Cup final proves something needs to give
That was embarrassing. Now that it is obvious that European club rugby is a higher level competition with better coaching that does more to develop players’ skills than Super Rugby, can we just let Australia’s best players go there and still pick them for the national team? Or would that just upset Rupert too much?
Scoreboard flatters Wallabies in 27-8 win over Georgia
There were four scrums after Kepu came on. Three were Australian feeds with solid scrum and clean ball, and the fourth was dominated by Australia but inexplicably Argentina got a penalty. So tell me how Kepu struggled at loosehead, it looked to me like he was enjoying himself.
Is the 'Tongan Thor' truly ready for Test rugby?
I’d like to be fair, and looseheads often drive in after a collapse to try to make it look like they were did were dominant, but it wasn’t quite split second. When his side goes down Matrarira catches himself on his elbow, which is what Hooper is pointing at and shouting about, then drives in from the side, first with a leg drive, then little steps. Heat of the battle perhaps, but it could have ended very badly.
The Tongan Thor hilariously gets stitched by his teammates whilst having a sore neck
Yeah, I hope he pulls up all right. I didn’t think it too hilarious to see Mtawarira deliberately drive into Tupou after the scrum had collapsed. If he didn’t have a neck like his thighs he probably would have been stretchered off and could have been in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
The Tongan Thor hilariously gets stitched by his teammates whilst having a sore neck
The scrum penalty. The Irish prop had a long chat to the referee after the wallabies were given a scrum penalty with TT involved. Chances are he was complaining that TT was boring in on the hooker because he does that all the time. Anyway AA gets pinged for not scrumming straight after that.
Studs and duds: Wallaby 'lacks maturity of a Test player', naïve leaders panned after 'pissing off ref'