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Pretty much looked like Dagg purposefully left his elbow in.
Carter saves All Blacks from gutsy Irish
You could say exactly the same thing about Wales giving Australia the game. Some of the penalties they gave away were simply ridiculous.
Australia vs Wales: Test Rugby live scores, blog
All Priestland had to do was find touch. He is a calamity.
Australia vs Wales: Test Rugby live scores, blog
Who should be on the bench then? Aplon and Pietersen couldn’t both be on the bench, and Pietersen is as yet uncapped, and Brussow, despite being a very good pilferer, simply is not an impact sub.
Springboks must lift game against England
In the immediate build-up to that try Simmons held back AW Jones from coming through the middle of the lineout and then knocked over Beck in the chase for the ball. What is he doing?
Australia vs Wales: Test Rugby live scores, blog
Priestland off now. He is a liability.
Australia vs Wales: Test Rugby live scores, blog
Good try from Wales, but already errors creeping in – aimless kick to Ioane, playing down the touchline… Phillips really needs to improve his awareness. He never looks around – just decideds one way and either passes or goes.
Australia vs Wales: Test Rugby live scores, blog
Knock on and dropped high ball from Savea.
Ireland attack looking slightly laboured but they’re making fewer mistakes than last week,
Some big hits going on today, just like in the last Test.
New Zealand vs Ireland: Rugby live scores, blog
Somebody really needs to sort out these anthems. The backing music is simply horrendous.
McCaw and Carter look mad pumped today.
New Zealand vs Ireland: Rugby live scores, blog
Charteris has been benched for A.W. Jones.
Referee Pollock is the right man for the job tonight
Apparently Warburton used to play 8 at age group rugby, and if that’s true his rise to one of the best 7s is quite remarkable. Given how the first Test went I don’t think it would have been a bad choice with another 7 Tipuric getting the 7 jersey.
Will the Welsh defy the Wallabies?
A lot of the Welsh players looked off the pace last week. It hadn’t crossed my mind that some of them hadn’t played in a while. Regardless, the Australian pack were excellent in the first half – missed the second half, so not sure what to expect this week. Re: the set piece a lot of posters have mentioned the Welsh having the edge in the tight phases. Re: the breakdown I’m surprised Wales haven’t gone for two 7s in Warburton and Tipuric. Apparently Tipuric’s fitness levels are off the chart whereas Ryan Jones is more of a long grass kind of player.
I’m a huge fan of Moore. TPN is dynamic, but Moore is a proper old school tight forward. I wish he were English, tbh.
Really looking forward to the game.
Will the Welsh defy the Wallabies?
I fancy France to win this comfortably. They have a grizzled tight five (including replacements) and a very athletic and robust back row. The half-back is settled and the midfield looks strong. Argentina are overrated IMO.
France's Huget back for Pumas rugby Test
Pocock has been taken out of games before, and he will be made redundant in the future again. Take out the tight five and Pocock is an irrelevance. The Australian forwards did very well against Wales last week and Warburton hadn’t played in weeks. The last time they actually met they cancelled each other out.
Will the Welsh defy the Wallabies?
I think this puts pressure on Morgan, and it also suggests that Lancaster isn’t massively concerned about the SA backrow at the ruck given that Waldrom is basically an out and out 8. Also, if the tight five is struggling then Waldrom could be a good go-to-guy off of the bench. However, like you say, it remains to be seen whether he is up to Test match rugby. Personally I think he is.
England rejig backline for Boks Test
80th minute. And I could say the SA tries came about due to lapses in concentration.
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How were the Boks undercooked? They’d played Super rugby the week previous whereas the majority of England players haven’t played in weeks.
England rejig backline for Boks Test
OJ, Wales had won the Grand Slam under Mike Ruddock, and SCW had been massively impressed by the quality of their players on the 05 Lions tour, so it’s not like they didn’t have the players, they were just languishing in a poor spot. Gatland has stated publicly that he likes to take on sides with potential who are at a low ebb because there is basically only one way and that is up. He’s certainly made plenty of mistakes, and whilst fans lambast Martin Johnson, his England side contained Wales pretty comfortably.
Gatland or Deans: who will preach the more positive rugby?
I’m going to disagree with you there, Wizard. I think Wales actually play quite a conservative brand of rugby. They do have some fantastically skilled players, but under Gatland they have been very, very structured and kicked a lot. They’ve scored some very good tries over the past few seasons, but I think that’s in spite of the coaching panel (Rob Howley is backs coach) as opposed to due to the coaching panel.
I’m not a huge fan of Phillips. He is a fierce competitor and very powerful, but his passing is slow and laboured, and whilst sometimes the way he takes on bad ball and tries to surge forward and make it good ball is to be admired, I think he does it too often, and doesn’t really have an overall awareness of the game like Genia does. He overplays his hand and takes on too many men too many times IMO.
Gatland or Deans: who will preach the more positive rugby?
Well… SA won by 5 points and Steyn missed 7 points from the boot and Farrell missed 2 points.
England rejig backline for Boks Test
I don’t think Gatland is trying to copy the SH style of play because there is no generic style of play in the SH. He probably has copied aspects from various nations as all coaches do.
Mike Phillips is the starting 9, but beyond him there aren’t many options. That coincided with Dwayne Peel moving to play rugby in England. Warburton was chosen as he was the best 7, not because he is a natural pilferer. He followed in the footsteps of Martyn Williams, another over the ball 7. Wales have a history of producing pilferers, whereas England don’t.
My issue with 1990 is that it’s totally arbitrary. Only in recent seasons have Wales started making noises about beating SH sides, and even though they have only managed a solitary win over Australia since Gatland took over the margins of loss have been significantly reduced. Progress is a slow process.
Gatland or Deans: who will preach the more positive rugby?
What does 1990 have to do with anything?
Gatland or Deans: who will preach the more positive rugby?
(shakes head in agreement). That tickled me.
Gatland or Deans: who will preach the more positive rugby?
The amount of errors in the first 5 minutes is unreal. Struggling to believe my eyes. First try is just one of those things, I suppose, but the 2nd try was directly down to Hartley. He has started to tackle without his arms, going low and just trying to halt momentum. Good in some instances, but totally fluffed a one-one-one with Du Plessis for the try. Promising response from England. Tuilagi already crashing about and Robshaw so committed at the ruck. Should be a good game.
Springboks must lift game against England