Australia
7
Match Complete
New Zealand
38
| 67 |  | R. Mo'unga | ||
| 66 |  | R. Ioane | ||
| 63 | | M. Telea | ||
| 60 | | R. Mo'unga | ||
| 58 | | C. Clarke | ||
| 42 | | R. Mo'unga | ||
| 41 | | W. Jordan | ||
| 34 | | R. Mo'unga | ||
| 33 | | C. Taylor | ||
| C. Gordon | | 7 | ||
| R. Valetini | | 6 | ||
| 2 | | S. Frizell |
| 1 | Tries | 6 | ||
| 1 | Conversions | 4 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
The first Bledisloe Cup clash is upon us as the Wallabies take to the MCG for the first time since 2007. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7:30pm (AEST).
Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has rung the changes and given the impressive Carter Gordon a starting debut in the No.10 jersey against the All Blacks. In all, Jones has made seven changes to the side that lost to Argentina in Sydney a fortnight ago with Tate McDermott elevated to the starting side alongside Gordon.
Other changes to the starting side see Angus Bell, Nick Frost, Tom Hooper, Jordan Petaia and Andrew Kellaway due to a mix of injury and form. There is space for Taniela Tupou after a 40 minute stint for Australia A and Izaia Perese on the bench alongside the experienced Nic White and Quade Cooper.
With both James Slipper and Nic White on the bench and the absence of Michael Hooper, this game sees Allan Alaalatoa named as stand in captain.
The one area that has question marks is the lack of cohesion in the key areas but hopefully the weeks put in on the training paddock works in their favour against a strong looking All Blacks side.
All Blacks coach Ian Foster is looking to head into the World Cup preparation full of confidence and secure both The Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup. It remains to be seen whether they come out with the same venom in the opening twenty minutes as they showed against both Argentina and South Africa.
The visitors have been forced into one change with regular captain Sam Cane missing through injury that will see Ardie Savea lead the side. Dalton Papali’I gets the start in the seven jersey and sees a raft of changes on the bench.
The All Blacks bench has a mix of experience and debutants with Sam Whitelock named and Cam Roigard in line to make his debut. It was pointed out the caps on the bench outnumber the whole Wallabies starting XV and the Wallabies will need to be well infront before they come and start make an impact.
Prediction
Eddie Jones has certainly shaken things up with this lineup, however I think the All Blacks will be too strong for them on this occasion.
Game information
Venue: MCG
Kick-off: 7:45pm (AEST)
TV: Live on 9
Streaming: Stan Sport
Odds: Wallabies $7.25, All Blacks $1.10 – odds via PlayUp
Teams
Wallabies: 1. Angus Bell, 2. David Porecki, 3. Allan Alaalatoa (c), 4. Nick Frost, 5. Will Skelton, 6. Jed Holloway, 7. Tom Hooper, 8. Rob Valetini, 9. Tate McDermott, 10. Carter Gordon, 11. Marika Koroibete, 12. Samu Kerevi, 13. Jordan Petaia, 14. Mark Nawaqanitawase, 15. Andrew Kellaway
Replacements: 16. Jordan Uelese, 17. James Slipper, 18. Taniela Tupou, 19. Richie Arnold, 20. Rob Leota, 21. Nic White, 22. Quade Cooper, 23. Izaia Perese
All Blacks: 1. Ethan de Groot, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Tyrel Lomax, 4. Brodie Retallick, 5. Scott Barrett, 6. Shannon Frizell, 7. Dalton Papali’I, 8. Ardie Savea (c), 9. Aaron Smith, 10. Richie Mo’unga, 11. Mark Telea, 12. Jordie Barrett, 13. Rieko Ioane, 14. Will Jordan, 15. Beauden Barrett.
Replacements: 16. Samisoni Taukei’aho,17. Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18. Nepo Laulala, 19. Sam Whitelock, 20. Luke Jacobson, 21. Cam Roigard, 22. Anton Lienert-Brown, 23. Caleb Clarke
Referee: Wayne Barnes
Ken Catchpole's Other Leg
Roar Guru
“ for some reason he’s very particular on the All Blacks whilst very loose on the opposition” You’re bowling very easy balls today J’man. That 20 minutes where we looked like we had a snowflake of a chance must’ve rattled you. I’m not going to even swing at it. I’m just going to repeat it here. It is delicious. “ for some reason he’s very particular on the All Blacks whilst very loose on the opposition” :silly: About next week - what you said is all fair. But we are about 8 years too late I fear, on multiple levels. Eddie has done some good. Some players are coming of age. We need more than some to come good though.
robel
Roar Pro
Why no overhead shot of the scrum where AAA was injured?, they cut it out before he went down?
robel
Roar Pro
Not sure it is an Aussie home crowd, could hear the AB chant clearly over the TV coverage. When looking at the crowd in the background it was very hard to spot the gold of a wallaby fan. The angle of the footage after the last AB try shows no gold amongst the crowd. Large crowd, but disappointing effort from the Victorian Wallaby supporters.
robel
Roar Pro
You're right, some good endeavour and by the faces of some of the team after (Kerevi in particular) there is genuine heart in the team. Sad that it looks like AAA and maybe TT might miss the RWC.
Jokerman
Roar Guru
He’s a good ref but for some reason he’s very particular on the All Blacks whilst very loose on the opposition. Even your two yellows appeared to come from the TMO initiative. If you play for 65 minutes next week against a slightly weakened AB team you could keep it within 15 points. 20 to go and within five points (who knows what could then happen?)…then you can head to the RWC with some hope. You can’t afford to get blown away again. No yellows, and also going under the radar like Rennie did will keep your team more focused.
piru
Roar Rookie
Probably because he's been talking smack about NZ all week?
piru
Roar Rookie
That's just silly
Ken Catchpole's Other Leg
Roar Guru
I assume humour here on your part, J’man. I thought that Barnes refereed well, (despite missing a few AB offsides, and a bit of ruck fringe gridiron). ABs too good for our motley crew, who offered only 20 minutes of pressure for the darkness to side step.
John Ferguson
Expert
G'day Ken, I just feel that there's some like Tupou who gave everything and pushed through the pain to be a chance to make a difference, while Cooper came on and was jogging around the place and failing to offer any sort of shape in attack. I do think his partnership with Nic White is partially to blame for his low involvement, I would like to see Cooper with a Lonergan.
Steve Lenthall
Roar Guru
Pretty close! Can I please have next weeks Powerball numbers?
ScottD
Roar Guru
Australia lost, but I saw plenty of positives. Not sure if there is enough time between now and RWC to do anything with them though........
Ozrugbynut
Roar Rookie
Jeez. Didn't see that. I could see it on Bell's faces though.
Ozrugbynut
Roar Rookie
We have away posession and didn't take NZ on at the breakdown. Sort those things and we are back in the conversation.
Rugbynutter
Roar Rookie
Yeh sbw has a large family as he he calls everyone brother so would not be be offended
Jokerman
Roar Guru
Hey Kenneth Barnes made it a more even contest so that was perhaps good for the game. A bit like horse race handicapping. I can’t understand why Barnes doesn’t like NZ mind you. Why can’t he be like everyone else and love the All Blacks?!
Crusher_13
Roar Rookie
Change the name to Tom Wright. If Tom made those mistakes everyone would be calling for him to be dropped. More rocks than diamonds. Low rugby iq.
K.F.T.D.
Roar Rookie
Start with some THPs.
Ken Catchpole's Other Leg
Roar Guru
Passenger, John? Big call. We will discuss.
Ken Catchpole's Other Leg
Roar Guru
Hey! Some people in this room are (were) wingers. You can’t just speak as if we’re not here. Wingers are people too. LGBTQ W!
Ken Catchpole's Other Leg
Roar Guru
Only Aussies ref-whinge J’man. Or maybe not? Personally I think that Barnes, while missing a few things is picking up a few little cheats that a certain team do as a matter of culture. NH ref culture does not share NZs love for gridiron at ruck time for instance. He’s still missed a bit of that, but I was pleased that he picked up one, at least. He’s also missed multiple AB offsides, but apparently WBs have got away with a few things? Good to know. But this is the best test ref performance I’ve seen for quite some time.