This is the worst Wallaby outfit ever. Some of them are not even test standard players.
The forward pack is a joke, and the All-Black maul easily dominated this sad excuse of a team.
If the Bok pack juggernaut gets going, it could be a long day at the office for the Wallasofties.
The Australian fullback looked like a pub team player. The high ball almost KO'ed him in the last test.
Don't get too ahead of yourself, the All Blacks made it look easy. And we have still played the worst rugby this season.
Boks will get a chance to further improve their suffocating style of rugby when they play the Wobblies. I guess they have no choice, if you can't pass or catch the ball you have to keep it away from the opposition and go for penalty kicks - one must sympathize with the less gifted.
The weapon that shut down the Wallabies in our last two encounters was Esterhuizen. He really took the sting out of their attack, forcing them to play wide too early and too deep. They were often shutdown well behind the gainline. We don't have that now. If you review the opponents attacking us through multiple phases this season, they've made good ground far too easily. We have been bossed on the gainline. An unnatural penalty advantage has helped the Boks break pressure and stay in the opposition half, as well as exert pressure from their maul. The maul is our greatest weapon, but the Lions kept away from it well in the first Lions test (another tactical blunder from Gatland in the later tests). If the Wallabies can get any kind of breach in our line, they can be dangerous. Depending on selections, they could have the better back row, and mostly have a better backline - certainly the better scrumhalf and midfield. This Wallaby side have been very dangerous ball-in-hand, we cannot assume we will simply walk all over them. We haven't shown an ability to come back from a large deficit, and our attack is simply putrid. Putting up the worst production in a very long time. If we can kick, and get the same penalty margin we have had lately, the Wallabies will find it hard to attack from good field position and be sucked into a scuffle. Some of José's most favoured players, such as Lood and Dumbian, are easily moved around and exposed for poor mobility and don't win the physical battle even against smaller players. Passive defenders who can be pulled out of position. We have superior physicality overall, but carry weak spots.
Our attack is very poor, even with a glut of possession, territory and front foot ball, and even against passive defending under all of those conditions. We make total physical dominance look painfully difficult too often. This is compounded by the slow-developing structures that are too deep. When José gets desperate for width, the Boks play a short ball to 13, simply changing the location of the crashball. The two-screen play in the second test was the most exotic thing we've seen from José since the 2018 Brisbane test, and it wasn't very effective. The Boks didn't look very fit for much of the second half as they laboured to get in position, which eventually turned the play into a dump-off to a one-off forward runner. On a fast track, with an opponent who will keep the ball in hand? It could go either way. If we stay ahead on the scoreboard and chip away at them, forcing them to play the percentages, they will struggle.
The South Africans seem to think their team is alot better than what they really are.
I think the Wallabies will get up and beat the Springboks.
I am sure you guys foolishly think that your excrement does not st ink.
Saffers tend to be blowhards who sprint off a cliff whilst beating their chests, but this won't be easy for either side. The Boks are playing terrible rugby, but they can kill the Wallabies at the source. Even though are wings are severely under utilised, they have incredible strike efficiency. A very poorly coached team with potential for much, much more. The Wallabies of course have immense strike power if their own, but even they themselves feel they are "soft". Our weak physicality on the gainline worries me, that and poor fitness. Whoever settles into their game early should take the contest. The All Blacks will surely be the bigger threat overall. If the Wallabies can field those high balls, the Boks are going to be absolutely stuffed.
"Omelette I thought you were a Saffer..."
He was a Saffer at some stage but somehow lost his citizenship IIRC...
Auge, forgive me if I'm wrong, and please correct me if I am , but I think you mentioned living in England for a while and you're currently in Israel? You haven't been to South Africa in a very long time?
