Effectively Holy 💩 Batman! I used to be sitting there at house watching that, and just like the Mayor of Hiroshima Mrs BL sat there going “What the Fark was that?” The one response that I might give you was that seemed like ‘Boys taking part in Males!’ Or in less complicated phrases, that’s the magnitude of the duty that lays in entrance of Joe Schmidt and his teaching crew.
Firstly, congrats to the Bokke! They had been good. Infact that’s an understatement. They had been incredible. They’re crew that regardless of what many pundits say about them, are evolving. They’ve conquered the ability recreation, and have now added aptitude and dimension to it. They’re a degree above how they had been within the RWC (possibly aside from self-discipline).
So lets dive into that efficiency, as dangerous because it was! Dont fear I’m not going to undergo it blow by blow. Purely as a result of I’ll both be in remedy on the finish of it! Or I’ll run a heat bathtub, placed on the Doorways ‘That is the top!’ and commit Seppeku! Sure it was that drastic. Additionally we cant blame the Referump, as a result of Luke Pearce had an ideal recreation!
First Half
It’s a fairly easy recreation actually Rugby. For those who dont have possession, you wont win the sport. No ball equals No factors! And that sums up the primary half actually. Effectively that and silly kicks by Lolo and Jake Gordon. Each scrum was a penalty, and just about each line out was stolen or went to shite.
What we noticed within the first half was a Dutch Grime Farming masterclass. And what we noticed from the Wallabies clearly demonstrated that the Wobs dont have the cattle. This isnt a training downside. The Wallabies expertise, execution and self-discipline allow them to down. Penalty after penalty. Screw up after screw up. When the Ginger Ninja Kellaway was given a slice of 🧀 for a lifting deal with it simply obtained worse. He shouldnt have been shocked, in his head he was lifting the participant to type a maul, however his physique was horizontal from the beginning, so how the participant was assisted to the bottom was all the time going to be the telling issue. You possibly can complain all you want, however that sadly was a Yellow everday of the week.
You possibly can have a very good, even easy recreation plan. But when the muppets on the sphere cant execute it, or get their expertise proper, then you’ll get pasted. And ‘Pasted’ is strictly what occurred, with the South Africans going into the Sheds with a 21-0 lead!
Second Half
Effectively what ever deity, or in Hoss’s case, tree stump, that you simply pray to, I’m certain all Wallabies followers had been praying to it at Half Time. Hopefully St Joe would give you some magic, discover some phrases to encourage the Wallabies gamers, however alas! It wasnt to be! Infact what we noticed was extra of the identical.
The fact is, the one factor that obtained us trying like we had been doing one thing was when the South Africans began gettting lazy and their discuipline went out the window. Three successive yellow playing cards 🧀, and the Wallabies taking part in in opposition to 13 gamers was the one factor that enabled us to get on the rating board by way of Hunter Paisami. However solely simply, and solely as soon as. And that just about sums up the sport.
Our scrum was crap! Our lineout was crap! Our expertise had been crap and our self-discipline was Crap!
Hospital Ward
St Joe has every week to return to the drafting board along with his teaching employees, and try to discover one thing on this group to raise the crew. And lets face info. We arent going to be beating the Bokkes! We simply should discover a approach to suck much less, and try to be aggressive.
We stroll out of this recreation with a half full hospital ward with Jeremy Williams, Filipo Daugunu, Nick Frost and Jake Gordon all copping injureis throughout that thumping.
Ideas on Wallabies Gamers
Effectively beneath is a rating card for all of you GAGRs to price the gamers. However here’s a little commentary from BL to depress you additional.
There weren’t many Wallaby gamers that lined themselves in something that resembled glory. Most lined themselves in 💩! LSL had a half respectable recreation, he toiled laborious however to restricted impact. Frost had a few good moments too. However that was actually about it in my books.
The Lolo / Gordon experiment is over. Lolo had a foul recreation. Gordon not significantly better. Lynagh and Tate weren’t on lengthy however appeared to gel higher and definitely kicked higher. The kicking by Lolo and Gordon was simply horrible. The entrance row obtained towelled at scrum time, and on the breakdown. Our line out obtained towelled just about on a regular basis. The Bokkes rush defence had the forwards and distributors being caught receiveing the ball stationary after which getting smashed. Each Kellaway and Wright had Barry Crockers. Dangunu was attempting laborious until he was injured, and Hunter Paisami busted his ass, however to little impact.
Anyway that’s my ideas, and I’m not watching that recreation once more to verify or deny them. You Guys and Gals fill your boots. Sufficient from this actually cranky previous man! Over to you G&GRs! Have at it.
G&GR Participant Assessment Scores
