03 September 2024 #009
Good morning G&GRs and welcome to Tuesday, and it’s a a lot happier Tuesday if you’re a Wallabies fan. The Wallabies received it finished in opposition to Argentina on Sunday morning, and you may meet up with Bris’s overview of the sport right here and I’ll summarise the participant scores for the Wallabies as voted by the readers of that overview.
There was in fact an awesome weekend of membership rugby with Grand finals throughout the grades in Brisbane and there was the Shute Defend remaining in Sydney, which I’ll present some commentary on after which cross the torch to you within the feedback part.
Wallabies Participant Rankings
It was a bodily sport in very moist situations in Argentina and the Wallabies managed to get a win on the dying. Winners are grinners as they are saying, so let’s get to the participant scores.
Australia participant scores
The participant scores are in from the match overview ballot on Sunday. Commentary is mine if you happen to prefer it and agree, or Karl’s if you happen to don’t.
- Angus Bell – 7 – An excellent hit out from Bell, within the scrum and across the park. Needed to come on for a second stint attributable to damage to Kailea, which had a few of us nervous concerning the potential for damage.
- Matt Faessler – 6 – sport by the hooker in powerful situations. Didn’t shirk the powerful work and was stable within the set piece.
- Taniela Tupou – 6 – Was a part of a dominant scrum within the first earlier than being changed.
- Nick Frost – 6 – A really bodily efficiency by the massive unit, and was superb after freely giving an early penalty. Might need nightmares about restarts after spilling a number of. His help line on the within when Noah made the late break was superb for a giant man that had performed the entire sport.
- Lukhan Salakaia-Loto – 6 – One other busy and bodily efficiency from Lukhan and constructed into the sport after an early dropped ball. Good on the defensive lineout and a few huge tackles.
- Rob Valetini – 7 – An excellent sport by Bobby V. Menacing with the ball in assault with the cost into Cremer to arrange the primary strive a standout.
- Carlo Tizzano – 7 – His most dominant show in Gold with 3 turnovers and no penalties conceded. Tackled the whole lot in blue and white.
- Harry Wilson – 7 – An excellent sport by Wilson because the Captain and regardless of making 2 errors (a dropped kick off, and a poor option to take the blind facet from a scrum) carried strongly, tackled properly, and made a strive saver on the road to disclaim Argentina a strive.
- Jake Gordon – 6 – Scored Australia’s first strive, and gave good service to the forwards and backs alike. .
- Noah Lolesio – 4 – Differing views about Noah within the feedback part. A greater total sport than the Springboks in Perth, however for mine, too lots of his kicks had been poor. Not one of the restarts appeared contestable, and whereas he’s attempting totally different tactical kicks, the execution must be higher. Should acknowledge that it was very moist, however he was nonetheless the one kicking them. Just a few poor passes as properly, however once more the situations had been horrible.
- Markia Koroibete – 5 – A whole lot of effort, however some over reads in defence, and a penalty from a restart gave momentum again to Argentina.
- Hamish Stewart – 6 – A really stable debut for the within centre. Made a lot of tackles and distributed properly in poor situations.
- Len Ikitau – 7 – An excellent sport by Ikitau, organising Wright and Gordon for the primary strive, after which giving the Wallabies loads of go ahead within the second half.
- Andrew Kellaway – 5 – Exhausting to really give Kellaway a ranking because the ball actually didn’t go his method in assault and no highlights from reminiscence in defence.
- Tom Wright – 6– Good play to place Gordon over for the primary strive, and his positioning within the backfield was good all evening. Some errant kicking added stress to the Wallabies at occasions.
- Josh Nasser – 5 – Was stable in his time on the sector in moist situations.
- Isaac Kailea – No Ranking – Was solely on the sector for a short while earlier than going off with for a HIA, which he succumbed to and can head house early.
- Allan Alaalatoa – 6 – a stable hitout for 7As and it’s good to have some depth up entrance.
- Jeremy Williams – 5 – Some good touches in his break day the bench.
- Langi Gleeson – 5 – Much like the opposite bench gamers, was stable and helped to shut out an in depth sport.
- Tate McDermott – 5 – As at all times, seemed to extend the tempo of play, learn to cowl a grubber kick on his personal line.
- Ben Donaldson – 5 – Kicked the final conversion from in entrance, however was solely on the sector briefly, and undecided if he had another involvements.
- Max Jorgensen – 5 – Much like Donaldson, probably not sufficient to generate a ranking, dropped a cross from Noah that went behind him, however I’m positive the duvet would have caught him anyway.
Hospital Cup Grand Closing
Lachlan Gray over at Rugby.com.au put up overview of the Hospital Cup Closing between Brothers and Wests right here. When you get an opportunity to look at it, it’s very entertaining, loads of working, some implausible tries from either side with the backs from Wests actually trying harmful each time they may get the ball to the again three in area.
Brothers received out to a 21-7 lead with not less than some fortune in one of many tries. It seemed like brothers had knocked the ball on earlier than placing it down over the road. The replays seemed to substantiate the additional hand in there by the Brothers centre, however the ref and TMO didn’t agree and the strive stood. There have been another essential moments within the sport, Mason Gordon had a easy conversion charged down, which meant that Wests went into half time at 21-12 down quite than 21-14 down.
In one thing that may please quite a lot of readers, each halfbacks received yellow playing cards, Werchon from Wests for foul platy, and the Brothers half for a cynical infringement after a pleasant break by Vunivalu.
The lead modified fingers 3 time in second half and James O’Connor had the final say scoring smart to place Brothers forward 29-27 and that was the way it stayed at full time. When you get an opportunity to look at the sport, or the mini-game, there was loads of tempo and talent on show regardless that it was very heat in Brisbane.
Congrats to Brothers for his or her second successive title, and congratulations to Michael Wooden for his season and Grand Closing efficiency being named greatest on floor and receiving the Tony Shaw medal.
StoreLocal Premier Womens Closing
Within the different first grade sport on Sunday, Bond College made it three titles in a row with a 36-12 victory over Easts. Congrats to Bond Uni who did it with out three of their Wallaroos star gamers. Easts had been aggressive and made Bond work for the victory. Easts scored first, and trailed by 5 at half time earlier than Bond secured the win together with a few late tries to blow the rating out a bit.
Mel Wilks from Bond Uni was awarded the 2024 Cheyenne Campbell Medal for greatest on Floor within the grand remaining victory.
The decrease grades
As you’ll be able to see, Brothers had a really profitable season with 4 premierships and a pair of different grand remaining losses.
Shute Defend Grand Closing
Easts took on Norths within the Shute remaining at Leichardt oval on the weekend, and identical to the Hospital Cup Closing it was a cracker of a match. Easts had been the minor premiers and had loads of Waratahs and tremendous rugby gamers within the beginning lineup.
There was loads of working and nice talent on show, with the primary strive from Easts proper out of the highest drawer with terrific expertise from Teddy Wilson, Bowen, and Lancaster specifically.
It was an motion crammed first half, with Easts having the higher of it to be up 29-13. The Easts forwards set the platform within the first half with two rolling maul tries, plus some robust defence to disclaim Norths scoring by means of their maul assault.
Easts definitely didn’t have all of it their method within the second half with Norths getting throughout the road for the subsequent three tries to place them in entrance 32-29 after the profitable conversion with slightly below 20 to play.
Darby Lancaster scored a strive within the nook that was expertly transformed for Easts to steer 36-32. Norths took a penalty to deliver it again to 36-25, and had been urgent laborious for a late strive however Easts held on with terrific defence for his or her first victory since 1969.
Not what Rugby is about
There’s loads of chat on Social media a few huge brawl on the finish of the Colts 1 sport in Brisbane. It concerned gamers from each groups, teaching employees, and worst of all, individuals from the group. No matter what began it, it ought to by no means have escalated that far, and whereas I wasn’t there to see it, for mine, if there are gamers and supporters from each groups concerned, they need to strike the match from the document, and sanction the golf equipment for it. That’s beneath the usual that needs to be accepted anyplace and makes a real mockery out of the thought of a household time out.
Scrums
I get that scrums and the competition for dominance / possession / penalties is a part of our sport, however what number of scrums on the weekend within the SA vs NZ, or Arg vs Aus matches had been delayed or reset, with time counting away the entire time. What’s to be finished about it?
That’s a wrap for this week
There will likely be lots extra to cowl although however I’ll go away it for Yowie, Karl, Happyman, and naturally Hoss later within the week.
That’s it for me this week, over to you G&GRs.
