#21 twenty sixth November 2024
Good morning crew, welcome to Tuesday on the fourth week of the tip of 12 months northern tour. There’s a sombre air to the Wallabies information this week after a loss to the Scottish at Murrayfield. It was a little bit of a actuality examine for the Wallabies, with adjustments to the beginning aspect and new gamers approaching to the bench. In case you haven’t had an opportunity to assessment Nutta’s glorious match assessment, you need to test it out over right here. Congratulations to Harry Potter for making his debut, he’s Wallaby quantity 989.
We’ll put up our participant rankings for the Wallabies from the Scottish recreation, after which cowl another information from across the globe together with the World Rugby awards.
Wallabies Participant Rankings
The Wallabies have been outplayed by the Scottish just about throughout the park together with defensively, lineouts, penetration by way of the midfield, self-discipline, and determination making. I’ve utilized the G&GR ranking system for this.
10 – A legendary efficiency to go down within the historical past books
9 – Excellent efficiency: Man of the match shoo-in
8 – Wonderful all-round recreation
7 – Good recreation with a couple of sparkles
6 – Strong efficiency
5 – Common – ho hum
4 – Beneath par
3 – Had a nasty recreation
2 – Inform your story strolling pal
1 – An entire joke
0 – Didn’t make it on, or no significant involvement
- Angus Bell – A greater efficiency from Bell within the scrum this week, however didn’t have his typical influence across the area. Gave away a few penalties within the ruck/sort out space. Rating: 5
- Brandon Paenga-Amosa – BPA acquired a begin with Faessler out injured, Gave away a few lineouts within the first half, and didn’t have plenty of influence within the free. Scrum was stable within the first half. Rating: 5
- Allan Alaalatoa – Held up the scrum within the first half, however didn’t actually appear in a position to impose himself on the sport. Rating: 5
- Lukhan Salakaia-Loto – Received a begin rather than Jeremy Williams and was a bodily presence across the area. Rating 6
- Will Skelton – Higher recreation for the enormous lock, disrupted the Scottish maul and carried strongly. A 50 plus minute effort by Skelton and was one among Australia’s finest. Rating 7
- Rob Valetini – One other industrious effort by Bobby V, robust carries and good defence. His chase again to sort out the Scottish winger was all effort, and his kick by way of from a lineout turnover virtually sparked a Wallabies revival. Changed with 20 to go. Rating 7
- Carlo Tizzano – Received one other begin rather than Fraser McReight, it’s not clear if it was harm or rotation. Gave it every part, and was arduous on the ball. Rating 7
- Harry Wilson – One other good recreation from the skipper. Has turn out to be a real lineout possibility, and whereas the ball didn’t discover him within the first 20, made loads of runs within the second half. His presence of thoughts to name a mark when the ball hit the upright was glorious. Loses some extent for not taking the three factors early within the recreation. Rating 7
- Jake Gordon – The commissioner was again into the aspect and was good on the ruck clearances, however didn’t actually supply a working menace to alter the image for the defence. Rating: 5
- Noah Lolesio – Began poorly with the primary kick off and didn’t appear to recuperate his mojo with poor kicking from hand by his requirements all through the sport. Was outplayed in each side by Finn Russell. Rating 4
- Harry Potter – Some good touches and a strive on debut. It was his job to include his reverse quantity Graham who has electrical toes, and he struggled. Confirmed nice tempo and management for his strive. Rating 5
- Len Ikitau – The bedrock of the backline and needed to regulate to JAS leaving the sphere early. Some good carries, however a really uncommon miss in defence for Scotland’s first strive. Rating 7
- Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii – Some optimistic touches in assault whereas he was on area. Put a fantastic shot on Tuipulotu which proved to be his undoing. Regarded like he broke his arm, however later information is that it is perhaps a stinger and could also be obtainable in opposition to Eire. Left the sphere at half-hour. Rating 4
- Andrew Kellaway – A shocker by his requirements, missed seven tackles and didn’t regulate properly to being pushed into exterior centre. Rating: 3
- Tom Wright – Much less efficient than earlier weeks in assault, and couldn’t discover a strategy to get into the sport. Ought to be scored up some extent for the abuse he copped from the group for standing his floor when White took a dive. Rating: 5
- Billy Pollard – Was a late name as much as the squad with the harm to Faessler.
- Isaac Kailea – The scrum was much less secure with the alternative entrance row. Each props have been penalised whereas in good area place on Scotland’s feed. Rating: 4
- Zane Nonggorr – The scrum was much less secure with the alternative entrance row. Each props have been penalised whereas in good area place on Scotland’s feed. Rating: 4
- Nick Frost – Changed Will Skelton and tried arduous to show the sport in Australia’s course. Made tackles and carried the ball as required. Rating: 5
- Langi Gleeson – Changed Valetini on the hour mark, and tried arduous to become involved, however couldn’t change the momentum late within the recreation. A free carry whereas Australia was on assault. Rating: 4
- Tate McDermott – An actual rocks and diamonds recreation from Tate, a really poor tried cross area kick when Australia seemed sure to attain, balanced by a great grubber kick for Potter’s strive. Couldn’t discover his typical working recreation to threaten the road. Rating: 4
- Ben Donaldson – Was on late for Noah, and possibly ought to’ve been on earlier at centre when JAS went off. Not sufficient time to alter the sport. Rating: 5
- Max Jorgensen – Received an prolonged hit out after JAS left the sphere. Did what was anticipated, however couldn’t discover the extent of influence that he had in opposition to England. Rating: 5
The very best Australian on the sphere was Tuipulotu; sadly, he was enjoying for the Scots.
The Wallabies have one other robust check subsequent week in opposition to Eire, and hopefully they’ll be higher than this week. We’ll do participant rankings for the Irish recreation after which a abstract of the 12 months within the following week.
World Rugby Awards
Madi Levi joined some elite firm by named the World Sevens Ladies’s Participant of the Yr. She follows within the footsteps of Charlotte Caslick and Emilee Cherry who’ve beforehand received this award. Levi had an incredible 12 months, along with her 69 tries serving to Australia win the world collection and in addition scored 14 tries on the Olympics. Her complete tries for the 12 months and her Olympics haul are the best totals by a person, males or girls, and she or he additionally made the Ladies’s Sevens crew of the 12 months. At simply 22, she certainly has extra data in her future, it’s arduous to say sufficient good issues about Levi, she actually does break video games open.
Antoine Dupont was named Males’s Sevens Participant of the Yr.
In different information from the awards evening, Emilee Cherry was inducted to the corridor of fame for her profession achievements, and Nathan Lawson was named within the Males’s Sevens crew of the 12 months.
In non-Australian achievements, Peter Steph du Toit was named the boys’s 15s participant of the 12 months and England’s Ellie Kildunne was named the ladies’s 15s participant of the 12 months.
In what should have been an in depth contest Eire’s Erin King was voted finest younger participant for the 12 months forward of Australia’s Caitlyn Halse. Halse had a fantastic 12 months for the Wallaroos and we must always count on to see right here in gold for a while to come back.
That’s a wrap
That’s a wrap for this week. As at all times, thanks for studying, I’ll be curious about your ideas on participant rankings as everybody has a distinct view.