The November Worldwide Take a look at Window has come to a detailed. Wow! What a check window it’s been. They had been unbelievable video games. There’s nothing higher than check match rugby. And significantly for Wallabies followers, we see extra than simply inexperienced shoots, we see actual progress, we see hope. However, as Wallabies followers, it’s the hope that kills you. So let’s take a look on the Eire v Wallabies recreation and the Wallabies yr thus far.
Firstly, congrats to the completely drunken and disgraceful Oirish, who henceforth will probably be known as the Irish. The was a real check match. And I don’t suppose anybody from the Northern Hemisphere will probably be saying the Wobs will probably be straightforward beats for the BIL tour subsequent yr. The spice is now there.
So strap in, seize a giant cup of that lovely brown stuff ☕ (and no Hoss I’m not speaking in regards to the substance in your favorite German Scheiße films), and let’s do the G&GR enterprise.
Eire 22 defeated the Wallabies 19
I’m not going to do a minute-by-minute recap, however simply take a look at the factors that caught out to this previous lock.
What do the stats say? – 58% possession and 69% territory – What does this inform us? For me this says the Wobs might’ve come out the opposite finish of this recreation with a scoreline not trying just like the one which was. The Irish had been properly dominant in lots of sides of the sport, however couldn’t capitalise the best way they may have. The Wobs alternatively made use of their possession, and when in defence pressured the Irish into making extra errors than standard.
St Joe’s feedback
The extra I hear from this man, the extra I like him. Calm measured, life like. Not a psychotic, like our final coach, and never a stark raving ‘arse clown’ just like the Cheikmeister. That is what Aus rugby has been dreaming of for the final decade. RA must be doing every part in its energy to make sure that this man stays til the tip of the RWC 2027. All this bullshit I hear about Oz rugby needing an Oz coach is simply the largest load of palaver that I feel I’ve ever heard. Simply utter bull 💩.
Now don’t get me flawed, I don’t suppose this man is the messiah. There are nonetheless some critical limitations with the cattle St Joe has to work with. However for what we now have, he’s in a position to develop a recreation plan that works to our strengths and helps to nullify the weaknesses they’ve. So so far as I’m involved, with he’s completed within the 5 or so months he’s had this squad is near a miracle. And lengthy might it proceed. All hail St Joe!
Eire’s lineout is a multitude – In watching the sport, the one factor I observed was that the Oirish lineout was utter canine 💩. Man, it actually sucked. It made the Wobs lineout final week look good. I’m fairly positive Venus de Milo Snr (Andy Farrell) should go to the broader BIL squad to repair that lineout subject.
Fraz is the King! – 22 tackles, no misses. That claims all of it. Fraz lacking final week actually damage us. This man is the starch in our defence. Then add his turnovers. Fraz is da bomb. We higher ensure that the European groups or the Japanese don’t begin coming and throwing large quantities of euros or yen at this man, as a result of it’ll occur quickly. We have to lock this man in on JAS kind of cash.
Our defence held – Versus final week, our defence held, and held properly. Plenty of that’s the reintroduction of Fraz-da-Bomb. Man, that man is an animal. There have been nonetheless some minor points, however as an entire our defence held. That is the constructing block that St Joe now has to work with, and I feel there’s a extremely good basis right here. Fraz wasn’t alone. The Ginger Ninja, compared to his final week’s effort, had a pearler in defence. Sideshow Bob, and even Tongan Thor, had nice defensive video games. This was a marked enchancment on the Haggis eaters’ recreation.
Wobs restart – The kick off receipt was a priority for the Wallabies. Our failure to retain possession on the restarts bought the Irish again into the sport, and on this humble writer’s opinion was most likely the primary motive we weren’t in a position to shut the sport out. Whereas JAS was making an attempt exhausting, it simply didn’t appear to come back off. It is a key work on for subsequent yr.
Previous Man Shouting at Clouds
My ‘Shouting at Clouds’ is aimed toward one factor, once more: the refereeing.
I’ll preface this with the truth that it didn’t price us the sport. The pizza-loving referee, Andrea Piardi, was all around the store like a mad individual’s shit. Nevertheless, it affected each groups equally. However by god, there have been some absolute head-scratchers throughout this recreation. No marvel the gamers don’t know whether or not they had been Arthur or Martha.
One week, two gamers collide head on head and it’s an automated 🧀. This recreation, play on. WTF? No marvel followers and gamers are confused. Critically. The touchies on this recreation can’t be let off both. There have been not less than two instances that you just noticed gamers’ ft in contact, and but it was play on.
This recreation wasn’t as much as customary so far as worldwide check matches must be. I’d like to get KARL’s opinion right here, however that recreation was an actual head-scratcher And it isn’t simply me, the G&GR craparrazi was going off its collective head.
Anyway sufficient of this previous man’s dribbles, Over to you G&GRs. Have at it.