Here's my two cents...
Minichello - didn't seem to have his usual impact. Personally I would drop him and bring in Hodgson, but we all know that aint gonna happen.
Tahu - won't be back, for obvious reasons. Buggered if I know who'll come in. The way the selectors have been picking players it could be Luke Covell for all I know.
Gasnier - decent game. Two tries.
Tate - proved the doubters wrong. Should keep his spot.
King - unfortunate dropped ball that ended up in Kiwis their third try (although we will get to the direct cause a bit later). Did ok otherwise, but did anyone else have doubts over the grounding of his try???
Lockyer - wasn't watching his defence, and the stats gave him only 2 missed tackles from 16, so that is a very good performance by his standards. Don't remember him breaking the line though.
Johns - won't go down as one of his best games, but by his usual standards that doesn't mean he had a bad one.
Civoniceva - good yards in attack, and plenty of defence. Did well.
Buderus - dissapointing game. Wouldn't pick him again if I was a selector.
Price - seemed a bit flat to me. I don't know if that's because he was playing against so many of his teammates or not...
O'Donnell - appeared to be in everything early. Thought he had a good game.
Fitzgibbon - bucketload of tackles as always, but didn't have much in attack. With Hindy gone he'd be keeping his job even if he had a shocker.
Kennedy - too many mistakes for my liking.
Gower - has to be the starting hooker. Bennett, pull your damn finger out and make the hard decisions ffs.
Ryles - three words. Ryles is a cat. Wait, that's four words. Ahh, who cares, he is a cat. Dropped the ball the first time he touched it. I don't care if he got better after that. Get rid of him.
Ryan - seemed solid, but didn't really notice him. Should stay I guess.
WATERHOUSE - capital letters for the name of this clown. Should never play for Australia again. Came way up out of the line a la Wagon to gift Webb the kiwis third try. Selectors, it's time to admit you screwed up with this one at least, and fix it quick. Had nothing all year, and had nothing last night.
