Wallabies team vs Wales

[willvillain]

Rogers should be put back to where he has been most effective for the Wallabies - the bench. He's had some awesome appearances coming off the bench with 15 to go and had a direct impact.

 

[lockyno1]

Rogers should be put back to where he has been most effective for the Wallabies - the bench. He's had some awesome appearances coming off the bench with 15 to go and had a direct impact.

Small problem...who is going to play inside centre! We do not have a inside centre on tour really!

 

[willvillain]

Rogers has never done anything while starting at inside centre for the Aussies.

I'd trial Gerrard at inside centre, with Mortlock outside. If he had the experience of Larkham and Mortlock inside and outside of him I think he'd go damn well.

But for the WC, Giteau will most likely play 12. The Italy game proved to me that Gregan has no worries about losing his position. Australia had absolutely no leadership out there, and Giteau didn't play half as well behind forwards who were getting smashed.

 

[Sanchez]

morgan cant spell his last name for 12?

 

[willvillain]

Turinui? Perhaps, except he's also never shone for the Wallabies. I'd be more than willing to give him a run while we're looking for a settled option - it's a shame that he works much better with Rogers than Larkham.

 

[aqua_duck]

all blacks smash france and wallabies barely bat italy, c'mon Skeepe, still think the wallabies will win the cup with the AB's finishing 8th was it?

 

[skeepe]

all blacks smash france and wallabies barely bat italy, c'mon Skeepe, still think the wallabies will win the cup with the AB's finishing 8th was it?

The All Blacks are peaking too early. The Wallabies are building up nicely.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

The All Blacks are peaking too early. The Wallabies are building up nicely.

Lol didn't peoplee say that about us last year? This whole peaking too early thing is a crock of sh*t.

 

[skeepe]

Lol didn't peoplee say that about us last year? This whole peaking too early thing is a crock of sh*t.

Shhh. It's the only thing I've got to console myself at the moment :lol:

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Shhh. It's the only thing I've got to console myself at the moment :lol:

Lol fair enough :lol:

 

[bayrep]

The All Blacks are peaking too early. The Wallabies are building up nicely.

lol If that is true then the Wallabies should be ready by 2011!

 

[SpaceMonkey]

lol If that is true then the Wallabies should be ready by 2011!

He's got a point though, maybe we're peaking too early for our title defence in 2011?

 

[Sanchez]

does this all blacks team have a peak?

 

[blackfriday]

well for the past season its been some form of elongated plateau. with that said, the wallabies have gotten close to beating them at times during the tri nations.

 

[douglasallen91]

how can we have peaked when we never play the same team twice.

 

[ozbash]

The All Blacks are peaking too early. The Wallabies are building up nicely.

The AB,s are a long way off their 'peak' .
i think the crap quality of all the teams theyve played this year has created an illusion .

next year they should reach their 'peak', in the final of the world cup.

 

[The Camden Leisure Pirate]

How can we be building when we've played two games and gone backwards?

No direction in the halves or on the field at all for that matter
Elementary errors with ball in hand
No f**king continuity at all it's like they have forgotten how to play more then 3 phase rugby,
Poor options taken at the breakdown
The most ill disciplined side at the breakdown I have ever seen at international level
And a front-row that could not scrummage their way out of a wet paper bag.

There is only one positive I can see so far.

Our line-out is fantastic in attack and defence

 

[Sanchez]

a truthful australian fan, theres a first right there

 

[The Camden Leisure Pirate]

The unfortunate thing mate is that from what I have seen (And I’m not
the Aussie coach) there are only 5 players (Latham, Palu, Giteau, Mortlock and Larkham) that are pulling their weight.

Which is a disgrace, especially when you look at the Allblacks who have a squad of more
then 25 players that are all in top form.

 

[douglasallen91]

haha knuckles just said hes happy with their forwards (said they also had two forward packs). also said was worried about the backs.