Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan The hunt for Webb Ellis

Larbre34

Basil3 wrote: »

Hooper loved that. To be fair, it was a great tackle.

Great and fair, if Davies got his bell rung it was from bouncing off his own man.

Exclamation Marc

Toomua has made a big difference.

Squidgy Black

Basil3 wrote: »

Hooper loved that. To be fair, it was a great tackle.

It's an openside's dream seeing a scrumhalf trying to break off down the side of the scrum down your throat.

FrancieBrady

Much better from Aus. looking like they could win this now. Fancy a bit of special from Wales though to kill it.

irishbucsfan

Welsh tight 5 really need to stand up here

Lucy8080

Yellow coming?

Might end up a penalty try if this carries on

MadYaker

Poite must’ve left the cards in his hotel

Squidgy Black

That's three penalties now within a couple minutes on the Welsh line now.

blackwhite

Try surely saved the yellow there

awec

I reckon if they hadn’t scored that it would have to have been a yellow

Game on. You have to say, Wales maul defence seems decent.

Exclamation Marc

Wales might be lucky they Hooper dotted that down. Was a sure yellow card otherwise.

ionadnapokot

Come on Australia!
Brilliant game

kuang1

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Wales might be lucky they Hooper dotted that down. Was a sure yellow card otherwise.

Annoys me most about rugby today.

Opposition scoring a try should not negate a justified yellow card.
Not seen enough where the defending team concedes 5/7 points and also gets carded.

Larbre34

Didn't Slipper play in the inaugural 1987 tournament? This squad feels so old I'm half expecting Larkham, Campo and Eales to come off the bench.

Squidgy Black

160 tackles made by Wales compared to 86 for Australia. That's mental

Exclamation Marc

STB. wrote: »

Australia are trading at 9/2 in running !

Rob Howley all over those odds.

My 8-year old: "Dad, is it a scrum now?"
Me: "Yep"
Kid: "Oh, I love scrums"
Me: "Why is that?"
Kid: "They're just so entertaining"

Ok then.....

Larbre34

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Rob Howley all over those odds.

😂😂😂😂

Bazzo

Basil3 wrote: »

My 8-year old: "Dad, is it a scrum now?"
Me: "Yep"
Kid: "Oh, I love scrums"
Me: "Why is that?"
Kid: "They're just so entertaining"

Ok then.....

Get him on the spuds, front rower in the making there

Mushy

A missed conversion the difference now. Great game to wake up to

ionadnapokot

You have to admire the Australians resolve
Unfortunately there is no way I could see Ireland coming back from such a deficit.
Like a heavy weight with a glass jaw

kuang1

This is the most points Wales have conceded in a while I think?

ButtersSuki

The difference in style between how both of these teams approach the game v Ireland yesterday is stark. It’s an infinitely better spectacle as a result and the skill level of both teams seems so much higher. Also very interesting to see how early both teams introduced subs compared to Ireland yesterday. Both of these teams are playing to win, Ireland even when ahead looked like they were trying not to lose.

Kepu done for offside even though he realised his error and immediately retreated. If that was a penalty every time, rugby would be unwatchable.

Mrcaramelchoc

Come on Australia.give it to gatland.

ButtersSuki

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Rob Howley all over those odds.

What happened there? Has any more detail emerged?

Basil3

Basil3 wrote: »

Kepu done for offside even though he realised his error and immediately retreated. If that was a penalty every time, rugby would be unwatchable.

It's particularly galling given Wales have been offline the entire game.

Utterly frustrating to watch this.

Exclamation Marc

kuang1 wrote: »

This is the most points Wales have conceded in a while I think?

England put 33 on them in August. Competitively, I'd say Ireland back in the 2018 6N.

awec

I don’t understand offside refereeing any more

awec

awec wrote: »

I don’t understand offside refereeing any more

Neither does Poite. Its stunning how he is treating each team - I'm genuinely baffled.

Squidgy Black

In fairness to Poite, I don't think any of the refs have a good understanding of how the offside is supposed to be reffed in this tournament. The inconsistency is mind boggling.

Beale you eejit.

Eod100

Great game so far.

prawnsambo

Deleted User wrote: »

It's particularly galling given Wales have been offline the entire game.

Utterly frustrating to watch this.

Perhaps Gatland could switch them off and on again?

STB.

Its a game of hide the ball for Wales.


Can they hang on ?

eigrod

The worst part of rugby this. 3 minutes to complete a scrum.

steves2

How long for this one scrum?!

ionadnapokot

Yes. Great scrum. This is where Australia win it

Former Former

Incredible from Adams

Edit; not Adams

Lucy8080

This game has it all!

Floodlights going out? Oh no.

irishbucsfan

Cmon wales! This is class stuff

testtech05

eigrod wrote: »

The worst part of rugby this. 3 minutes to complete a scrum.

There was talk a while back of stopping the clock for scrums. Haven't heard about it in a while but surely be a good idea.

Tipuric MILES offside.

Poite: "......"

irishbucsfan

Former Former wrote: »

Incredible from Adams

Edit; not Adams

That’s a line out.

If you leave the ground to keep the ball in and then land outside the field of play, the ball is out. Unless it’s changed recently! I think there was a long video of Erasmus explaining all the situations iirc.

Brilliant stuff to watch though

What a steal. Who was that? Liam Williams?

Great game.

MadYaker

Some game though

STB.

Well well well.


Well done to the Welsh.