Autumn Internationals 2022

Apart from training jerseys, when was the last time we had a white jersey?

Dunno about Ireland wearing that colour vs the boks. If Ireland win, all the post match talk would be about white supremacy. Awkward.

😂😂

Michael Hooper played in win vs Scotland last weekend.

Fiji look very powerful. Winning a lot of collisions against Scotland so far. They'd be ahead if they had a decent goalkicker. Ireland plays them next week. Think we'll need to select a fairly strong side for that game.

Also, the Scottish commentary didn't mention it, but I felt Hogg was brushed away far too easy when he was trying to make his tackle.

And they take the lead. Yeah they are so powerful physically, some big carries and tackles they're putting in

Another offside penalty conceded by Scotland. Just because Hogg was yellowed a few minutes ago shouldn't mean their referee warning resets.

Can't say Scotland deserves to be ahead, but Fiji have a dreadful kicking game and no lineout. Collision dominance can get you very far, but if you can't convert into points it's useless.

Fiji/Samoa/Tonga always look and are physically strong but that's as good as it gets for them. Good for about an hour against an Italy or Scotland or an Ireland/England/Wales A team; less after an inevitable red card or two for foul play. As a credible force they have lost the way in the professional era and are generally a good decade behind the rest of the rugby world in terms of tactics, skills and laws. At times you'd wonder if they coach their national teams at all for they seem to play a form of Union that is closer to League.

Certainly professionalism has hurt them. Tourists almost never reach their islands any more while rare is a November when one or other of their nations run out of fund to pay their way. The recent addition of Moana Pasifika to Super Rugby may help a little and Vern Cotter will undoubtedly help too but things like this take a long time and patience is needed here; please God they will see this.

What would be fun would be an international standard game to be played and refereed under Pacific law interpretations or Rapid Rugby amendment; see how long we would last then 😁

Jaysus.

Hastings murdered in the tackle. Has to be subbed off due to the impact.

Hogg's having a very poor game. Not kicked well; didn't do enough when preventing a Fiji try; didn't draw the Fijian tackler before passing to Graham.