|
|
The ref was truly appauling today. All of this 'interpretation' rubbish gets right on my nerves. The laws are the laws and he clearly penalised O'Driscoll for competing at the breakdown perfectly legitimately, and Vunipola for absolutely nothing. He also missed a few completely glaring pieces of foul play by the Wallabies, not lest the yellow card offence near the end of the first half.
Still, our back-line was exposed in defence a number of times and their were elementary errors in other areas as well. Thought bringing off Corbs and Jones at the 50 minute mark (and Youngs at 60 mins) was jumping the gun massively. Our scrum was dominant up until that point. Also thought Phillips had a pretty poor game and a few of the other lads were too quiet.
However, it was a great solo effort from North and some good interplay to set up Cuthbert. Youngs (Ben) looked quite sharp when he came on, Sexton had a better game than I expected and Halfpenny was very reliable. Davies looked strong in midfield as well. We also seemed physically stronger than the Aussies, usually coming off best in contact. Glad we came through without any major injuries.
Had to feel for Beale at the end, although I'm glad he missed. Couldn't help laughing at the replay - all it was missing was the noise of a slide-whistle as he went down! Bring on next week. |
|
Author: la gran siete
2-12-2019 21:18:59
Author