Australia vs Wales | 1st Test | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

MoscowFlyer

TEAMS

Australia: Adam Ashley-Cooper (NSW); Cooper Vuna (Melbourne Rebels), Rob Horne (NSW), Pat McCabe (ACT), Digby Ioane (Queensland); Berrick Barnes (NSW), Will Genia (Queensland); Benn Robinson (NSW), Tatafu Polota-Nau (NSW), Sekope Kepu (NSW), Rob Simmons (Queensland), Nathan Sharpe (Western Force), Scott Higginbotham (Queensland), David Pocock (Western Force, capt), Wycliff Palu (NSW).

Replacements: Stephen Moore (ACT), Ben Alexander (ACT), Dave Dennis (NSW), Michael Hooper (ACT), Nic White (ACT), Anthony Fainga'a (Queensland), Mike Harris (Queensland).

Wales: Leigh Halfpenny (Blues); Alex Cuthbert (Blues), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Scott Williams (Scarlets), George North (Scarlets); Rhys Priestland (Scarlets), Mike Phillips (Bayonne); Gethin Jenkins (Toulon), Ken Owens (Scarlets), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Blues), Luke Charteris (Perpignan), Dan Lydiate (Dragons), Sam Warburton (Blues, capt), Toby Faletau (Dragons).

Replacements: Matthew Rees (Scarlets), Paul James (Bath), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Blues), James Hook (Perpignan), Ashley Beck (Ospreys)

irishbucsfan

Come on Wales!

Taco Corp

good to Michael Lynagh back on TV. Hopefully back to full health

Fishooks12

Come on Wales!

MoscowFlyer

+1 on Michael Lynagh.

Expecting a pretty open attacking game here. The Aussies will wanna hit back after the mid-week defeat to the Scots.

Aussies 24 - 17 Wales

The Aussie

3 games in a week for the pampered ones will be a test.

duckysauce

never thought I would say it but come on wales

Yamanoto

Ah not Mark Robson FFS

.ak

I find it hard to shout for Wales tbh. Because of injuries I see the Wallabies as the underdog, so I'll be shouting for them.

duckysauce

Yamanoto wrote: »

Ah not Mark Robson FFS

yep he does not go well with a hangover

Fishooks12

Right, done with the other threads for a while until the trolls tire themselves out.

Should be a cracker.

wp_rathead

Rugby, GAA (Mon Galway) and then Euro's in the evening
I love June
is it to early to start on the beer?

Mon Wales

Taco Corp

Yamanoto wrote: »

Ah not Mark Robson FFS

ah now, you've got to love Mark Robson.

Fishooks12

wprathead wrote: »

Rugby, GAA (Mon Galway) and then Euro's in the evening
I love June
is it to early to start on the beer?

Mon Wales

tempted!

wp_rathead

Fishooks12 wrote: »

tempted!

need it after reading the NZ v Ireland thread:D:D

Fishooks12

Warburton v Pocock, nom nom nom

Fishooks12

Good game so far. Phillips is the player Murray should aspire to be, not perfect but makes the best of what he's got

thomond2006

Nice break.

Spudmonkey

What a steal from Pocock..

Taco Corp

surely that was a penalty for diving on halfpenny?

Spudmonkey

How to butcher a try.

bossa_nova

Jaysus how did he not pass that, he will be lambasted for that at half time

irishbucsfan

Haha pocock is so illegal at times I love it!


Rob Horne...

thomond2006

savage from pocock

Fishooks12

Horne you butchered it! What a steal from Pocock though

Tox56

Jesus that was awful

thomond2006

Rob Horne, hang your head in shame

irishbucsfan

So soft around the fringes from Wales there

Fishooks12

Anyone watching Warburton for that try? Really really lazy to get to his feet

Priestland is so strange in a Welsh jersey.

Such a different player from his club performances.

thomond2006

That looked far too easy!

Fishooks12

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Good game so far. Phillips is the player Murray should aspire to be, not perfect but makes the best of what he's got

Jesus no.

There are 3 other 9s involved in this game that would be far better players for Murray to model himself on!!!

irishbucsfan

Wales lacked cohesion so far.

they'll improve though.

Wow.

What a pickup and pass.

From a Hooker!

Genia

Fishooks12

Jesus didn't think Halfpenny was lacking that much acceleration

DDC1990

That was pretty clearly carried over. Bad call from Joubert IMO.

Warburton off?

Tipuric not much of a step down tbh!

North and Hook swapped already too.

Tox56

Genia and Pocock are really world class

Fishooks12

Deleted User wrote: »

Warburton off?

Tipuric not much of a step down tbh!

North and Hook swapped already too.

Step up some would say!

The Aussie

North out .

Game will open up and can Oz keep up, the bench rotation will be important in the last 30 mins.

irishbucsfan

Wait... Warburton didn't go off and Tipuric isn't even on the bench. Or am I going mad?

mfceiling

Phillips is a dick....always has at least one wobble every game...

DDC1990

Deleted User wrote: »

Warburton off?

Tipuric not much of a step down tbh!

North and Hook swapped already too.

? Did you see North and think it was Warburton?

irishbucsfan

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Wait... Warburton didn't go off and Tipuric isn't even on the bench. Or am I going mad?

Nope, just heard it all wrong! See my edit.

Phillips showing his class. Genia showing his.

Apt that my phone corrects Genia to Genius

Fishooks12

DDC1990 wrote: »

? Did you see North and think it was Warburton?

They said he went off!

irishbucsfan

Fishooks12 wrote: »

They said he went off!

I think they said North went off and then immediately started talking about Warburtons lack of game time. So confusing alright

irishbucsfan

Australia getting away with murder. Joubert doesn't do breakdowns

twinytwo

pocock is on fire though

Fishooks12

Genia is effortless at the base, a joy to watch

MoscowFlyer

The Aussies look a lot better than I thought they would. This Ioane guy has been everywhere, really fun to watch.