England A vs Australia A - 17/11/24

[TRF_Olyy]

Losing the physicality battle at the breakdown and maul massively

 

[Reiser99]

Like yesterday, there is no subtlety in attack.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

RIP Murley's kneecap
Thought he was going to slide and he just dug in like a plough

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Willis has lost ground in contact a good few times here

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That was real nice

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Why take Ibitoye off?

 

[Reiser99]

Unlike with the main squad, subs making an impact.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Who has impressed?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Who has impressed?

Back 3 all gone well,
Scrum has gone well with both sets of front rowers
Pollock the pick of the backrowers, which is a shame because I wanted Willis to dominate but he and Pearson have been outplayed by the Aussies
Atkinson had a poor first half but grown into it now
Langdon instant impact in the loose off the bench
Porter not standout but has gone about his business well - same with the centres

Don't think anyone has really put their hand up for promotion

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Feel for McParland here - porter has looked good, but a bit weird that in this kind of game he is still on?

Ah there we go - only getting 5 minutes though

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

same with the centres

Beard has been good imo - couple nice half breaks and a really powerful hit in the first half

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That was a real nice pass

 

[BPM]

Back 3 all gone well,
Scrum has gone well with both sets of front rowers
Pollock the pick of the backrowers, which is a shame because I wanted Willis to dominate but he and Pearson have been outplayed by the Aussies
Atkinson had a poor first half but grown into it now
Langdon instant impact in the loose off the bench
Porter not standout but has gone about his business well - same with the centres

Don't think anyone has really put their hand up for promotion

That's disappointing.

I also wanted, possibly even expected Willis to have a standout game.

Not sure we need more hype about Pollock.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

What's Aus standard meant to be like?

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Back 3 all gone well,
Scrum has gone well with both sets of front rowers
Pollock the pick of the backrowers, which is a shame because I wanted Willis to dominate but he and Pearson have been outplayed by the Aussies
Atkinson had a poor first half but grown into it now
Langdon instant impact in the loose off the bench
Porter not standout but has gone about his business well - same with the centres

Don't think anyone has really put their hand up for promotion

What about the TH's for Cole?

 

[Rugbyfan564]

That's disappointing.

I also wanted, possibly even expected Willis to have a standout game.

Not sure we need more hype about Pollock.

And his brother was in the crowd and if the younger Willis becomes a senior regular maybe he will return home and try and get in.

 

[BPM]

What's Aus standard meant to be like?

Decent I think. A few capped players in there and some highly rated youngsters including Tom Lynagh.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

What about the TH's for Cole?

Heyes solid in the scrum and probably the only player matching the physicality at the ruck - also scored a try. Wouldn't be against him being involved vs Japan tbh, though I want to have a look at Davidson first

Fasogbon won a scrum penalty but I'm still not convinced that's it's not just his size carrying him, he was getting twisted in all sorts of shapes in a later scrum

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Decent I think. A few capped players in there and some highly rated youngsters including Tom Lynagh.

Yeah think they said pre-game that they had 8 capped players in the side
They looked better drilled than the England side, which makes sense as they've been together longer and have the game vs Bristol under their belts - just didn't have the individual flashes that England did that led to tries

 

[AngloScotsHybrid]

England struggling in Australia's 22. Lots of isolated runners getting turned over.

You could have been talking about the first 15 game against south africa yesterday.