RWC 2011 The 3rd/4th place: Wales vs. Australia

[Black Heart]

Congrats Australia, condolences Wales.
Awesome game from Barnes, Deans should of made the tough call and had him instead of Quade from the quarters onwards.
Shame about the injuries, always hate seeing players get hurt and Quade's injury looks quite serious, hopefully he heals up well and we see him back in the 2nd half of the super season.
Think the teams are quite close in ability and am looking forward to the 4 upcoming games between the two.

Somebody die?

 

[Tricia McMillan]

Haha he just missed the biggest forward pass I've ever seen....

I think he meant Berrick Barnes, not Wayne Barnes.

 

[Black Heart]

Good stuff, finally won a game at Eden Park.

Yes it was well won. Still have yet to lift that curse as far as the All Blacks are concerned though.

 

[Bazzy]

Not a great game to watch until the last few minutes. Why couldn't Wales play like that the entire game .

I know Cooper had an ok game today before he got injured but the way Barnes played today I wonder why Deans sat him on the bench while Cooper had a horror tournament.

So the Wallabies finally break their Eden Park hoodoo.

 

[Bluemoon]

If Neil Jenkins was fit- we'd have a medal somewhere in this tournament.

Did Barry John ever have a son???

 

[madflyhalf]

Holy crap!!

I've bet Wallabies +7....

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Wales, Ireland and England all won the same amount of games this tournament, oddly enough

 

[Rhyer]

Now we can end this bullshit hype about Wales being the best team of the tournament.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

I don't really know what to say. Wales have played some good rugby but ultimately they've lost 3 games. Wales are the team we are talking about, largely because the commentators harp on about all the friends they've won, but thinking about it, Ireland for example (admiteddly beaten by wales) beat Australia which Wales haven't managed to do, and only lost 1 game. I don't think Wales have played markedly better rugby than Ireland. A lot of the time what people are going on about is the heart and passion of Wales, which is all very well but you still need to win the games

 

[Thingimubob]

Not a great game to watch until the last few minutes. Why couldn't Wales play like that the entire game .

I know Cooper had an ok game today before he got injured but the way Barnes played today I wonder why Deans sat him on the bench while Cooper had a horror tournament.

So the Wallabies finally break their Eden Park hoodoo.

Because Hook is an awful 10 atm... Quick ball from Lloyd Williams really helped too, though Phillips had a very good game tbf!

 

[TRF_heineken]

So the Wallabies finally break their Eden Park hoodoo.

Does this really apply when they're not playing the All Blacks??

Congrats Aussies, wonder how long you guys are gonna be without Beale and Cooper?? gonna be a dull super 15 from the aussie sides if these guys aren't going to play...

 

[Bossco]

Score flatters wales a bit given how superior the aussies were and how poor wales are especially on attack.

Bugger about Cooper he was looking good before his injury.

 

[RyotoTheDragon]

Damn i bet on a win by more than 7.

me too! now am hating on oz for letting wales get that last try.

damn you!! haha my precious Vcash! ahahaha

 

[Bluemoon]

Wales, Ireland and England all won the same amount of games this tournament, oddly enough

Yet Ireland and England played fewer games and didn't win the games required to advance/when the pressure was on.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Yet Ireland and England played fewer games and didn't win the games required to advance/when the pressure was on.

Just means you had more opportunities to win more games

Is it too soon for that "0800 101010" joke that was going around a couple of weeks ago?

 

[Black Heart]

Does this really apply when they're not playing the All Blacks??

Congrats Aussies, wonder how long you guys are gonna be without Beale and Cooper?? gonna be a dull super 15 from the aussie sides if these guys aren't going to play...

Yeah I raised the same point.

At the end of the day the Wallabies could have played Italy at Eden Park and would have still broken it so it doesn't really make much of a difference until they beat the All Blacks. After all, that's the only team they'll be playing there for at least the next 20 years.

 

[TNT88]

Does this really apply when they're not playing the All Blacks??

It was a joke, should have used a smiley

Congrats Aussies, wonder how long you guys are gonna be without Beale and Cooper?? gonna be a dull super 15 from the aussie sides if these guys aren't going to play...

Dunno yet, they'll get scans soon. I'll post in this thread when the news comes in. Not looking too promising right now tbh though.

 

[Bluemoon]

Just means you had more opportunities to win more games

Is it too soon for that "0800 101010" joke that was going around a couple of weeks ago?

Haha. I didn't hear that one but I can see where it's going!

 

[TNT88]

Yeah I raised the same point.

It wasn't meant to be a well thought out factual argument, just a joke.

 

[Gavin]

It was a joke, should have used a smiley



Dunno yet, they'll get scans soon. I'll post in this thread when the news comes in. Not looking too promising right now tbh though.

Read Cooper is out for 6 months