Australia vs Wales 2nd test - Teams and Live match thread

[Pete C (Kiwireddevil)]

First topic message reminder :

Australian playing 22:
Aussie team is:
15. Adam Ashley-Cooper (NSW Waratahs)
14. Cooper Vuna (Melbourne Rebels)
13. Rob Horne (NSW Waratahs)
12. Pat McCabe (Brumbies)
11. Digby Ioane (Queensland Reds)
10. Berrick Barnes (NSW Waratahs)
9. Will Genia (Queensland Reds)
8. Wycliff Palu (NSW Waratahs)
7. David Pocock (captain, Western Force)
6. Scott Higginbotham (Queensland Reds)
5. Nathan Sharpe (Western Force)
4. Rob Simmons (Queensland Reds)
3. Sekope Kepu* (NSW Waratahs)
2. Tatafu Polota Nau (NSW Waratahs)
1. Benn Robinson (NSW Waratahs)

Run on Reserves: 16. Stephen Moore (Brumbies), 17. Ben Alexander (Brumbies), 18. Dave Dennis (NSW Waratahs), 19. Michael Hooper (Brumbies), 20. Nic White (Brumbies), 21. Anthony Fainga’a (Queensland Reds), 22. Mike Harris (Queensland Reds)

Wales : Leigh Halfpenny (Blues); Alex Cuthbert (Blues), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Ashley Beck (Ospreys), George North (Scarlets); Rhys Priestland (Scarlets), Mike Phillips (Bayonne); Gethin Jenkins (Toulon), Matthew Rees (Scarlets), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Blues), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Dragons), Sam Warburton (Blues, capt), Ryan Jones (Ospreys).

Replacements : Matthew Rees (Scarlets), Paul James (Bath), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Blues), James Hook (Perpignan), Ashley Beck (Ospreys). Richard Hibbard, Paul James, Luke Charteris, Justin Tipuric, Rhys Webb, James Hook, Scott Williams. (BBC has the bench wrong)


Venue: Etihad Stadium, Melbourne. Capacity ~56,000
Weather: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2158177 - ~12 deg C, showery. But there is a roof.

Tour Previews:
http://www.v2journal.com/wales-summer-tour-preview.html
http://www.v2journal.com/australias-june-tests-preview.html

[thebluesmancometh]

Phillips why????


Jones was alone, being lined up and you play him, then put it a metre above his head!!!

[Cari]

Dreamer - I thought he overcooked that a bit for the chaser to get there, but it gave them a good position for the line out anyway.

[Cari]

Reminds me of the beginning of the last match....

Oi you!

Mike Phillips playing clever rugby?! Whaaa?

[Cadair Idris]

Phillips looking much livelier today

[Guest]

aye I was looking it more as a touch finder Cari, that it was fab. Great range on him when he's kicking well.

[welshy6]

good start, much better kicking, using space and clever little kicks

[thebluesmancometh]

Still phillips looks poor. Playing passes he shouldn't getting shrugged off.

[thebluesmancometh]

Is it me or are they targetting Davies outside shoulder?

[Cadair Idris]

Defence looking much sharper today...

[yappysnap]

Wales D is immense if they hit their man but when you rush up like that you can't afford to miss the one on ones.

[rodders]

Wales looking good so far..

[yappysnap]

Priestland always reminds me of one of the cast of Glee

[rodders]

Taxi for Priestland!

[thebluesmancometh]

Not secured much posession since the try, we just need a bit of ball now!

[rodders]

Great tackle by Lydiate!

[yappysnap]

And the talking up of Lydiate has started...

If he's the most underrated player i'd hate to hear about the players that are rated.

[Guest]

Finn you mean Yappy? yeah guess he does a bit.


Dodgy kick that, his first duff one.

So much better in defence this week though, keep it going Wales!

[Guest]

when Aus are looking hesitant, don't stand off them, blydi tackle them back men!

[offload]

Clear knock on there missed

[yappysnap]

Yea the american football player, not sure why to be honest...

I think you can always expect a few dodge kicks from him but at least he also produces some gold at times (unlike our 10)

[thebluesmancometh]

Aus ball is so slow, only Iaone looks like breaking the line, and thats from hesitant defence.

So far so good, but we need the pill, and to hold onto it for a few phases.

[welshy6]

crunch genia, get the little bugger,
but good tackling so far better rush up.

[Guest]

I think it's the hair Yappy.

Rhys is looking okay, one dodgy kick but he's put in some good ones (especially the kick off and the kick down the wing for Cuthbert). Needs to ease himself in to get his confidence back. I believe in him.

[offload]

Poor there by officials. Missed the Aussie knock on and then got it wrong with Jenkins.

We have let the Aussies settle a bit.

[Guest]

ah no what's wrong with Sam??? I missed what happened.

[thebluesmancometh]

Aus are playing the smarter rugby here. Dominating the territory battle at the present.

[Guest]

super tackle on Genia by Rhys then, had to be done otherwise he'd have been away.

[offload]

How can our line out be so poor? ,,,,,again.

[Cadair Idris]

Sort out the line out boys! Playing into their hands here...

[thebluesmancometh]

Wales lineout is Aus best attacking weapon, WTF??!!!

Come on, if we have no platform we have no game!

[Guest]

overthorw/missed time jump on our own lineout going straight to Pockock. Not good enough!

[Geordie]

Wales lineout could cost them the game!

Its appalling...

[thebluesmancometh]

Cheap shot on Pocock!! Now Genia has to get one!

[rhonddasmackhead]

How thick can they be? They fix last weeks problems and then throw all the lineouts away. AWJ is a liability he's cost a few pens.

[Guest]

ooo naughty Danny, clean our properly mun.

Hope Pocock is okay.

Glad that the ref picked up on that, too often it's let go (like Ryan on Adam Jones in the Ire v Wales match)

No one should go charging into a ruck like that, so da iawn the ref.

[Dim]

Nice bit of radio commentary:

"When David Pockock is in the defensive line you either have to go straight at him or away from him."

[offload]

Lydiate is very lucky to stay on.

We need to keep our heads here.

[thebluesmancometh]

We've done nothing but defend since the try. This is getting worrying!

[Guest]

not really blues, it's how we played for most of the 6N's.

[thebluesmancometh]

Rees has to go off, thats 4 miss throws!!

[Pal Joey]

Is that 3 or 4 lineouts against the throw now?

[welshy6]

sort the bldyi lineout out

[Cadair Idris]

Ah the line out is a disaster

[offload]

We've done nothing but defend since the try. This is getting worrying!

Agreed. Our poor set piece has given us no ball.

[thebluesmancometh]

It isn't dreamer, we played a very good territorial game, we don't have a lineout nullifying any kicking game we have.

This is getting very worrying!

[rhonddasmackhead]

3 lineouts lost in a row in their 22.

THIS IS DISGUSTING.

[offload]

Rees has to go off. Shocking.

[thebluesmancometh]

Uh oh lineout in our own 22

[Guest]

I'm not feeling too worried (which is weird and worrying in itself!)

Ioane is the only one so far this match I'm really worried about.

our lineout does need to improve though, c'mon smiler and the jumpers and lifters, lets get things working!

[rhonddasmackhead]

Get Ken Owens on.

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