Wales team to face Australia

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I don't think anyone put their hands up today except Hook and O Williams
Several were dismal and if i see L Williams on the bench i will be very disappointed. Glad Charteris has gone back as he is off form.


Gethin
Hibbard - player of the autumn for me
Rhodri Jones
AWJ
Ryan Jones - I think Evans will be picked but I think Ryan offers more in the loose and was one of few players who looked like he wanted to play today
Lydiate - needs to up his game as he has been quiet this autumn
Warburton - personally would like to see Tips start and Warbs at 6 but expect tho selection
Faletau - has had a fine autumn
Philipps - superb last week, could be his opportunity to get a club!
Biggar - for his kicking game and is less prone to getting isolated and turned over, i may have picked hook if available as i thought he was good today
North - A quiet autumn and ordinary v Tonga. Time to step up
S Williams - excellent footballer, his big opportunity and I am looking forward to him staking a real claim
O Williams - only real bonus from the Tonga game, looked solid
L Williams - is he fit…who else is there.
Halfpenny - involved in both tries, expect the POTY finalist to have a huge game

Owens
Lee
A Prop
Coombes - in reality i think tho swill be Ryan as i expect Gats to select Evans
Tipuric pref for him to start
R Williams
Priestland - I would def pick Hook if available
Beck - barely but who else is there

We need a centre who can kick.

Halfpenny does not have the best kicking game

never seen a half with no scrums before.

Mike Phillips is an absolute embarrassment out there.

No scrums in 40 minutes and our lineout is awful

So,...we have had no possession.

And Halfpenny can't kick,

And Dan Biggar is in the bin for another 10 minutes.

ARGGGG!!

Australia looking pretty dominant. Other than the lucky try they(Wales)'ve not really created much. Will they come out and pull out one of their great second halves?

Lineouts are a bit of a shambles for both sides.

Good to see Rees in the box

If Folau passed a few more times Wallabies would have had a few more tries.

He needs to realise he has team mates.

I know he is a great player but he gets whiteline fever.

Great game so far

Trying to figure out how we're not up by 20. Genia needs to take off the oven mits. Great game so far, good niggle.

Welsh fans,

however frustrated you are, it could be worse

http://www.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/story/207685.html

Fantastic game so far, George North a bit lucky with his try. But apart from that a really, really good game. Is Leigh Halfpenny carrying an injurie too his leg.

I hope the Second half is as good as the first has been.

Full Credit wrote:Trying to figure out how we're not up by 20.  Genia needs to take off the oven mits. Great game so far, good niggle.

Well you could have scored twice if Folau passed and once more if Genia didn't knock.

Wallabies looking good

Really hope we step up in the second half. Not great so far.

Amazing how no scrums improves the game!

Biltong wrote:If Folau passed a few more times Wallabies would have had a few more tries.

He needs to realise he has team mates.

I know he is a great player but he gets whiteline fever.

Great game so far

I can't bear the tension…...You might want to take a 2 month break as a MOD starting in about 40 minutes!

wales606 wrote:Welsh fans,

however frustrated you are, it could be worse

http://www.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/story/207685.html

Not sure what to call him, genius or brave.

Either way he is nuts.

Scratch wrote:

Biltong wrote:If Folau passed a few more times Wallabies would have had a few more tries.

He needs to realise he has team mates.

I know he is a great player but he gets whiteline fever.

Great game so far

I can't bear the tension…...You might want to take a 2 month break as a MOD starting in about 40 minutes!

Thanks for heads up, I'll be outta here before then

Pretty evenly matched

Biggar unlucky to get a card, Aussies warned by ref five times before and Wales once, Biggar...!

Lydiate and Hibbard have been fantastic.

Biltong wrote:

Full Credit wrote:Trying to figure out how we're not up by 20.  Genia needs to take off the oven mits. Great game so far, good niggle.

Well you could have scored twice if Folau passed and once more if Genia didn't knock.

Wallabies looking good

...and AAC's brain captain wasn't asleep at the wheel.

Warbs looks so off the pace, will be interesting to see his stats

That's what I keep saying, Biltong. He tries to beat one too many defenders.

Wales have shown nothing really. A couple of half breaks and a lucky fall on the ball try.

Only one team is going forward regularly, has 62% possession, run 439m compared to 171m.
The Wallabies are winning the rucks & mauls 43-21,
kicks in play about even 13 (476)-13(513),
Wales having to make twice as many tackles 44-27,
lineouts Wales 3/2, Oz 6/2...
but penalties are letting Wales into the game 5-9.

I hope they play the last 40 mins like our League players have just done against NZ. They need to cut down the errors and not keep giving away penalties.

We've lost Gethin Jenkins

and the kick off

Things keep getting worse

maestegmafia wrote:Pretty evenly matched

Biggar unlucky to get a card, Aussies warned by ref five times before and Wales once, Biggar...!

Lydiate and Hibbard have been fantastic.

The card came because of it being a professional foul.

Unrelenting

Wallabies look good, Wales frankly awful

wales606 wrote:We've lost Gethin Jenkins

and the kick off

Things keep getting worse

Is it such a bad thing? Jenkins is in decline and has been for a couple of seasons. Great player in his prime but he'll be nearly 35 at the WC.  Wales need a new loosehead.

Geezsh!!... another try gone begging!

without doubt the most attacking rugby i have seen all year. shows what no scrums does to a match! unreal. the players are going to be knackered without the usual scrum breaks for the backs...

1st scrum!!!!

first scrum a reset...classic.

Outraegous from the Aussies. Its unrelenting...
Not forward imo..

There is only 1 side playing rugby, that simple. We have no possession and Aus are proving that they are the most attacking creative set of backs in the world.

terrible pass by folau. unbelievable pickup!

this booing is pretty unacceptable.

I love the way the Welsh fans boo louder the further the go behind

Disappointing to hear so many boos from the Welsh crowd.

Sounds like the Aussies are targeting North rather than Cuthbert?

Hoped to be back in time to watch. Think my nerves would be shot though (bad enough following on twitter).

Some of the handling skills from the Aussies have been outrageous. As a full blooded Englishman I hate admitting this, but when the Wallabies turn it on I love watching them play.

I'm not a winger so correct me if I'm wrong, but to me, it looks like north is having a shocker in defence. His positioning looks terrible. It looks like he doesn't have confidence in his 13 and keeps trying to cover him.

wonder if gatland, hibbard, phillips et al are wishing they hadn't wound up the australians all week?

Wales/Gatlan just do not know how to beat Oz. I do think that playing the Boks, who seem a slightly better version of Wales, so regularly actually helps them play against more physical teams who like to bosh. Not a criticism of Wales, I still think you're better than my team, but I've thought for a while Gatland et al need to look at a less one dimensional game.

This is going to be one hell of a comeback

Cumbrian wrote:Some of the handling skills from the Aussies have been outrageous.  As a full blooded Englishman I hate admitting this, but when the Wallabies turn it on I love watching them play.

blwdi glad england arent playing them today! don't think many teams would want to face this back line in full flight with a point to prove

George centre now?

Hood83 wrote:Wales/Gatlan just do not know how to beat Oz. I do think that playing the Boks, who seem a slightly better version of Wales, so regularly actually helps them play against more physical teams who like to bosh. Not a criticism of Wales, I still think you're better than my team, but I've thought for a while Gatland et al need to look at a less one dimensional game.

Right now it is a 0 dimensional game because the big nosher Roberts isn't playing…just shows he is our only real carrier who can cross the mainline

HammerofThunor wrote:This is going to be one hell of a comeback

the one that happened already, or the one yet to come?

Real game of rugby this, credit to both sides. Oz are justifying their 3rd place.

how was north on his feet there?

Wayne Barnes seeing things , North was sleeping on QC. North is a giant how did Barnes miss that ?

However, I despise the obnoxious whooping that seems to come with Australian sports men.  

north as centre? unless he is the dummy runner that's like putting a target on his jersey

wonder what the record for fewest scrums in an intl match is?