'As a rugby spectacle it was disappointing' - Foster not entertained by Wallabies thriller
Wallabies coach Dave Rennie knows his maiden Test win comes with a card-riddled caveat, not that he needed an excuse to demand more against Argentina in a fortnight. The two-time Super Rugby title winner is used to success and after a draw and two heavy losses admitted their 24-22 defeat of the All Blacks in Brisbane was some relief.
The breakthrough came with both sides down a man from red cards for high tackles in the first half, while both were also down an extra player thanks to separate yellow cards either side of halftime.
Coming off a record 43-5 loss in Sydney, the Wallabies scored two tries to New Zealand’s three but deserved the victory after converting pressure into points through surprise No.10 Reece Hodge’s boot.
Rennie was happy with the output of debutant winger Tom Wright, bench forward Angus Bell and even the red-carded Lachie Swinton despite his first-half brain explosion when he collected Sam Whitelock high with his shoulde r.
“There were some curveballs, but I was really proud of the steel that we showed and the impact we got off the bench to seal the win,” he said.
“What it tells us is that if we work hard enough for each other we can get results against anyone.
“But it doesn’t count for much if we don’t back it up against Argentina in a couple of weeks.”
“We’re not getting carried away with tonight; it was a great performance but we’ve got to keep building.”
Rennie’s counterpart agreed that the result – Australia’s seventh straight win at Suncorp Stadium – should be kept in perspective.
“What we’ve seen is a very spirited Wallabies team, but it’s pretty tough to figure out what teams want to do with the game narrowed right down (by cards),” Ian Foster said.
“As a rugby spectacle it was disappointing, as a result for Australia it was immensely exciting.
“But what we do know is they want to play a hard-carrying, clean game.”
Reece Hodge was blemish-free after his surprise shift to the No.10, setting up Tom Wright’s second-minute try with a chip kick and booting five-of-seven off the tee.
James O’Connor, Rennie’s first pick for the opening two Tests before injury, should be fit to return against Los Pumas while Noah Lolesio bounced back from a forgettable debut to play confidently off the bench on Saturday.
“He (Hodge) was really good; as we know he can kick from a long way out … create some scoreboard pressure,” Rennie said.
“We’ll have a decent look at it, he’s (O’Connor) been excellent in the first two Tests so it’s good to have choices (at five-eighth).”
James Slipper (elbow) was a first-half casualty in his 100th Test while winger Marika Koroibete made up for his yellow card with a barnstorming effort on both sides of the ball.
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🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
29 Go to commentsJe suis sûr que Farrell est impatient de jouer avec Lopez et Machenaud et d’être entraîné par Collazo… 🤭
1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
1 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusades , you can keep going.
1 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
5 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
29 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
29 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
29 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
14 Go to commentsLike tennis, who have a ranking system, and I believe rugby too, just measure over each period preceding a world cup event who was the longest number one and that would be it. In tennis the number one player frequently is not the grand slam winner. I love and adore the All Blacks since the days of Ian Kirkpatrick when I was a kid in SA. And still do because they are the masters of running rugby and are gentleman on and off the field - in general. And in my opinion they have been the majority of the time the best rugby team in the world.
29 Go to commentsHaving overseas possessions in 2024 is absurd. These Frenchies should have to give the New Caledonians their freedom.
21 Go to commentsBell injured his foot didn’t he? Bring Tupou in he’ll deliver when it counts. Agree mostly but I would switch in the Reds number 8 Harry Wilson for Swinton and move Rob Valentini to 6 instead. Wilson is a clever player who reads the play, you can’t outmuscle the AB’s and Springboks, if you have any chance it’s by playing clever. Same goes for Paisami, he’s a little guy who doesn’t really trouble the likes of De Allende and Jordie Barrett. I’d rather play Carter Gordon at 12 and put Michael Lynagh’s boy at 10. That way you get a BMT type goalkicker at 10 and a playmaker at 12. Anyways, just my two cents as a Bok supporter.
14 Go to commentsThanks Brett, love your articles which are alway pertinent. It’s a difficult topic trying to have a panel adjudicating consistently penalties for red card issues. Many of the mitigating reasons raised are judged subjectively, hence the different outcomes. How to take away subjective opinions?
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