Wallabies hit decade low with sixth straight defeat in loss to France

Which B and C players in the Australian side are you referring to? This is literally the best lineup we can field with the limitations we impose on ourselves with selection and the injuries we currently have.

Um, the players aren't good enough, maybe?

My 2c worth is that we are not fit enough to go the full game with top teams, We were run off our feet last night, and the commentators mentioned it.

Our defensive systems that allow a team like France to run and then (hopefully) reining them in, old fashioned and not fit for purpose.

On players: Mcright, great effort, Williams should not be in the Row again, Valentini put in a big shift, Wright had his best game at FB,

McRight must be the captain going fwd under Kiss.

Nate. He’s a great captain. Australia just doesnt have the cattle…FFS.Meafou was playing for France.

The strength and conditioning of the Australian team is standing out more and more as a serious disability as they seem to always go flat in the second half with players jogging around the field and with lots of hands on hips.

Those were some tremendous back and forth sequences of play. France players did look too much fitter.

Very accurate and helpful description- thank you. It’s a terrible shame. I miss Aussie.

You may be correct however, you may also be incorrect. Again, he did the dirty work of repeat tackles, effective clean outs. He also leant on and listened to co- leaders.

Sadly, the horrid selection at 10 and the lack of a back up has destroyed a young man. I truly feel for Meredith. Poor lad.

If you call being completely outplayed awful then yeah I agree with you. But the French weren't just poor. It was because of the pressure of the occasion and they couldn't make anything work because of how well Australia was playing.

Then the half came and the roles completely reversed. Instead, the Wallabies were the side who didn't return from the break and France came out firing literally taking the game while they had the man advantage.

Full credit where it is due with Galthie masterminding yet another milestone for France. But plenty there for your team to work on for the return fixtures in November.

Higher quality sides will put significantly more pressure on your guys and if they start as they did these last two games against the likes of South Africa and Argentina they're likely to find it much harder to prevail.

Brilliant plan! To be replaced by Kiss? Kiss another season good bye, pun intended.

And taking no lessons about how we should be kicking for smaller but faster guys, low and short so they can run onto it in space rather than have to leap and risk getting taken out or giving away a penalty or simply knock it on.

There's no variation in what the Wallabies do when they have the ball and they make it far too easy for well organised defences to handle them until they make a mistake or turn over the ball, which is always only a matter of time.

I have no idea why Australian halves never seem to learn anything from watching training videos of the guys they're going to face or seeing what they do when they're facing them on the field about how to kick tactically.

It shouldn't all be about high, long balls for territory or down field kick contests. They should have a varied kicking game where they can chip and grubber it as well as put pinpoint cross field kicks in for players running into space.

We did use to play with such capability but have long since gone away from it for reasons only the rugby gods will know. There's certainly no explicable reason for why we don't do anymore what we were once one of the best teams in world for doing.

They are an outstanding team. I really feel for them after being hobbled by whistle blowers last week. NZ did very well to stay in the match, and good on them for the victory. But it was hollow.

Tier 1? I don't think Australia actually has ever been a Tier 1 nation in rugby. I think at our best we were a Tier 2.5 but never top shelf. And we have long since fallen from those august heights.

2c, McRight should be the captain. I make this observation based on watching him capt the U20s with a good understanding, smarts and keeps the boys up for it.

Wilson tries hard but as you point out, it ain’t the captain these guys need at this time. Ryan Lonergon could be it, but McRight leads from the front and is a smart player.

I think you are being incredibly harsh on Wilson. Again tonight he was one of the very few who stood up. Check his stats. Sadly, we forced in to 9 man Rugby. Well played France.