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[2014 Mid-Year Test] Australia vs. France 07/06/14
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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 649448" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>Looked at the game again this morning and have properly digested it now. Good first up hit-out for the boys, even if France left their hearts at home.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thoughts on the performances:</p><p></p><p></p><p>TPN was at his combative best and it we're lucky we have such a good replacement for Moore, but the stocks thin out pretty quickly beyond that.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Foley and White both proved why they deserved to be there. Both linked up brilliantly and didn't at all look like players just forming a combination for the first time.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The rest of the backline were brilliant and Folau in particular just looks better all the time. Scored one, and had a big hand in another 3. Very impressive. Toomua was strong as well, and his deft passing and vision led helped a couple tries along too (the inside ball to AAC which led to the Cummins try was beautiful). Kurindrani played probably his best test: immense in defence, powerful running onto the ball, and actually managed to pass it for once to finish of Beale's move haha.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Hooper was solid, but overall I was a little surprised at the low number of turn-overs he affected. Still very very good game by him over all.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On the bench - Beale has copped a bit of flack, but to be fair the try he scored was all him; great pass to Kurindrani and great follow up. He's a handy impact player. That said, I'd have liked to see how a hard and dynamic runner like Horne would have done. He's been carving defences at the 'Tahs all season.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Phipps was indifferent I thought. Did some good stuff: spotting Hooper for a gap early was great, but otherwise he looked a little frantic. Genia has to come back next week.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Didn't see much of McCabe, but he was strong while he was on, and Folau gifted him a lovely try.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On the forwards, when Cowan, Mcalman and Ryan came on, the scrum became noticably weaker. that needs to be looked at.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On the venue: massive disappointment for Suncorp that only 33k turned out when they packed it for Origin only a couple weeks earlier in spite of the Wallabies tickets being MUCH cheaper and there only being two wallaby matches there this year. Pretty poor really. Hopefully we can do better in Sydney. I'll be going for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 649448, member: 12207"] Looked at the game again this morning and have properly digested it now. Good first up hit-out for the boys, even if France left their hearts at home. Thoughts on the performances: TPN was at his combative best and it we're lucky we have such a good replacement for Moore, but the stocks thin out pretty quickly beyond that. Foley and White both proved why they deserved to be there. Both linked up brilliantly and didn't at all look like players just forming a combination for the first time. The rest of the backline were brilliant and Folau in particular just looks better all the time. Scored one, and had a big hand in another 3. Very impressive. Toomua was strong as well, and his deft passing and vision led helped a couple tries along too (the inside ball to AAC which led to the Cummins try was beautiful). Kurindrani played probably his best test: immense in defence, powerful running onto the ball, and actually managed to pass it for once to finish of Beale's move haha. Hooper was solid, but overall I was a little surprised at the low number of turn-overs he affected. Still very very good game by him over all. On the bench - Beale has copped a bit of flack, but to be fair the try he scored was all him; great pass to Kurindrani and great follow up. He's a handy impact player. That said, I'd have liked to see how a hard and dynamic runner like Horne would have done. He's been carving defences at the 'Tahs all season. Phipps was indifferent I thought. Did some good stuff: spotting Hooper for a gap early was great, but otherwise he looked a little frantic. Genia has to come back next week. Didn't see much of McCabe, but he was strong while he was on, and Folau gifted him a lovely try. On the forwards, when Cowan, Mcalman and Ryan came on, the scrum became noticably weaker. that needs to be looked at. On the venue: massive disappointment for Suncorp that only 33k turned out when they packed it for Origin only a couple weeks earlier in spite of the Wallabies tickets being MUCH cheaper and there only being two wallaby matches there this year. Pretty poor really. Hopefully we can do better in Sydney. I'll be going for sure. [/QUOTE]
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