[2014 Mid-Year Test] Australia vs France (3rd Test)

[Jaguares]

Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Capacity: 45,500
City: Sydney - Australia

15 Israel Folau
14 Adam Ashley-Cooper
13 Tevita Kuridrani
12 Matt Toomua
11 Nick Cummins
10 Bernard Foley
9 Nic White
8 Wycliff Palu
7 Michael Hooper (C)
6 Scott Fardy
5 Will Skelton
4 Rob Simmons
3 Sekope Kepu
2 Tatafu Polota-Nau
1 James Slipper

15 Brice Dulin
14 Yoann Huget
13 Mathieu Bastareaud
12 Wesley Fofana
11 Hugo Bonneval
10 Remi Tales
9 Morgan Parra
8 Damien Chouly
7 Fulgence Ouedraogo
6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
5 Yoann Maestri
4 Alexandre Flanquart
3 Rabah Slimani
2 Guilhem Guirado
1 Alexandre Menini

 

[Big Ewis]

I've got nothing to write about this...

 

[Jaguares]

I've got nothing to write about this...

So Woooollabies are going to win the third test match?

 

[Big Ewis]

So Woooollabies are going to win the third test match?

I swear Conrad, I'm not saying this to look cool and edgy, but I don't care very much. It's nice if we win, we haven't won in Aus in like 24 years or smt like that, but the only reason I'm happy when I see France win is that it means we're in a good position. And that's not what we'll be in EVEN if we actually beat the Wallabies in Australia. It'll just be another match we've forced a win over, but there's not point following the Saint-André France. Not because it hurts too much and as protection I stop caring, but because his absolute destruction of this side and complete lack of coaching has made it so uninteresting and stale and dull, that I genuinely, naturally and spontaneously just stopped caring around after Test 1 of this series.
I guess because we beat England, and then really really should've won against Ireland, we were on a "high" for France, despite not playing with any structured or scoring real constructed tries. That's how low a point we're at: we're settling for almost having beaten IRELAND....at home....

So the tipping point for me was the 50 points taken from Aus.
And I swear last weekend I watched NZ ENG with more excitement and concentration than I did the AUS FRA match. I was switching to Facebook and porn and other websites during that match. I've naturally lost interest in the xv de France.

Of course I'll watch this one, and if France play with a bit of structure and our backline feels like playing at their potential I'll be excited again. But only temporarily.

But I'm just tired of Saint-André, like, completely. It's beyond emotion or wtvr, I'm just...I've had it with him. I'm just going to patiently wait for what's next for France Rugby.

To answer your question, I don't know. I can see France squeezing in a win, and I can see the Wallabies beating us by 20.

 

[RoosTah]

Slight error in the match details - being played at Allianz Stadium (or the "Sydney Football Stadium"), which has a capacity of around 44k.

 

[Big Ewis]

Slight error in the match details - being played at Allianz Stadium (or the "Sydney Football Stadium"), which has a capacity of around 44k.

yeah like we give a shht, it's going to be 3/4's empty anyways...

 

[RoosTah]

yeah like we give a shht, it's going to be 3/4's empty anyways...

Nah, actually looks pretty close to a sell out. It's being played at the best footy stadium in Sydney and at the best time of day (3pm), which is quite rare (usually tests against top nations like France get pushed to the crappier - but higher capacity - ANZ Stadium out in the middle of nowhere and they play it at night), so people have flocked to the game.

I bought my tickets yesterday, but all but one category had sold out. So it should be a great atmosphere - not like those douchebags in Brisbane or Melbourne who couldn't be arsed to turn up.

 

[Big Ewis]

Nah, actually looks pretty close to a sell out. It's being played at the best footy stadium in Sydney and at the best time of day (3pm), which is quite rare (usually tests against top nations like France get pushed to the crappier - but higher capacity - ANZ Stadium out in the middle of nowhere and they play it at night), so people have flocked to the game.

I bought my tickets yesterday, but all but one category had sold out. So it should be a great atmosphere - not like those douchebags in Brisbane or Melbourne who couldn't be arsed to turn up.

right, because they obviously missed out the most epic series so far. And I'm glad you've got your ticket to go and watch a top nation like France play. *snort* and can you imagine, but this is honestly almost too hilarious to even type here, can you imagine the Wallabies might actually lose this ? :lol:
It's too bad this happens in bright daylight rather than at blurry night. We'll get to see all the miserableness of France in way too much detail. I hope the Sydney people have an unwavering faith in Rugby Union and continue to watch even after being to this.

 

[RoosTah]

right, because they obviously missed out the most epic series so far. And I'm glad you've got your ticket to go and watch a top nation like France play. *snort* and can you imagine, but this is honestly almost too hilarious to even type here, can you imagine the Wallabies might actually lose this ? :lol:
It's too bad this happens in bright daylight rather than at blurry night. We'll get to see all the miserableness of France in way too much detail. I hope the Sydney people have an unwavering faith in Rugby Union and continue to watch even after being to this.

Well from an Australian perspective, I think the Brisbane game would have been awesome to attend :lol: - it was basically a try scoring clinic and a lot of fun to watch. Not often your team runs in 7 classy tries like that. Melbourne obviously was more for the purists (but should have been played at AAMI Park) - a good game in so far as the team demonstrated the ability to adapt to France's much more combative approach over the ball. It was pretty pleasing to see us dominate the scrum too I thought. All the same, a little more running would have been nice.

The last game should be great fun - nothing on the line now, so the teams should be keen to chuck it around and experiment a bit more.

 

[Jaguares]

Wooooooollabies team named

15 Israel Folau
14 Adam Ashley-Cooper
13 Tevita Kuridrani
12 Matt Toomua
11 Nick Cummins
10 Bernard Foley
9 Nic White
8 Wycliff Palu
7 Michael Hooper (C)
6 Scott Fardy
5 Will Skelton
4 Rob Simmons
3 Sekope Kepu
2 Tatafu Polota-Nau
1 James Slipper

Reserves:

16 Nathan Charles
17 Scott Sio
18 Laurie Weeks
19 James Horwill
20 Ben McCalman
21 Nick Phipps
22 Kurtley Beale
23 Rob Horne

 

[RoosTah]

Good side - Happy to see Horwill benched and Skelton in the starting line up and also very pleased to see Rob Horne getting a go from the Bench - he'll be devastating when he comes on in the second half.

 

[Jaguares]

McKenzie picked many Tahs players because the game is in Sydney?

 

[Big Ewis]

La seleccion Francesa:



- Domingo out of the rotation entirely at LH with Menini starting + Debaty off the bench. Agreed.
- Flanquart+Maestri for the 2nd row, with Vahaamahina out of the rotation and Le Roux playing replacement lock.
- Rémi Talès to play the entire 80min, no Michalak.
- Bonneval back at the wing for Médard. Agreed.
- Tolofua back on the bench in stead of Mach. Agreed.
- Chouly still starting at no.8 in stead of Picamoles, who comes off the bench.

 

[big ginger 8]

An entire backrow on the bench? Oh PSA.

 

[Big Ewis]

Here's a sexy picture of our guys. Poor dudes...

 

[wertas]

Where is Michalak?

 

[Big Ewis]

Where is Michalak?

he uhm...actually I'm not sure what Phillipe Saint-André's fallacious excuse, sorry I mean *REASON* is for that. I bet he went with smt like: "We needed the extra forward on the bench and Talès has shown he can play a full 80 for us".
Every team Michalak is on is coming up with excuses not to play him, it's hilarious !

 

[RoosTah]

McKenzie picked many Tahs players because the game is in Sydney?

Nah, it's because the Tahs are the top Aussie conference right now and deserve more players in the team. Skelton will be very damaging early in the game, but will probably be replaced by Horwill at about the 50 min mark. Horne coming onto the bench will help too I reckon - he's a lot like McCabe, but I think he's faster and has better footwork.

 

[nvp152]

h

 

[nvp152]

howdy folks. i am in the US and cannot find a tv channel that will show the 3rd test. Any online live streaming option suggestions?


thx