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EOYT: France vs Samoa, 24/11/2012
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 539688" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>Interesting points, but, well Australia still is the better side of course...</p><p>Samoa have impressed in more than just their aggressiveness which is usually their strength (they're hungrier than the opposing team). They've got a serious scrum now, they play more balanced/organized etc...everything we've said earlier on this thread about the attack. Good in the breakdown too.</p><p></p><p>But they'll still commit strange fouls you don't see in other matches bu theirs, and give away foolish penalties they really could've avoided. Their attack isn't as organized as Australia (granted we haven't seen the height of Australia's prime this November, but ffs they're the Wallabies, guys !).</p><p></p><p>So I think that was the difference this past month for Samoa. When they were just raw and hungry and athletic before, now they're these 3 things + some actual organization and good execution.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well obviously the injuries, everybody knows that. But also, the other two sides (NZ SA) are historically the two best nations in rugby...by contrast Australia appears to be the "weakest" but they're really the "least great".</p><p>I think they're better than we all suspect, it's just that each team they've played recently has made a great effort of containing them and tightening their defense.</p><p>To me, in the France game I was more impressed by the 6 points they scored than by the 33 we scored.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 539688, member: 57076"] Interesting points, but, well Australia still is the better side of course... Samoa have impressed in more than just their aggressiveness which is usually their strength (they're hungrier than the opposing team). They've got a serious scrum now, they play more balanced/organized etc...everything we've said earlier on this thread about the attack. Good in the breakdown too. But they'll still commit strange fouls you don't see in other matches bu theirs, and give away foolish penalties they really could've avoided. Their attack isn't as organized as Australia (granted we haven't seen the height of Australia's prime this November, but ffs they're the Wallabies, guys !). So I think that was the difference this past month for Samoa. When they were just raw and hungry and athletic before, now they're these 3 things + some actual organization and good execution. Well obviously the injuries, everybody knows that. But also, the other two sides (NZ SA) are historically the two best nations in rugby...by contrast Australia appears to be the "weakest" but they're really the "least great". I think they're better than we all suspect, it's just that each team they've played recently has made a great effort of containing them and tightening their defense. To me, in the France game I was more impressed by the 6 points they scored than by the 33 we scored. [/QUOTE]
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