Portugal's 9 is an angry little cuss. Love it

Gotta say that tackle by the Portugal 2 on Pone is borderline illegal. Front on it becomes a cannonball. Side on its a different story

That said, Pone is a dumb fuck for pushing the opposition prop on the kick chase

McReight having his best game in some time

Lost our scrum on 56:30. Why the fuck is Arnold packing behind the loosehead? He should be the big lump on the right

Followed by a dumb late shot from Foketi and a dumb shoulder from Kerevi. Why? Just hold the fucking line and tackle low.

Aaaand the dumbest shit from Faessler. Deserved yellow.

TBH I have no issue with the knock on from Portugal 2. Ball goes forward into an opponent

Kerevi done for his troublesome forearm. What a goose.

Koroibete just hits too hard to wrap sometimes

@NTA said in RWC Week 4: Australia v Portugal:

Lost our scrum on 56:30. Why the fuck is Arnold packing behind the loosehead? He should be the big lump on the right

Rinse and repeat for Portugal's second try

Why IFL kicks away turnover ball - even with the game in hand - shows where we are

Last minute. Better scrum.

Ref says "tackle" multiple times. Marky Mark just did not listen. Facepalm.

Kemeny gets a token few minutes. Genuine shame

IFL kicks away. Again. We're honestly about 8 on 3 + a cover defender on our 22. Game win. Have a crack!

And another kick from the reserve halfback. What the fuck???

Farcical ending to that game. Mostly from us.

Jesus wept

Basically dominated first half and shat parts of the bed in the second. Never really threatened tbh - 3 quick tries around the 20 minute mark put paid to that.

@NTA

A hard watch all round for an Aussie I’d guess. You have my sympathies mate, we’ve been down this road of late.

I did see some positives though, albeit just personnel at this stage. Bell, as you say, had a good all round game and I thought Porecki put his hand up too. Sideshow Bob on the wing is a bit of a live wire and will feature in a good few Wallaby teams to come. McDermott has the game I feel and will grow into things with a bit more time. He could do with a decent 10 outside him though. Someone with a bit of experience would not go amiss…

A stat that surprised me a little though was that Slipper is approaching Gregan’s caps record. I mean he’s ok and doesn’t let the side down, but all time great he is not.

@Catogrande TBF he is a better loosehead than THP.

And in a country that doesn't value scrummaging, longevity has appeal