@pooler-fan said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Don't understand why Gats persists with Griffin at tighthead, I get that he has potential but hasn't played.
Henry Thomas is performing well this season, just a head scratching decision for me.
From the look of that pen I think the ref got it wrong
@Tordah said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@Mr-Fish said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@Tordah said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Radradra's should have been YC. Mitigation: Oppo player at almost hip height
A player being low is not mitigation once foul play has already been determined (but it can result in no foul play being determined by the ref). A sudden drop in height can be - but that wasn't the case here.
Is that so? Whatever the process, I think a YC would have been the correct call here.
The below list of mitigating factors is deliberately not exhaustive but low height has never really been taken into consideration with the new(ish) framework:
@MiketheSnow it looked like the loosehead got under Griffin for the penalty.
Think he'll be a good international tighthead in a few years.
He's not ready now though.
Great vision and execution from Tomos Williams sets up 50-22
First pass to Llewelyn in ages and he ties in the defence creating space out wide for Murray to go over but Thomas adjudged to have knocked on
Obviously nowhere near as good as yesterday’s England v Australia classic but this is a really hard fought Test between two teams at the lower end of the world rankings
Wales making last weeks All Blacks looking smart. Honestly, why do Welsh media love Gatland?
They played the game right into Fijis hands.
He’s gotta be toast now surely.
We had more than enough possession and territory to win this match but unforced errors, terrible decisions and poor execution gave Fiji the ball too many times and they took their chances
Well done Fiji
Wales 19 - 24
Fulltime
@MajorRage said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Wales making last weeks All Blacks looking smart. Honestly, why do Welsh media love Gatland?
They played the game right into Fijis hands.
He’s gotta be toast now surely.
That was all the players
Game plan early was spot on
Why we stopped passing to Llewelyn baffles me
@Jailbreak7 
He needs to do the right thing on saying that there’s not a whole lot of cattle to work with in Welsh rugby
@Jailbreak7 said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Gatland has to go, get rid of the rotting fish!
That wasn’t about the game plan
If we’d stuck to it we’d have won
Biggest criticism was choosing Costello over James on the bench and Rowlands staying on the park too long
We left so many tries out there
@Steven-Harris said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@Jailbreak7
We have the cattle to beat Fiji
@Jailbreak7 said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Fiji playing much better than last week, Wales are in a really dark place right now.
Helps when they're allowed their players.
@African-Monkey said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@Jailbreak7 said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Fiji playing much better than last week, Wales are in a really dark place right now.
Helps when they're allowed their players.
Their choice to play outside the Test window
@sparky said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Fiji win.
Taxi for Gatland?
Worst thing we could do
@MiketheSnow said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@African-Monkey said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@Jailbreak7 said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Fiji playing much better than last week, Wales are in a really dark place right now.
Helps when they're allowed their players.
Their choice to play outside the Test window
It is, but it's also a reason for their improvement.
@African-Monkey said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@MiketheSnow said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@African-Monkey said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@Jailbreak7 said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Fiji playing much better than last week, Wales are in a really dark place right now.
Helps when they're allowed their players.
Their choice to play outside the Test window
It is, but it's also a reason for their improvement.
Sorry that doesn't make sense
@sparky said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Fiji win.
Taxi for Gatland?
Just got back from pub here in Wales, and can assure you mate, talking to locals, dumping Gats isn't on anyone's mind, just sorting out Welsh rugby from top to bottom is what they want.
Despite a disappointing defeat today I would not be surprised if we beat Australia next weekend
@MiketheSnow said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@African-Monkey said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@MiketheSnow said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@African-Monkey said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
@Jailbreak7 said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Fiji playing much better than last week, Wales are in a really dark place right now.
Helps when they're allowed their players.
Their choice to play outside the Test window
It is, but it's also a reason for their improvement.
Sorry that doesn't make sense
Well they weren't allowed their top side last week (due to it being outside the international window as you mentioned). Today, they were, and their performance was obviously a lot better than last weeks showing. This is in reference to jailbreak's post.
@MiketheSnow said in Autumn Test 2024 : Wales v Fiji:
Despite a disappointing defeat today I would not be surprised if we beat Australia next weekend
Same. Australia very rarely put 2 good performances together these days, and will go into this game with a bit of expectation.
Will be a close on either way. England struggled to slow Australia's ball, Wales will put a major focus on it and try and force the Aussies to play with static ball, make things messy at breakdown I feel. If they can do that, I think they're a big chance.
I watched the last 20 mins live. You can't blame the coaches for the lack of basic skills from the players. Williams' long passing is really laboured at halfback. Gatland must have went for the spew in frustration.
Well done Fiji.
Seriously not gloating but fuck me, you lot are in a dark place atm. Potential record breaking losing streak and likely looking at a calendar year of losses. Not seen since 1937 (3 games). Domestic game all over the place.
Hats off to Gatland for taking that poisoned chalice and more so for sticking with it.
It’s tough to be an England fan currently, but you boys are doing it tough.
