Saturdays game in Sydney at the SFS is officially sold out.

For Father's Day I got tickets to the Amex Garden Premium Terrace.

Saturday's forecast is 19 and clear. Into the city for lunch and drinks followed by arvo footy.

Fuck yeah

@NTA those kids off the GOM thread aren't so bad eh?

@Bones said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:

@NTA those kids off the GOM thread aren't so bad eh?

lol like they had anything to do with it.

That was all Mrs TA and yeah she's got her good points

@NTA said in Wallabies v Los Pumas I:

Saturday's forecast is 19 and clear. Into the city for lunch and drinks followed by arvo footy.

Fuck yeah

Temperature now forecast to hit 21C

(Fuck yeah)^2

Expecting a couple of changes to the Argies lineup for this test. Hoping for another close one.

@ACT-Crusader said in Wallabies v Argentina II:

Hoping for another close one.

No.

I'm hoping the Wallabies win by 40, scoring tries that stun Gus Gould into silence and make Danny Weidler's stupid fucking head explode.

A performance that makes the ABs and Boks call off their game in pure fear and watch the replay from Sydney instead, handing over both the Bledisloe and TRC trophies in the process.

@NTA said in Wallabies v Argentina II:

@ACT-Crusader said in Wallabies v Argentina II:

Hoping for another close one.

No.

I'm hoping the Wallabies win by 40, scoring tries that stun Gus Gould into silence and make Danny Weidler's stupid fucking head explode.

A performance that makes the ABs and Boks call off their game in pure fear and watch the replay from Sydney instead, handing over both the Bledisloe and TRC trophies in the process.

And makes Higgins declare for Australia?

WALLABIES TEAM TO PLAY ARGENTINA

1. James Slipper (148 Tests) - #843; Bond Pirates
2. Billy Pollard (13 Tests) - #958; Lindfield Junior Rugby Club
3. Taniela Tupou (62 Tests) - #917; Brothers Rugby
4. Jeremy Williams (17 Tests) – #973; Wahroonga Tigers
5. Tom Hooper (16 Tests) - #964; Bathurst Bulldogs
6. Rob Valetini (55 Tests) – Harlequin Junior Rugby Club
7. Fraser McReight (32 Tests) – #937; Albany Creek Brumbies
8. Harry Wilson (c) (28 Tests) - #933; Gunnedah Red Devils
9. Nic White (76 Tests) - #875; Maitland Blacks
10. Tane Edmed (2 Tests) - #990; West Harbour Juniors
11. Corey Toole (2 Tests) - #992; Wagga Crows
12. Hunter Paisami (31 Tests) - #932; Harlequin Junior Rugby Club
13. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii (11 Tests) – #988; The Kings School
14. Max Jorgensen (14 Tests) – #984; Balmain Wolves
15. Andrew Kellaway (44 Tests) - #943, Hunters Hill Rugby Club

Substitutes

16. Josh Nasser (6 Tests) - #979; Easts Rugby (Brisbane)
17. Angus Bell (42 Tests) – #940; Hunters Hill Rugby Club
18. Zane Nonggorr (15 Tests) - #966; Gold Coast Eagles
19. Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (41 Tests) - #914; Randwick
20. Carlo Tizzano (9 Tests) - #982; University of Western Australia
21. Tate McDermott (48 Tests) – #936; Flinders Rugby Club
22. James O’Connor (67 Tests) - #832, St Joseph’s College, Nudgee
23. Filipo Daugunu (12 Tests) - #931, Wests Bulldogs

Notes:

Edmed's first start and first run on home soil - Lynagh out with a hammy strain

Paisami in for Ikitau - no reason given but assume they're resting him and working on depth.

Slipper's 149th cap. Robertson out altogether.

Williams in for Frost who has a sore back

LSL promoted.

Nasser in for BPA - no reason given.

Concerns for me:

Paisami is a penalty magnet these days and always goes looking for the big hit rather than the completed tackle. LSL off the bench late could be a source of penalties as well.

Hopefully both of them are given fairly strict instructions and precise roles to perform.

LSL has his shot. Hopefully he's matured enough to temper his enthusiasm a little.

@pakman said in Wallabies v Argentina II:

Hopefully he's matured enough to temper his enthusiasm a little.

Hopefully we're up by 50 at that point :grimacing_face:

I like his enthusiasm. It's the way he expresses it that needs a bit of polish.

Weird to see Daugunu only has 12 tests.

Hope Lynagh doesn’t become the Aussie Blackadder when it comes to fitness and injury

Ikitau has been playing very well. He got the Wallabies out of danger a couple of times last weekend and then was instrumental in creating go forward.

@NTA Gone are the days when Randwick had a few in GnG.

Will be interesting to see how the turf holds up considering this is the last sporting game at the sfs for a few months whilst they rip up the turf to try and fix the drainage problem.

Meanwhile Sydney had the wettest September day in 150 years on Wednesday

First glance was surprised to see Edmed over JOC for the start.

I hope Edmed can ramp it up from what I saw in Super. But with Lynagh's wobbles (+ injury) and JOC heading overseas, this is probably a decent game to throw him in the deep end.

Team: 15-Juan Cruz Mallia, 14-Rodrigo Isgro, 13-Lucio Cinti, 12-Santiago Chocobares, 11-Mateo Carreras, 10-Santiago Carreras, 9-Gonzalo Garcia, 8-Joaquin Oviedo, 7-Marcos Kremer, 6-Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5-Pedro Rubiolo, 4-Guido Petti, 3-Joel Sclavi, 2-Julian Montoya (captain), 1-Mayco Vivas.

Replacements: 16-Ignacio Ruiz, 17-Boris Wenger, 18-Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19-Franco Molina, 20-Pablo Matera, 21-Agustin Moyano, 22-Justo Piccardo, 23-Ignacio Mendy.

Shame LSL isn't starting - would be a competition between him and Petti for first Yellow Card

Matera to the bench raises the eyebrow.

@NTA pal, Christy Doran, talking up the chances of re-signing Carter Gordon.

Would be great if it had legs...

@JA Let’s see how he goes in his first start.

kicking off soon

Fucking warm over here on the east side of the ground

Enjoy the game NTA, good luck

@NTA said in Wallabies v Argentina II:

Fucking warm over here on the east side of the ground

This looks like a different quality of Argentinian fan than last week....

Toole a tad lucky not to get pinged

Edmed wtf lad

Superb by Montoya, the effort to get to that ball first was brilliant.

@KiwiMurph said in Wallabies v Argentina II:

Edmed wtf lad

Wouldn't mind seeing the replay, didn't seem like he took that much of a run up?

A lot fewer box kicks than ABs Boks

Ok that 6 looks like he could be troublesome out wide...

Liking the ref so far. Clear, concise, no coaching and decisions spot on.

Chocobares learns a lesson.

Team fails again when trying to bulldoze over close to the ruck

White is a cock, that's Edmed's ball all day every day.

We're doing some dumb shit

@NTA said in Wallabies v Argentina II:

We're doing some dumb shit

So many absolutely idiotic decisions on defence in that last passage. Yet Argie fucked it.