"...they kick it out! France have had enough!"
Cheese-eating surrender monkeys!
NC: Australia
Match thread
France
@antipodean said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Hasn't helped the Wallabies that Schmidt thinks Campbell is acceptable 10 cover.
Yeah, they would have been better off having McLaughlin-Phillips, at least he's a 10.
@akan004 said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Glad we didn't play this French team last week.
Was about to say exactly that. Rennie is a lucky man.
@akan004 said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Glad we didn't play this French team last week.
Think the Wallabies brought out the best in the French.
@Mr-Fish said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
@akan004 said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Glad we didn't play this French team last week.
Think the Wallabies brought out the best in the French.
Yeah, difference in class tonight.
@antipodean said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Hasn't helped the Wallabies that Schmidt thinks Campbell is acceptable 10 cover.
He lost his top 2 10s last week. Edmed wasnt gonna make any difference
@chimoaus said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Wife has asked why the jerseys get more orange every year. Isn’t it supposed to be green and gold?
Haha, my wife asked the same thing.
@KiwiMurph said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
@antipodean said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Hasn't helped the Wallabies that Schmidt thinks Campbell is acceptable 10 cover.
He lost his top 2 10s last week. Edmed wasnt gonna make any difference
Edmed isn't even in the squad. Or is he? And yes, you are right, but I still didn't like to see it.
@Steven-Harris said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Emmanuel Meafou is very well spoken
Definitely one missed by the Wallabies
Apparently he didn't get any offers at the end of the 2018 season when he was 20 and that's when they looked to France.
@akan004 said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Glad we didn't play this French team last week.
The way the game diescended in terms of structure allowed the French loose forwards and backs to dominate.
Game didn’t get that loose last week.
@KiwiMurph said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
@antipodean said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Hasn't helped the Wallabies that Schmidt thinks Campbell is acceptable 10 cover.
He lost his top 2 10s last week. Edmed wasnt gonna make any difference
Campbell looked like a deer in the headlights.
@Biorealism said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
I feel sorry for the Wallabies in the post-match interviews. Interviewer asking about all the support they're getting and how much they want to get a result for them. I don't think it's for lack of trying.
Definitely not for lack of trying. They probably should have won last week, and were bloody good for 40 this week, but just couldn't keep up in the 2nd.
@African-Monkey last week I genuinely felt sorry for the ‘Men in Gold’ (say it in a Clarkeeeee voice).
That game was theirs and albeit one or two poor decisions by the captain and one other player, decided it in the end.
Okay, what did I notice live?
I love what the French do on attack. That flat pass to the guys coming around the corner is hard to defend and they rarely take dominant tackles. They are very skillful at the little things and play with boundless freedom. Their 2nd half was almost faultless.
Gutsy from the wallabies to lead at half time despite conceding early. They couldn't get their hands on it in the 2nd half. And yet, if tupou wasn't a fucking idiot they could have been right in it at the death.
Mcreight is fucking awesome. Valetini is a handful but he did a bit too much walking in the 2nd half. Sua'ali'i is incredibly frustrating to watch. His penchant for jogging before trying to explode through the line was eaten up last night. Run you flashy fluffybunny!!
Test rugby was a bit too fast for young Meredith.
@mariner4life said in 2026 Nations Championship: Australia v France:
Okay, what did I notice live?
I love what the French do on attack. That flat pass to the guys coming around the corner is hard to defend and they rarely take dominant tackles. They are very skillful at the little things and play with boundless freedom. Their 2nd half was almost faultless.
Gutsy from the wallabies to lead at half time despite conceding early. They couldn't get their hands on it in the 2nd half. And yet, if tupou wasn't a fucking idiot they could have been right in it at the death.
Mcreight is fucking awesome. Valetini is a handful but he did a bit too much walking in the 2nd half. Sua'ali'i is incredibly frustrating to watch. His penchant for jogging before trying to explode through the line was eaten up last night. Run you flashy fluffybunny!!
Test rugby was a bit too fast for young Meredith.
Yeah felt sorry for Meredith was a leap too far atm
Sualili is frustrating and be interesting when Crichton comes over as Crichton and ikitau at 13 could be very good.
@mariner4life the more I see of McReight, he has the anticipation of George Smith and the strength of Pocock. I’d have him in any World XV being bandied around these days.
Joey looked half way between ‘breaking out’ and ‘playing to the set play ’ a few times. There was at least twice where the space had been created by the first part of the phase and the ball gets to him and he should’ve just gone rather than hand it off on the change of direction.