This QF is on Saturday, 19 October 2019 in Oita. Kick-off 8.15pm NZT (4.15pm local time).
RWC: England
Match thread
Australia (QF 1)
This is fucking great!
I can watch the Wallabies get knocked out, then relax as the rest of you shit your pants.
The Wallabies could pick a 23 to snatch this fixture. True to form, they'd be pretty crap the next game.
@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
This is fucking great!
I can watch the Wallabies get knocked out, then relax as the rest of you shit your pants.
Worryingly this is how it went down in 07.
@sparky said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
I have a hunch the Aussies will win this one.
Me too
Both the teams lack consistency, Aus more than England I feel. Either side can take this one, it really depends which England team show up and which Aus side. England marginal favourites but they have been somewhat brittle over the last couple of seasons. Not confident but pretty hopeful.
@antipodean said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
The Wallabies could pick a 23 to snatch this fixture.
They pick 24 don't they?
@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
I can watch the Wallabies get knocked out, then relax as the rest of you shit your pants.
Underdog status claimed 
actually, betfair agrees with you. Has strong favourites in Eng, NZ, SA and then slightly more even favouring Wales
@KiwiMurph said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
This is fucking great!
I can watch the Wallabies get knocked out, then relax as the rest of you shit your pants.
Worryingly this is how it went down in 07.
So Barnes to get our QF match? :anguished_face:
@Bovidae said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@KiwiMurph said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
This is fucking great!
I can watch the Wallabies get knocked out, then relax as the rest of you shit your pants.
Worryingly this is how it went down in 07.
So Barnes to get our QF match? :anguished_face:
I'd rather him than Garces or Poite. He knows he owes us a solid
@nzzp said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
I can watch the Wallabies get knocked out, then relax as the rest of you shit your pants.
Underdog status claimed
actually, betfair agrees with you. Has strong favourites in Eng, NZ, SA and then slightly more even favouring Wales
They have a hunch like @sparky and @MiketheSnow or are they using regression modelling?
I didn't think the Wallabies would beat England in 2015 either, and they flogged the fuck out of them.
I reckon this will be tight as hell. If the Wallabies can stop Tuilagi galloping over the advantage line, they are a big hope.
@mariner4life said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
I didn't think the Wallabies would beat England in 2015 either, and they flogged the fuck out of them.
I reckon this will be tight as hell. If the Wallabies can stop Tuilagi galloping over the advantage line, they are a big hope.
On the flipside England will need to stop Koroibete and Kerevi from galloping over the advantage line as well. If the Wallabies forwards can slog their guts out to get some parity those two can wreck havoc.
@No-Quarter said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@mariner4life said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
I didn't think the Wallabies would beat England in 2015 either, and they flogged the fuck out of them.
I reckon this will be tight as hell. If the Wallabies can stop Tuilagi galloping over the advantage line, they are a big hope.
On the flipside England will need to stop Koroibete and Kerevi from galloping over the advantage line as well. If the Wallabies forwards can slog their guts out to get some parity those two can wreck havoc.
absolutely. I think i would probably play O'Connor at 13 though, he is a calm head, and feeds the outsides well. Accurate tackler is another benefit.
Edit: Whoops, i mixed up my Fijians and read Kuridrani.
@mariner4life said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
I didn't think the Wallabies would beat England in 2015 either, and they flogged the fuck out of them.
I reckon this will be tight as hell. If the Wallabies can stop Tuilagi galloping over the advantage line, they are a big hope.
Tuilagi and Vunipola - if they're both fit and playing, the Wallabies will have a long day at the office.
@Rembrandt said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
My concern with Oz is who is their best 10? Doesn't seem clear to me.
Doesn't seem clear to anyone I'd say. Foley is out of form. Lealiifano doesn't appear to be able to make the step up. Toomua too often plays like the second five-eighth he is.
That being said, I'd play White, Toomua, Kerevi and JOC
@antipodean said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
@mariner4life said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
I didn't think the Wallabies would beat England in 2015 either, and they flogged the fuck out of them.
I reckon this will be tight as hell. If the Wallabies can stop Tuilagi galloping over the advantage line, they are a big hope.
Tuilagi and Vunipola - if they're both fit and playing, the Wallabies will have a long day at the office.
Yeah - in a game with no cards, I've got England winning by 10+.
@mariner4life said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):
Edit: Whoops, i mixed up my Fijians and read Kuridrani.
Racist.
1 Sio
2 Latu
3 Alalaatoa
4 Rodda
5 Arnold
6 Pocock
7 Hooper (c)
8 Dempsey
9 White
10 Lilo
11 Koroibete
12 Kerevi
13 JOC
14 DHP
15 Beale (if fit)
16 Uelese
17 Slipper
18 Kepu
19 Salakaia-Loto
20 Naisarani
21 Genia
22 Toomua
23 Petaia
If Beale is NOT passed to play (ha ha), I would put DHP at FB, and AAC on the wing.
Yeah that backrow is more about mobility than size, but bothing to lose, so fuck it.
England are going to eat up our one-out running bullshit, and unless Cheika has a waterproof (airtight?) powder cabinet, we're out to the tune of 15 points.