Autumn internationals
By CnC 306
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How strong is the Australian squad? They could be rusty?
Edinburgh & Glasgow vs Australia
And evens is available on the Aussies
How good were the French when they needed to be. Close match but France always had it in hand. What a pity that the IRB are so dumb as to make the draw for the WC so early as the 4 best sides will all have to beat each other in order to make the final. Only one of Ireland, France,SA and NZ can make the final.
I thought in general the 'Boks also stood up very well (bar too many missed tackles) against a well-drilled Irish side - HOWEVER for the life of me I can't understand how the 'brains trust' can contemplate going up against quality sides without a recognized kicker :ohmy: and to top it all in the discussions after the match, no-one in the team set-up even mentioned that - let me mention a few candidates, Libbok, Chamberlain, Smith etc - if they do want Willemse in the team, I suggest playing him at center in Kriel's place (while Am is out). I would have much more confidence against France, if we have a recognized kicker in the team; surely the correct thing to do is to come up with a statement 'sorry, we made a mistake, but this is how we plan to correct it' - in stead of pointing to the forwards (mauls and scrums did not go as expected) - but against quality sides, having a kicker is much more important :huh:
Ireland played really well and deserved their win.although the two failed conversions from very kickable positions cost SA 4 points. Boks will have to be in their A game against the French