Beale Inspires Wallaby Win
The Wallabies made things a bit more difficult than they needed to be, but managed to steal the win with a near last-minute try from Rob Horne.
The Wallabies made things a bit more difficult than they needed to be, but managed to steal the win with a near last-minute try from Rob Horne.
Australia hope to put a stop to a three-match losing skid against the Springboks at the Oval, but if recent form is anything to go by it will be hard going.
We could make this easy and just pick the entire All Black XV, but that wouldn’t be much fun, or very fair to some other standouts.
Some nice weather and a week to work out the kinks evidently works wonders. The All Blacks left no debate as to who would be taking home the Bledisloe Cup.
It was a dreadful week of weather, and consequently the rugby was nearly as awful. Nevertheless a team must be pulled from the wreckage.
Leave it to the weather to get in the way of a good match. Neither side was able to get much purchase with ball in hand, and tries were nowhere to be seen.
The Waratahs might have emerged victorious in Super Rugby, but that doesn’t necessarily translate into success for Australia when the All Blacks come to town.
Rugby fans are hoping and praying that these two remember to put on their attacking boots after boring us to tears in Melbourne.
A look at the test matches from the weekend played between Samoa and Italy, Fiji and Tonga, Australia and France, and lastly Argentina and Ireland.
Les Bleus were mauled by the Wallabies a week ago, but it’s a very different French team that Australia will face this week in Melbourne.