The one way the Wallabies can dent the All Blacks
The rare meaningful incursions opposition teams have made against the All Blacks share a common denominator: they have been the result of good, direct running in the centre of the field.
The rare meaningful incursions opposition teams have made against the All Blacks share a common denominator: they have been the result of good, direct running in the centre of the field.
Kangaroos show that idea of making the Wallabies better with league recruits is just fantasy.
The All Blacks simply don't have a weakness the Australians can exploit.
The rays of light in the Wallabies' poor season are Samu Kerevi, Lopeti Timani and Alan Alaalatoa, whose lineage is Fijian, Tongan and Samoan.
For a spell against the All Blacks last week, the Pumas looked like what Argentina should look like.
Don't waste your time speculating about Reece Hodge's missed penalties, the Wallabies lost in Pretoria because they did not match the Springboks at the ruck after putting themselves in some excellent attacking positions.
Forget the Wallabies' dreadful record in Pretoria. The international game is in such a state of flux, disrupted by money and the rising power of clubs, that the history books can be temporarily discounted. The win is there if they're good enough.
The Wallabies need their toughest hombres this weekend and Fardy has always been one of them.
Having stuffed up expansion once, to such a horrible extent that both South Africa and Australia are currently actively considering cutting one of their sides from the 2018 season, you'd think that SANZAAR would have learnt its lesson. But no.
Wallabies game breaker Israel Folau is in a genuine rut.
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