Not all doom and gloom for the Green and Gold

I dont think it's all doom and gloom for the Wallabies after watching that. 2 dubious yellow cards, the first which should of resulted in a reversed penalty. Obviously the original strategy was to play for position but White's kicks werent up to scratch and for a professional team they shouldnt have needed a coach at halftime to tell them to change. I do tire of watching the Boks off the ball, after the whistle play. It's neanderthalish and doesnt really paint a pretty picture of the man from the republic, rather showing a serious lack of IQ. McCalman was good to watch in the 2nd half, getting some good and much missed go forward for the Aussie pack. I dont think the Boks were all ball in hand in the first half, a great break out try perhaps warping people's impressions. I was getting bored midway through the first 40 because of all the kicking from Steyn and co. Take out that woeful 25 minutes in the first half and the Wallabies were right in the game. I would have liked to see Kuridrani smashing it up in midfield more, De Villiers is a weak front on tackler, and Timani added some much needed muscle to the pack.  The Wallabies just seem to be missing that finishing touch at the moment.  The soft underbelly pack is nothing new,...they're beaten all teams in the past while receiving the same criticism.  I'll tip them to beat the Pumas next weekend, they are a very intelligent team.

Folau is proving to be somewhat lacklustre. He had a few, albeit minor, opportunities on Saturday but with all the hype about his one on one ability I expected more. He got caught out badly too 2nd half when he fielded a kick, had time to clear and just shuffled himself to the sideline when he got bundled by 3 Boks into touch. Must have thought he was playing league for a moment there. 

Seen my green jersey anyone?

How hilarious was the Kobus Wiese halftime stats run down? "We took it to them, ball in hand, we will kill them, ball in hand, Australia dont want to play, I repeat we are taking it to them, ball in hand, they dont want to play, we will kill them, I want to stress we are taking it to them,.... etc etc etc...".....Kanye West anyone? Spose I'm asking too much of a Bok forward.

Tip my hat to Peyper for giving Cruden another kick after the laser incident in South America. Whether he gave it for the early charge or not it resulted in a laserless match from there on in. Though must be some questions asked over the TMO who took a ridiculously long time to award Savea's try and seemed to be looking at some totally irrelevant footage.

The Pumas spolied well and Peyper was slow to pick up on lazy rollers out the back of the rucks and combined with a small field the ABs will be more than relieved to get their bonus point.  All bodes well for the Republic.