Quality.
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Would be great if Australia could somehow win today
George Hook once said “I have always believed in the quality of Australian back play”.
That is the Australian back play we love and need to get to know again.
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They looked muddled today but you’d believe in them individually anyway
I’m sure I remarked on this during the summer tour. Such a name is a great marketing tool for a sport in and of itself.
It sounds like a character out of Gone With The Wind.
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He’s a rampaging no.8 and all. Well for Quins anyway
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Magic McDermott
Lovely.
Come on Cadbury’s!
Here we go
Ah ref
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Is this Schmitball or Leinster Joe Schmidt?
Looks like the latter alright.
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Bell, Valenti and Wilson great carriers. Skelton not even in the squad and he can still be a weapon for them internationally if they can figure it out.
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Craig Doyle 
In international rugby history I can recall three games which signalled that a team was about to suddenly rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
i) England v Australia at Twickenham on November 19th, 1988. The Poms under the captaincy of the young boy wonder Will Carling did a proper job on Campo and co. Nigel Starmer-Smith was on commentary. It was a defiant assertion of the merits of English ruddy faced, inbred upper classness.
ii) Ireland v Scotland at Lansdowne Road on February 19th, 2000. You all know about this one. Ireland had lost to England by 60 points at Twickenham after the 14 man lineout humiliation of Lens the previous October. Scotland led 10-0 in this and appeared to be on their way to yet another dour victory in Dublin. Ireland then scored 44 points in a row. They were like crazed, wired nutcases off their heads writing the greatest album of all time. All was changed, changed utterly.
iii) Wales v New Zealand at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, November 2nd, 2003. Wales were fat, overweight, unfit, had lost to Italy in the Six Nations. They were a fucking joke. Suddenly they started scoring tries for fun against New Zealand and they were exhilarating tries. Shane Williams was like Swan Lake. They lost the game but they were back.
I get the feeling the last 20 minutes of rugby is the sudden re-awakening of a giant chocolatey Wallaby.
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Has there ever been an Irishman who so relished the English Rose?
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O’Gara said about Skelton that attacking phases have to be short and explosive and then get the ball off the pitch. He gasses otherwise.
Eddie Gallagher
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