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    Wallabies beat South Africa 30-13 in Tri Nations match at Suncorp Stadium

    Wallabies beat South Africa 30-13 in Tri Nations match at Suncorp Stadium

    By Jim Morton
    July 24, 2010 The Wallabies continued their Suncorp Stadium love affair with an emphatic 30-13 triumph on Saturday night to leave South Africa's Tri Nations title defence in tatters.
    With skipper Rocky Elsom and fellow flanker David Pocock leading the way, Australia ran the ball at will to dominate the opening hour before fading late as the Springboks crossed for two tries.

    A bonus-point win appeared at the Wallabies mercy when they led 23-3 early in the second half and held a one-man advantage but the sin-binning of home-town hero Quade Cooper was a momentum stopper.

    Kept tryless in their last four Tests at Suncorp Stadium, the Boks gave themselves some hope when centre Jaque Fourie and prop Gurthro Steenkamp crossed for tries to claw back to 23-13.

    But stand-out halfback Will Genia, one of three injured stars who returned to Australia's starting side, brought the 44,284-strong Brisbane crowd to their feet when he scampered over to seal victory in the 75th minute.

    It meant the defending champion South Africa will return home without a point in the Tri Nations and all but out of the tournament race.

    For the third time in as many Tri Nations Tests, the winless Boks lost a player to the sin-bin early on when centre Jaque Fourie was yellow carded for a spear tackle on Richard Brown in the second minute.

    But, unlike the red-hot All Blacks, the Wallabies were unable to take advantage, as hard as they tried.

    As improved and encouraging as the display was, the Wallabies have plenty of work to do on their finishing.

    The All Blacks would have sewn up a bonus point for four tries before the hour mark if they had created as many chances.

    "That's what we were after," Elsom said of the run-and-stun attacking display. "That's the style we want to play all the time.

    "It's not as easy as it sounds and it didn't go perfectly but we stuck to it."

    Pocock, the only specialist ball scavenger on the field, was a deserved man-of-the-match award recipient, playing an outstanding role in defence, attack and at the breakdown.

    He saved a certain Springboks try late in the first half when he cut down Bryan Habana in the left corner and soon after forced a crucial breakdown penalty on the Australian goal line.

    Minutes later winger Drew Mitchell crossed for a clutch try on the last play of the first half to give Australia a 17-3 lead and all the running.

    Mitchell, given a reprieve after originally being dumped from the squad, juggled a knocked down Matt Giteau pass three times before grounding the ball to finally convert 40 minutes of sustained pressure against the desperate visitors.

    Giteau missed the conversion but looks to have put his goalkicking woes behind him by slotting five from seven.

    Unbeaten against the Springboks in Brisbane since the State of Emergency Test of 1971, the Wallabies have now won their past seven matches against South Africa at Suncorp.


    http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...016959,00.html

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    If McCalmum isn't starting next week I think we should declare Mumm officially Robbie Deans' secret love child.

    Other than that, solid game all round, very impressive. Giteau and Elsom really stepped up. James shouldn't be on the wing though. Bam Bam was incredible. I still don't have time for Faingaa, or Ma'afu.

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    Mcalmum starting? Don't think so
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    Quote Originally Posted by TOCC View Post
    Mcalmum starting? Don't think so
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    Between him or Chilsom or Mumm, I wouldn't struggle to choose. Who else is there?

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    McCalman is only 192cm and about 108kgs. He is too short and too slight to be an international starting lock.

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    it wos the best try nasins start salfafreka

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    Quote Originally Posted by robyn <3 View Post
    If McCalmum isn't starting next week I think we should declare Mumm officially Robbie Deans' secret love child.
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    Between him or Chilsom or Mumm, I wouldn't struggle to choose. Who else is there?
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    McCalman is only 192cm and about 108kgs. He is too short and too slight to be an international starting lock.
    Hear what you're saying James, but robyn has a bit of a point, If Ben is going to do better than Mumm, then he should be on the field regardless of whether he's not big enough. If you look at the lineouts last night, Neither Mumm or Sharpie stole any defensive ball and we looked under pressure all night, so I don't think McCalman could do much worse. If he was named, I'd want to make sure we had a big 6 or 8 to provide options at the lineout, and get Rocky to play more of a tight style of 6 but I could see it working in a way.

    Mumm has been pretty craptacular so far!

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    McCalman is a good running forward to have on the bench. He will develop well over the next few seasons there to eventually challenge for a starting spot. Mumm didn't play great but i don't see why he needs to be dropped.

    Maybe he will find his feet eventually like Giteau did, and everyone will move onto the next out of form player

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    Quote Originally Posted by jazza93 View Post
    McCalman is a good running forward to have on the bench. He will develop well over the next few seasons there to eventually challenge for a starting spot. Mumm didn't play great but i don't see why he needs to be dropped.

    Maybe he will find his feet eventually like Giteau did, and everyone will move onto the next out of form player
    But has Mumm done ANYTHING great yet? At least with Giteau we knew what he could do, I haven't seen Mumm play any better than he is at the moment. Someone that bad should find his feet somewhere other than at international rugby level.

    Like GIGS said, Elsom can jump, at 197. Thorn is actually shorter than Rocky, but has 4cm on McCalman. Boric is 2m. I think having McCalman in the mix would be a step up from Mumm.

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    Mumm has had 2 very good seasons in the super14 for the tahs. He pretty much leads their forward pack along with Waugh. So he can be very good. Also a decent line out jumper as he showed against the boks.

    He seems to be sticking around the ruck area most of the game, as we already have enough forwards wondering around the backline, any more and i would be worried about facing the NZ backrow next week.

    So we should stick with Mumm and 4 until someone really puts a case forward on the pitch to take his spot. And i don't think we can afford risking McCalman at lock, especially jumping so the person challenging wont be him. (but again, i don't think he needs to be replaced for the same reason as most players in the team have no reason to be dropped)

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    Quote Originally Posted by jazza93 View Post
    So we should stick with Mumm and 4 until someone really puts a case forward on the pitch to take his spot.
    sounds like a good idea, but how does somebody put forward a case to take his spot without getting on the pitch......you could look at Shute Shield form along with the Super 14, but that would not answer Robyn's call for him to get a chance....

    I'm always for a young guy to have a go where the incumbent is underperforming, it's the reason I think it'd be good to see Hunt get a run at 10. It might not be successful, but surely in the leadup to the move, you'd put a backup plan in place.

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    Well he is obviously not getting on the pitch for a reason. If he had such a good starting chance the coaches would play him more. Saying he isn't getting enough game time to prove his worth is not an argument to drop Mumm. Because you're assuming he is going to be a world beater given the chance. And even if he does get decent game time in the tri nations, he should be out performing everyone else because he will have fresh legs, especially if he is only ever used in the 2nd half.

    And we don't need to produce backup players in the tri nations. That is what the "pre season" tests were for, not to mention super14. McCalman will get his turn when the time comes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by robyn <3 View Post
    If McCalmum isn't starting next week I think we should declare Mumm officially Robbie Deans' secret love child.

    Other than that, solid game all round, very impressive. Giteau and Elsom really stepped up. James shouldn't be on the wing though. Bam Bam was incredible. I still don't have time for Faingaa, or Ma'afu.
    Wow!! I thought Ma'afu had his best game as a wallaby! His work rate clearing out the rucks and tackling was huge. Same with Faingaa but im expecting Moore to start next game. He was looking good in the brief time he was on the pitch.

    I call dean Mumms mr Fumbles......he dropped a few passes when he was in the clear and has consistently dropped the ball in most games. Cant fault him with his work rate defensively though.

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    Ha, you cant play McCalmam at lock, to short and his not a specialist lock, it will destabilize the set piece
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    Quote Originally Posted by TOCC View Post
    Ha, you cant play McCalmam at lock, to short and his not a specialist lock, it will destabilize the set piece
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    He will still be better than mr Fumbles

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