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Game 3 of the tour on the 30th anniversary of our grand slam. A scratchy win against the barbarians was followed by a very gutsy win against Wales which was arred marred by some glaring defensive lapses. A wins a win however.....after all, the might bokke were hammered by Ireland in a timely reminder that the new professionalism of European rugby has closed the gap that has existed in the last few decades.
Wales were very committed. The Welsh defnce was willing and aggressive. I thought it was a fine win.
We belted the frogs 3-0 in Australia but they will be a different proposition on their own dung heap full of unfriendly Pariseans. They have not been winning much rugby in the last two years and their coach is an egotistical twat or perhaps a misunderstood genius? He has had umpteen different halves combinations but seemed to find a winning formula against Fiji.
The wallabies should have adjusted the body clock now after 2 weeks in the old dart. Have their bodies fatigued under the gruelling training regime of Cheika? Cheika recognises that the group are not fit enough. He has had them out in torrential rain manning up and scrummaging and hitting the bags. It is a welcome site seeing our national rugby team getting a big dose of "harden up".
Les blues are Jeckyl and Hyde. They could kiss each other and whip themselves into a man loving fondling frenzy of passion and man love. This can make them very dangerous as a rugby opponent. The wallabies are equally as unpredictable. If both teams turn up, this could be a wee cracker. The wallabies had their pants pulled down on their last visit to gay Paree.
Will the same wallaby team be selected. Big issues for me are number 6 and the locks. I don't see too many changes elsewhere. I'm a McMahon fan but I thought last week showed it isn't his time just yet although his flame burns bright. I haven't heard how Higgers' hammy is? Hammies usually take a few weeks to be right so I'm assuming he is unavailable. Could we play Horwill at 6? I suspect Hodgo will warm the pine but he could play 8 with McCalman to 6?
I think our locks are well short of par.
Any ideas?