I was there to watch Wales finally win an Autumn rugby
international after lots of valiant and lots of not so valiant attempts.
‘It was only Argentina
after all,’ I hear you snort. Well it was only a year ago when they stuffed us
comprehensively and make no mistake this was a tough test match. Yes Wales were always in control, but Argentina
made it difficult at times and could have scored a couple of tries.
In a lot of ways I found the game frustrating and wished
that Wales
had thrown caution to the winds a bit more often. I find the tactic of
Halfpenny virtually always kicking the ball in the air after he catches it in
his own half irritating - particularly in a game like this. When Wales opened up and played at pace they made big
inroads into Argentina
territory and could have scored a couple more tries. Still we needed a win and
the George North try in the first half was a beauty and what about Mike
Phillips running 80 yards to score. If he carries on like that, Pooler will make
him an offer!
The question of who plays at outside half against Australia
has not really been answered in my view. I guess the way our centres are
getting injured we might have to play Biggar, Priestland and Hook in the same
team. I wonder if Gavin is waiting for a phone call.
I watched the Ireland
v Australia
game in the pub and we will have our work cut out to make an impression on the
Aussies who really looked sharp in attack. Their scrum seemed to be in little
trouble too.
Thank goodness Pooler are playing Bargoed next Saturday,
these trips to Cardiff
are proving expensive. After the match we had to wait 45 minutes to get the
shuttle train back to Newport .
Apparently they had let a train leave just before the match finished so we had
to wait for it to go to Newport
and back. Great planning!
PS I think England
lost but they are still definitely going to win the RWC. It says so in the
papers!
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