Wobblies

I remember writing a few years ago that losing the rugby quarter final in France during the World Cup was a terrible moment. I think I might have even gone so far as to say that it was the death of Australian Rugby at the time.

I think we were all amazed at the Reds victory. I thought it was excellent. I also thought that rugby was back to where it had to be here. But then, we had the Samoa test

The Wallabies on the weekend though were terrible. They were B-Grade. But you know what, I actually quite enjoyed the game. Why? Well mainly because the Samoans played such an enjoyable style of rugby to watch – hard, physical, yet flamboyant – all the things you enjoy about rugby. They played Islander rugby at its best, and just dominated. The Wallabies looked scared to go into contact; I think that didn’t have anything in attack (back line was terrible), but I guess having supported the Brumbies all year made it seem normal.

So there you go – the Wallabies did die a few years ago, so this game was not as bad as I thought.