Raging favourites: Wallabies must embrace their anger to upset All Blacks

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Opinion: Tate McDermott wasn’t interested in excuses. He was angry. I was angry, too, but hearing it from the Wallabies – and he wasn’t the only one – gave me hope

on Saturday. If he does, there might be some hope to cling to in the lead-up to the rematch at Eden Park this weekend.

Halfbacks are perpetually annoyed but McDermott had every right to be. I was sure as hell angry, too, but hearing it from the Wallabies – and he wasn’t the only one – gave me hope. Coach Dave Rennie has not managed to turn this side around overnight, but he has the players approaching the right mindset. And in this particular instance, anger was called for.

Twice in the first half, the Wallabies kicked ahead when they should have put the ball through the hands. Once by Paisami, once by Andrew Kellaway. These players were close to the Wallabies’ best – Paisami on his first-half display, in particular– so they are not being singled out, but both times they had support outside them in the shape of Tom Banks and Jordan Petaia. They ignored them.

This is what makes Bledisloe Tests so compelling. Glance away and you’re likely to miss an unbelievable play, usually from the All Blacks but sometimes from Australia. But a Springboks-Lions Test, even a series decider? By all means, look away.It was not that the tension in the Cape Town Test was unbearable, it was because the match itself was. The ball was in play for 26 minutes in what was supposed to be an 80-minute game. One half alone took 63 minutes.

 

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It's because they're wearing orange.

“This will be the year”- Every year. Since 2002. 😂

We’ve heard it all before. “A little less talk and a little more action!” Elvis Presley.

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