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Player Ratings: The Fightback

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Fantasy Rugby expert Andrew Robert Howitt rates the Australian players!

15 Israel Folau:

Average first half even though he scored a try from a break made by Foley, he made a couple errors. Second half he got more involved scoring a second try and making some more potent runs from the back

7/10

14 Henry Speight:

Remained anonymous on his wing, just chased kicks and made a couple tackles

2/10

13 Tevita Kuridrani:

Made a couple bash it up runs, slipped a tackle or two and was pinged for being offside but as a whole, he had an average performance

5/10

12 Kurtley Beale:

A lot of aimless kicking from the centre, he failed to spark anything in attack

4/10

11 Reece Hodge:

Made a couple runs on his wing, broken the line once in the second half but besides that not much more   

5/10

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10 Bernard Foley:

Kicked a lot in the first half, assisted the Folau try and his goal kicking was accurate. Made a couple basic errors which could have been avoided

6/10

9 Will Genia:

Good service from the scrumhalf throughout the game, he had a lovely show and go try in the second half, he had a good game

7/10

8 Sean McMahon:

Made a lot of runs and a lot of tackles. He made a massive linebreak in the second half and played Phipps in for a try. His best performance yet since coming back from injury

7/10

7 Michael Hooper:

Got involved, high work rate in the first 20 minutes but then went quiet as was used predominantly as a defender which meant he made the most tackles in the game

7/10

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6 Ned Hanigan:

Most of his work was done off the ball in a defensive capacity, however, he missed a couple tackles but his work rate couldn’t be questioned

5/10

5 Adam Coleman:

Another hard working performance in terms of getting to the rucks and in defence, effort ,but he really didn’t have much influence on the game.

5/10

4 Rob Simmons

Did not do much besides hit rucks and was used a couple times at lineout time.

4/10

3 Sekope Kepu:

Made a couple decent runs in the match along with a decent effort, His determination to make some runs as a prop got him the reward of scoring a try too, however, he had a couple handling errors too

7/10

2 Tatafu Polota-Nau:

Gave 100% at scrum time, lineout throws were a lot better than last week but as a whole, he had an average performance

5/10

1 Scott Sio:

Got stuck in the tight play and scrum efficiently

5/10

Replacements:

16 Jordan Uelese (on for Tatafu Polatu Nau,50-60 mins for concussion test, returned on at 75 mins):

Made a steal as he came on to win a penalty for his team, accurate at the lineout with his throwing too. Went off after Polatu-Nau passed the concussion test. When he came back on he crashed over for a try which would have made his night memorable.

7/10

17 Tom Robertson (on for Sio, 70 mins):

Not enough time to be rated

18 Allan Alaalatoa (Did not come on)

19 Izack Rodda (on for Simmons, 54 mins):

Mainly a defensive effort, nothing to shout about

4/10

20 Jack Dempsey (on for Hanigan, 60 mins):

Did not do much once he came on, mainly rucked and defended

4/10

21 Nick Phipps: (on for Genia, 72 mins)

Not enough time to be rated

22 Samu Kerevi (on for Kuridrani, 65 mins):

Made a good run and was unfortunately held up over the line. Other than that the centre wasn’t used much at all

4/10

23 Marika Koroibete: (on for Speight, 50 mins):

Chased kicks for most of the game, regathered a ball and almost scored, but generally very average

4/10

By Andrew Robert Howitt

@ARHowitt12

@rugby365com

 

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