Wales team to face Portugal

The midfield combination could not work with a slow service at 9, no off ball inside carriers and Anscombe with no pace at 10.

Not a fan of the Aussies and would love to sees Fiji beating them, but not at the expense of Wales.

It's still, possible that these two teams  could qualify from the pool,  depending  on other results.

Fiji's discipline,  just like Tonga is an issue, and they are 3 points down allready. Got to keep those tackles lower

If Fiji lose then its curtains for them probably.

No Skelton fir the Aussies, so they will miss his presence.

What last week will have taken out them, particularly  later in the game is debatable  however.

For me - changes in bold. Need to be pragmatic and no brainfarts for as long as possible (big ask I Know). Oz are poor we should be confident. It's all in the head.

Never heard that one before, I thought it just couldn’t touch anyone on the sidelines - ie spectator, coach, ball boy, assistant referee etc.

Good  post WHY, sums things up neatly and succinctly .

Regarding  centres, it's a shame that Joe Roberts had knee issues, which could have coloured Gatland's  thinking. Warren  gas a thing about physical size,  which of course is important , but not at the expense of pace, elusiveness and vision.

If Joe had continued  to contribute  at the WC, which would have been great, but not at the expense of a long term injury. 

I do'nt want to write Grady off  he is a young man ,with a lot to learn, and hopefully  will come good.

Gatland has made some poor decisions namely  two scrum halves, madness.With Tomos Williams performing  so appallingly, we have to pray that Cawdor remains fit. Anscombe looked like a man who has not played for ages( which he has'nt),so apart from other failings we has no leadership. This is no direct criticism of Jac Morgan, who has been one of the stand out performers, but its asking a hell of a lot of an emerging  player to lead a side which is spluttering. 

Biggar returning to the fray is a key component, not just for his control, but for the demands he makes of himself, and of others.

That passion can be divisive  but in raw heat of tat WC an essential  requirement,  as well as a cool head. 

Moving on to the team for the  Aussies, the team GPR  Rochester  selected  is probably  near the mark.

For me I would start with  the lads who started against Fiji ( sorry  about Beard WHY) LOL.

I reckon seeing the Aussies today,  without Skelton,  we can beat them definitely. Unfortunately,  as  WHY indicates , if have injuries we are going to struggle  as the Portugal  game proved.

We can certainly beat this Australia, but I don't like to count any chickens - there won't be much in it.

What surprised me about the Aussies was the lack of leadership in the absence of Skelton - I'm pretty sure Slipper has been captain in the past, not sure who it was yesterday but it didn't show! Morgan (not captain on Saturday) will show more, as will Biggar. Jac had done a full morning of weights and physical work, BTW, since Reffell was supposed to play... and still lasted 80 minutes!