The sad thing is that this is deep in RU country and the perception of our game being Stop/Start is being realised by this p1$$ p00r excuse for a referee.

10-1 it is. I'm going for 2nd set for their 11th

Hope someone has had a word with bruce bentham. Ruined the game

the problem is bentham's display is masking a very good performance by the irish

First Aussie set of six in the second half and two of the tackles should, by his first half standards, have seen penalties against the Irish. Maybe some one has had a word with the pr1ck at half time and told him to stop being a knob.

rare event - thaiday loses the ball and its actually given as a knock on

Aussie player gets legs wrapped around Irish player, Irish player tries to get up and can't and the Aussie can't/won't get off him, Bentham tells the Irish lad to stop playing for a penalty.

Priceless.

yeah i was going to mention that - cracker

Shame the Irish halfs aren't good enough, in the little time they have had ball and from the evidence of the previous two matches Finn doesn't have good enough distribution or a kicking game for this level.

Pity because when you get some go forward you have to move the ball around the park a bit quicker or make the kicks force defensive work.

Cordner chicken wing!!! Tw@ Bentham

great effort in defence on hayne there

bentham - "pretty decent 10 minutes that but its getting a bit messy again" - is he talking about the irish or his own performance?

How has it got to this? Australia having their way with ref choices. Why are Bentham and Silverwood given the platform? Its obvious they want the final, Anzac and world club games.

Pat Richards is having quite a good game, kicking really well and hitting up excellently and White and Ambler are matching well up front.

Ambler Ireland's best player last week too