Fiji v Wales was worth the price of the big screen TV for the Rugby World Cup even if nothing much else happens. And certainly not much was happening for the Wallabies over the weekend.
All the miserable game against Canada demonstrated was the extreme lack of depth in the Australian backs division. No wonder Knuckles Connolly is set to replace the injured No 8 David Lyons with a back – almost any back.
It’s our good fortune that (a) England looked worse as the rose petals struggled to beat a valiant Tongan side and (b) England is less likely to cause injuries when we play them in Saturday night’s Marseille quarter final.
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