Opinion: If Test rugby can wow Eddie McGuire, Wallabies must be doing something right | Peter_Fitz
It took place. Under current circumstances, just to have an international rugby team on site, and playing before a crowd, is a big deal. The whole thing could so easily have fallen apart in the COVID crisis, but not only did it go off without a hitch in Melbourne, both teams quietly returned to their hotels, breached no bubbles and there was no police or anything! No one even had to hide under the bed, or charge out the back door.
Wallaby skipper Michael Hooper again played very well, as did several other players. Standouts for me were Marika Koroibete, who was as fabulous as ever on the wing, and Taniela Tupou, the amazing prop who usually hits the headlines for his death-defying charges but on Tuesday threw the perfectly timed, minutely calibrated harbour-bridge pass that put halfback Jake Gordon over in the corner. As a prop! Matt Philip, the second-rower, also got through a mountain of work.
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto wins a lineout for the Wallabies on a night where the French pinched a few at crucial times.It rated well. The CEO of Nine , Mike Sneesby – LOVE THAT MAN! – has already revealed in the public domain that the streaming service Stan alone did an audience of over 200,000 for the First Test, and I am reliably informed the Second Test did even more than that. On Channel Nine free-to-air it peaked at 650,000, a handsome turnout.
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