Wallabies 'sucked in' by Springboks game plan

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Wallabies manager Dave Rennie concedes his broadside was "sucked in" by the Springboks and gave distant possession and penalties excessively galore times.

The location broadside went down 8-24 astatine the all-new Allianz Stadium, conceding 4 tries portion the Wallabies had to hold until the 79th infinitesimal to transverse the chalk.

The nonaccomplishment came conscionable a week aft Australia won astatine Adelaide Oval, 25-17. However, mediocre subject from earlier successful The Rugby Championship came backmost to haunt them successful Sydney.

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"We conscionable struggled to get into the contest, didn't we? They were precise bully post-tackle. They won the bulk of the collisions with and without the ball," Rennie said.

"Yeah, it was a frustrating day. We got to a signifier wherever we needed to play more.

"We got sucked into kicking the shot backmost to them oregon kicking the shot retired and giving them a acceptable portion to play off.

"I conscionable felt we needed to play with a small spot much tempo and truly instrumentality the crippled to them."

Rennie lamented an aboriginal yellowish paper and a drawstring of penalties that acceptable the code of the match.

Springboks people archetypal astatine new-look Allianz Stadium

After the Springboks opened the scoring with the archetypal effort of the match, Matt Philip was sin-binned for 1 excessively galore indiscretions successful the build-up.

"Even from our structure, beyond that, we mislaid Matt Phillip aboriginal truthful you're 1 abbreviated astatine the clean-out," Rennie explained.

"They did a truly bully occupation aboriginal connected stealing pills. We've got to beryllium better. We gave distant penalties aboriginal and it wounded us.

"The punishment number evened up successful the end, but adjacent that past stanza – 15 connected 13 – we had a 5 connected 1 and we shelved it. Probably summed up our day.

"We allowed them to get each the momentum and play each the footy down our end.

"We're truly disappointed successful our quality to physique phases," helium added.

"The prime of our carry, the urgency of our cleans has got to beryllium better. It's a monolithic portion of our game. We were bully past week and not bully capable tonight."

Each squad successful the contention has 2 wins and 2 losses with 2 rounds remaining successful The Rugby Championship.

Asked whether it was a lawsuit of 2 steps forward, 1 measurement back, Rennie said the results overgarment a representation of conscionable however competitory the athletics is.

"It conscionable highlights however pugnacious planetary footy is astatine the moment," helium said.

"The teams are truthful even. You're 5 per cent off, you get wounded – we saw with Argentina and the All Blacks arsenic well.

"Our occupation is to marque definite we tin get that benignant of worldly going against the All Blacks successful a mates of weeks."

Australia faces New Zealand connected Thursday, September 15 for the archetypal Bledisloe Cup lucifer astatine Marvel Stadium successful Melbourne.

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