Sep 27, 2026 · 44 min · 23 segments
In one of the craziest Test Matches in living memory, the Wallabies have held on for a thoroughly deserved but quite extraordinary win over the Springboks in Perth. Jim Tucker joined Brett McKay for…
Brett McKayHost
Jim TuckerGuest
yeah well some of those areas you speak of there you can have players on the field but they've got to be selected well
Like, you might not put Zulihi on the wing if you didn't have two very compatible centres, like
How Luka and Salakai Loto wasn't in Joe Schmidt's team earlier in the year was a travesty.
He's just come off... playing nearly 70 minutes against the Springboks and really proved his worth.
That little cheeky offload that set up the try when the Wallabies were trying to establish the game was hugely significant.
So he's very important in there, and that's not to say we haven't got a couple of really good locks.
Jeremy Williams, some really smart plays, stealing a line out when we needed it, and he...
he is just a very very underrated player very good player and canada's been outstanding
he has canon's been outstanding you're absolutely spot on jeremy williams let's just just think about that so so josh cannon was ruled out on friday so luke ansalakai was going to come off the bench he's promoted to starting side lucky shaw comes onto the bench jeremy williams becomes line out leader And the Wallabies, for all intents and purposes, we're going to go into this, we're going to start this game with a one-man lineup, essentially.
Because, you know, as much as Harry Wilson is an option, Fraser McBride is an option, Rob Balotini is an option, they don't jump a lot.
So for Jeremy Williams to run the line out as well as he did was quite incredible.
But away from that, away from what he did with the Wallabies line out, just after halftime, he gets through the middle of a Springbok mall and chokes that off.
Then the next minute, sorry, two minutes later when they have another line out throw, he steals their ball.
Crucial, crucial moments around the ground, away from the line-out, which was superb all night, the line-out.
But he's – I've said this a few times about Jeremy Williams, and I reckon we've even said it before on post-mortem, Jim.
18 months ago when Jeremy Williams was first picked, we all thought, oh, geez, is he going to be a test player? But holy moly, is he a test player.
Yeah, well, I mean, Wallaby – World Cup winning teams have always had those players that sort of, you would say, maybe a little bit unfashionable that really produce the goods, like I'm talking, let's say, Marty Roebuck, Rob Edgerton, players of that ilk.
who've really risen to the occasion because they've been quality players and discovered late in some ways.
yeah well some of those areas you speak of there you can have players on the field but they've got to be selected well
Like, you might not put Zulihi on the wing if you didn't have two very compatible centres, like
How Luka and Salakai Loto wasn't in Joe Schmidt's team earlier in the year was a travesty.
He's just come off... playing nearly 70 minutes against the Springboks and really proved his worth.
That little cheeky offload that set up the try when the Wallabies were trying to establish the game was hugely significant.
So he's very important in there, and that's not to say we haven't got a couple of really good locks.
Jeremy Williams, some really smart plays, stealing a line out when we needed it, and he...
he is just a very very underrated player very good player and canada's been outstanding
he has canon's been outstanding you're absolutely spot on jeremy williams let's just just think about that so so josh cannon was ruled out on friday so luke ansalakai was going to come off the bench he's promoted to starting side lucky shaw comes onto the bench jeremy williams becomes line out leader And the Wallabies, for all intents and purposes, we're going to go into this, we're going to start this game with a one-man lineup, essentially.
Because, you know, as much as Harry Wilson is an option, Fraser McBride is an option, Rob Balotini is an option, they don't jump a lot.
So for Jeremy Williams to run the line out as well as he did was quite incredible.
But away from that, away from what he did with the Wallabies line out, just after halftime, he gets through the middle of a Springbok mall and chokes that off.
Then the next minute, sorry, two minutes later when they have another line out throw, he steals their ball.
Crucial, crucial moments around the ground, away from the line-out, which was superb all night, the line-out.
But he's – I've said this a few times about Jeremy Williams, and I reckon we've even said it before on post-mortem, Jim.
18 months ago when Jeremy Williams was first picked, we all thought, oh, geez, is he going to be a test player? But holy moly, is he a test player.
Yeah, well, I mean, Wallaby – World Cup winning teams have always had those players that sort of, you would say, maybe a little bit unfashionable that really produce the goods, like I'm talking, let's say, Marty Roebuck, Rob Edgerton, players of that ilk.
who've really risen to the occasion because they've been quality players and discovered late in some ways.
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