The scrum-half knows the Wallabies must improve on their win against Scotland when they face Argentina for a status in the Rugby World Cup finalRelieved. Proud. Grateful. Those were the feelings and thoughts racing through Will Genia’s mind as Australia got out of gaol in their quarter-final with the Scots. A controversial penalty,later decided by World Rugby to be the wrong call from referee Craig Joubert, was converted by a calm Bernard Foley with less than a minute left. It sealed a one-point win that kept the Wallabies’ World Cup hopes alive, and at the same time,crushed Scottish dreams.
Genia, on the bench having been replaced by Nick Phipps after 70 minutes, or couldn’t bear to watch that agonising and pivotal final play. “I had the stout hoodie on,” he says. “I put my head down and just thought whether I hear a really loud cheer hes missed, whether I hear a itsy-bitsy bit of a cheer he’s got it. So I was hopeful there’d be a itsy-bitsy bit of a cheer.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com