Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has called on home fans to turn out in force after being taken aback by the huge South African contingent at Suncorp Stadium last weekend.
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has urged Australian fans to turn out in force for Saturday’s Test in Perth after being taken aback by the huge South African crowd last Saturday at Suncorp Stadium.. Given the high South African expatriate population in Western Australia, an even higher proportion of green jerseys is expected at Optus Stadium.
“In the game, it’s all background noise, but you can certainly feel it when it is in your favour, when you get a line break, or you get a turnover, or you do something that’s supported by the crowd ... I think it just lifts people a little bit. So, yeah, we’d love the Optus crowd to be gold and vocal.”
“When we were driving to the stadium we saw a lot of green jerseys, and it was different,” Wilson said. “But I guess one thing is, we still heard the Wallaby crowd cheer for us, and even though they were probably outnumbered, they definitely were very loud and got behind us.“Honestly, playing in front of sold-out stadiums is awesome, it doesn’t really matter who they’re going for.
“The nature of this competition is we’ve got three out of the four semi-finalists from the World Cup in a competition with us, so there’s nothing that’s going to be easy. So you know, why not now? Angus is confident, he’s worked hard, and he’s feeling well able to get started.“I think starting him allows us to better control his minutes a little bit as well.
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