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And held it for 27 phases. If the pack are not going forwads expect the backline to do something different.

Pretty sure that the Schmidt/Ireland "hold the ball for hugely long phases" game - did not involve the pack going backwards.

Bollocks he did.

This tight passing game in the pack has us going backwards

Stewart needs to sharpen his ruck work. Constant not through the gates

Line out was a good sign against the throw.

Shocking exit kick

Marce - mate, there is nothing here that is particularly egregious. It's a bit of a slap in the face but pretty tame given that it is reasonably rooted in reality. I doubt Australia would be highly restrained if the tables were turned. Argentina should rejoice in their ranking climb and their...

What wisdom from NZRU perspective? What's that? "None", or "going backwards, less than none"? The later I think.

Doesn't make me happy, but this is the reality of the situation.

Huge congrats to Stewart, your rugby ride has been long and determined. All the best, mate. FWIW, this armchair coach reckons these guys should be good enough to be solidly competitive with the Pumas - whether the recent tests have provided sufficient opportunity for Joe to "Schmidt it in" is...

Might seem like a minor issue but for me there is a huge difference between resign and re-sign.

Crossed over to avoid mis-threading the next test. [The topic started with a wry comment from TSR "By all means be optimistic, but if the guy is doing a lot of the right things but not getting quite the success I hope some of the usual suspects can resist the temptation to make a power play."...

God help me, but if there is another premature HC Ides of March I really doubt I could continue watching the Wallabies. We have tolerated that RA shit-show for far too long. To be fair, my continued watching of Super, so far beyond the point that it passed it's Use By date, is hanging on by a...

Idiot

We are about to play Argentina.

This place is definitely starting to dissemble. We seem to have a child or two stepping out of the schoolyard into the main fori. In a weird way it indicates new generation rugby fans coming through. I'd suggest that some of the posts that irritate are actually from longer term posters being...

Short reminder to everyone- Arg are #6 we are #9. Rankings have been a reasonable indicator of outcomes recently. Not guaranteed but a reasonable indicator.

Those specific ref discussions had little to do with the Wallabies and plenty to do with Springbok behaviour.

I'm simply sticking with those last two words. Question is with RA after that. What's next (outside of shrinking to four).