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Schmidt has shat the bed here. Poor tactics Should’ve played NH rugby

@zero Fair comment. I guess I’m hoping for cracks. I think we were spoiled with Smith being the finest defensive organiser ever, whereas I think mullet-boy is more attack oriented

Whiskey or Whisky?

Anyone think NZ are struggling at 13 since Smith retired? Goodhue is vulnerable I think. Good but not great

Haha Maybe I think he’s a fabulous ref. As you say though, he’s now missing things he didn’t used to

Rumours of Read’s death have been greatly exaggerated What a baller

Is Nige going to now look at every clean out? I think he should.

The fact that Angus Ta’avao is an All Black is the biggest head shaker here. This bloke struggled to make an impact at Shute Shield but makes it to a dozen AB caps Good on him. What are we doing wrong here?

Not a Tahs fan, then? LOL

Yeah. The neck roll wasn’t real flash Apparently he’s as dumb as a box of hammers in real life but I’m not going to judge too hard. LOL

That’s a bullshit penalty. Holy shit. What’s the game come to?

Btw, if there’s a better example of a mentalist, dedicated Munster farmboy than P’OM then I’d like to see it He’s been immense

This is why Schmidt will never coach the All Blacks.. Slavish, automated game plan. Ireland are out on their feet and they’re not slowing it down by playing for territory, they’re putting up bombs for ABs to counter attack from.

Genia’s two-step shuffle cost us that first half. Tackled behind the gain line on every ruck Only Cheika would have thought he was in better form than White Laughable.

Bye bye Cheika, the worst performing coach in modern history And that includes the poor bastard with the brain tumour

The news was reporting $2.3m for 4 years that RA were shelling out. Not bad pay for a winger!

Phenomenal finisher, known for his acrobatic try scoring moves. Virtually impossible to stop from 5m out. Was a rugby player originally and was in NZ on a scholarship when the Storm poached him to League I’d be annoyed if we’re back to paying guys to come over from league. Thought we’d learned...

Thanks for your considered reply and for the compliment. I always appreciate those bastards who shoot straight. :) I will also take your comments at face value, based on things being different up your way. Nonetheless, I think a bit of affirmative action is warranted, if only in NSW perhaps...

I am happy to take you at your word. Perhaps we're talking at cross purposes. I don't think that private schools currently providing the only viable pathway for country boys means that we should accept that this is the best way to do it. Happy to be wrong about things in Qld, though

No offence, but I'm not buying the 'they have country boarders so leave them alone' argument. Everybody knows that many parents pay the exorbitant fees so kiddo can get a rails-run to the rep teams. Everybody knows this happens. It's precisely the reason why the 'private' schools want to...