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I think he will take Quade's mantel as enemy number 1 in NZ now.

The forward aren't nearly as dominating either. Poor front row (apart from the new Hooker), Rettalick a shadow of himself, and a backrow which doesn't scare anyone. Ardie the exception but should be playing 7.

3. Valetini 2. Samu 1. AAA Would have put Kellaway or Foley but the bombed try and time wasting.

100% this.

Absolutely, NZ aren't the same clinical team they once were. Losing the contact zone for most the match, fluffing easy try-scoring opportunities. I feel like the AB's of old would have scored 3+ tries with 13 v 15.

The NZ crowd was loud. There really isn't much of a home advantage with that many kiwi's in the crowd.

I thought Leota was great before he went off injured. Workrate was high and even managed a pilfer. I would keep Samu 7, and Leota 6.

His discipline is an issue and it was such a grub act.

I 100% agree. That's the annoying part for me. This was certainly a big moment to start policing time-wasting.

Far out, 39 seconds doesn't sound like a lot. Scrums take twice as long.

The Kellaway no try was a beaut!

That's not really in the context of what happened. You can attack the legs, you just can't attack them with intent to injure a player, which looked exactly like what Swain did.

It was certainly a new decision. No ref's ever police it. Doesn't mean it was wrong though. I also think having White and Foley and others in the ref's ear most night doesn't help. If you got the ref on your side he probably doesn't make that call.

I agree. I'll say it again. Swain and Wright lost it for us. With 13 men down you gift 7+ points and 20% of everyone's stamina.

To be fair, Noah isn't the greatest tackler either.

Fuck that attitude. The team played amazingly well. Plus I'd rather the RWC then the Bledisloe.

Or a come back from what 20 points down? and 13 v 15 for 10mins. Plus another yellow. Would have been one of the all time great rugby wins. I really hate when teams time-waste, so I'm honestly not even mad at the ref. I thought the ref should have gave the player for lifting a yellow, but...

I hope this drives the team to make a statement next match. Bring that same intensity, minus the yellow cards and we will beat them. Lots of positives out of that game. Valetini was immense. Samu too. I thought Leota started strong too. Holloway and Slipper worked there asses off. Porecki -...

Why do they even need to be on side, he should kick the ball out on the full 99.9% of the time.

Amazing game of rugby. Maybe one of the best I've seen in a long time. Tough ending. I think we were the better team overall. Take away all the tough ref calls. They weren't the reason we lost. Two words: Wright + Swain. Their yellow cards killed us. The game should never have come down to...