Australia v New Zealand - Sydney 16 Aug

[jollyswagman]

Beugen Barrett comes on for 10 seconds, doesnt want to get his strides mucky, has a nancy boy wendyball swipe at it instead of just falling on the fucker and promptly gets binned leaving the national team with no 1st 5/8 versus Australia in a Bledisloe Cup rugby football test match in Australia. FUCK OFF WITH THAT SHIT MATE. DO YOU WANT TO PLAY FOR THE FUCKIN' ALL BLACKS OR NOT?

Forwards go-forward ineffectual. When it came time to murder the bride directly in the face at the coalface, in the oppo 22, they had nuthin.

Mealamu comes on and immediately begins throwing into the lineout like he's been on the piss all day. And half of yesterday. WhyFT sub Coles at 52 mins? The young prick just bolted 70 yards to clean up a kick with staggering aplomb for anyone let alone for a hooker. He could play a hundred fuckin minutes.

DISGRACEFUL WORK, NEW ZEALAND.

NATIONAL DISGRACE.

Post of the year! Absolute classic! Thanks for the laugh.

 

[Bomber Harris]

Higgers was good off the bench

As far as the series go that might just be the nail in the coffin for Aus rugby. We won't win at Eden Park, finances down the shitter etc. Only a 2 match series next year, then 2 in NZ the year after.

It may take a funeral of Australian Rugby to hit the IRB into action

So let's sink the last few bucks into the NRC

 

[Pete King]

As far as the series go that might just be the nail in the coffin for Aus rugby. We won't win at Eden Park, finances down the shitter etc. Only a 2 match series next year, then 2 in NZ the year after.

It may take a funeral of Australian Rugby to hit the IRB into action

disagree I think the wet weather played into the all blacks hands more then any home ground advantage would have. tipping next wekk to go to the wire as well. Also believe that Ewen should stick with beale at 10

 

[The Red Baron]

I will be really pissed off tomorrow if someone (probably from league) says that was a boring game!

I thoroughly enjoyed it! Both teams went hammer and tong for 80 minutes. The refereeing was very questionable at stages, but that didn't deter any of the players.

All Blacks were their usual brilliant selves. I hate them, but admire them very much at the same time. Spent 20 minutes of the game with 14 players and still didn't lose.

Very, very proud of the Wallabies. I can see a MASSIVE improvement in the way they played. Very aggressive and determined at the breakdown, Hooper and Slipper were sensational.

Charles was very solid in his run-on debut. Whilst McCabe, Izzy and Horne put in a guts effort minus a few mistakes. Fardy and Palu are machines.

Overall, I hope the Wallabies put in a similar effort in New Zealand. The All Blacks were tested at stages; if balls go to hand, lines are run and a bit of fucking mongrel kicks in, we might be able to win.

P.s Hats off the 'Gold Mine'. Great to see plenty of gold support in the crowd.

I totally agree. Tonight was a classical arm wrestle. There may have been no tries scored, and the game ended in a draw, but I was glued to my couch the whole time.

 

[Viking]

Positives.

Hooper was immense.
Slipper was immense.
Scrum was great.
I thought Horne was great too.

 

[Scoey]

Also believe that Ewen should stick with beale at 10

He pretty much has to. You can't take a punt and put Beale at 10 then after he has an ordinary game in tough conditions, drop him again. If he was worth the punt, Link has to give him a few games there.

 

[Pete King]

best result against nz in along time and everyone has daggers out for Ewen and reading the last right for fuck sake. missed opportunity for sure but an improvement

 

[ACT Crusader]

Hooker: Aus won
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Eh? Did you miss the Coles 70 metre sprint, regather, brush off of a would-be defender and pass to his centre?

Play of the game.

The ABs suffered when he went off, his work around the park and LO throwing was on song.

Meanwhile OZ hooker spent most of it on his puku at scrum time

 

[Scoey]

Eh? Did you miss the Coles 70 metre sprint, regather, brush off of a would-be defender and pass to his centre?

Play of the game.

The ABs suffered when he went off, his work around the park and LO throwing was on song.

Meanwhile OZ hooker spent most of it on his puku at scrum time

Charles was better than Coles but yeah that was a good play. Pretty sure that pretty kick he was chasing was off the boot of Charles also which is a weird tidbit.

 

[Hammeroid]

Keep Beale at 10 at Eden park. The backs were never going to be any good in this weather. If dry next week, we could be in for a cracker

 

[Scoey]

Keep Beale at 10 at Eden park. The backs were never going to any good in this weather. If dry next week, we could be in for a cracker

You know Eden Park is in Auckland right?

 

[Viking]

He pretty much has to. You can't take a punt and put Beale at 10 then after he has an ordinary game in tough conditions, drop him again. If he was worth the punt, Link has to give him a few games there.

Didn't he drop To'omua after his ordinary debut at 10 against the ABs?

 

[ACT Crusader]

disagree I think the wet weather played into the all blacks hands more then any home ground advantage would have. tipping next wekk to go to the wire as well. Also believe that Ewen should stick with beale at 10

I actually think the wet weather really disadvantaged us.

Cruden, Fekitoa, Ben Smith (at fullback) and Jane is a dry track backline.

Carter, Conrad and Dagg (at fullback) are a lot more proficient in the heavy track especially Carter and Dagg with their superior kicking games to Cruden and Smith respectively.

 

[Scoey]

Didn't he drop To'omua after his ordinary debut at 10 against the ABs?

Not sure mate.

 

[Marcelo]

I will be really pissed off tomorrow if someone (probably from league) says that was a boring game!

I thoroughly enjoyed it! Both teams went hammer and tong for 80 minutes. The refereeing was very questionable at stages, but that didn't deter any of the players.

All Blacks were their usual brilliant selves. I hate them, but admire them very much at the same time. Spent 20 minutes of the game with 14 players and still didn't lose.

Very, very proud of the Wallabies. I can see a MASSIVE improvement in the way they played. Very aggressive and determined at the breakdown, Hooper and Slipper were sensational.

Charles was very solid in his run-on debut. Whilst McCabe, Izzy and Horne put in a guts effort minus a few mistakes. Fardy and Palu are machines.

Overall, I hope the Wallabies put in a similar effort in New Zealand. The All Blacks were tested at stages; if balls go to hand, lines are run and a bit of fucking mongrel kicks in, we might be able to win.

P.s Hats off the 'Gold Mine'. Great to see plenty of gold support in the crowd.

How can you be happy? They missed a unique opportunity!

Without Woodcock
Without Dan Carter
Without Conrad Smith
Cruden was very poor
Without a right wing (I think Hansen will replace Jane by Piutau or Dagg, he was very poor tonight)
Without Nonu on the second half
2 yellow cards for ABs at the same game.

I can't believe it! I'm not sure when it will be repeated a chance like this. Worst of all is that we had the players to win the game, but Link chose to experiment

 

[boyo]

A statement of the bleeding obvious. Pat McCabe is a very safe pair of hands at Super 15 level...thought Charles was an understated success

It wasn't a statement.

Did you miss the question mark?

 

[Brumby Runner]

Phipps = ball on the chest of the receiver.

A penalty kick might/most likely will decide this match; FOLEY ON!!

No. Phipps constantly made wrong decisions, running one side of the ruck and having to pass to the other when he belatedly realised he had no support.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Eh? Did you miss the Coles 70 metre sprint, regather, brush off of a would-be defender and pass to his centre?

Play of the game.

The ABs suffered when he went off, his work around the park and LO throwing was on song.

Meanwhile OZ hooker spent most of it on his puku at scrum time

My assessment included Old Man River's time at #2 as well. A rather unforgettable performance from him.

The byplay - Charles kick through to Coles tidy up in cover defence was impressive efforts from both Hookers.

I still don't really understand why Shag took Coles off.

 

[Pete King]

How can you be happy? They missed a unique opportunity!

Without Woodcock
Without Dan Carter
Without Conrad Smith
Cruden was very poor
Without a right wing (I think Hansen will replace Jane by Piutau or Dagg, he was very poor tonight)
Without Nonu on the second half
2 yellow cards for ABs at the same game.

I can't believe it! I'm not sure when it will be repeated a chance like this. Worst of all is that we had the players to win the game, but Link chose to experiment

if you were unhappy with tonight id hate to of been around u the last few years when we have been getting beat by 15 plus consistently

 

[Bairdy]

I actually think the wet weather really disadvantaged us.

Cruden, Fekitoa, Ben Smith (at fullback) and Jane is a dry track backline.

Carter, Conrad and Dagg (at fullback) are a lot more proficient in the heavy track especially Carter and Dagg with their superior kicking games to Cruden and Smith respectively.

If it was dry, they would've been chasing kicks like they did tonight.