Kaplan

[Inconceivable]

How do we beat this guy?

No matter what we do, he always seems to be able to claw his way back into the game.

Any time there's 10 minutes left and we don't have an 8+ point lead, I know what's coming. Even the All Blacks don't have his record against us.

Anyone seen the World Cup draw? Is he in our pool? Will we face him in a final?

 

[phatcows]

Anyone seen the World Cup draw? Is he in our pool? Will we face him in a final?

The referees haven't been selected for the matches yet. You can find the latest world cup draw at the official website
http://www.rugbyworldcup.com

 

[chief]

It wasn't his greatest of performances

 

[waratahjesus]

he hates us, i think we just need to run a line were he gets in the way and send palu straight into him. solves the problems and gets some payback.

 

[fatprop]

I haven't seen the game, but Kaplan has generally baffled me, he seems to have no real understanding of the flow of a rubgy game.

Or maybe he does and he just wants to stifle it. This is generally when he pulls out a dubious penalty out against the run of play.

 

[liquor box]

How did he miss the shoulder on Elsom while scoring? is the video ref allowed to mention an obvious incident?

 

[Scotty]

How did he miss the shoulder on Elsom while scoring? is the video ref allowed to mention an obvious incident?

Yeah, if Gagger has the chance I'd love to see the footage of this plus Palu's not shoulder charge. Pretty obvious really.

 

[Scotty]

However, Kaplan did not cause the draw. The wallabies did. While he was very poor on occasion, he was poor both ways, and we got a few 'lucky' penalties at the ruck IMO.

For me the turning point was around 6 minutes to go, Ireland attacking our line. We manage to turn the ball over and kick it (off the ground) downfield. Irish lock cleans up but our defenders get over excited and pile in over the top and rightly get penalised. Shows how inexperienced we are a closing out games. All we had to do was keep our feet and try to regain the ball legally, if we didn't, well it didn't matter as the Irish had lost 40m.

And of course our backs didn't do much all night.

 

[HG]

Agreed Scotty,
We gave Kaplan the opportunity to Penalise us.
Although Giteau was the one called for going off his feet.
When you loose a player for 10min coming into the end of the first half all chance of scoring goes out the window. You play for time and field position. That may have cost us the game there.

 

[Spook]

Scotty, very admirable sentiment but the send-off of Palu cannot be justified. Kaplan is bs.

 

[louie]

However, Kaplan did not cause the draw. The wallabies did. While he was very poor on occasion, he was poor both ways, and we got a few 'lucky' penalties at the ruck IMO.

For me the turning point was around 6 minutes to go, Ireland attacking our line. We manage to turn the ball over and kick it (off the ground) downfield. Irish lock cleans up but our defenders get over excited and pile in over the top and rightly get penalised. Shows how inexperienced we are a closing out games. All we had to do was keep our feet and try to regain the ball legally, if we didn't, well it didn't matter as the Irish had lost 40m.

And of course our backs didn't do much all night.

agreed

 

[Blue]

Scotty, very admirable sentiment but the send-off of Palu cannot be justified. Kaplan is bs.

Yup he got that wrong for sure. Also should have sent Kearney off for the shoulder on Elsom. Kaplan has been poor for a while now.

However to blame Kaplan for the Wallabies' continued habit of being unable to seal the deal in close games is just looking for excuses.

In the last 20 the Wallabies allowed Ireland too much territory through poor kicking and too many mistakes.

 

[Scotty]

Scotty, very admirable sentiment but the send-off of Palu cannot be justified. Kaplan is bs.

No doubt it was wrong. But we still should have won.

The refereeing wasn't as wrong as Joubert has been.

 

[disco]

I'm no scrum expert but I'm sure Fatprop or Noddy would be a better judge but on the last scrum of the match when BOD scored the number 3 for Ireland (Hayes?) dropped his bind when we put the shove on to stop the momentum of Robinson pushing them over again.

I thought that Kaplan would definitely blow a penalty.

 

[Brumby Jack]

At least he's consistent......Consistently terrible..

Except for Wellington in 2000.

Obviously we've already used up our get out of jail cards with him..

 

[Spook]

Gotta take all positives from that game. We are on the up lads.

 

[Biffo]

Let's not get too excited about Kaplan. Let's wait for PB's unbiassed opinion about the cheating bastard.

 

[RugbyReg]

I'm no scrum expert but I'm sure Fatprop or Noddy would be a better judge but on the last scrum of the match when BOD scored the number 3 for Ireland (Hayes?) dropped his bind when we put the shove on to stop the momentum of Robinson pushing them over again.

I thought that Kaplan would definitely blow a penalty.

yep, that was my immediate thought. I thought it was pretty bleedin' obvious and planned. Attacking scrum, and their scrum under fire, of cours they were going to drop.

 

[HG]

I'm no scrum expert but I'm sure Fatprop or Noddy would be a better judge but on the last scrum of the match when BOD scored the number 3 for Ireland (Hayes?) dropped his bind when we put the shove on to stop the momentum of Robinson pushing them over again.

I thought that Kaplan would definitely blow a penalty.

yep, that was my immediate thought. I thought it was pretty bleedin' obvious and planned. Attacking scrum, and their scrum under fire, of cours they were going to drop.

Kaplan wouldn’t blow shit while the Wallabies are under the pump. He has a hatred so deep seeded that be becomes totality blind to anything that may cause a penalty been awarded to the Wallabies.

 

[Pfitzy]

Speaking as a prop, you're right on the money disco. He'd been telling both Irish props to get their bind up, and Hayes just curled in with the shoulder and depowered Robinson. Damn shame but we should never have been packing scrums on our own 5 by that stage.