RWC: NZ v TONGA (Newcastle): POOL C

[No4918]

Hansen not real happy. Should get a couple more from here.

 

[No4918]

Cane has learnt a lot from Richie.

 

[ACR]

Cane has learnt a lot from Richie.

Like the Tongan 5 minutes before, explain what he did wrong.

 

[mxyzptlk]

So Dan Cole is basically a winger now?

He has been for some time now. When you have a forward as fast as he is, that becomes a tactic.

 

[Chunderstruck]

Like the Tongan 5 minutes before, explain what he did wrong.

Deliberately kicked the ball from an offside position?

 

[ACR]

Deliberately kicked the ball from an offside position?

From what line? There's no ruck.

 

[saulityvi]

That Tongan reserve hooker was lucky to not get a red card, if there is any consistency, he will get cited.

 

[teach]

I think the ref ruled that Cane was leaning on the tongan player on the ground, so couldn't play the ball.

 

[Chunderstruck]

From what line? There's no ruck.

So he could have just picked it up? Why did he try to make it look accidental

 

[ACR]

So he could have just picked it up? Why did he try to make it look accidental

No difference. Just like the Tongan picked it up. Should have been play on.

 

[mxyzptlk]

Is Milner-Skudder leading the tournament with most tries now? Think he has six total.

 

[teach]

I'm thinking Skudder over Naholo at present. At least for starting.

 

[ACR]

I'm thinking Skudder over Naholo at present. At least for starting.

Thats a given surely.

 

[teach]

It is now.

 

[mxyzptlk]

Kieran Read's answer to what they'll have to do to beat France or Ireland:

Be there.

 

[Upthenuts]

some good hard rugby there,
but read must be leading the tournament for drops n knock ons,

 

[zer0]

I'm thinking Skudder over Naholo at present. At least for starting.

It's the only logical option. Though Naholo offers no bench value so shouldn't be in the match day squad. Which, by extension, means he's effectively wasting a valuable squad position.

All in all, I think it's safe to say that his selection has been a pointless and reckless experiment.

 

[Quick Hands]

ABs back in business after the sloppy performance against Georgia. Perfect preparation for quarter finals.

 

[aeneas]

Well that was a lot better in comparison to the rest of the games by nz to date. Kieran reads form is something of a concern. I think the scrum at the end of the first half where they didn't concede with one man short was a good sign.

 

[KOB1987]

First half was still awful, second half much better.