2018 Rugby Championship
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@hooroo said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@antipodean said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
DMac can create magic, but is developing fast I reckon and learning to pick his moments. Good coaching helps that shit
That is the thing people refuse to accept. They see DMac as unchanged and a massive liability. This couldn't be further from the truth.
DMac was good against the French but then seemed to revert to type for the Chiefs. The Chiefs game-plan may have something to do with that though - he's probably better suited to a more structured game where he can pick his moments to try something, rather than always trying to create.
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@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@antipodean said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
I've no idea what Cully is going on about in that article. I still get butterflies in my stomach before every All Black game and I'm not even taking the field.
Fark, yeah, I'm really excited by this one. Re-watching our loss in BrisVegas to warm up - we had a moderate team then; Great to see Dane Coles there, but Lima S at 10, and DMac at the back was a raw combo.
DMac can create magic, but is developing fast I reckon and learning to pick his moments. Good coaching helps that shit
Edit: also some of the forward's work gives me a chubby. They were just smashign some gold jerseys out there like bogans smashing woodies on a Friday night
i just had a think, and i can't for the life of me remember anything about our Rugby Championship games last year. I don't remember the results, scorers, anything.
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@mariner4life said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@antipodean said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
I've no idea what Cully is going on about in that article. I still get butterflies in my stomach before every All Black game and I'm not even taking the field.
Fark, yeah, I'm really excited by this one. Re-watching our loss in BrisVegas to warm up - we had a moderate team then; Great to see Dane Coles there, but Lima S at 10, and DMac at the back was a raw combo.
DMac can create magic, but is developing fast I reckon and learning to pick his moments. Good coaching helps that shit
Edit: also some of the forward's work gives me a chubby. They were just smashign some gold jerseys out there like bogans smashing woodies on a Friday night
i just had a think, and i can't for the life of me remember anything about our Rugby Championship games last year. I don't remember the results, scorers, anything.
the first half in Sydney where we put 40 points on the Aussies .... it was incrediballs.
The demolition of SA in Albany - 57-0??
plenty there after the Lions
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@nzzp Wobblies got up in Dunners? and were unlucky not to win after getting off to a flyer and then BB scoring pretty much on FT and then a tight battle in SA.
TBH I dont recall much form the Argie matches.
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@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@antipodean said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
I've no idea what Cully is going on about in that article. I still get butterflies in my stomach before every All Black game and I'm not even taking the field.
Fark, yeah, I'm really excited by this one. Re-watching our loss in BrisVegas to warm up - we had a moderate team then; Great to see Dane Coles there, but Lima S at 10, and DMac at the back was a raw combo.
DMac can create magic, but is developing fast I reckon and learning to pick his moments. Good coaching helps that shit
Edit: also some of the forward's work gives me a chubby. They were just smashign some gold jerseys out there like bogans smashing woodies on a Friday night
i just had a think, and i can't for the life of me remember anything about our Rugby Championship games last year. I don't remember the results, scorers, anything.
the first half in Sydney where we put 40 points on the Aussies .... it was incrediballs.
The demolition of SA in Albany - 57-0??
plenty there after the Lions
those were last year? well fuck me. I could have sworn they were the year before!!
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@taniwharugby said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@nzzp Wobblies got up in Dunners? and were unlucky not to win after getting off to a flyer and then BB scoring pretty much on FT and then a tight battle in SA.
TBH I dont recall much form the Argie matches.
Fark, winning in Dunedin was awesome. Aussies should have had that one - it was a Lazarus/Winston Peters like comeback
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@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@taniwharugby said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@nzzp Wobblies got up in Dunners? and were unlucky not to win after getting off to a flyer and then BB scoring pretty much on FT and then a tight battle in SA.
TBH I dont recall much form the Argie matches.
Fark, winning in Dunedin was awesome. Aussies should have had that one - it was a Lazarus/Winston Peters like comeback
oh yea! you know what i remember from that? not even the winning try, but the behind the scenes reaction shot from the Aussie Fox Sports panel
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@mariner4life said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@taniwharugby said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@nzzp Wobblies got up in Dunners? and were unlucky not to win after getting off to a flyer and then BB scoring pretty much on FT and then a tight battle in SA.
TBH I dont recall much form the Argie matches.
Fark, winning in Dunedin was awesome. Aussies should have had that one - it was a Lazarus/Winston Peters like comeback
oh yea! you know what i remember from that? not even the winning try, but the behind the scenes reaction shot from the Aussie Fox Sports panel
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@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@antipodean said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
I've no idea what Cully is going on about in that article. I still get butterflies in my stomach before every All Black game and I'm not even taking the field.
Fark, yeah, I'm really excited by this one. Re-watching our loss in BrisVegas to warm up - we had a moderate team then; Great to see Dane Coles there, but Lima S at 10, and DMac at the back was a raw combo.
DMac can create magic, but is developing fast I reckon and learning to pick his moments. Good coaching helps that shit
Edit: also some of the forward's work gives me a chubby. They were just smashign some gold jerseys out there like bogans smashing woodies on a Friday night
i just had a think, and i can't for the life of me remember anything about our Rugby Championship games last year. I don't remember the results, scorers, anything.
> the first half in Sydney where we put 40 points on the Aussies .... it was incrediballs.
The demolition of SA in Albany - 57-0??
plenty there after the Lions
I was at that game and couldn't remember it until reading your post a second time and thinking about. Yet, I can probably remember every game I went to in the 90s.
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@nepia said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@nzzp said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@antipodean said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
I've no idea what Cully is going on about in that article. I still get butterflies in my stomach before every All Black game and I'm not even taking the field.
Fark, yeah, I'm really excited by this one. Re-watching our loss in BrisVegas to warm up - we had a moderate team then; Great to see Dane Coles there, but Lima S at 10, and DMac at the back was a raw combo.
DMac can create magic, but is developing fast I reckon and learning to pick his moments. Good coaching helps that shit
Edit: also some of the forward's work gives me a chubby. They were just smashign some gold jerseys out there like bogans smashing woodies on a Friday night
i just had a think, and i can't for the life of me remember anything about our Rugby Championship games last year. I don't remember the results, scorers, anything.
> the first half in Sydney where we put 40 points on the Aussies .... it was incrediballs.
The demolition of SA in Albany - 57-0??
plenty there after the Lions
I was at that game and couldn't remember it until reading your post a second time and thinking about. Yet, I can probably remember every game I went to in the 90s.
i just watched the highlights, how pathetic was the Wallaby defense?
I remember that last try now, and still, a year on, don't understand how in the world that could be awarded.
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@mariner4life that's amazing, love the guy (Hoiles?) getting make up.
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@bovidae said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
@antipodean said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
I've no idea what Cully is going on about in that article.
Cully is a NZ-based Aussie so that has to be factored into the article.
Edit: I'll correct myself. NZ-born, raised in Northern Ireland but spent most of his working life in Australia.
A Wallaby win in Sydney would be the best outcome for the Bledisloe Cup and setup a must-win in Auckland. None of us Kiwis want that of course.
Que?
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@mariner4life said in 2018 Rugby Championship:
Forget the try, that behind the scenes footage was the sporting highlight of 2017.
You know Nick McArdle was saying “forward pass, forward pass”.....
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South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Makazole Mapimpi, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 André Esterhuizen, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Francois de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Siya Kolisi (captain), 6 Francois Louw, 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Marvin Orie, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Lionel Mapoe, 23 Damian Willemse.Argentina: 15 Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Bautista Ezcurra, 11 Ramiro Moyano, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Javier Ortega Desio, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Agustin Creevy (c), 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
Replacements: 16 Diego Fortuny, 17 Santiago Garcia Botta, 18 Santiago Medrano, 19 Tomas Lavanini, 20 Tomas Lezana, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 23 Juan Cruz Mallia -
Interesting test between the Argies and Boks.
Argies turn over the ball far too easily, but they know how to sniff a try.
Boks forwards were quite good and as usual attack the ball hard she it hits the deck. They have some speed in their backs, but they look a little suspect defensively. Pollard had a very up and down game. His passing was a bit skitterish and he had a shocker goal kicking.
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@act-crusader Their lineout was suprisingly I thought, and Pollards goalkicking kept the Argies in it. Marx (around the field) and De Klerk were the Boks best I thought with Le Roux and Etzebeth also playing well.
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All Blacks coach Steve Hansen admits Ryan Crotty concussion issues are a concern but says the midfield star has already been given the all-clear by a specialist after being knocked out in the first Bledisloe Test. The blow, which came when Crotty collided with teammate Jack Goodhue, is Crotty’s sixth concussion in 15 months. Hansen said the blow had left Crotty, who had already been ruled out of the second Test at Eden Park, with a loose tooth as well. “It concerns us definitely, that’s why he’s already seen a specialist and they’ve given him the all-clear,” Hansen said. “From our understanding, as long as you fully recover and don’t go back when you’re not fully recovered then you’re okay.” Hansen said Crotty was “unlucky”. “Last night was real freaky, friendly fire from Jack Goodhue, straight in the face and it would have knocked most of us out.”Crotty admitted in June this year he may have to retire due to repeated concussions. "If I wasn't to bounce back from one as quickly as I tend to, then maybe you would think like that [retiring]," he said. "At the start of each season I get tested to make sure that I am round the same point each season. "If that was starting to trend badly then that would be something I would look at a little more deeply, but until then I am happy to keep going out there and keep putting my body on the line."
