Bledisloe II
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@chimoaus said in Bledisloe II:
I wonder if Rugby Australia still thinks 6 Million for Hooper is a wise investment.
What's his role in this team? Is he a forward or a back cos you don't see him doing what you would expect a forward to do. Invisible at the breakdown, no pilfers etc. He does fark all in other words.
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Unbelievable display from Beauden. His best ever game surely? Brilliant. Not just the highlights stuff but his kicking in the first half was sensational. What a statement game. I didnt think he had that in him - I apologise. He stays at 10. Sensational game at 10.
Ben from Accounts can still play wing it seems!
Brodie a beast as usual.
Forwards much better second half.
Ardie nice bench impact. DMac much better suited to the bench.
Congrats Franks on 100 tests. What a professional.
Wallabies should really can Cheika. That was worse than last week for them.
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@canefan said in Bledisloe II:
@derm-mccrum said in Bledisloe II:
Great match to watch - New Zealand are on another level. Superb.
That wraps up the Championship for another year I reckon.
Is that a Kiwi leprechaun?
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40-12, plus three disallowed tries. Barnes should have been harsher on the 4th tackle without the ball on TJ. Barrett was class tonight, but also thought BFA had a much better game on the wing. He and Jordie worked well together at the back. Scrum was dodgy as fuck though.
Wallabies need to work on their fitness big time. They looked sharp and hungry in the first half and mostly rubbish in the second, and even players like St. Po were niggly.
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@gunner said in Bledisloe II:
Thumping win, but I don’t think the ABs will be thrilled with that performance.
Plenty of dropped balls early on, strange how they all seemed to be dropped bullet passes which bounced away at a million miles an hour.
They also won’t be happy with the soft defence on the 2 Aussie tries.
Harris has to go, our lineout falls apart when he comes on. Time for Coltman to have a go.That said, I always had the feeling that once we stopped dropping the ball we’d put plenty of points on the board, and we did score some great tries.
Any time the ABs thump Aussie it’s a great day.BB and BBBR again both outstanding.
Well done Owen Franks on the 100 games.
I don’t really mind so much. It’s a high risk high reward game plan. You could see what the tactics of the ABs were, play at break neck speed and push the pass to tire the Wallaby defence. And as we saw late in the first half and into the second, the Aussies were cooked and we found gap after gap.
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Negatives.
Goodhues pass. Needs more Weetbix.
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@act-crusader said in Bledisloe II:
@gunner said in Bledisloe II:
Thumping win, but I don’t think the ABs will be thrilled with that performance.
Plenty of dropped balls early on, strange how they all seemed to be dropped bullet passes which bounced away at a million miles an hour.
They also won’t be happy with the soft defence on the 2 Aussie tries.
Harris has to go, our lineout falls apart when he comes on. Time for Coltman to have a go.That said, I always had the feeling that once we stopped dropping the ball we’d put plenty of points on the board, and we did score some great tries.
Any time the ABs thump Aussie it’s a great day.BB and BBBR again both outstanding.
Well done Owen Franks on the 100 games.
I don’t really mind so much. It’s a high risk high reward game plan. You could see what the tactics of the ABs were, play at break neck speed and push the pass to tire the Wallaby defence. And as we saw late in the first half and into the second, the Aussies were cooked and we found gap after gap.
Oh for sure, they had a definite plan to run them off their feet, just don’t think they’ll be impressed with themselves for the amount of times they dropped it.
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@gunner said in Bledisloe II:
@act-crusader said in Bledisloe II:
@gunner said in Bledisloe II:
Thumping win, but I don’t think the ABs will be thrilled with that performance.
Plenty of dropped balls early on, strange how they all seemed to be dropped bullet passes which bounced away at a million miles an hour.
They also won’t be happy with the soft defence on the 2 Aussie tries.
Harris has to go, our lineout falls apart when he comes on. Time for Coltman to have a go.That said, I always had the feeling that once we stopped dropping the ball we’d put plenty of points on the board, and we did score some great tries.
Any time the ABs thump Aussie it’s a great day.BB and BBBR again both outstanding.
Well done Owen Franks on the 100 games.
I don’t really mind so much. It’s a high risk high reward game plan. You could see what the tactics of the ABs were, play at break neck speed and push the pass to tire the Wallaby defence. And as we saw late in the first half and into the second, the Aussies were cooked and we found gap after gap.
Oh for sure, they had a definite plan to run them off their feet, just don’t think they’ll be impressed with themselves for the amount of times they dropped it.
New midfield and back 3 combinations. Forwards standing flat with a compressed Oz defensive line.
What’s remarkable is that our bench are pretty low on test experience too.
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@act-crusader said in Bledisloe II:
@gunner said in Bledisloe II:
@act-crusader said in Bledisloe II:
@gunner said in Bledisloe II:
Thumping win, but I don’t think the ABs will be thrilled with that performance.
Plenty of dropped balls early on, strange how they all seemed to be dropped bullet passes which bounced away at a million miles an hour.
They also won’t be happy with the soft defence on the 2 Aussie tries.
Harris has to go, our lineout falls apart when he comes on. Time for Coltman to have a go.That said, I always had the feeling that once we stopped dropping the ball we’d put plenty of points on the board, and we did score some great tries.
Any time the ABs thump Aussie it’s a great day.BB and BBBR again both outstanding.
Well done Owen Franks on the 100 games.
I don’t really mind so much. It’s a high risk high reward game plan. You could see what the tactics of the ABs were, play at break neck speed and push the pass to tire the Wallaby defence. And as we saw late in the first half and into the second, the Aussies were cooked and we found gap after gap.
Oh for sure, they had a definite plan to run them off their feet, just don’t think they’ll be impressed with themselves for the amount of times they dropped it.
New midfield and back 3 combinations. Forwards standing flat with a compressed Oz defensive line.
What’s remarkable is that our bench are pretty low on test experience too.
Shag bringing out the best in the boys
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We need two Ben Smiths. I think he's better than Jordie at fullback.
Amazingly, Naholo didn't make any massive errors.
Squire is close to be sealing the 6 jersey.
Sam Cane is a beast on defence compared to Ardie.
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@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
Foley not getting much love at g and g , a couple of people have pointed out how weak Beales defence is. St Bonocock is their man of the match .
I've never been there, what's it like?
Also, as Kirwan noted Foley was responsible for 10 points for the Wallabies, stopped 5 and set up 5. He should get some kudos for that?
