NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition

[Machpants]

@booboo ref seems as disinterested in the finer points of the game as the ABs do. Better be a big uptick second half

[Machpants]

On rugby pass just showing the field, grounds men all over trying to sort out all the divots

[sparky]

All Blacks ahead on the scoreline and looking the much better side. ABs have the better bench too.

ABs need to improve their accuracy and be more clinical in the second half. Cool heads and turn possession into points.

Mediocre game on a poor playing surface, ABs will need to play with much more intensity, focus and energy against England and Ireland.

[kev]

DMac gives me the shits the way he hesitates with his pass (while he thinks about running - he wants to), and runs across field behind everyone who running direct lines have now run past him. That stuff is for later on. Not first 20.

[gt12]

Watching from our seats - our midefid is sloooooooo. Makes for a lot of opportunities to exploit space wider.

[sparky]

All Blacks only made 160 metres from 69 carries. Need better ball carriers and a sharper midfield.

[Stargazer]

[akan004]

Time to get a new defence coach.

[No Quarter]

@gt12 said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:

Watching from our seats - our midefid is sloooooooo. Makes for a lot of opportunities to exploit space wider.

Yep, we can maybe afford to have one of SBW and Crotty on, but not both anymore.

[antipodean]

Wallabies letting us off again.

To be fair, we shouldn't have been in this position as the cleanout on DMac came from the sideline, right in front of "we have a deal".

[akan004]

Dumb play from Read.

[Mokey]

If this is a world cup ground, I hope they are going to sort out the surface before next year.

[akan004]

@mokey We play SA at this ground.

[hydro11]

Wallabies on top right now. Full credit to them - they are playing well.

[No Quarter]

@mokey said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:

If this is a world cup ground, I hope they are going to sort out the surface before next year.

Soccer fields tend to be a lot softer so not suited for rugby. Not sure what they can do but it's less than ideal.

[Machpants]

Kick the fucking ball out FFS

[Donsteppa]

This team should stay in town and play Japan next week.They’ve had a nice training run like intensity tonight.

Defence is casual as fuck.

[gt12]

@donsteppa

A lot of it is numbers - the Aussie’s often stack them around the ruck and we just have one - if they can offload, they are behind us....

[Anonymous]

@donsteppa Seems like the Hurricanes players are the only ones with any intensity on defence

[mariner4life]

Would someone like to make a hit. Passive bullshit.

Aussies feeding off our passive defense. Some nice offloads and pops. We're making Rob Simmons look good for fucks sake! He's the best lock on the field