NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition

[Stargazer]

Ahhh, that was a thing of Beauty. It started with Mo'unga, Aaron Smith, BB through the legs and Rieko is in!

[dingo]

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

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

Todd on for Squire, so who'll play at 7?

Read at six!

On the attacking scrum, Read was at six, Ardie at Eight. On the defensive scrum, they reversed.

[sparky]

What does Scott McLeod do........

[Kruse]

If I were a psychologist, or half-arsed journalist, I'd come up with some theory about why the All Blacks are so shit in what are pretty much "Exhibition Matches" - and how it means their dominance is in a large part due to "mental strength" or some such.

[Kruse]

I'd also go get a beer, to keep my superstition/excuse-for-drinking alive...
done.

[Tim]

Good try, but pretty shoddy defence there.

[Stargazer]

@kruse I reckon they've been too busy these last two years with experimenting with new structures.

[Anonymous]

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

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

@mariner4life said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:

Fuck we're just so average. There's no real respect for the Wallabies any more.

If Australia weren't so shit, we'd lose.

A weird game, we’ve played poorly at times and defended badly, but will win comfortably.

So, like a game against Samoa or something then?

[ShadowTrooper]

@kruse Yeah and the psychic energy of Mexted

[Stargazer]

Comfortable win, average game.

[mariner4life]

Slow clap

[Machpants]

Harris on...

...didn't fuck up his line out!

[Donsteppa]

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

What does Scott McLeod do........

Turnstile Engineer?

[booboo]

We'll take that.

Felt score was kind of flattering to Aus.

[sparky]

Nice to win against Aussie again, but the English and Irish coaches are going to watch the tape of this AB performance and think "Is that it?"

[Kruse]

What a limp end to a limp game... the TMO telling the ref that the game is over.

[No Quarter]

Pretty uninteresting game. We did enough to win without really getting out of 1st gear. Beauden's try the stand-out moment in the match. Not much else to talk about other than the midfield which is past it and unlikely to see us through to the RWC.

[Anonymous]

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

What a limp end to a limp game... the TMO telling the ref that the game is over.

"We have a deal, time is up"

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@mariner4life said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:

ALB that was terrible

That spoils your plans tonight. Who else you going to bat over now?

[Tordah]

I'll look at the positives:

• scrums were very good, nice return for Laulala
• SBW was so bad that finally even the selectors who love him for some reason must have seen it
• Barrett's place kicking was good
• Barrett's running game still up there
• Retallick got through unharmed
• Ben Smith still as reliable as ever