Bledisloe #2
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It was only the Wallabies. Much tougher tests to come yet.
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Interesting comments by Hansen on coles , reading between the lines,I’m guessing there was a premeditated plan to Make life difficult for the halfback, but he took it too far . And he will deal with it behind closed doors.
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@booboo said in Bledisloe #2:
@Gunner said in Bledisloe #2:
Aussies are taking All Blacks out further away from the ball than that.
Shit, shit call. No way that’s a yellow.
You nearly had an upvote fir the first para. Lost it for the second. Definite yellow.
That was my thoughts too, Aussies should’ve been penalised a few times for doing it, but they weren’t as blatantly stupid about it .
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Coles has been a bit dumb discipline-wise, but I gotta admit he's had fire in his belly, iron in his blood and ice in his eyes these last two games.
Been good to see.
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@canefan said in Bledisloe #2:
Sonny has been quietly excellent. All round improvement in effort and the accuracy is coming along. The BeaMo double pivot experiment is looking good, Cane and Ardie are looking much better because of greater effort up front. Bridge is mustard and Reece is playing well
First bold. Are you allowed to say that? I thought the rules were no matter whst he does he is a money grubbing lazy useless fluffybunny.
Second bold. Please explain? Does that mean good?
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe #2:
Did we miss that? I took a piss based on assumption
Not bad, but far from great. Not creating much, but better defensive sting, and some great pressure from Smiths kicking.
Bloody Crusaders. Should've let Beaudy kick it.
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@Donsteppa said in Bledisloe #2:
@booboo yep, the reference at the time was to Lynagh's missed shots, not the final score.
I know that. Just helped me illustrate my point. It was a complete crap game from both sides that one. Was at that game too.
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@MiketheSnow said in Bledisloe #2:
Very enjoyable and entertaining first half.
NZ good for their lead, the margin debatable.
Stupid from Coles.
Meg commentating on Sky UK feed. Annoying and one-eyed as I've heard him.
Aus just need to let the ball do the work.
- I agree. Rather flattering to Aus I thought.
- I hate how he hates on the ABs like that
As an aside, having the Fox Sport comms Tim Horan is good.
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@Donsteppa said in Bledisloe #2:
Coles would be staying on the bench for mine.
Thought about that. But thought tgat was good conservation of energy. Give the rested bloke 10, rest the other guy and bring him back fresh at the end.
Not sure what the team punishment is for stupid, doing the laundry?, but Dane should be on duty for a week.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Bledisloe #2:
I'm actually finding it hard to pick the best AB.
All have been excellent and a few playing their best game in Black for quite some time while the new boys are playing like old hands.
This
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Bledisloe #2:
Can we have 14 votes on the "Bledisloe #2 MoM" thread please?
Who you NOT voting fir?
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@westcoastie said in Bledisloe #2:
@westcoastie said in Bledisloe #2:
@jegga said in Bledisloe #2:
This game vs athletic park 1996 , which one do you live more?
Athletic Park was just a pummelling. This is good, that was great.
Was this also the game Michael Brial punched Frank Bunce a million times, didn't get carded, but ol' Frank just laughed at him?
Same year different game.
Brial v Bunce was in Brissy. Last minute try to Bunce to win it.
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@Donsteppa said in Bledisloe #2:
@jegga said in Bledisloe #2:
This game vs athletic park 1996 , which one do you live more?
- Back in the days when 40+ points in a tier one test was unheard of. Let alone in the wet beneath the Mallard stand.
Twas lovely weather for ducks.
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Morning after thoughts from watching from the best seats in the house yesterday, albeit a little damp
SBW was outstanding. Ran really well, but contributed massively on defence. He is such a physical specimen, skillset good, you can see why the TWM want him in their squad. Played his way onto the plane - and convinced a heap of people who doubted the selectors ongoing faith in him.
Kicking game was simply magnificent. Only a couple of poorly executed kicks, but we generally found space and kicked really well. Kudos to the lads for that, turned round their big wingers and made them look ordinary.
Defence just went to antoher level. Noticeable aggression and was like running into walls a ttimes. Good to see, the physicality wasn' tthere last week. Nic White got covered well, once his running wasn't a surprise, it didn't work. Big shout outs to KR and SBW in this area.
Handling was exceptional. Focussed and intense; it was cold and wet out there - as wet as I've got at Eden Park in the last 10-15 years. Some downpours were that classic big auckland raindrops, that just saturate. Field held up well.
Scrum dominant from the seats we were in. Both Cheika and Hansen spoke about it in the pressers - looks like we figured out what they were doing to us last week, and came up with a fix (by the sound of it, setting close to the opposition to eliminate any semblence of a hit). Good, but needs to be dealt with on the field for the RWC.
Wings - both played well. I think Bridge was better than Reece with positioning and skills work. Some nervy moments when both he and Beaudy were going for the same high ball, but calls got sorted and they didn't stuff up. Attack went as well as you saw.
ALB continues to impress me. Needs a bigger bopper at 12 I reckon, but what a talent.
Crowd was in fine voice. Plenty of voice, plenty of vocal support. Our reputation as a library is probably not deserved any more... we're not shy of getting stuck in now. Would have felt pretty hostile. 3 minutes to go Aussies were leaving, and the whole north stand stood up and farewelled them. Quality.
Refereeing. Well, it's a tough game to referee, but there are real issues with consistency and quality of refs at the international level. Forget the YC, the offsides and side entries to the ruck just frustrate me week after week for both sides. It's a lottery, sometimes you get pinged, sometimes we don't. One time in the scond half with the ABs exiting inside their 22, the entire Wallaby defensive line was halfway up the ruck and no farks were given by the entire refereeing team. Ya just wonder... if it's a chargedown try, they'll review and disallow - otherwise it's just 'whatevs, play on'.
The other one that exploded my head was the blatant horror call on the restart not going 10. FFS Jaco, if they play at it then it doesn't matter how far it goes. There is no place on earth where that's a scrum restart, just a horror application of the laws. It's up there with 'we have a deal', without (thankfully) the impact.
Anyway, great night to be out, proud and delighted for teh ABs and supporters, roll on the RWC.
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@kiwiinmelb yea White was struggling to get into the game once the ABs got in their groove after about 25 mins...he was the key last week, and we harassed him this week and disrupted their flow.
Whether a YC or not, that was incredibly stupid by Coles, coulda just given a little push, a stand off and moved on, we were in prime position yet he took it too far, a penalty was always in the cards there (or, a YC depending on the ref) denying us our attacking position.
Cheika apologises to Wallabies greats and fans for blackout
