Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11
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Drawing with Oz at home in the first test is a poor result - and the TAB odds show how bad that was by us.
The big edge we've had over the Wallabies for pretty much two decades has been in physicality.
Playing two sevens and three little backs starts to give that away.
In the end, we should have won that with a drop kick - but that would only have papered over some cracks.
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@Machpants said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Stargazer said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Chris said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
I cant wait for Fosters press conference
What went wrong Fozzie
Ahhhhhh well not sure, Fucked if I know let me think about it.
Press conference is live on Sky Sport Select.
What's he said so far?
I'm sure they'll post the press conference on YT again.
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@broughie said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
I thinks the young lock played well in the time he spent on the park. Trying to think of positives.
He was ok but very lucky not to give away a penalty when oz were close to our line at the end.
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Traditionally we have been shit first test , but it’s quite often against a lesser opponent, ( even lesser Than aus )
So hopefully we get better ,
I’m desperate, looking for positives 🤔
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For all those begging for the drop goal near the end... sitting in the stadium, I'd have to say I can understand nobody going for a droppie. You'd need the advantage guarantee to have gone for anything other than safely-safely in that weather.
Just read back through the thread, even in the first half, nobody seemed to know who had the wind at their back.
It was stereotypical CakeTin, on the higher end of the Beaufort scale. -
@antipodean said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
We get this even when the refs favour the wobs from their whinging fans so we aren't going to hear the end of it after today. The whinging on twitter has been non stop.
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@Number-10 said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
Congratulations Fozzie. You did something Henry or Hansen didn’t achieve and that is lose the first Bledisloe match against a new Wallabies coach.
Slow starters, new combos, inexperienced backline, silver linings, hope, the draw we needed to have
No - Robbie Deans won his first Bledisloe Cup match in 2008: 34-19 in Sydney.
Wasn’t that Deans first test against the ABs, and OZ won?
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Number-10 said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
Congratulations Fozzie. You did something Henry or Hansen didn’t achieve and that is lose the first Bledisloe match against a new Wallabies coach.
Slow starters, new combos, inexperienced backline, silver linings, hope, the draw we needed to have
No - Robbie Deans won his first Bledisloe Cup match in 2008: 34-19 in Sydney.
Wasn’t that Deans first test against the ABs, and OZ won?
Yep it was.
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@kiwiinmelb said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
Traditionally we have been shit first test , but it’s quite often against a lesser opponent, ( even lesser Than aus )
So hopefully we get better ,
I’m desperate, looking for positives 🤔
Looking for a huge improvement in AKLD
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@Kruse said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
For all those begging for the drop goal near the end... sitting in the stadium, I'd have to say I can understand nobody going for a droppie. You'd need the advantage guarantee to have gone for anything other than safely-safely in that weather.
Just read back through the thread, even in the first half, nobody seemed to know who had the wind at their back.
It was stereotypical CakeTin, on the higher end of the Beaufort scale.If we'd lost I would start to suspect you might be a bad luck charm for us.... 😉
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@akan004 The whining from some of the Wallaby fans that a NZ ref cost them a win is hilarious and sadly predictable.
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@akan004 ref was predictably horrible. nearly let through two no-tries if not for Gardner (who wasnt much better).
Gardner will probably be as bad next week in favouring Aus .
Can't be worse than Williams
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@canefan said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Kruse said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
For all those begging for the drop goal near the end... sitting in the stadium, I'd have to say I can understand nobody going for a droppie. You'd need the advantage guarantee to have gone for anything other than safely-safely in that weather.
Just read back through the thread, even in the first half, nobody seemed to know who had the wind at their back.
It was stereotypical CakeTin, on the higher end of the Beaufort scale.If we'd lost I would start to suspect you might be a bad luck charm for us....
I did worry about that before the game, made sure I left the Japanese “sports charm” I got at one of the Kumano temples, and took to Yokohama... at home.
