Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November
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@Crucial said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
@Snowy said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
That Wellington test was my favourite rugby experience
Carter on fire. Fucking awesome match.
Umaga on fire too. Thanks Clive and Ali.
Was quite some motivation for players and fans alike.
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I watched that game live, then again on replay with an Aussie mate who hadn't seen it. I'd told him before the game (he knew the result) that it was the best performance by a 10 that I'd ever seen. He was sceptical.
Around HT I asked him if he agreed, and he said (like a true aussie) "hmm, not bad, reckon I've seen better.
I asked him what else Carter would need to do to get the performance over the line and he said "score another try".
Cue Carters 2nd, the conversion from the sideline, and a walkoff with 10mins to go
Farking beautiful
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@Siam said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
@voodoo yeah, but for all round game and goal kicking it's not cut and dried with respect to "who would you rather have?"
And at least one game where Burke buried us - that huge try he scored hurting his shoulder.
Burke and Cullen are neck and neck in terms of value - I'd take Burke just because his goal kicking was often the difference for us (RWC99 SF v Boks) and was massive for scoreboard pressure.
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@Siam said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
Burke at fullback, Cully on a wing...?
Is that blasphemy? am I going to hell now?
BAN THIS fluffybunny!!!!
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@Snowy said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
It really comes down to who else you have in the team as kicker for me. Cully if you do, Burke if you don't.
I've got Dan at 10 kicking goals, so I'll take the Cullen attack
No slight to matt burke though, who is genuinely one of my favourite players ever, and a hell of a top bloke.
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
@Snowy said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
It really comes down to who else you have in the team as kicker for me. Cully if you do, Burke if you don't.
I've got Dan at 10 kicking goals, so I'll take the Cullen attack
No slight to matt burke though, who is genuinely one of my favourite players ever, and a hell of a top bloke.
He got a bit prissy about being shifted to 13 for Rogers tho - reading his book he's all "I didn't want to upset team harmony but I was fucking filthy"
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@mariner4life Yep. Works for me.
@Siam said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
Burke at fullback, Cully on a wing...?
Is that blasphemy? am I going to hell now?
Yes. Yes you are. You could have put Cully at centre and made absolutely sure but you have done enough.
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@NTA said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
He got a bit prissy about being shifted to 13 for Rogers tho - reading his book he's all "I didn't want to upset team harmony but I was fucking filthy"
Can't blame him for that. A league ring in gets his spot? I'd be pissed as well.
Burke was a mate's neighbour. He said that he was a good bloke.
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@NTA said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
@Snowy said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
It really comes down to who else you have in the team as kicker for me. Cully if you do, Burke if you don't.
I've got Dan at 10 kicking goals, so I'll take the Cullen attack
No slight to matt burke though, who is genuinely one of my favourite players ever, and a hell of a top bloke.
He got a bit prissy about being shifted to 13 for Rogers tho - reading his book he's all "I didn't want to upset team harmony but I was fucking filthy"
I would've been too. He was better than Rogers. In fact that whole period of RA overpaying for pretty average players to code swap would've upset me as a rugby player.
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@voodoo said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
@Siam said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
@voodoo reminds me of the "fights" I had with an ocker mate for years:
Matt Burke or Christian Cullen?
I did like Matt Burke, absolutely a legend
But Cully!!!
Matt Burke is in my all-time XV...
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
Matt Burke is in my all-time XV...
You do know that he never played for the crusaders...
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@Snowy said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
Matt Burke is in my all-time XV...
You do know that he never played for the crusaders...
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@Snowy said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Four: Brisbane, 7 November:
Matt Burke is in my all-time XV...
You do know that he never played for the crusaders...
But he would’ve wanted to after all the crap Waratah teams he turned out for!
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@ACT-Crusader Ewen McKenzie told me (Bkk was great for pissing up with after dinner speakers who needed a "guide" - 5am with big Link before leaving him at the Sheraton with a well known NZ rugby broad caster, - nothing happened, I'm being salacious) about the circumstances leading to Burke not getting a waratahs contract.
from 2004: "Burke's future in Australia is over at the top level after he was left out of the Wallabies' training squad and the Waratahs decided not to take up an option on his contract."
NSW Coach (and former NSW and Australian teammate) Ewen McKenzie's decision to drop Burke drew ire from many in the union fraternity, including Phil Kearns and Simon Poidevin, who accused McKenzie of disloyalty and being shortsighted.[15]
"In a sign of continued bad blood between the two, McKenzie would later ridicule suggestions that Burke would be recalled to the Australian Wallabies in 2007 (see below); describing it as return of the "superannuation crew". Burke responded by deriding McKenzie's apparent "ignorance of British Club Football" – where he was playing at that time.[16] However, Burke would later endorse McKenzie for Wallabies coach prior to his appointment in late 2013"
I remember he said at the contract meeting Burke only talked about house plans and earnings. Link not impressed, weighed up age and attitude and made his decision.
Anyway, a quick fall from grace, puzzling at the time, but mostly a chance to shameleesly name drop a night on the piss with Ewen...
