All Blacks vs Pumas II

[antipodean]

@voodoo said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

I've never heard Christie speak. But if I did, I'd be staggered if he didn't have an Irish accent.

He's Scottish isn't he? Terrible poach if so.

[Nepia]

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Geez, Christie and Blackadder are rookies. Some are writing them off way too early. Let them learn in games like these.
Blackadder has done many good things in this game, too.

How old is Christie? He's crap, not going

He's only there because Fakatava is broken.

And not a Kiwi

Regardless, he wouldn't have been there if Fakatava wasn't out injured.

Plus, Christie is only slightly more a Kiwi.

[voodoo]

@tim said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@voodoo Scottish

Looks like a leprechaun to me

[Canes4life]

Good win, now let’s show the Boks who’s the real no 1.

[gt12]

@bones said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Hell of an effort from Vaa'i to go 80, but the only time I've "seen" him is when he's dotting down. Struggling with if that's a good thing or not.

He's not much of a presence eh.

8 tackles made, none missed

Third highest run getter of the forwards (39) off 9 runs, with 7 passes as well, and 2 defenders beaten (1 clean break).

He’s been doing pretty well I thought (without being a BBBR or Whitelock).

[sparky]

@tim said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@voodoo Scottish

Born in Peebles, Scotland. But moved to NZ when he was 7. Nothing like as much of a poach as some.

[ACT Crusader]

@canes4life said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Good win, now let’s show the Boks who’s the real no 1.

But they’re so physical. And have you seen the size of them?

[WillieTheWaiter]

@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Ofa looks massive.

He's a fucking massive unit actually looking a lot trimmer I thought

[Nepia]

Nice of Ardie to go with Te Reo in Maori language week instead of his usual Samoan.

[sparky]

Number One in the World!!!!!

[canefan]

Nice one Fozz. Doubt slowly dissipating. If we smash SA next week......

[Bones]

@gt12 said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@bones said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Hell of an effort from Vaa'i to go 80, but the only time I've "seen" him is when he's dotting down. Struggling with if that's a good thing or not.

He's not much of a presence eh.

8 tackles made, none missed

Third highest run getter of the forwards (39) off 9 runs, with 7 passes as well, and 2 defenders beaten (1 clean break).

He’s been doing pretty well I thought (without being a BBBR or Whitelock).

Chur! Good thing then.

[Machpants]

Bladder missed 5 tackles, against a pretty lame Argentina, despite the sky team bigging him up, he's not a keeper at this level

[Tim]

@gt12 Yeah, I thought he was good tonight.

[Kruse]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Number One in the World!!!!!

Only if World Rugby ranking system counts this as having Home Advantage for Argentina.
I don't think they will... I think the Aussie commentators, surprisingly, are full of shit.

[Machpants]

@kruse said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Number One in the World!!!!!

Only if World Rugby ranking system counts this as having Home Advantage for Argentina.
I don't think they will... I think the Aussie commentators, surprisingly, are full of shit.

Yeah, nah

1 South Africa 90.95 (-1.54)
2 New Zealand 90.70 (+0.38)
3 (↑5) Australia 85.65 (+1.54)
4 (↓3) England 85.44
5 (↓4) Ireland 84.85

[Kirwan]

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Bladder missed 5 tackles, against a pretty lame Argentina, despite the sky team bigging him up, he's not a keeper at this level

Yeah that is really poor. Ended on four penalties too.

[Anonymous]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Number One in the World!!!!!

WTF was that music from SKY while TJ was just saying that

[sparky]

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@kruse said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Number One in the World!!!!!

Only if World Rugby ranking system counts this as having Home Advantage for Argentina.
I don't think they will... I think the Aussie commentators, surprisingly, are full of shit.

Yeah, nah

1 South Africa 90.95 (-1.54)
2 New Zealand 90.70 (+0.38)
3 (↑5) Australia 85.65 (+1.54)
4 (↓3) England 85.44
5 (↓4) Ireland 84.85

Roll on the 100th game against the Old Foe then.

[Kruse]

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@kruse said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Number One in the World!!!!!

Only if World Rugby ranking system counts this as having Home Advantage for Argentina.
I don't think they will... I think the Aussie commentators, surprisingly, are full of shit.

Yeah, nah

1 South Africa 90.95 (-1.54)
2 New Zealand 90.70 (+0.38)
3 (↑5) Australia 85.65 (+1.54)
4 (↓3) England 85.44
5 (↓4) Ireland 84.85

Yeah - exactly. If this was counted as Argies having Home-Advantage - NZ would have had (+0.83) - taking us to #1.

Edit - and I think everybody is, or should be, happier with counting this as a "No Home Advantage" game.
The taking of #1 should rightly come down to next weeks game.