Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2

[Bones]

Fuck right off Perenara

[Jailbreak7]

Nankivell hands - normally as safe as houses - dropped two cold

[MajorRage]

@Bones said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Hahaha the Irish getting so brave they just try coming from the Maori side now. Surprised to see it penalised

Yes, you can pass a ball to an Irishman directly behind the ruck because that's a perfectly onside position.

[Stargazer]

@Jailbreak7 I really rate him but he's having a bit of a mare tonight.

[Bones]

@MajorRage said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@Bones said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Hahaha the Irish getting so brave they just try coming from the Maori side now. Surprised to see it penalised

Yes, you can pass a ball to an Irishman directly behind the ruck because that's a perfectly onside position.

Open play I thought. Perenara popped it up to no one, he came through from his side and caught it. Looked fine

[Bovidae]

England has their own work experience AR in Christophe Ridley, whoever the fuck he is!

[Higgins]

@Bones said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Hahaha the Irish getting so brave they just try coming from the Maori side now. Surprised to see it penalised

Well twice in that last passage of play IWL came forward from an offside position and was not penalised so it is going both ways.

[Steven Harris]

Can see the real difference in the break down work , and there example right there TJ showing some great strength, but where was the accuracy of the cleaners ..only one enhancing his reputation is Sean Stephenson ..what were the chiefs thinking ?

[kev]

@Stargazer said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@Jailbreak7 I really rate him but he's having a bit of a mare tonight.

Last pass on attack was behind him. All a bit frantic. MABs just pushing too many passes. Still it may come…

[Donsteppa]

I was surprised at the Future All Black Alex Nankivell talk mid-Super Rugby season. But with his hands tonight he'd fit in perfectly with the current AB's.

[Bones]

@Higgins said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@Bones said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Hahaha the Irish getting so brave they just try coming from the Maori side now. Surprised to see it penalised

Well twice in that last passage of play IWL came forward from an offside position and was not penalised so it is going both ways.

The AR can't call simple offside, but decides it's a yellow for Norris doing something perfectly legal. Weird huh

[kev]

@Steven-Harris said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Can see the real difference in of the break down work , and there example right there TJ showing some great strength, but where was the accuracy of the cleaners ..only one enhancing his reputation is Sean Stephenson ..what were the chiefs thinking ?

Like SS on attack but he scares me on D - not in the right way.

[Grooter]

@Jailbreak7 said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Nankivell hands - normally as safe as houses - dropped two cold

Reminds me of his game against the Drua

[Higgins]

Has there been any mention of how strong the southerly wind is as it did not seem to be affecting play too much during the first half.

[Bones]

@Steven-Harris said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Can see the real difference in the break down work , and there example right there TJ showing some great strength, but where was the accuracy of the cleaners ..only one enhancing his reputation is Sean Stephenson ..what were the chiefs thinking ?

I'd prefer TJ did halfback stuff well and put his forwards through into those holes.

[Donsteppa]

@Steven-Harris said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Can see the real difference in of the break down work , and there example right there TJ showing some great strength, but where was the accuracy of the cleaners ..only one enhancing his reputation is Sean Stephenson ..what were the chiefs thinking ?

Same coach. Shaun Stevenson was on the unavailable/injured list quite a lot in the later half of the season - despite the "Claytons favourites" talk on here after some selections. Stevenson is available and Clayton has started him in both games at this level.

[ACT Crusader]

@Steven-Harris said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Can see the real difference in the break down work , and there example right there TJ showing some great strength, but where was the accuracy of the cleaners ..only one enhancing his reputation is Sean Stephenson ..what were the chiefs thinking ?

Missing our 5 and 6 from last match

[Crucial]

@MajorRage said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@Bones said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Hahaha the Irish getting so brave they just try coming from the Maori side now. Surprised to see it penalised

Yes, you can pass a ball to an Irishman directly behind the ruck because that's a perfectly onside position.

That was the last straw. Where do they find these refs?

[Winger]

@ACT-Crusader said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

He called “that’s once” after a couple of pushes backwards and then after several pushes back, he allows play on.
Mauls (if we can still call them that) suck.

MABs have been poor. In danger of losing easily. Zarns ball clearing is missed

[Bovidae]

@Donsteppa said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@Steven-Harris said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Can see the real difference in of the break down work , and there example right there TJ showing some great strength, but where was the accuracy of the cleaners ..only one enhancing his reputation is Sean Stephenson ..what were the chiefs thinking ?

Same coach. Shaun Stevenson was on the unavailable/injured list quite a lot in the later half of the season - despite the "Claytons favourites" talk on here after some selections. Stevenson is available and Clayton has started him in both games at this level.

Yes, Stevenson got that nasty knee injury against MP so wasn't available again until the very end of SR.