All Blacks v Argentina II
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Darry and Vaai as a collective.
I knew a missile would be comingI'm just not sure about the validity of giving Vaai props for Darry stepping up.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
You have to admit Vaai has found his feet and is enjoying it. Knows he can do it now.
Love his verbals and grinIt's one game where he actually stepped up (and not really as a lock), reel it in a bit.
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Vaai was MOM material today
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Vaii's best game as an All Black.
Long term I think he is a 6 who can play Lock, rather than the other way around.
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Bones he doesn't just lean in the scrum you know.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Bones he doesn't just lean in the scrum you know.
It was tighthead going up most of the time wasn't it?
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Give up while you're not ahead
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@Machpants said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Was expecting a worse crowd
What's the numbers? Weather is arse
Official crowd figure was 40,122
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Was expecting a worse crowd
What's the numbers? Weather is arse
Official crowd figure was 40,122
Should probably look at whether Eden park should host tests if they're gonna be that far short of capacity when it's a sure thing.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Give up while you're not ahead
You can't confirm?
No I'm cooking and on NZ Villa Maria
Vaai was good end of. -
Yeah unimpressed with that. Couldn’t get 50. It’s one thing to win super rugby trophies, test match footy is another beast. Really needs a cotter and Schmidt coaching ticket. Savea - hopeless. Need sotutu. Need akira. Perenara - hopeless, ratima should have started. Williams - hopeless. Just a token cantab selection. Need more mongrel and physicality.
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Love the consistent Sotutu and Akira comments. Two players that never really grabbed test rugby until they didn't play.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Ethan is too slow to get to rucks.
At least he’s done a lot tonight. Haven’t noticed Dalton.
Ethan = Poor Man's McCaw
Dalton = Poor Man's Cane
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@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
The whole pack has stood up tonight.
.... hmmm is this the mini bomb squad or something?
If we could get over ourselves, and accept that we don't always have to be "The Entertainers" who play rugby "the right way", we could be a set piece and counter attack oriented dominant force.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Give up while you're not ahead
You can't confirm?
No I'm cooking and on NZ Villa Maria
Vaai was good end of.He was. I'll raise you some boneless NZ lamb chops on the grill.
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@junior said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Ethan is too slow to get to rucks.
At least he’s done a lot tonight. Haven’t noticed Dalton.
Ethan = Poor Man's McCaw
Dalton = Poor Man's Cane
I noticed DP when he hit hard 3 times in a row with Argentina hot on attack.
Yes, phrasing.
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@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Yeah unimpressed with that. Couldn’t get 50. It’s one thing to win super rugby trophies, test match footy is another beast. Really needs a cotter and Schmidt coaching ticket. Savea - hopeless. Need sotutu. Need akira. Perenara - hopeless, ratima should have started. Williams - hopeless. Just a token cantab selection. Need more mongrel and physicality.
Ratima starts = 50
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@junior said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
The whole pack has stood up tonight.
.... hmmm is this the mini bomb squad or something?
If we could get over ourselves, and accept that we don't always have to be "The Entertainers" who play rugby "the right way", we could be a set piece and counter attack oriented dominant force.
What annoys me is when we are 20 ahead with 20 mins to go we go into entertainment mode and the structure turns to shite.
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The referee made two errors against the New Zealanders : the penalty for Matera's turnover and the harsh one against Mighty Williams in the scrum, when the Argentine THP had clearly lost his bind. Otherwise, I thought he was pretty good. His decisions were clear and he let the game flow.
