Springboks v All Blacks
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@broughie not sure if you missed the aussie media felchers whining about the abs lack of humilty .Its pathetic but basically boils down to them actually having nothing to give us shit about when their own game is a shambles .
Its like your neighbour with a fat heinous girlfriend saying to you "you shagged Scarlett Johanson? Mate , her little toe is so ugly".
They can snivel from the sidelines while we watch our team make history.
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@Bones said in Springboks v All Blacks:
@JayCee I'm actually very keen to see them paired up, ALB at 12. Think they would be a bloody good combination.
True, although my preference would be ALB & Moala.
Crotty is very solid. But I'd love a bit more x factor in the midfield combined with the rugby smarts and skill of ALB like we had with Smith. -
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@Rapido said in Springboks v All Blacks:
I'm at halftime. Groan at the TJP try decision, groan at the Retallick non-try decision.
Evens out I guess.
Still stink though, to have those decisions made.
Rolling the ball on the ground has never felt OK to me.
Why the hell weren't they talking about Kieran Read and Sam still being bound to Retallick??? FFS, what they let people bind in mauls, and then pick that up. Poor decisions
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@Billy-Tell said in Springboks v All Blacks:
@Billy-Tell said in Springboks v All Blacks:
@cgrant said in Springboks v All Blacks, whos in?:
The Springboks won't be easy meat this time. They are always hard to beat in their garden.
Yes they will.
Not any more.Retrograde step to go back to the first XV out of "fear factor".
And there we go.
They were easy meat.
Well played Sir.
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@Billy-Tell You're dead right. ALB looks world class, and it seems we've found 50% of the RWC 2019 midfield already. An extraordinarily quick jump he'.s made.
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The weirdest thing with ALB is he wasn't really in the frame until injuries struck. They were still really keen on Seta and Fekitoa.
Can't really remember the last All Black who snuck in on the back of injuries and then turned out to be what we are looking for? Maybe Brad Thorn when he came back?
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This is from South African media after the game. Made me laugh
"The All Blacks haven't lost at Eden Park since 1994 so the chances of them not getting the record are almost zero, but the way they are playing at the moment you'd back them to win a game played on the moon against the rest of the universe with no limitations on the number of players that team could include."
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@Hooroo said in Springboks v All Blacks:
This is from South African media after the game. Made me laugh
"The All Blacks haven't lost at Eden Park since 1994 so the chances of them not getting the record are almost zero, but the way they are playing at the moment you'd back them to win a game played on the moon against the rest of the universe with no limitations on the number of players that team could include."
Well they are the Men in Black. Much better weapons at their disposal, but as a bonus these guys will let you remember.
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Are we sure the ABs won? Reading most of this thread, you'd think we stunk the house out and Barrett's goalkickng actually "cost us".....
Most of the tests this year the ABs have started slowish and built pressure. Then there's a period of screboard pressure that effectively takes the opposition out of the match.
Today seemed no different.
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Well, that was, um, something
Firstly, South Africa are complete shit.
Our first half was deplorable. Shit options, poor skills, and some of our usually best players were crap (K Read, B Smith, the wings. Oh and TJP sucked).
2nd half was new AB rugby at it's best, get ball, continually move ball, take risks and chase points. And scoring was almost too easy. South Africa really are rubbish.
Best on ground the locks, 4 year veteran ALB, and Squire off the bench.
Really noticed Crotty today, his work rate and clean up work is vital. He and ALB are a ripper midfield
We're taking the piss this year
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On ALB and his conradesque qualities. For that charge-down try - just the little things, realising he is in a 2 horse race with Barrett and pulling out of that contest and instead positioning himself for the crazy bounce if it were to occur.
Guy makes the right decisions in real time. No white line fever.
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@Mokey said in Springboks v All Blacks:
@Hooroo said in Springboks v All Blacks:
This is from South African media after the game. Made me laugh
"The All Blacks haven't lost at Eden Park since 1994 so the chances of them not getting the record are almost zero, but the way they are playing at the moment you'd back them to win a game played on the moon against the rest of the universe with no limitations on the number of players that team could include."
Well they are the Men in Black. Much better weapons at their disposal, but as a bonus these guys will let you remember.
Give yourself an uppercut
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@ACT-Crusader said in Springboks v All Blacks:
Are we sure the ABs won? Reading most of this thread, you'd think we stunk the house out and Barrett's goalkickng actually "cost us".....
Most of the tests this year the ABs have started slowish and built pressure. Then there's a period of screboard pressure that effectively takes the opposition out of the match.
Today seemed no different.
I thought today was different. We weren't building pressure, we were releasing it off a poor side by fumbling or taking bad options. The 2nd half was much more accurate
