All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
Read choosing to kick the ball out at the end is one of the strangest decisions I have seen from this AB team.
Game won. Record achieved. Tour coming up. Why bother?
Also I thought Nige had his arm up for our scrum? What happened after that? The family got home at that point.
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@NTA said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
Todd was a genuine nuisance, but I thought he was fortunate a couple of times, with his elbows on the ground or his weight on another player in the ruck-thing. Mainly though, he got himself into position to be a nuisance, so he gets the credit for that, and getting the penalties.
Both sides were a bit inaccurate on their own ball at ruck time. We just didn't do enough.
I was about to quote this post but replace "Todd" with "Pocock in every game he ever played" but then I thought, fuck it, don't bother.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
Hansen saying Barrett "was a bit under the weather" as a reason why he was replaced.
I hope so, otherwise it was a monumentally stupid decision to sub him. Yes his goalkicking was pants and he deserves a smack for that, but he's still the best attacking player out there.
IMHO Cruden should either start or not be in the 23. He isn't a great bench player, and I reckon Lima S offers more. Better goal kicker too.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
Read choosing to kick the ball out at the end is one of the strangest decisions I have seen from this AB team.
Yeah, didn't need it. BBBR already went off. SW was on a dodgy ankle.
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@TeWaio said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
TKB has the passing accuracy of A Smith and the strength of TJP in heavy traffic. Was a good addition I thought, his crisp service helped us open the game up at the end.
This is the same guy that threw a no look pass that would have been an Aus try if we didn't have a turbo hooker?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@TeWaio said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
TKB has the passing accuracy of A Smith and the strength of TJP in heavy traffic. Was a good addition I thought, his crisp service helped us open the game up at the end.
This is the same guy that threw a no look pass that would have been an Aus try if we didn't have a turbo hooker?
What exactly are you disagreeing with him on? That was an obvious fuck up but it doesn't change the fact that his delivery was a dramatic improvement on TJP's crap passing.
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Watching the Wallaby post game interview and Chieka's having a massive whine. What's this thing about clowns?
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@reprobate said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Rapido nah bro, I don't see it. He can choose his support line: the guy with the ball is so far in front that the support player can choose to go inside or outside. The defender never had a chance. Never was in front of dhp. It's a try.
Julian may not have got him but he was denied the chance to by the change of line...technically correct ruling IMO.
Thought savea was rubbish in.the first 40 but sparked up in the 2nd.
Todd was excellent. Some of his and Kainos hits....that trysaver by coles was right in front of me and boy he can move!
Wish people would stop booing Quade...mind you there are always boof heads who are embarrassing and there were 2 just in front of us. But there seemed large sectools that didn't boo too which is good.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
Watching the Wallaby post game interview and Chieka's having a massive whine. What's this thing about clowns?
As usual, Chieka's embarrassed himself. What a fool.
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press conference from cheika was interesting, will be a talking point tomorrow
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@antipodean what old Crusty saying? When you get reamed by 27 points you'd have to have Winger strength cognitive issues to think you'd been robbed.
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@antipodean was a cartoon of cheika dressed as a clown front page of the sports page, think it said bring on the clowns
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@taniwharugby but this is what I don't get... why can't a support player change his line from inside to outside? He's in front of the defender.
