Bledisloe II
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@broughie oh I know, Tui looked good when he came on, a real menace with the ball, bar that, was one of Ardie's better games in some time.
Didn't he start?
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@paekakboyz were you playing for Kapiti college when Nick Belton got carted off in the Westpac rescue chopper after doing in his neck? If you thought would stop him from playing hall rugby at his flat in Aro valley and almost repeating that you’d be wrong .
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@kiwimurph said in Bledisloe II:
I don't really see the big problem. The specialist 12 starts at 12 whilst the very effective bench player who covers 12-13 is on the bench covering 12 and 13?
In modern rugby the bench is very important and ALB made a very strong case last weekend that he is perfectly suited to the 23 shirt for the big AB games moving forward.
With SBW due back next game the pressure is on Laumape to perform. And if he does, the pressure will be on SBW.
Laumape went ok on the weekend, but ALB was outstanding for 68 minutes at 12 the previous week. Coming on for 68 minutes and playing well hardly screams "put me on the fucking bench", does it?
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@booboo said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@broughie oh I know, Tui looked good when he came on, a real menace with the ball, bar that, was one of Ardie's better games in some time.
Didn't he start?
He did, but only put in some big runs at the end. Turned to the aussies in front and asked where the fuck that had been for the previous 78 minutes
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@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
I’d suggest carrying the weight of the world around us probably more responsible for his aches and pains
This happens to pretty much every player reaching in to steal the ball. It happens to Pocock all the time because that's all he farking does. It's quite indicative of the type of player he is that he stands out every time we pump them. In other words when getting hammered he's good at getting his team a little less hammered. Awesome, he made 5 turnovers in a 40 point loss! God forbid he actually make an effective hit up and do something with the ball. Or win a line out.
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@booboo said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@broughie oh I know, Tui looked good when he came on, a real menace with the ball, bar that, was one of Ardie's better games in some time.
Didn't he start?
well clearly, 60 minutes after he came on, he started playing well
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@jegga I was playing (must have been 15 or so) at Ti Atiawa park when a game on another field (younger kids from memory) was stopped and the copter came in. We had to move fields and I don't know if I ever found out who the kid was. We'd heard it happened in a ruck and the kid got pinned and twisted or something, we thought it was a back injury I think.
Far out, that was well back in the day!
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
I’d suggest carrying the weight of the world around us probably more responsible for his aches and pains
This happens to pretty much every player reaching in to steal the ball. It happens to Pocock all the time because that's all he farking does. It's quite indicative of the type of player he is that he stands out every time we pump them. In other words when getting hammered he's good at getting his team a little less hammered. Awesome, he made 5 turnovers in a 40 point loss! God forbid he actually make an effective hit up and do something with the ball. Or win a line out.
Where did you see his stats? I saw he’d made a pitiful amount of ground at one stage then he made a run a few minutes later but it was all sideways.
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@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
I’d suggest carrying the weight of the world around us probably more responsible for his aches and pains
This happens to pretty much every player reaching in to steal the ball. It happens to Pocock all the time because that's all he farking does. It's quite indicative of the type of player he is that he stands out every time we pump them. In other words when getting hammered he's good at getting his team a little less hammered. Awesome, he made 5 turnovers in a 40 point loss! God forbid he actually make an effective hit up and do something with the ball. Or win a line out.
Where did you see his stats? I saw he’d made a pitiful amount of ground at one stage then he made a run a few minutes later but it was all sideways.
He made a decent run early in Bled1 which was probably more metres than he'll run for the entire RC.
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@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
I’d suggest carrying the weight of the world around us probably more responsible for his aches and pains
This happens to pretty much every player reaching in to steal the ball. It happens to Pocock all the time because that's all he farking does. It's quite indicative of the type of player he is that he stands out every time we pump them. In other words when getting hammered he's good at getting his team a little less hammered. Awesome, he made 5 turnovers in a 40 point loss! God forbid he actually make an effective hit up and do something with the ball. Or win a line out.
Where did you see his stats? I saw he’d made a pitiful amount of ground at one stage then he made a run a few minutes later but it was all sideways.
Yeah recall seeing late in the game that he had made 4 runs for a grand total of 5 meters. I make it further when I roll out of bed in the weekend.
Turnovers were only 2 as well -
@virgil said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
I’d suggest carrying the weight of the world around us probably more responsible for his aches and pains
This happens to pretty much every player reaching in to steal the ball. It happens to Pocock all the time because that's all he farking does. It's quite indicative of the type of player he is that he stands out every time we pump them. In other words when getting hammered he's good at getting his team a little less hammered. Awesome, he made 5 turnovers in a 40 point loss! God forbid he actually make an effective hit up and do something with the ball. Or win a line out.
Where did you see his stats? I saw he’d made a pitiful amount of ground at one stage then he made a run a few minutes later but it was all sideways.
Yeah recall seeing late in the game that he had made 4 runs for a grand total of 5 meters. I make it further when I roll out of bed in the weekend.
Turnovers were only 2 as wellBest player in the world! He's ineffective at every aspect of the game other than turnovers and he doesn't get enough of those in a manner that his team can really benefit from. How many of his turnovers immediately lead to a counter attack?
He's just as dirty and niggly as other players, and whinges to the ref. On more than one occasion I've seen Hooper tell him to shut up.
Whenever I meet someone who proclaims him to be the best player in the world, or would walk into the All Blacks, I immediately recognise the person I'm talking to knows nothing about rugby.
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@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:
@virgil said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
I’d suggest carrying the weight of the world around us probably more responsible for his aches and pains
This happens to pretty much every player reaching in to steal the ball. It happens to Pocock all the time because that's all he farking does. It's quite indicative of the type of player he is that he stands out every time we pump them. In other words when getting hammered he's good at getting his team a little less hammered. Awesome, he made 5 turnovers in a 40 point loss! God forbid he actually make an effective hit up and do something with the ball. Or win a line out.
Where did you see his stats? I saw he’d made a pitiful amount of ground at one stage then he made a run a few minutes later but it was all sideways.
Yeah recall seeing late in the game that he had made 4 runs for a grand total of 5 meters. I make it further when I roll out of bed in the weekend.
Turnovers were only 2 as wellBest player in the world! He's ineffective at every aspect of the game other than turnovers and he doesn't get enough of those in a manner that his team can really benefit from. How many of his turnovers immediately lead to a counter attack?
He's just as dirty and niggly as other players, and whinges to the ref. On more than one occasion I've seen Hooper tell him to shut up.
Whenever I meet someone who proclaims him to be the best player in the world, or would walk into the All Blacks, I immediately recognise the person I'm talking to knows nothing about rugby.
Yeah at who's expense? Reads not exactly a bad no 8
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@virgil said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
I’d suggest carrying the weight of the world around us probably more responsible for his aches and pains
This happens to pretty much every player reaching in to steal the ball. It happens to Pocock all the time because that's all he farking does. It's quite indicative of the type of player he is that he stands out every time we pump them. In other words when getting hammered he's good at getting his team a little less hammered. Awesome, he made 5 turnovers in a 40 point loss! God forbid he actually make an effective hit up and do something with the ball. Or win a line out.
Where did you see his stats? I saw he’d made a pitiful amount of ground at one stage then he made a run a few minutes later but it was all sideways.
Yeah recall seeing late in the game that he had made 4 runs for a grand total of 5 meters. I make it further when I roll out of bed in the weekend.
Turnovers were only 2 as wellThat was the stat I saw too
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@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:
@virgil said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
I’d suggest carrying the weight of the world around us probably more responsible for his aches and pains
This happens to pretty much every player reaching in to steal the ball. It happens to Pocock all the time because that's all he farking does. It's quite indicative of the type of player he is that he stands out every time we pump them. In other words when getting hammered he's good at getting his team a little less hammered. Awesome, he made 5 turnovers in a 40 point loss! God forbid he actually make an effective hit up and do something with the ball. Or win a line out.
Where did you see his stats? I saw he’d made a pitiful amount of ground at one stage then he made a run a few minutes later but it was all sideways.
Yeah recall seeing late in the game that he had made 4 runs for a grand total of 5 meters. I make it further when I roll out of bed in the weekend.
Turnovers were only 2 as wellBest player in the world! He's ineffective at every aspect of the game other than turnovers and he doesn't get enough of those in a manner that his team can really benefit from. How many of his turnovers immediately lead to a counter attack?
He's just as dirty and niggly as other players, and whinges to the ref. On more than one occasion I've seen Hooper tell him to shut up.
Whenever I meet someone who proclaims him to be the best player in the world, or would walk into the All Blacks, I immediately recognise the person I'm talking to knows nothing about rugby.
Made me laugh when he pointed out to the ref that Squire was ‘out cold’ early in the game. The comms wanked on that he’s a fine person with amazing sportsman ship qualities. Fuck off he just wanted Squire off the field to do and probably fail a HIA
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@mn5 said in Bledisloe II:
@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:
@virgil said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:
@jegga said in Bledisloe II:
I’d suggest carrying the weight of the world around us probably more responsible for his aches and pains
This happens to pretty much every player reaching in to steal the ball. It happens to Pocock all the time because that's all he farking does. It's quite indicative of the type of player he is that he stands out every time we pump them. In other words when getting hammered he's good at getting his team a little less hammered. Awesome, he made 5 turnovers in a 40 point loss! God forbid he actually make an effective hit up and do something with the ball. Or win a line out.
Where did you see his stats? I saw he’d made a pitiful amount of ground at one stage then he made a run a few minutes later but it was all sideways.
Yeah recall seeing late in the game that he had made 4 runs for a grand total of 5 meters. I make it further when I roll out of bed in the weekend.
Turnovers were only 2 as wellBest player in the world! He's ineffective at every aspect of the game other than turnovers and he doesn't get enough of those in a manner that his team can really benefit from. How many of his turnovers immediately lead to a counter attack?
He's just as dirty and niggly as other players, and whinges to the ref. On more than one occasion I've seen Hooper tell him to shut up.
Whenever I meet someone who proclaims him to be the best player in the world, or would walk into the All Blacks, I immediately recognise the person I'm talking to knows nothing about rugby.
Yeah at who's expense? Reads not exactly a bad no 8
Cane maybe if you're on crack.
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The more i watch Barrett's fourth try (it's ridiculous even typing that by the way) the more i think it's going to take some catching as try of the year.
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
The more i watch Barrett's fourth try (it's ridiculous even typing that by the way) the more i think it's going to take some catching as try of the year.
His 1st fourth try or 2nd fourth try? (5th try)
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@mariner4life yep, from the wide angle you thought those 2 coming toward one another had him, but the little fend and he was gone...pure unadulterated speed
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I'm not going to post the link but I read what the Walrus had to say about this game. He was very complimentary but probably wrote that through gritted teeth. The most amusing part, which he acknowledges, is that the scores in Bled I and II does put the Irish series win into context. The NH scribes won't be able to criticise the Wallabies too much without diminshing that achievement.
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