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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Bledisloe #1:
@Wally said in Bledisloe #1:
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Bledisloe #1:
@kiwiinmelb Mortlock was one of the better players I have seen though. He made fool of a few players.
Plus he has the name of a wizard
Lucky he's a big munter and a great rugby player. I can't image it was any fun growing up with a name like that. Who farking names their kid Stirling?
He's got a brother called Lincoln.
Stirlings and Lincolns were both WW2 bombers.Good thing they didn't prefer fighters. Spitfire and Mustang Mortlock would have been a bit cruel.
Besides, Stirling Mortlock looks more like a bomber than a fighter
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@Wally said in Bledisloe #1:
I think someone talked some sense into the parents as the other two brothers are called Jeremy and Stewart.
Boring buggers.
However:
There is this Stewart.
and this Jeremy:
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@kiwiinmelb said in Bledisloe #1:
@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe #1:
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Bledisloe #1:
@kiwiinmelb Mortlock was one of the better players I have seen though. He made fool of a few players.
Plus he has the name of a wizard
The Evil Wizard. He ended up being the last of the ‘smug Aussies’ that had good success against the ABs.
That 2007 loss to the Wallabies at the MCG was one of the more bizarre test matches. Firstly watching a rugby game at the MCG is horrible. Second some of our selections were questionable (Flavell starting at lock), Jonker reffed the breakdown a lot different to what was going on in other Tri nations tests, Hayman’s YC.
There were 80,000 in the crowd that night and walking to Richmond station was painful.
I seem to recall the aussies sending a bit of high ball Rico Gears way as well ,
Damm good player Rico, but had they worked out his only weakness? not sure he played too much more after that, mightve been his last season
He started most of the big tests in 2005 and 06 during a period we had a few decent wingers going round, but come 2007 he had limited opportunity in the lead up to the RWC and ultimately didn’t make the squad.
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@Machpants said in Bledisloe #1:
I'm looking forward to much more strict rulings, as we tend to beat ozzie at 7s
Who is the ref?
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I got my years confused.
Now I don't know what your point is. We looked good in early 2003, but it turned out badly. Therefore if we look bad this year it will turn out well?
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@Chester-Draws said in Bledisloe #1:
I got my years confused.
Now I don't know what your point is. We looked good in early 2003, but it turned out badly. Therefore if we look bad this year it will turn out well?
Now you're tying yourself up in knots. My original point was that the ABs have lost a pre RWC game to Aus since 2007 and that if we'd been a player down in any of those game we would also have been thrashed. You made some comment about how we played in the years we didn't win. So what is your point exactly?
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Ah the Fern, two posters arguing and neither know what each other’s point is. Gold.
Put it on the homepage banner
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@NTA said in Bledisloe #1:
It's just getting silly now
There's a very easy solution to all of this.
As soon as the ball carrier hits the deck he has to let go
And anyone going off their feet intentionally gets penalised - free kick in general play, penalty inside the 22.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe #1:
Ah the Fern, two posters arguing and neither know what each other’s point is. Gold.
Put it on the homepage banner
I liked your comment. I'm not arguing now. I really don't know what his point to argue.
I think our current form is shit. Which is because we are shit. Which means we will likely enter the Cup still shit.
I don't think previous years is much guide. How we are playing now is a much better guide.
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@Chester-Draws I agree. In particular looking back at previous WC years really has no value given changes to coaches, players, opposition, schedules etc. The only value is filling a bit of bandwidth in between test matches.
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@Chester-Draws said in Bledisloe #1:
@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe #1:
Ah the Fern, two posters arguing and neither know what each other’s point is. Gold.
Put it on the homepage banner
I liked your comment. I'm not arguing now. I really don't know what his point to argue.
I think our current form is shit. Which is because we are shit. Which means we will likely enter the Cup still shit.
I don't think previous years is much guide. How we are playing now is a much better guide.
It's really very straightforward. We've played shit prior to other world cups and won them. We've also played really well prior to a world cup and been handed our arse. Using prior form as a guide would also have written us off in 87 and 95. Now, again, what was your original point?
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@Chris said in Bledisloe #1:
@Mick-Gold-Coast-QLD said in Bledisloe #1:
I was unconvinced by Richie Mo'unga from the start, was drawn back in during the recent Super series (when he employed "the pass to someone else now and then" tool) but have now reverted to my initial reading of him.
He simply does not have the instincts of Beauden Barrett, or Dan Carter and Andrew Mehrtens before him to spontaneously sight and seize opportunity.Bullshit His decision making was exceptional for the Crusaders can't cop that at all. He turned nothing into a lot of great individual moments from kicking into space for the wingers taking on the defensive line and breaking it.RM also ran from FB from broken play to create some great tries for the Crusaders.
Well now, it would seem I was far too cryptic.
"I was unconvinced by Richie Mo'unga from the start" means when I first saw him at international level I was expecting more and was disappointed.
"was drawn back in during the recent Super series" means that from watching more of his Super Rugby 2019 outings I was more impressed, especially by his work with the players around him (I agree with your observation about his kicking and the wingers). Prior to that I reckoned he didn't pass often enough or early enough, this year he has matured and plays with patience. He was exceptional at times in 2019 with the Crusaders, it was a good year for him.
"He simply does not have ..." is clear enough - I'm commenting on his Test performance. In my opinion on Saturday he was not as sure footed and confident.
