Bledisloe #1

Victor Meldrew

Oz commentators are def. siding with SB.

booboo

Don't tuck your arm.

canefan

It really IS tiddlywinks now

Yeetyaah

Fucking Scooter Barrett

ACT Crusader

I love it. We get to test our 14 man game plan given there is a litany of French refs going to the RWC, we are guaranteed to be running with 14 at some point.

Donsteppa

Barrett being an utter deadshit will only serve to gloss over the hard questions needed about the way this side has been playing since the Lions series...

kiwiinmelb

Anyway we are playing dumb , even without the red card

booboo

Fucking Crusaders

Kirwan

@booboo said in Bledisloe #1:

Don't tuck your arm.

Yep, not difficult. And if you are going to shoulder charge it’s super stupid to get the head.

Ref had no choice. Clear red.

Billy Tell

At the end of the day if you dont use your arms youre asking for trouble i suppose.

Im liking the interchsnge between bb and rm. Im likng the backrow. But i think we need to talk abiut our props.

Donsteppa

@booboo said in Bledisloe #1:

Fucking Crusaders

They’ll blame the ‘Naki.

Mokey

Well. We played good rugby for approx 3 minutes that half. The rest was pure shite. Do we even have a gameplan?

booboo

At least it's only a friendly

hydro11

I don't think that should be a red card but that is a reasonable call from Garces based on precedent. Definitely no intent (which is irrelevant). I didn't think there was a lot of force in that.

Thing is we play a game plan which is all around the game opening up in the second half. Even if that were a yellow card, we would be 16-12 down and have only 14 players until 30 minutes to go. We would probably still win from there but you are asking a lot.

In the World Cup we need to play for 80 minutes.

Kirwan

I’m pretty relieved that we are only four points behind. We were blown off the park.

chimoaus

I wonder when we last had the same backline start 2 games in a row. It must be unsettling having different combinations every week. The dramas at 6 and the midfield and now the BB experiment seem to be causing some issues.

Hooroo

@Kirwan said in Bledisloe #1:

@booboo said in Bledisloe #1:

Don't tuck your arm.

Yep, not difficult. And if you are going to shoulder charge it’s super stupid to get the head.

Ref had no choice. Clear red.

I thought he slipped at first but replay shows it was just a fucking stupid move.

Red all day. I am struggling to see how anyone can say it’s soft

MrDenmore

Red cards at the elite level should be an absolute last resort It kills the game as a spectacle. It deprives the paying public of a fair deal. It’s anti-commercial. You play the tiddlywinks version at junior level. Oh, and these gormless Inspector Clouseau imbecile referees the Hooray Henrys of the IRB foist upon us need to be taken out and shotl

ACT Crusader

@Billy-Tell said in Bledisloe #1:

At the end of the day if you dont use your arms youre asking for trouble i suppose.

Im liking the interchsnge between bb and rm. Im likng the backrow. But i think we need to talk abiut our props.

I’m not liking the back row that much on this first half viewing. Surprisingly Cane is getting blown off the ball far too easily.

Hope we lift a little. Not too much to show that mystery hand that is covered in white powder, but just a tad would be nice.

Kirwan

@Hooroo said in Bledisloe #1:

@Kirwan said in Bledisloe #1:

@booboo said in Bledisloe #1:

Don't tuck your arm.

Yep, not difficult. And if you are going to shoulder charge it’s super stupid to get the head.

Ref had no choice. Clear red.

I thought he slipped at first but replay shows it was just a fucking stupid move.

Red all day. I am struggling to see how anyone can say it’s soft

One eyed or biased.

The Silver Fern

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