Bledisloe #1
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@Wally said in Bledisloe #1:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Bledisloe #1:
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@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.
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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.
