All Blacks v Tonga
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@kirwan said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Fucking stellar pass from Rieko
Average pass. It was just that Bridge made it look fantastic..
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To the best of my knowledge, no injuries, which is as good as we can hope.
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Climatic final seconds, what a suspense, Bridge! 102:0 somehow seems a little low-scoring but the Creator got there in the end.
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Glad it didn't get too ugly at the end.....
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@gt12 said in All Blacks v Tonga:
To the best of my knowledge, no injuries, which is as good as we can hope.
Dalton was limping..
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As soon as they started going left, I knew that was going to happen.
What a player, Bridge, fitting that after he created all those other tries, he got that little piece of personal glory. -
@tim said in All Blacks v Tonga:
The counter ruck was from Akira Ioane, so they won't mention who did it.
Nice work rate late in the game
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@gt12 said in All Blacks v Tonga:
To the best of my knowledge, no injuries, which is as good as we can hope.
Maybe Weber concussion
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@gt12 said in All Blacks v Tonga:
To the best of my knowledge, no injuries, which is as good as we can hope.
Dalton was limping..
He’s been a little broken for about three weeks, good that he went off early
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@antipodean said in All Blacks v Tonga:
How good is Bridge!
He has cemented his spot for another season
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@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@kirwan said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Fucking stellar pass from Rieko
Average pass. It was just that Bridge made it look fantastic..
He had a lot to work to do. Had to beat 29 players... to the ball that was thrown to him
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I think Bridge has become my favorite player. Anyone who can get the Fern frothing at the mouth like this is worth his weight in gold!
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@kirwan said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@tim said in All Blacks v Tonga:
The counter ruck was from Akira Ioane, so they won't mention who did it.
Nice work rate late in the game
Fresh legs after the first half
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Ahh fuck, Tongan Captain crying. This sucks
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@kirwan said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Ahh fuck, Tongan Captain crying. This sucks
Agreed. To do this to proud players is near unforgiveable.
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@kirwan said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Ahh fuck, Tongan Captain crying. This sucks
But sweet too. Really good to show what it means to play international rugby.
They really tried.
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@kirwan said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Ahh fuck, Tongan Captain crying. This sucks
Perhaps stop asking him questions when he clearly doesn't want to talk
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Emotional Tongan captain. Wonder if Keith Quinn will have any macho man bullshit to say about it.
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Why the fuck would you have a trophy for this game
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What a fucking cool ending. Good on you Sam!!!
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Classy from Whitelock to get the Tongans in for the photo
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Some are still in quarantine? Shit.
they tried hard.
NB Whitelock could be a decent AB captain and he doesn't win many MOTM but he is almost always so solid for the ABs-will leave a massive hole, -
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Some are still in quarantine? Shit.
Yep. Ben Tameifuna is one of them.
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What was the point of this. We would have been better suited to a north south game. Tonga can not take anything at all from this game. Nothing.
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@raznomore said in All Blacks v Tonga:
What was the point of this. We would have been better suited to a north south game. Tonga can not take anything at all from this game. Nothing.
They really needed another game before this at least
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@stag said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Why the fuck would you have a trophy for this game
I don't think I've ever seen a team less enthused about winning a trophy
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Some are still in quarantine? Shit.
they tried hard.
NB Whitelock could be a decent AB captain and he doesn't win many MOTM but he is almost always so solid for the ABs-will leave a massive hole,He's giving away a lot of penalties. Could be the slide making it hard to keep him in two years.
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Lol someone gave Read the short seat. He looks tiny on the panel. 😂
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@antipodean said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Some are still in quarantine? Shit.
they tried hard.
NB Whitelock could be a decent AB captain and he doesn't win many MOTM but he is almost always so solid for the ABs-will leave a massive hole,He's giving away a lot of penalties. Could be the slide making it hard to keep him in two years.
He mentioned that. But his workrate and involvement is still high quality.
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@kirwan said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Classy from Whitelock to get the Tongans in for the photo
Sam Whitelock is one classy guy. Despite playing Super Rugby for the Sith, one of my favourite ever ABs. Great to have him as Captain while Sam Cane is out.
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@raznomore said in All Blacks v Tonga:
What was the point of this. We would have been better suited to a north south game. Tonga can not take anything at all from this game. Nothing.
I hope they get some coin out of this test.
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@sparky said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@kirwan said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Classy from Whitelock to get the Tongans in for the photo
Sam Whitelock is one classy guy. Despite playing Super Rugby for the Sith, one of my favourite ever ABs. Great to have him as Captain while Sam Cane is out.
We'll always have that 2015 lineout steal v the Bokke in the dying minute. Outstanding player
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@stargazer said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@raznomore said in All Blacks v Tonga:
What was the point of this. We would have been better suited to a north south game. Tonga can not take anything at all from this game. Nothing.
I hope they get some coin out of this test.
Good point, hope so. But with only 15,000 probably not
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@kirwan said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@stargazer said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@raznomore said in All Blacks v Tonga:
What was the point of this. We would have been better suited to a north south game. Tonga can not take anything at all from this game. Nothing.
I hope they get some coin out of this test.
Good point, hope so. But with only 15,000 probably not
When was the last time an AB home test had as small a crowd as that?
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Hard to take too much out this game, I guess, but Just some mid-morning ramblings...
There seems an embarrassment of riches at 6,7 & 8. Foster just needs to get his combinations right.
Reiko has grown into the 13 role. Was solid today as he has been for the Blues. Tupaea also looked a good prospect. We still don't know what the preferred 12/13 combo is.
DMac had some nice touches today - unselfish player. Support play and linking was outstanding. Not sure he's in the starting XV though. Would prefer him to Ritchie taking a match-winning kick.
A lot more precision in the AB play today. OK, a bit of a run-out but they avoided the temptation to do flashy stuff and did the basics well.
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