All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug
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@nta said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@machpants said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
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@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Some great play to enjoy, and not sure if was obvious on TV but the Aussie focus was on off the ball bullshit. So much holding back and facials in rucks, lots of arguments between players. Dunno if they were doing the Rennie normal negative tactics , but it didn’t help their focus. Hooper lost the plot.
Saw Hooper hold back AB defenders well behind the line a couple of times. That was what sparked the push and shove with the Ioanes.
I think was the biggest improvement in the team, not being drawn into the niggle. We've done it before and lost focus. Basically stand up to it, don't react to it, and it is a negative for the opposition.
Dane Coles must have been utterly PEAKING on the sideline.
Yeah I don't think he could have held back, lucky for us he had a calf strain!
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
NB Didn't think SBW said anything especially stupid but not a particularly insightful sports analyst, yet.
He is a master of the sporting cliches especially when he can use the same one twice in the same sentence. Had to laugh when someone said “the All Blacks never give you anything” comment that comes out quite often - I reckon we gave them a first half of poor defence and ten minutes of a yellow card in the second and it still didn’t help
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@chris said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Retallick Aldi player of the match How
Akira, Taylor,Whitelock,Smith all better on the night.
And Beaudy!
Who ? ,By the way sorry I missed Ritchie in the played well list.
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Watching the highlights we did score some very pretty tries. Lots for the casual fan to gush over. We are absolutely lethal in an open game and there are some very talented players running around.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Watching the highlights we did score some very pretty tries. Lots for the casual fan to gush over. We are absolutely lethal in an open game and there are some very talented players running around.
Watching the Boks with half their team out suffocate the Argies this morning, I was thinking how the first-string of available ABs team would stand up against the first-string Boks. It'll be interesting.
I am also dreading what the Argies will be like against us in a few weeks if we keep making stupid mistakes rather than actually doing the hard yards.
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So, yellow or orange? Wallabies uniform was confused as their rugby. Neither is gold!
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@machpants Obviously, the jerseys are new and they're wearing "old" jackets. Horrible colour combination though; it hurts my eyes.
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@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@machpants Obviously, the jerseys are new and they're wearing "old" jackets. Horrible colour combination though; it hurts my eyes.
Socks are old too, tips are yellow, not orange. Bizarre choices of colour
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
So, yellow or orange? Wallabies uniform was confused as their rugby. Neither is gold!
Doesn't look like they live in the "lucky country" to me.
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
So, yellow or orange? Wallabies uniform was confused as their rugby. Neither is gold!
When I say some clothes or a haircut looks stupid my wife says ‘ it’s fashion ‘ like that makes it all ok ,
Maybe it’s fashion
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@frank said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Doesn't look like they live in the "lucky country" to me.
Well, I suppose they are bloody lucky they don't have a 10 with a haircut like Mounga's
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@nta said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Smith seems to like it.
With the demise of the Central Vikings (thank fuck) there's not many opportunities for players to get an orange jersey for their collection.
I reckon Tate's going to wear that AB jersey around the house.
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Watched the game again. Best ABs performance since the Quarter Final against Ireland in 2019. Not getting too carried away as Australia are a second-rung international side but nice to see some significant improvement from the ABs at last. Better physicality, good option taking, communication and execution.
Still areas for improvement: the scrum, defence, kick offs.
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Be interesting to see if there be many changes for the 3rd test. Personally I doubt it,maybe alb to come back in and ioane back on wing and jordie maybe to 15 as he looked good when he got on the field
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@family-man said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Be interesting to see if there be many changes for the 3rd test. Personally I doubt it,maybe alb to come back in and ioane back on wing and jordie maybe to 15 as he looked good when he got on the field
Reckon 8, 11, 15 are the likely change areas - which will lead to change at 13 as Rieko goes out again
Havili has come from nowhere to be a seriously good 12.
