All Blacks vs Springboks I
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Pompous prick of a ref spoilt that one for me. The 100th fixture of the greatest rivalry in sport and one very self-important Englishman tried to make it all about him. Appalling.
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@smuts said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
This stings. I hope you’re happy.
Dire game. I can't see Rugby surviving as a major sport in twenty years if that sort of dross keeps getting served up.
An urgent review of the international refs panel is needed. Luke Pearce has no feel for the game. He should never have been allowed near a match with this historic resonance.
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Played like garbage. Still won. And certainly made the selection picture a little clearer.
Some below par performances too. We need the core of this team running out again to put this series and tournament to bed. ALB and Papali'i/Jacobson obviously start if fit. Not that Blackadder played poorly but the trio just didn't gel.
Rieko on the wing and I wouldn't be surprised to see Reece start too.
The likes of Retallick, Laulala and Akira will know that wasn't good enough. I think we'll see improvements from the forwards next week.
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Just watched it. Havent read the thread.
Finally after waiting nearly 2 years for Jordie to be started regularly at 15 AB management wakes up and gets the dividends.
SA time wasting driving me insane.
Blackadder is the real deal
Missing A Smith.
The ref was pedantic and didnt have a great feel for the game
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@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
Because of all the shit Patrick got this week, he was great today. Very physical
FIFY. And he played off the bench, where he seems to be at his best.
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@smuts said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
This stings. I hope you’re happy.
Have you not read this thread? One long pile of whinge, me included!
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@smuts said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
This stings. I hope you’re happy.
Actually you should be quite optimistic for the next game, the Boks will be well-rested!
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@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
In the end, it's the result that counts.
Blackadder and Weber with the ventriloquist act…
Weber looks like a cardboard cutout. But at least he knows when he wears Bok green he has to take a knee...
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
@smuts said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
This stings. I hope you’re happy.
Dire game. I can't see Rugby surviving as a major sport in twenty years if that sort of dross keeps getting served up.
An urgent review of the international refs panel is needed. Luke Pearce has no feel for the game. He should never have been allowed near a match with this historic resonance.
I'd never even heard of him. And after that shower he put on I'd be happy to never hear of him reffing the ABs again
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@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
I'd never even heard of him. And after that shower he put on I'd be happy to never hear of him reffing the ABs again
He's normally really good and up there with the best. Not today though.
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Flush the dunny.
Laurie Mains. Showing why he coached at 65%.
Backs very poor, Jordie excepted. The box kicks fielding on the left wing was abysmal. Rieko utterly anonymous. Reece and Mounga will be happy with that.
Forwards: props poor, replacements even worse. Akira almost as absent as his brother.
That was a good reality test. Thankfully we have Jordie.
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I was impressed with lomax last week and I rate de groot. The props were awful this week especially the replacements.
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@nta said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
We are just turning over the ball way too much.
Mainly due to support players not being tight enough to the ball runner.
Or vice versa.
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@kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
Everyone in the shed is talking to someone else…except akira, just standing there, was hoping someone would be getting him reved up
Both he and Rieko off the boil. Perhaps some non-rugby issue?
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@kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
@bayimports said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
line out is woeful
Except Blackadder, he’s taking them but tj doesn’t have the pass to feed the backline from the front of the lineout
Lack of tall timber at back limiting our options. Front ball is banker but makes Boks's life too easy on defence. Is throwing to 5 considered too risky?
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@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
Karl T penalised
This was only scrum penalty that was clear to me. It was down to Patty T who slipped off KT's backside and caused ST to twist. Own goal. Previous scrum with Scottie there Karl and Samisoni did a number on Koch but ref penalised Ofa for being attached and thus going sideways.
It's hard to push on the thin air between Marx and Kitshoff?
