All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test

[MiketheSnow]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

For all the Akira hate I can't recall Paps doing much tonight.

Covering for Cane

[kev]

@Kiwidom said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

@stodders Foster will take a lot of "learn" from this loss

A lot of younger players just not accurate enough.
Box kicks wtf?
Get your tackles down by bending at hip. It matters.

[booboo]

@LABCAT said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

Sam Cane, 67% win rate as captain, worst ever?

See above ... Taine Randell ...

I'll venture to suggest my great uncle (Mum's uncle) Jack Manchester...google him (50%).

[Mattasaurus]

@Kruse said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

@Mackerzzzz said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

@Kruse said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

The one consolation I take from this is BOD never got to taste this success.

But Sexton did. That fucking stings.

It realy is amazing the hate people have for sex
peice

To be fair... Never met the guy. Just seen/heard him talking to refs, and after-game interviews.
And from that....never wanted to meet the guy.

Most punchable face in world rugby except maybe for his coaches son

[chimoaus]

A loss we needed to have to build and learn for the WC?

[hydro11]

@gt12 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

Can we stop picking non specialists now?

Pick a goddamn six who is also a proper line out target. Develop Paps to be the next 7.

Weird take. Our lineout was good tonight, better than Ireland's. It's a waste of a player to have one 6 to take lineout ball. There is a lot more we need from that position.

[Bones]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

A loss we needed to have to build and learn for the WC?

Gfys

[Kirwan]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

A loss we needed to have to build and learn for the WC?

How many of those to we need?

[canefan]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

A loss we needed to have to build and learn for the WC?

Dessicated powder

[mencey]

This team needs wholesale changes. Not even sure why cane is in the team let alone captain. To take Ardie off was a joke. Foster must go.....

[hydro11]

@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

Big questions will be asked about the decisions of who to sub for the YC and RC. Between the coaches and manager they fucked that up.

Plenty of other concerns but why was Ofa not replaced? He was a passenger when on the field.

If Ofa was replaced, we would have to go down to 13.

[ACT Crusader]

@nzzp they both played well below their best and were fair to poor.

Midfield wasn’t great.

Fainga’anuku would’ve learned some lessons.

Jordie okay, Reece defensively good.

Not Sam Cane’s greatest game.

Brodie what’s up with the hungus??? Scott Barrett some good, some errors but no dumb cardable stuff.

Bower toiled. Both of our hookers were below par. Ofa is good for 30-40 minutes max. He was poor.

[number9]

It's official Fosternis a fuckimg moron. Bloody useless Coach with a shit record. He needs to go. Don't give me this we need a loss bullshit. We fucking lost, he was useless with the Chiefs. Sack he now.and bring in Razor.

[nostrildamus]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

@MN5 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

The Irish defence is rather good

Or is our attack really bad?

Considering BB try was a fluke then yes.

Take away his flukey stuff and you take away his game.
Then again I don't remember him gifted an intercept before and not being able to run at least 20 metres with it.

[KiwiMurph]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

For all the Akira hate I can't recall Paps doing much tonight.

Nup. Dalton was poor.

The search for a 6 continues.

The best 6 performance I've seen recently is Suofoa.

[canefan]

#Razorin

[number9]

@chimoaus Bullshit question. Sack the basted coach.

[chimoaus]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

A loss we needed to have to build and learn for the WC?

Just in case people missed it I was being sarcastic.

[Bovidae]

@hydro11 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

If Ofa was replaced, we would have to go down to 13.

No, Bower could have stayed on and moved to TH in the 2nd half when Ross came on.

[kev]

@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

@Canerbry said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:

Richie woulda kicked that

He has pretty average tonight too.

Richie was pretty good when he came on. Trouble is we were playing catch-up rugby with 14 men. He wasn’t dropping his passes and getting the ball thrown behind him.