All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
I'm still spitting about the 'taking the player past the ruck' calls. there's some made up shit in there
Like the one the Irish did before their second try? No consistency from Peyper.
Who is the ref next week? Methinks there'll be some interesting chats from both sets of coaches with him next week when they ask for "clarifications".
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@MiketheSnow Yellow card and red card while calling for uncontested scrums means New Zealand should've played with 12.
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Can someone please decipher that?
Nope. Rugby...how to make a simple game more complicated. This will bring the new viewers in in droves!
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Bovidae Pointed out to the ref by the Irish after the first test. Irish media all over it all week. Smart!
Yep. The Irish coaches and media worked in unison all week. Clever.
Can NZ do the same this week?
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@gt12 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
That would make him a A grade fluffybunny.
I hope he said it.
You know he did. Got to give him credit...he walked the walk today, not just the talk. He's a prick, but he's Ireland's prick 😁
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@pukunui said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Didn’t the scrums go uncontested when Ross came on and Ardie went off?
Again, I am referring to 2nd half after the cards. Ofa was a penalty magnet who was struggling to be onside but they kept him on and subbed Bower.
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Can someone please decipher that?
"I'm a twat"?
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Can someone please decipher that?
I probably could if it had bright yellow arrows and a hand drawn offside line, plus a monotone voice over of someone that has a clear hatred of the ABs
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@gt12 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
That would make him a A grade fluffybunny.
I hope he said it.
He could have said he was better than Daniel Braid and Sam Harding if he’d been quick witted enough
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@MN5 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@gt12 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
That would make him a A grade fluffybunny.
I hope he said it.
He could have said he was better than Daniel Braid and Sam Harding if he’d been quick witted enough
Irish (?) Prop after the AB scrum had been shunted back 5m: "How's that for scrumming you dirty fluffybunny"
Colin Meads: "Fucking impressive, but when you pull your head out of your arse, you'll see we just scored.
(Need some humour after that game)
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@stodders said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@stodders Barnes is the ref for the 3rd test.
All set up for his redemption? 🤣
He's actually bloody good.
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@MiketheSnow First event (green): Ofa's yellow card. Second event (orange): Angus' red card. Both TH props. Thought they needed uncontested scrums because they forgot Bower could have been moved to TH. Because they went for uncontested scrums, they needed to lose another player (they chose Ardie). So off were Ofa, Angus and Ardie = 12 players.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@pukunui said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Didn’t the scrums go uncontested when Ross came on and Ardie went off?
Again, I am referring to 2nd half after the cards. Ofa was a penalty magnet who was struggling to be onside but they kept him on and subbed Bower.
Wouldn’t that still result in uncontested scrums because both 3s were off?
Sorry my head is spinning trying to work out what the rules are and what actually happened in the game. Am I completely imagining the scrum going uncontested for a short period before ofa came back on? -
@pukunui said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@pukunui said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Didn’t the scrums go uncontested when Ross came on and Ardie went off?
Again, I am referring to 2nd half after the cards. Ofa was a penalty magnet who was struggling to be onside but they kept him on and subbed Bower.
Wouldn’t that still result in uncontested scrums because both 3s were off?
Sorry my head is spinning trying to work out what the rules are and what actually happened in the game. Am I completely imagining the scrum going uncontested for a short period before ofa came back on?Yeah I thought you had to nominate your front row replacements before the game. So only works if Bower was dedicated a th replacement? Or am I talking out of my arse.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@pukunui said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@pukunui said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Didn’t the scrums go uncontested when Ross came on and Ardie went off?
Again, I am referring to 2nd half after the cards. Ofa was a penalty magnet who was struggling to be onside but they kept him on and subbed Bower.
Wouldn’t that still result in uncontested scrums because both 3s were off?
Sorry my head is spinning trying to work out what the rules are and what actually happened in the game. Am I completely imagining the scrum going uncontested for a short period before ofa came back on?Yeah I thought you had to nominate your front row replacements before the game. So only works if Bower was dedicated a th replacement? Or am I talking out of my arse.
That, at least, used to be the way it worked.
If you have two players off, and they’ll force you to lose another, there is something wrong with the laws.
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Well that was rather tragic viewing. Things that we've known for a while were there for all to see tonight. Having 3 opensides out there was a disaster even before Savea was forced off. They're far too passive playing together on defence and a lack of muscle in there was evident as the Irish virtually walked up the field on attack. Sam Cane wasn't great out there and despite him working hard, a lot of his work was ineffective, but was still a hell of a lot more than what Papali'i produced. He was anonymous all match and certainly isn't a starting test 6 on that evidence. Can't say I really noticed a lot of Ardie out there, certainly not on defence anyway. He made the odd ineffective carry. It's a broken record, but most of us can see that he's perfect foil for the bench. Don't think we need to see Sowakula for the next test. He has hands like feet and not much of a rugby brain in general. He reminds me of Peter Saili with his hands, difference is, is that Saili never got close to a test jersey and rightly so. Surely Sotutu comes in for the next test and hopefully Ioane on the side of the scrum. we need some power out there.
Don't know why Codie Taylor seems to have a mortgage on the 2 jersey. He's been on a steady decline for a while yet he seems to still be one of the first names of the teamsheet! Taukei'aho is well overdue to get his time as a starter now. Taylor, along with Tu'ungafasi, missed tackles and was extremely poor on the carry. Something Taukei'aho does very well with ball in hand is fight for every metre with his low centre of gravity and get you front foot ball, something that we did not get at all tonight as we had no strong ball carriers on for the first 55 minutes. No disrespect to George Bower, he was the most effective one out there along with Barrett and it's frustrating when we have ones sitting either on the bench or in the stands. Tu'ungafasi had a poor night and through no fault of his own, had to stay out there all game. He's another whose best work comes from the bench which we'll most likely see once Laulala returns.
Is Brodie Retallick's time up? I think we all know that he isn't the player he once was, but he was outshone by Scott Barrett tonight and with Sam Whitelock to return, is it time to put Retallick to the bench or even start to bring Tupou Va'ai into the 23? It pains me to say it as I love what Retallick has done for the black jersey, but itstead of bullying opposition, he's starting to get bullied by opposition tight 5s. He's also not getting any younger so maybe it's time to slowly move him on? (I know we won't). His body had taken a battering pre covid, and he hasn't come back the same after returning from Japan 6 kg lighter.
Tupaea and Fai'anganuku had nights to forget, especially Big Leicester. He looked lost out there, made a crucial error in early in the 2nd half, and then made a horrible misread on defence in the lead up to the Irish try before thankfully getting dragged, and with Jordan back and Possibly Clarke, I doubt we'll see him back next week.
Another key battle we lost out there was the aerial battle. Barrett and Smith, once our ball went static (and quite often too), were putting the ball too far, allowing their back 3 to return the ball with no pressure and allowing the Ireland forwards to get back to set up their attack, as well as not giving our wingers a chance to compete more often than not, where as the former Blues reserve halfback during the dark old days Gibson-Park was on point with his kicking from the base, where the Irish competed, and won almost everything in the air. He certainly redeemed himself after having an indifferent game last week .
Mass changes are certainly needed that's for sure after that debacle, I'm not holding my breath as they have proven that they are reluctant to make changes so I'm only expecting there to be about 2 changes max and I'm not on the anti-foster brigade, but I'm getting very close to joining as we seem to be going backwards at a rate of knots.
