Bledisloe 1
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I don't want to argue the legality or probability of the ref decision but the general principle-do you want players to hold onto the ball and do nothing for the whole last minute of the game? I don't. But I also hope they clarify the laws.
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@MN5 said in Bledisloe 1:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Bledisloe 1:
I'm still scratching my head about Sotutu's kick. Wtf was he thinking there? He was surrounded by support. He should go the way of 2008 Lauaki for that alone.
But obviously it was incredibly concerning how that 15 vs 13 advantage wasn't exploited. Schoolboy teams would do a better job than that. Add the sometimes shocking defence out wide and you wonder what they're actually doing in training.
Anyone with that haircut has questionable decision making across other facets of life to be fair.
Nonu was ok. And Valetini played well but looks like a potplant.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:
definitely seems a long time since we have people like BB, Dmac or savea coming off the bench and almost guaranteed to score/create a try
True but: out of form, not playing, always starting if not injured/on personal leave.
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe 1:
@Kirwan how is it insular. You seen that called this century? Keen to see the highlight man.
Obscure and inconsistent refereeing just one of many reasons rugby is sliding fast in this part of the world.
This is totally illogical.
I haven't seen anyone red carded for deliberately kicking someone in the head this century but that doesn't mean that it won't happen if someone is that stupid.
Face the facts. Foley fucked up and the consequences were big. Just like how a missed tackle in the dying seconds has consequences. Or conversely a ball carrier getting slightly isolated and losing their team a chance to continue.
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@nostrildamus said in Bledisloe 1:
@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:
definitely seems a long time since we have people like BB, Dmac or savea coming off the bench and almost guaranteed to score/create a try
True but: out of form, not playing, always starting if not injured/on personal leave.
not saying there aren't reasons, just really noticeable
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Did I just read in this thread Derpus telling someone else to be cheerful?!
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe 1:
It's rugby ffs - delay is all there is.
I didn't realize delay was the sole point to watching rugby. You must love the current queues at Australian airports.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:
@nostrildamus said in Bledisloe 1:
@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:
definitely seems a long time since we have people like BB, Dmac or savea coming off the bench and almost guaranteed to score/create a try
True but: out of form, not playing, always starting if not injured/on personal leave.
not saying there aren't reasons, just really noticeable
yes. That is what is upsetting me about the ABs, and to go to your earlier point about the fun of rugby being lost a little here. I don't mind the ABs losing to better teams if playing well but perhaps we are so critical because there is so little growth (and probably some stagnation) in the ABs for the last few years.
I can think of Samisoni and (sometimes) RI improving (and props improving) but the backs and loosies have mostly gone backwards, and our tactics are stale.
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@African-Monkey the plays he was shooting out in the line was when he was infield and Ioane was defending out wide
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@Chester-Draws said in Bledisloe 1:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Bledisloe 1:
But obviously it was incredibly concerning how that 15 vs 13 advantage wasn't exploited. Schoolboy teams would do a better job than that. Add the sometimes shocking defence out wide and you wonder what they're actually doing in training.
Not really.
I once watched a team reduced to 13 in the first half, including their halfback, pull away in the second half, to win quite convincingly. It was bizarre to watch 13 boys utterly dominate 15, but that's schoolboy rugby for you.
Yeah I very much doubt that's the norm.
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so if the never-ending Fern project of JB as 12 starter eventuates is there a chance of Sullivan or Perofeta at 15? I was hoping they'd play Jordan at 15 but his tackling isn't currently very reassuring.
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@No-Quarter I’m a positive guy 😎
I’m not as down on this because I was pretty resigned to the fact that it was going to be a roller coaster ride in this 2020-2023 cycle.
Some things frustrate me from my armchair viewpoint because you sense that it could be better and some of the boys are capable of better. But there are some upsides which I try to focus on. Not always easy because rugby and sport more broadly can be an emotional ride.
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@nostrildamus said in Bledisloe 1:
so if the never-ending Fern project of JB as 12 starter eventuates is there a chance of Sullivan or Perofeta at 15? I was hoping they'd play Jordan at 15 but his tackling isn't currently very reassuring.
George Bridge has been playing fullback for Canterbury and he knows the AB systems.….just saying 😀
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@mariner4life Top post.
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love the calls to play the percentages aimed at a side with Mo'unga at 10, JB at 12, RI at 13, and BB at 15.
Yeah, that's gonna happen.
They'll take the long odds option more often than my Sportsbet account
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Midweek Bledisloe set to continue after strong ratings, sell-out crowd
A big national TV audience and a capacity crowd at Marvel Stadium has left officials happy with the decision to switch the Bledisloe.
In one of the strongest ratings performances in many years, the Wallabies-All Blacks clash drew in 630,000 viewers on Channel Nine nationally, and with 70,000-plus streaming the game on 9Now, finished with an audience of more than 700,000. That surpasses the 630,000 who tuned in to watch the Wallabies take on England in Brisbane in July, and combined with Stan viewership figures (which do not get released), informed sources said the Bledisloe Cup clash would have drawn in an audience of more than 1 million viewers. -
@Bovidae said in Bledisloe 1:
All Blacks midfielder Quinn Tupaea won’t play rugby again this year after a controversial shot from Wallabies lock Darcy Swain.
Coach Ian Foster said on Friday Tupaea would be sidelined for at least three months after suffering a ruptured medial cruciate ligament in his left knee in Thursday’s Bledisloe Cup win in Melbourne.
He also suffered a partial anterior cruciate ligament tear, Foster said, but he was unsure as to whether Tupaea would need surgery.
Appalling cheap shot by Darcy Swain. What a swine!
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@sparky said in Bledisloe 1:
@Bovidae said in Bledisloe 1:
All Blacks midfielder Quinn Tupaea won’t play rugby again this year after a controversial shot from Wallabies lock Darcy Swain.
Coach Ian Foster said on Friday Tupaea would be sidelined for at least three months after suffering a ruptured medial cruciate ligament in his left knee in Thursday’s Bledisloe Cup win in Melbourne.
He also suffered a partial anterior cruciate ligament tear, Foster said, but he was unsure as to whether Tupaea would need surgery.
Appalling cheap shot by Darcy Swain. What a swine!
He's a dumb as he looks.
