Bledisloe 1
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one other thing...how awesome it was for an "All Blacks" chant to go up a few times...we all know there are loads of kiwis in melbourne and at the game i would say it was 50/50 aussies and kiwis....but for a chant to go up like that for an away game...awesome
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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.
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe 1:
What's the point in the Bledisloe when the vastly superior team gets awarded a win in a rare off year by the rarest of debatable technicalities.
No wonder League is poaching all of the Aus and increasingly, NZ talent.
You've never ever seen a ref pull up time wasting before? Can't have watched much code.
The crowd knew it was obvious time wasting, so did your other players. I totally get that the consequences were a bitch and I'd be annoyed as well but it wasn't the ref's fault. I even believe that Foley didn't hear 'time on' or expected the ref to manage it a different way but that is on him and his awareness.
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Watched with a bunch of Wallaby supporting mates and that call by Raynal at the death was excellent. The most vocal of them were angry at Fole rather than the ref.
I can only imagine the spittle and apoplexies suffered among the mental asylum known as GAGR who might now have some understanding of a certain Lions series. The difference is one Frenchman had the courage to make the right call.
Happy with the result, not so much the manner in which it was achieved.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Bledisloe 1:
Only going off one 'real time' viewing but I think Aussie were lucky to dodge another card when Jordan has his legs taken out from under him when going for a high ball. I think it was Koroibete. We scored a few phases after that so it was forgotten about. At the time the ref seemed to ignore it, then it sounded like he was told it was something that should be revisited and then we scored. Unsurprisingly there were no replays of it.
The call was that Koroibete was pushed into the contact accidentally by one of his team mates. I think we had one of those previously (maybe a NH Test?) where a player pulled out of contact but an accidental collision forced them into the zone.
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@antipodean you certainly don't seem like the kind of bloke who is ever happy, let's be honest eh.
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe 1:
@antipodean you certainly don't seem like the kind of bloke who is ever happy, let's be honest eh.
You're as wrong on that as you are everything else, so points for consistency I guess.
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@Crucial said in Bledisloe 1:
@Bovidae said in Bledisloe 1:
Read was calling for RTS to start at Eden Park. The reasoning being that he needs to play in a big test to see if he is an option for the future.
I like that option. Trusting the squad selections hasn't been a hallmark of this coaching group so far though.
I'm not sold on Jordie at 12 and think we should be going for the least disruption to the roles that are still being cemented. If RTS has been understudying Havili then give him a go. That way the back three can remain (possibly Reece for Clarke) and BB can stay on the bench.
Moving Jordie causes a decision on who starts at fullback and how the bench works.
RTS/RI combo at least has some time together.
We have one week left before a step back and re-plan for EOYT. No need to get too clever or search for miracles.RTS hasn’t looked great at NPC level. Defensive misses being key issue.
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@ARHS said in Bledisloe 1:
If Havili and Tupaea are out I hope Jordie goes to 12 and DMac into squad and 23.
Wonder if we may need to rotate props too. Not quite as energetic last night.ohh nup can't have Dmac.. when Welly beat HB this weekend we need him for our shield challenge next game
Props - I actually thought DeGroot looked a bit fat and lazy last night. Defo a work in progress. type of guy that's going to blow out to 160kgs when he retires
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@Kiwiwomble we are just people that are passionate about the game. It’s fine to have a whinge on the Fern, then get over it, it’s part of it. But understand where you are coming from - some balance is good. But in the middle of a game just to much to ask 😀
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@antipodean obviously no room for something as base as human emotion inside the staggering cathedral of superiority you call a head.
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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.
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe 1:
@antipodean obviously no room for something as base as human emotion inside the staggering cathedral of superiority you call a head.
Thanks champ.
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe 1:
@kev am sure in the water tight AB defensive structure he will be sweet
He will certainly feel at home
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@Bovidae said in Bledisloe 1:
Read was calling for RTS to start at Eden Park. The reasoning being that he needs to play in a big test to see if he is an option for the future.
this has been the 'downstream impact' of us sucking this year.. kept playing the 'A' team week after week trying to get them to fire.. meant the likes of RTS, Perofeta, fainga'anuku and fakatava haven't had any game time to see if they're the game breakers we think they could be.
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@WillieTheWaiter a bit of walking around too from De Groot last night.
I think some have underestimated the physicality of the OZ forwards. Valentini I thought was very good. Samu definitely was a step up physically than the young openside that played against the Boks.
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@NTA said in Bledisloe 1:
@Crazy-Horse said in Bledisloe 1:
Only going off one 'real time' viewing but I think Aussie were lucky to dodge another card when Jordan has his legs taken out from under him when going for a high ball. I think it was Koroibete. We scored a few phases after that so it was forgotten about. At the time the ref seemed to ignore it, then it sounded like he was told it was something that should be revisited and then we scored. Unsurprisingly there were no replays of it.
The call was that Koroibete was pushed into the contact accidentally by one of his team mates. I think we had one of those previously (maybe a NH Test?) where a player pulled out of contact but an accidental collision forced them into the zone.
Quite possibly, but I am not sure how you can tell that was the call from the coverage. Did you hear a conversation between the ref and the TMO?
