All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II

[canefan]

Con Barrett is one of the most important men in AB rugby right now

[taniwharugby]

@ACT-Crusader awful combo to have when we are under the pump, both flakey players that lack direction

[TeWaio]

We are lucky not to be 3-4 tries down

[kiwiinmelb]

@Stargazer said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@Windows97 said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

McLeod on for Ennor, one of the few playing well.

Yeah a head scratcher there, Ennor's done nothing wrong and had a few good touches

Has to be a pre match plan to give alb Time at 13 I’m tipping

That would have made sense if he had been subbed at or after half time, not a few seconds before.

Fair call

[nostrildamus]

@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Was that Jordan's fault? Stevenson. Gee I am getting them confused.

#metoo

They don't just look similar, but play similar as well.
I haven't given up on Stevenson but I wouldn't play him with Jordan. I think we need a steady Narawa/Telea wing, and a power winger like Leicester. Stevenson can try to work his way back off the bench.

[mencey]

The worst half of Rugby from the all blacks I have ever seen just about. Dmac has been shit. What has happened to Samisoni Taukei'aho FFS. This is just embarrassing. I can hear Eddie now. Joke

[African Monkey]

@TeWaio We really should be.

[ACT Crusader]

All Blacks by 10

[Steve]

Vaii, ALB and Christie are empty shirts. I don't see the point in the three of them.

I wouldn't bring Vaii or Christie to the RWC.

DMAC and Stevenson giving the boo boys plenty of ammo today also.

Willing to give DMAC a chance at redemption as he has Christie inside him and is trying miracle stuff due to the score board and the scratch team around him.

[Stargazer]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

It was always going to be the combo that determined how we would fare.

At the moment, to me, that's Smith - Mo'unga starting in the big games and Weber - Dmac in the lesser games if the first need a rest. Roigard as a bench player.

[nostrildamus]

I was really amazed to see all these changes, but it is obviously playing havoc with the combos. There are gaps everywhere for the Wallabies, we have lost our dominant tackling from match 1, and the 9-10 anchor is not an anchor at all. Wallabies seizing their opportunities well.

[sparky]

Look at the big picture though. Was this the crap half of Rugby we needed to stir any complacency out of the squad?

I expect a big second half from the ABs, especially when Aaron Smith and Dane Coles come on.

[chimoaus]

Bell might be one of the best props going around, the man makes some metres and gets busy, almost like another loose forward.

[Mattasaurus]

Jacobson on please

[Damo]

Add my vote to bring on Smith and Mounga at half time.

[Tim]

Forwards have been awful, as have backs. Horror show.

[akan004]

Passive D again, a hallmark of McLeod's coaching.

Annoyed that they kept BBBR on after he went down initially. Hopefully he hasn't aggregated that injury.

[Windows97]

Two soft tries down Stevenson's wing - Aussies clearly targeting him and it's working.

[KiwiMurph]

Lucky to be only down 14

[canefan]

@Tim said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Forwards have been awful, as have backs. Horror show.

So basically the whole team then....