Bledisloe II - Have a stab at the teams.
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<p>not the greatest game of footy. the aussies predictably were super fired-up, and niggly - that was kinda working a little bit, until coleman got carried away and then it cost them. the game played out pretty much as expected: their pack fired up and physical, a tighter contest, but the opportunities we had we nailed - too much class out there. </p>
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<p>barrett was excellent again, fekitoa was like night and day to how he started the AB season, dagg was really good on the wing. ALB solid on debut. smiths good as ever. kaino was awesome again too. read is a bit of a new fitzpatrick. he would shit me if he was playing against a team i supported. has developed a real habit of diving through to the wrong side of rucks to try and seal the ball off every time someone makes a break against us - his decision-making on the professional foul is first-rate.</p>
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<p>that young aussie bloke - by fuck that is a fucking massive boot. </p> -
<p>"I'm not quite sure why"</p>
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<p>Because your captain whines constantly like he's creating a reel for when he applies for Phil Kearns' job at Fox. </p>
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<p>Pick your battles, don't just whine constantly. Coles was guilty of this during Super rugby and after a few telling offs by the ref he modified. That thick shit Moore hasn't learnt the lesson yet - anyway he should be praising the ref for letting him get away with so many not straight lineout throws.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Tim" data-cid="610040" data-time="1472354669"><p></p><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote"><p>"In my humble opinion there's not much point having a crack at the refs. You've got to be consistent and careful when you do that sort of thing," Hansen said. "He didn't have a crack at the ref in [the] Scotland [match] in the World Cup. I know he was upset the ref didn't talk to Stephen but if I was in their shoes I'd be wanting to ask myself: 'what is it we're doing that's making him not want to talk to Stephen?' If you listen to the commentary, you've got to pick your moments. The best captains in the world pick their moments, they don't try and talk to them about everything. They just pick their moments. If I was in their shoes maybe that's what I'd be having a look at instead of having a crack at the ref."</p></blockquote></blockquote>
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Hansen's getting all philosophical in his old age... <br><br>
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<p>6. Cruden with a grubber 5 metres out - no, no, no, just hold onto the ball and wait for the pressure to tell.</p>
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<p>Yeah - that was a shocker, but I thought we kicked too much, in general - Barrett being guilty, as well.</p>
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<p>On Fekitoa, I think the thing that stands out for me compared to most of the other AB backs - especially Ben Smith - is that he doesn't look to have "time". When Smith has the ball, he always seems to have time to decide what to do and execute. Conversely, Fekitoa always looks rushed and under pressure. Bit of a lack of composure. I thought Lienert-Brown looked significantly better that Fekitoa last night.</p>
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<p>An interesting question as to who should specialise where in the long term. In my mind, I have SBW, Crotty, Ngatai, Moala and Lienert-Brown as more 2nd fives than centres - and Fekitoa and Tamanivalu as centres rather than 2nd fives. Lots of interchangeability at present, but in the long term, one or two from the first group are going to have to transition if they want a long term test spot. </p>
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<p>Savea looked a bit better, but still not great.</p>
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Sheesh fellas, you're losing it over one grubber kick? 1st world rugby problems....<br><br>
Every 1st and 2nd 5 we've selected in the last decade (Carter, Mauger, Lucky, BB, Cruden, Nonu etc) have all had those rush of blood moments in a test match that they've tried the grubber in the attacking 22 that have us fans going arrgghhh -
Watched the foxtel replay today sober.<br><br>
It was a shit game all round<br><br>
Kearns. Quite unbelievable. Is there actual evidence that Australian rugby subscribers enjoy his drunken barfly fuckwit moaning and bitching schtick?<br><br>
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Watched the foxtel replay today sober.<br><br>
It was a shit game all round<br><br>
Kearns. Quite unbelievable. Is there actual evidence that Australian rugby subscribers enjoy his drunken barfly fuckwit moaning and bitching schtick?<br><br>
Kafer, best pundit in the game, seems to patiently deal with it</p></blockquote>
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Kafer, Gregan, Eales and Horan are excellent. Fair and calm analysis from some true legends. But it's ruined by Willis Kearns and that halfwit Maaaaardo. -
I have had to watch Channel 10's coverage the last couple of weeks and I must say Nathan Sharpe and Matt Burke were a massive step up from Foxtel.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Gary" data-cid="610327" data-time="1472423358"><p>It might be a have been a bit more interesting if Frank's incident happened in Australia with the local broadcaster showing it over and over on the big screen. 70 minutes of 14 vs 15 would have made things a bit closer.</p></blockquote>
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Perhaps. Poite seemed perfectly happy with it and was right there. Once he said "Off zee 'ead!" three times you think the TMO would have had a look after the directives on neck rolls etc.<br><br>
Though the TMO was Veldsman wasn't it? So it might not have mattered
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<p>I hate to pull out useless statistics, but this is a new low for the 'sloe (in modern times). </p>
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<p>The Aussies scored one try and 17 points in 160 minutes of rugby the last two Saturdays. The last time the Aussies scored fewer than 17 points against the ABs over consecutive weekends was August 1964 - losing 14-9 and 18-3 at Carisbrook and Lancaster Park. They scored a try in each game.</p>
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<p>In consecutive games (the first in 1972 and the other in 1974) we beat them 38-3 and 11-6 in Sydney and Auckland respectively with the Aussies scoring one try over the pair of games.</p>
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<p>In one of those games in each pair, the Aussies were at least in with a chance of winning / drawing as time expired i.e. they lost by two five point margins.</p>
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<p>Data according to the pick and go website. I'm happy for this to be peer reviewed before you fax it to Phil Kearns.</p> -
<p>I see a clip about of Phipps chucking Fekitoa's boot away is doing the rounds! :mocking:</p>
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<p>I hate to pull out useless statistics, but this is a new low for the 'sloe (in modern times). </p>
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<p>The Aussies scored one try and 17 points in 160 minutes of rugby the last two Saturdays. The last time the Aussies scored fewer than 17 points against the ABs over consecutive weekends was August 1964 - losing 14-9 and 18-3 at Carisbrook and Lancaster Park. They scored a try in each game.</p>
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<p>In consecutive games (the first in 1972 and the other in 1974) we beat them 38-3 and 11-6 in Sydney and Auckland respectively with the Aussies scoring one try over the pair of games.</p>
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<p>In one of those games in each pair, the Aussies were at least in with a chance of winning / drawing as time expired i.e. they lost by two five point margins.</p>
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<p>Data according to the pick and go website. I'm happy for this to be peer reviewed before you fax it to Phil Kearns.</p>
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<p>Sorry, the huge thrashing in 1972 was in Auckland at the end of the awful Aussies tour. But you knew that. </p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-time="1472426592" data-cid="610344" data-author="taniwharugby"><p>I see a clip about of Phipps chucking Fekitoa's boot away is doing the rounds! :mocking:<br> <br>Thought was funny! :good1:</p></blockquote>Saw that this morning - kinda funny in a "petulant little man child" way.<br>The message from Cheika was probably "Rip their fking heads off and throw em to the stands". I doubt theres any accolades for boots.<br><br><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-time="1472427352" data-cid="610348" data-author="MajorRage"><p>Frank's should have been cited and shld be out for a few weeks. It's as simple as that.<br><br>The north are going nuts, and rightly.</p></blockquote>Agree - annoyingly, it not only feeds into that "ABs get preferential treatment" narrative which the North constantly bang on about, it gives it some credibility (more so than spear-gate I'd say). I reckon that clip will get airtime the next time we front up against the English.
