All Blacks vs Ireland

[booboo]

@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

We lost to them in 2016 & 2018 under Hansen and only a last minute try by arguably the greatest AB team of the modern error prevented a loss in '14.

GOM.

Is it pedants, pedant’s ou pedants’ club? Asking for a friend.

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[No Quarter]

@MajorRage said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@MajorRage said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Couple of reffing things I noted. This is a touch one eyed, but I don't care.

1. 2:30. When Ardie took the quick tap and was tackled around the neck why was that not a yellow card? If Jordie getting wrong 40 out which affects nothing is a yellow card, why is a tackler getting it wrong on a guy 2 metres out from the line not a card?

2. 5:50, t was pre determined that we were going to block kicks from Berry. The restart where Lowe ran straight into Vaai was a lesson in milking by Lowe. There was plenty of room, Vaai didn't move and Lowe chose to run into him. His celebrating afterwards was a bit pathetic. I gave him a pass for his 50-22, but what I giveth, I can take awayth.

3. 0:56. Ratima spill then take the gap, Sititi was tripped in support. I firmly believe in the reverse, the TMO would have pointed it out and we would have been yellow carded. Does anybody really disagree?

1. No, second man, no danger, penalty. Watch 3 secs more and see aumua do the same thing around someone's head on a clean out. Not a yellow
2. No. Vaii changed his line, he ran to in front of the catcher not directly to the ball. I think he may have got away with it last week, but some new emphasis from this weekend from WR. Yes, Lowe is a fake potato fucker tool
3. No, whether it was gamesmanship, probably was, they both fell over and it looked like an accident enough for him to get away with it

1. Not relevant. Head high tackle on an attacking player 2m out. Has to be a card.

2. Vaai didn’t move. You can’t be looking at the same play.

3. If it was reverse crowd woujd have gone up in arms and TMO would have got involved. No question in my mind

I agree especially on the 3rd point, Sititi didn't look happy after and it warranted another look, even more so as he was a support player from the breakout likely to get the ball so a material impact on the game. Maybe they did check it in the background? I really don't know what the TMO looks at and doesn't look at. One thing I do know is that the local broadcaster again didn't show a single replay of the incident.

[MN5]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Dunno if this has been posted...but it's pretty cool

That annoys me. I really try to dislike BOD based on all the ‘coulda doid’ shit from 2005.

I’ve seen a few clips that paint him in a far more positive light.

Same thing happened with Austin Healy and before him there was Will Carling.

Thank god Jonny Sexton still seems like an absolute cock.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[canefan]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

He looks like Super Mario there

[chchfanatic]

Shit I like this new coaching group. They seem to know what they’re doing after all.
Some of you guys should read back what you write during the games.

[MiketheSnow]

@chchfanatic said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Shit I like this new coaching group. They seem to know what they’re doing after all.
Some of you guys should read back what you write during the games.

Easy there, you don't want this milk to sour

[MajorPom]

@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Dunno if this has been posted...but it's pretty cool

That annoys me. I really try to dislike BOD based on all the ‘coulda doid’ shit from 2005.

I’ve seen a few clips that paint him in a far more positive light.

Same thing happened with Austin Healy and before him there was Will Carling.

Thank god Jonny Sexton still seems like an absolute cock.

BOD is a pretty good pundit too. Others try to get him to say things to start controversy but he side steps them well. We had him for the QF up here and was really respectful and gave good insight.

[Bones]

The thick plottens.

[Tim]

@booboo I did pick us to win in the pre-game poll, but only because it was Ireland's first game of the season. Think we exceeded that expectation!

[Tim]

Anyone see a good replay of what happened about 12:43 in? Did McCarthy make head contact with his arms on DMac?

[Tim]

Has anyone done a deep dive on Sititi's defence? He's a brilliant young player, who will be in the team for years, his running game is excellent, he's good over the ball, and he certainly has the x-factor, but how good is his tackling? Seems like an area he can improve in. I would back him to go up a level.

[Tim]

Jordan runs brilliant lines, and is a great attacking player, but he makes a shit load of mistakes. The quick throw 45 minutes in was insane.

[Tim]

Rieko Ioane had to clean up so much shit ball, and managed to quickly recycle. Got a few hospital passes!

[KiwiInLondon]

@Tim said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Rieko Ioane had to clean up so much shit ball, and managed to quickly recycle. Got a few hospital passes!

@Tim said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Rieko Ioane had to clean up so much shit ball, and managed to quickly recycle. Got a few hospital passes!

People don’t appreciate just how solid Rieko is in defense and how much crap he has to deal with. Not enough appreciation

[Tim]

@KiwiInLondon Great hit from him at 50 minutes that spilled the ball. Nice low tackle from Sititi.

[Bones]

@Tim without doing any kind of deep dive whatsoever, he seems very busy, quick back to position and often well balanced to put in a solid shoulder.

If I was to quantify it with accurate fact, I'd say he's a lovely hybrid of Collins and Sooialo.

[Tim]

@KiwiInLondon Yeah, because of our wide and flat play, he has to hit a shitload of rucks too.

[Bones]

[Tim]

I don't want to shit on him too much, but Cane really got smashed when he had the ball.