All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug
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@kev said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@kirwan low numbers for a Bledisloe. Maybe cost is too much 2 weeks in a row? Nothing better than seeing the ABs deal to the Wallabies.
Might have got 35k or so in Welly but also the cost of relocating teams etc?
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@kev said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@kirwan low numbers for a Bledisloe. Maybe cost is too much 2 weeks in a row? Nothing better than seeing the ABs deal to the Wallabies.
Wasn’t enough warning I suspect. Think of it this way, it was like playing Oz in Hamilton.
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@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
For Taylor's first try, Akira Ioane got mediocre ball but attracted 3 defenders and got over the advantage line with a fairly quick recycle. Whitelock came in with a hell of a cleanout, which helped create space for Smith. Oz were also very slack on covering the blindside. Space seen, heads-up play activated, gas off the mark, great try.
Reminded me a lot of Leon Fukofuka's great match tying try in the 2018 NPC final. Ioane got crap ball on the blindside but sucked in enough defenders and recycled fast enough to set up space on the fringe for the halfback.
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Is Aaron Smith the best AB 9 of all time?
Yes
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Is Aaron Smith the best AB 9 of all time?
Yes
absolutely
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@broughie said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
I can see Akira’s getting a bit of confidence and jawing. Long as some one is there to modulate I’m good with it.
Aha. The Akira stink face. Drop him.
Was quite cool to see Rieko run in and pull him away from Hooper after that scrum pen.
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@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@kev said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@kirwan low numbers for a Bledisloe. Maybe cost is too much 2 weeks in a row? Nothing better than seeing the ABs deal to the Wallabies.
Wasn’t enough warning I suspect. Think of it this way, it was like playing Oz in Hamilton.
respect to you and my ageing parents who made the most to get out there, the rest of you within 2 hour travel are soft fluffybunnies
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@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
For Taylor's first try, Akira Ioane got mediocre ball but attracted 3 defenders and got over the advantage line with a fairly quick recycle. Whitelock came in with a hell of a cleanout, which helped create space for Smith. Oz were also very slack on covering the blindside. Space seen, heads-up play activated, gas off the mark, great try.
That clean-out from Whitelock was fucking beautiful.
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@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@bones If a time-shift had occurred and Eden Park was transported back 25 years ago, I would have fucking loved to have seen biff tonight.
@Kirwan would have run on and cleaned up. So manly.
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@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Whisper it not, but in the 2nd 40, Foster's ABs are starting to look and play like a really good team.
Heresy
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Just watched the highlights
Bloody fucking hell all round
Tempo of the match
Attacking intent
Tremendous skills, even more so when it started pissing down
ABs ruthlessBut fuck me every time Australia made it interesting they went and fucked it right up
Great watch
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@canerbry said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@act-crusader but CanTaB PlaYEr BaD
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@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
For Taylor's first try, Akira Ioane got mediocre ball but attracted 3 defenders and got over the advantage line with a fairly quick recycle. Whitelock came in with a hell of a cleanout, which helped create space for Smith. Oz were also very slack on covering the blindside. Space seen, heads-up play activated, gas off the mark, great try.
That clean-out from Whitelock was fucking beautiful.
Also, that dumb aussie trying to go for the ball when it came out of the ruck.
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@kev said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@gt12 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
@kiwimurph said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:
Ta'avao is THAT shit
I could copy and paste this every week.
I love him but he’s not good enough to be an All Black.
Foster
And your alternative is?
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