Bledisloe 1

@Frank said in Bledisloe 1:

Why was Darcy Swain not given a red card????????????????????????????????

Havnt seen such a cowardly act from an Aussie since Dan Andrews closed the Victorian borders.

Quote because funny

booboo

@Derpus said in Bledisloe 1:

@Frank red for entering from the side would be novel but I wouldn't put it past rugby to miss a chance to card a bloke.

I need an eye patch like yours ...

Mattasaurus

@booboo said in Bledisloe 1:

@kev said in Bledisloe 1:

Is that the worst half of rugby we have ever played?

No.

Ireland 3

Wait to you see the next 40mins

booboo

@Yeetyaah said in Bledisloe 1:

How many beers deep are we anyway guys? Can't wait to go to work tomorrow.

This

booboo

@Mattasaurus said in Bledisloe 1:

@booboo said in Bledisloe 1:

@kev said in Bledisloe 1:

Is that the worst half of rugby we have ever played?

No.

Ireland 3

Wait to you see the next 40mins

The one where we scored more points than them?

Crucial

I know it’s the nature of a forum like this as we all want to find things to comment on but there’s some harshness here in regards to player performances.
Clarke did fail to link well but he also created those breaks and that is getting forgotten. Linking and choosing the moment to look for support can be worked on by the coaches. Creating busts and breaks can’t. As for the wing defence I commented earlier that this has to be something he is told to do. The obviousness of the action and the regularity points to that. It’s not like he drifts with indecision. He purposely aims in to try and shut down the move with sweepers coming across behind. I disagree with the theory but can’t blame him.
I hope we take a leaf from the Convict loosies and run our big men from deep with power hit ups. Flatfooted SB/Sotutu/DP/AI do us no great favours. I’d love to see AI with a head of steam but it just never happens.
With DP and HS last night, it was a good case of be careful what you wish for. Neither was a patch on the guys they replaced. All those unseen Cane things were missing especially on the leadership front.
Finally the moaning about defence needs to be taken with a pinch of salt considering the reshuffling. We aren’t at that stage of being able to be perfect with disruptions yet.
All up though I loved the game for the outcome and drama. Was a goodie. I’m happy to not be too negative

kev

@Mattasaurus said in Bledisloe 1:

Stuffs player ratings are generous...

Plenty of mud being thrown at ref, but we all knew it was going to be a lottery..
Besides the time wasting call, there was plenty of variability from him, scrums were a farce, forward passes missed, defenders not releasing the tackled player, red card missed, hands beyond the ball not penalties... Probably a whole lot more.
But pretty much what we expected

Samisoni was best on park by miles.

Thought BBBR was alright, and tight 5 okish...

Loosies... We missed Cane.. Paps was was disappointing and didn't take his opportunity.
Sotutu was awful.. Valentini so much better. He did have a couple of OK hit ups and linked well in 1st 10mins, Those stupid arm tackles trying to hold people up rather than actually tackling...and that kick... Fark me..
I hope Jacobson gets a run next week

SB not great last night, did hit some rucks and tackled a bit but 6 is still a problem

Smith needs some time on the bench...

Mounga, WJ and RI were rocks and diamonds.. Defence in particular a worry.

CC.. Bench him or back to NPC.. Just not good enough, poor reads on defense, literally could not run away from his support players more.

In general it was a hot mess, of individuals, who should have a significantly higher level of rugby smarts..

Certainly a further step down for the ABs, no doubt we'll hear about learnings and hurtings, can't remember an all black team butchering so many tries that I would expect most NPC teams to finish.

They will be hitting the tackling bags this week. Test match rugby especially starts with defence, physicality at breakdowns and good decisions. We were woeful.

Blues loosies especially have been disappointing this year in tests - Paps, Akira, Sotutu. Look good with the ball, not so good without.

kiwiinmelb

I was there in probably the best seats I’ve ever had at a rugby test , usually end up in some weird corner or behind the posts ,

Was in the medallion club , one level up , 6 rows back , bang on the halfway line ,

Not perfect rugby but enjoyed the close contest and the drama , nice to say thanks ref for a change

And also nice to say , we’ll take the win ,

See you fullas at eden park

Billy Tell

@Stargazer said in Bledisloe 1:

It’s a scrum not free kick. Law 20 “taking a penalty or free kick”

chimoaus

I remind the Australians of this particular French moment at the death. Happens to us all unfortunately.

Daffy Jaffy

Billy Tell

Would have been great if in post match comments they ask the ABs about the Foley decision and someone replies “we had a deal”.

Dan54

@chimoaus said in Bledisloe 1:

I remind the Australians of this particular French moment at the death. Happens to us all unfortunately.

And I say exactly what I said after that Lion's test, if it happened with 20 to go nowhere near the controversy so ............

Crucial

@Dan54 the comments about having never seen it before are rubblish as well. Maybe not those exact circumstances but freekicks for time wasting aren't uncommon at lineouts and even scrums. It is usually a message from the ref to not take the piss.
Last night the ref obviously felt that Foley was deliberately ignoring him. Foley seemed to be the only person that didn't grasp that. I had to laugh at that post match with Rennie where the broadcast team played only the latter half of what went down not the full discussion.
Not in translation? Maybe, but you play with fire and you get burned.

The Silver Fern

Bledisloe 1