Bledisloe I (All Blacks team room bugged)
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<p>I trust Michael Cheika sees some improvement in aspects of the Wallabiesâ€
play, as part of the long term program of improvement which we must accept is the case and which I have no doubt he can achieve.</p>
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<p>All Blacks by a lot though I say - I took them at 5:1 to win by 13 to 18, and to win at 9:4 on (Wallabies 9:1).</p>
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<p>For New Zealand I expect they will mark success by a clear improvement across the mid field, with Fekitoa showing real confidence, direction and precision.</p> -
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<p>I believe so, I went to a function recently and the welcome to country went for near 15 minutes. Not sure she understood the brief part.</p>
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<p>15 minutes is brief by some standards, big country!</p> -
<p>There you go Ryan "Sideburners" Crotty. Savea who?</p>
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Crotty great fend, too easy.
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Crotty making a few people here look a little silly right now.
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nice try by that bloke that offers nothing
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Crotty.<br><br>
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Not a great start from Cane, dropped ball and then poor cleanout resulting in a turnover. Needs to step it up to keep Ardie at bay.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="No Quarter" data-cid="607226" data-time="1471688198"><p>Not a great start from Cane, dropped ball and then poor cleanout resulting in a turnover. Needs to step it up to keep Ardie at bay.</p></blockquote>Cane was unlucky because our ball carrier got knocked back leaving Cane ahead of the play
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<p>Cane watch huh? Meanwhile Gits in his millionth game against All Blacks injured early.</p>
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Cane was unlucky because our ball carrier got knocked back leaving Cane ahead of the play</p></blockquote>
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He wasn't latched effectively. Ball carrier isn't getting knocked back if hes driving on him. -
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<p>Are they really going to do that before every single game? Laying it on a bit thick isn't it?</p>
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<p>It's unnecessary, divisive, made up nonsense, with a deep cultural tradition going back all the way to ... 1978. I blame youse blokes.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:40px;">"Entertainer Ernie Dingo and Perth Aboriginal performer and writer Richard Walley created the controversial "welcome to country" ceremony, after visiting troupes of Pacific dancers forced their hand during a visit to Western Australia in the mid-1970s.</p>
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<p style="margin-left:40px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">he Middar Aboriginal Theatre, whose founders included Dingo and Walley, was performing at a tourism event in Perth. They said visiting dancers from New Zealand and the Cook Islands refused to perform unless they were officially welcomed, as they believed it would be culturally wrong."</span></span></p>
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