Scotland v Australia
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@booboo said in Scotland v Australia:
But regarding Dunedin: you were actually quite shit in that game and didn't desreve to be within 20 points.
I find this claim baffling. Australia outplayed NZ for much of that game, particularly at rucks and on the fringes.
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@barbarian said in Scotland v Australia:
@booboo said in Scotland v Australia:
Mostly agree.
But regarding Dunedin: you were actually quite shit in that game and didn't desreve to be within 20 points.
OK. But by the same measure we were actually pretty decent against England and didn't deserve to lose by 25.
Very true
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@tim said in Scotland v Australia:
@booboo said in Scotland v Australia:
But regarding Dunedin: you were actually quite shit in that game and didn't desreve to be within 20 points.
I find this claim baffling. Australia outplayed NZ for much of that game, particularly at rucks and on the fringes.
Ok. It's my opinion and I'm sticking by it.
Basically I think people confused scoreline with performance.
Essentially the last 65mins were 35-12. And those 12 were very rare incursions into our 22.
Add in two of the first three tries were fortuitous and the feeling all the way from 17-nil that the ABs were just grinding them down and pkaying better.
"Shit" may be overstated but this is TSF.
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@booboo said in Scotland v Australia:
@tim said in Scotland v Australia:
@booboo said in Scotland v Australia:
But regarding Dunedin: you were actually quite shit in that game and didn't desreve to be within 20 points.
I find this claim baffling. Australia outplayed NZ for much of that game, particularly at rucks and on the fringes.
Ok. It's my opinion and I'm sticking by it.
Basically I think people confused scoreline with performance.
Essentially the last 65mins were 35-12. And those 12 were very rare incursions into our 22.
Add in two of the first three tries were fortuitous and the feeling all the way from 17-nil that the ABs were just grinding them down and pkaying better.
"Shit" may be overstated but this is TSF.
That is my recall of the game as well. We gave them a handicap lead and ran them down in the home straight.
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@crucial said in Scotland v Australia:
@booboo said in Scotland v Australia:
@tim said in Scotland v Australia:
@booboo said in Scotland v Australia:
But regarding Dunedin: you were actually quite shit in that game and didn't desreve to be within 20 points.
I find this claim baffling. Australia outplayed NZ for much of that game, particularly at rucks and on the fringes.
Ok. It's my opinion and I'm sticking by it.
Basically I think people confused scoreline with performance.
Essentially the last 65mins were 35-12. And those 12 were very rare incursions into our 22.
Add in two of the first three tries were fortuitous and the feeling all the way from 17-nil that the ABs were just grinding them down and pkaying better.
"Shit" may be overstated but this is TSF.
That is my recall of the game as well. We gave them a handicap lead and ran them down in the home straight.
The similarities with "the greatest game ever" are what strike me. A team gets out to a big lead thanks to some opportunistic tries against a team still in the sheds. Then the team behind plays much the better rugby for the remainder of the match.
The only difference was the Wallabies didn't have a Lomu stealing it at the end.
