All Blacks vs Pumas II

[Canes4life]

Good win, now let’s show the Boks who’s the real no 1.

[gt12]

@bones said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Hell of an effort from Vaa'i to go 80, but the only time I've "seen" him is when he's dotting down. Struggling with if that's a good thing or not.

He's not much of a presence eh.

8 tackles made, none missed

Third highest run getter of the forwards (39) off 9 runs, with 7 passes as well, and 2 defenders beaten (1 clean break).

He’s been doing pretty well I thought (without being a BBBR or Whitelock).

[sparky]

@tim said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@voodoo Scottish

Born in Peebles, Scotland. But moved to NZ when he was 7. Nothing like as much of a poach as some.

[ACT Crusader]

@canes4life said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Good win, now let’s show the Boks who’s the real no 1.

But they’re so physical. And have you seen the size of them?

[WillieTheWaiter]

@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Ofa looks massive.

He's a fucking massive unit actually looking a lot trimmer I thought

[Nepia]

Nice of Ardie to go with Te Reo in Maori language week instead of his usual Samoan.

[sparky]

Number One in the World!!!!!

[canefan]

Nice one Fozz. Doubt slowly dissipating. If we smash SA next week......

[Bones]

@gt12 said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@bones said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Hell of an effort from Vaa'i to go 80, but the only time I've "seen" him is when he's dotting down. Struggling with if that's a good thing or not.

He's not much of a presence eh.

8 tackles made, none missed

Third highest run getter of the forwards (39) off 9 runs, with 7 passes as well, and 2 defenders beaten (1 clean break).

He’s been doing pretty well I thought (without being a BBBR or Whitelock).

Chur! Good thing then.

[Machpants]

Bladder missed 5 tackles, against a pretty lame Argentina, despite the sky team bigging him up, he's not a keeper at this level

[Tim]

@gt12 Yeah, I thought he was good tonight.

[Kruse]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Number One in the World!!!!!

Only if World Rugby ranking system counts this as having Home Advantage for Argentina.
I don't think they will... I think the Aussie commentators, surprisingly, are full of shit.

[Machpants]

@kruse said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Number One in the World!!!!!

Only if World Rugby ranking system counts this as having Home Advantage for Argentina.
I don't think they will... I think the Aussie commentators, surprisingly, are full of shit.

Yeah, nah

1 South Africa 90.95 (-1.54)
2 New Zealand 90.70 (+0.38)
3 (↑5) Australia 85.65 (+1.54)
4 (↓3) England 85.44
5 (↓4) Ireland 84.85

[Kirwan]

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Bladder missed 5 tackles, against a pretty lame Argentina, despite the sky team bigging him up, he's not a keeper at this level

Yeah that is really poor. Ended on four penalties too.

[Anonymous]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Number One in the World!!!!!

WTF was that music from SKY while TJ was just saying that

[sparky]

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@kruse said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Number One in the World!!!!!

Only if World Rugby ranking system counts this as having Home Advantage for Argentina.
I don't think they will... I think the Aussie commentators, surprisingly, are full of shit.

Yeah, nah

1 South Africa 90.95 (-1.54)
2 New Zealand 90.70 (+0.38)
3 (↑5) Australia 85.65 (+1.54)
4 (↓3) England 85.44
5 (↓4) Ireland 84.85

Roll on the 100th game against the Old Foe then.

[Kruse]

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@kruse said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@sparky said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

Number One in the World!!!!!

Only if World Rugby ranking system counts this as having Home Advantage for Argentina.
I don't think they will... I think the Aussie commentators, surprisingly, are full of shit.

Yeah, nah

1 South Africa 90.95 (-1.54)
2 New Zealand 90.70 (+0.38)
3 (↑5) Australia 85.65 (+1.54)
4 (↓3) England 85.44
5 (↓4) Ireland 84.85

Yeah - exactly. If this was counted as Argies having Home-Advantage - NZ would have had (+0.83) - taking us to #1.

Edit - and I think everybody is, or should be, happier with counting this as a "No Home Advantage" game.
The taking of #1 should rightly come down to next weeks game.

[gt12]

@tim said in All Blacks vs Pumas II:

@gt12 Yeah, I thought he was good tonight.

I’m not sure he’s an international lock (he looks a lock/6 to me or a Barrett replacement) but he probably outplayed Tuips over the game (Patty started well but went a bit missing).

Btw, they’ve updated the stats and apparently Vaa’ii had 10 made, none missed.

[antipodean]

Samisoni goes from strength to strength. Good to see Sotutu back and his skill. Jordie surely cements his status as best fullback. DMac played a very good understated role. With more time and confidence he'll be a decent third option. Rieko just looks amazing at centre, getting the ball more often and his pace makes a big difference on attack.

[Nepia]

Let's not completely throw the baby out with the bathwater with Blackadder. If he can improve his accuracy he'll be a useful squad option going forward.