RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland

[Machpants]

@kiwiinmelb said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

How many minutes left for smith ?

6 ish I think

[chimoaus]

@kiwiinmelb said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

How many minutes left for smith ?

5 or so.

[KiwiMurph]

Discipline has been an issue under Foz for 4 years. Only fitting it rears it's head again

[mariner4life]

That's a cracking half of rugby

[akan004]

So frustrating that our poor discipline is keeping them in this game.

[Tim]

Defence wins big matches.

[ACT Crusader]

It has to be said but it’s a fantastic game so far. Yeah we’ve done some dumb stuff but man it’s intense. There’s scoring and we are attacking the breakdown like demons.

[Victor Meldrew]

@KiwiMurph said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

Discipline has been an issue under Foz for 4 years. Only fitting it rears it's head again

It's been shit since 2019. The issue is it hasn't been fixed

[sparky]

Good news we are ahead and we can take these guys.

Bad news. All the familiar stuff we’ve had years to fix.

[pakman]

Barnes pedantry keeping Irish in this. We fluffed a likely score when WJ went alone. Irish coaches looking a bit concerned.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Holt shit. What happened to Matt Rogers? Looks 80.

[kiwiinmelb]

Without trying to state the obvious, Possession will be key , both teams have points in them

[akan004]

@antipodean said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

How does McLeod have a fucking job?

Our fucking media are too soft on them too. Not once have I heard a reporter question McLeod and Foster about our passive D. Such an outdated way of defending.

[Gunner]

That YC is a Fucking disgrace.

Another example of Ireland (and France) getting all the dodgy calls going their way.

[Machpants]

@nzzp said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

also, I cannot stop seeing Sexbomb as a hobbit every time he gets the ball he hunches and scurries

He is looking a bit tentative to me

[Tordah]

Cracking game, YC was pretty harsh, otherwise great reffing so far. Some good hits out there. Loved the 30 phase beginning, the ABs should try that one again.

[mariner4life]

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

Holt shit. What happened to Matt Rogers? Looks 80.

Triathlons

[His Bobness]

New Zealand beating itself again. Dominates world rugby for a decade, exports its IP coaching and playing talent all over the world and then fights its own shadow. You get a sense they are in mythical arm wrestle with themselves, both figuratively and literally. A tragedy.

[Victor Meldrew]

I genuinely think the Irish are worried. They haven't been able to dominate us at the breakdown, get a stranglehold on the game and know it's stupid stuff (I'm talking to you Will Jordan & Shannon) which has kept them in the game.

We have less to fix than they have, I think

[Joans Town Jones]

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

WTF was that penalty for?

I'm sorry but this Ref team is a fucking lottery. I heard one penalty called for players around the ruck? I reckon I've seen at least two penalties against us at the ruck with no Mic near it other than being the ball carrier on the ground. It's like they're being told, keep the game close.