Wallabies V All Blacks

toomevara

Good win for the Kiwis, played some excellent stuff and great value for the win. The wallabies, what can you say? Not bad for a rugby league team, the search for a viable front five goes on...the fact that they're competitive at all against the like of the all blacks is a testament to their cussedness and organisation....poor old Connolly, the set piece king, must be tearing his hair out....

daveirl

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bucks73

What about that muppet Rocky Elsom? Warned twice and then gets himself sin binned immediately and the ABs score 2 tries while he is off.

Good performance by the ABs though. Will be interesting to see them away from home this season.

Jilm

bucks73 wrote:

What about that muppet Rocky Elsom? Warned twice and then gets himself sin binned immediately and the ABs score 2 tries while he is off.

He shouldn't have been binned, he tried to roll away - even before the over the top rucking by the ABs. It's a pity really, the game would have been more of a contest if he'd stayed on.

daveirl

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toomevara

Thought, all in all, Kaplan had a pretty decent game, ol' rockies sin binning was a pivotal point. Though would agree shouldn't have been binned when he was, I thought he could have been binned on a number of occasions prior....plus the wallabies were living off side for huge parts of the game.

The Aussie set piece continues to deteriorate, the scrum was a times farcical, they just wont engage or bind at all,constantly trying to get under and drive up, I thought kaplan was very lenient with them in this respect..its a shame when you see superb individual talent being squandered by the lack of an effective tight five(in the set piece, they're all good in the loose).....

And that ding dong mutton head who sqaundered the try, what was he doing out there? call me old fashioned but a prop has no business in amongst the three quarters 10 metres from the try line, dont care what brand of 'progressive' rugby a team is playing...Kiwis not quite purring but looking ominous....

Jilm

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It shouldn't even have been a penalty. Elsom's yellow card came about from previous offenses and appealing NZ players helped make up Kaplan's mind.

Twasn't rucking by the ABs either it was definitely stamping!!

In this part of the world it would be called stamping, in the SH - or if your name is Brian O'Driscoll - it's considered rucking

toomevara

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/5162312.stm

Anyone remember the french player who took a leak against the post in Lansdowne....?

RuggieBear

wonder if he'll be arrested for pissing in public?

daveirl

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RuggieBear

i get spotted by the gardai doing it on the street and i'll get in trouble....;)

toomevara

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No big deal at all, just mildly humourous is all....in fact i can completely relate...especially as a runner! Happens all the time....

daveirl

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toomevara

Dead right, is the media silly season after all.....:)

Jilm

There's a time and a place for everything...

Sangre

They should be asking the stupid people who switched to that camera to apologise and not poor Jerry.....wonder if he dyes all his hair blonde.