The 2018 Rugby Championship

mangobob · 06-10-2018 06:04PM

Thats absolutely incredible. Heart breaking for the Saffas but what a fupping comeback. Congrats to all our resident Kiwis. Unbelievable stuff from your team.

swiwi_ · 06-10-2018 06:05PM

Man I thought we would lose there. That is some comeback.

The Irish quarter final options are looking more and more like a rock and a hard place, SA are really on the up.

Think Mo’unga at 10 and Barrett at 15 might be the way forward.

Ok Leinster vs Munster next.

Yeah_Right · 06-10-2018 07:02PM

Mookie Blaylock wrote: »

The cheap shot in the ruck

Seriously??? A yellow for that? Are you joking?

Yeah_Right · 06-10-2018 07:08PM

Great match. Really enjoyed it. Good to see the Boks are back.

If Ireland get to the semis of the RWC next year they will have seriously earned it

Mookie Blaylock · 06-10-2018 07:19PM

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Seriously??? A yellow for that? Are you joking?

A deliberate act...yes indeed...he was a lucky little boy

06-10-2018 08:12PM

Familiar last few minutes in that game unfortunately!

Del.Monte · 06-10-2018 08:46PM

Dreadful ABs performance, played like drains but nothing better than beating the Boks in their lair.

Ardillaun · 06-10-2018 11:39PM

Hard to see the NZ dominance of rugby fading any time soon but fair play to the Boks for making it interesting.

bloodless_coup · 06-10-2018 11:45PM

Good start, could be a good game.

bloodless_coup · 06-10-2018 11:48PM

Terrible amount of advertisements on that pitch.

Yeah_Right · 07-10-2018 01:03AM

Mookie Blaylock wrote: »

A deliberate act...yes indeed...he was a lucky little boy

Haha. Good to see that you're consistent. No matter the match, you'll whinge about the ref.

Any way, this Australia v Argentina match is a good one. Wallabies getting hammered in the first half and have now fraught back to take the lead. I think it's the ref's fault :rolleyes:

Digifriendly · 07-10-2018 08:58AM

Wallabies win high scoring game 45-34 with second half comeback. Looking at highlights on Youtube (5 minute version shows all tries) and tackling seems an option from highlights reel. BTW Foley kicked 6 conversions. Why Australia dropped him in first place baffles me for he is by far their most consistent performer.

Del.Monte · 07-10-2018 09:21AM

Back from the dead and a great result after a poor first-half performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PJ5rKG7QMY

ScissorPaperRock · 08-10-2018 12:47AM

Sam Cane fractured his neck in the SA game yesterday :eek:

Apparently he hasn't suffered nerve damage, which is fortunate

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/all-black-sam-cane-rest-season-after-fracturing-his-neck-in-win-over-springboks

ionadnapóca · 08-10-2018 12:57AM

ScissorPaperRock wrote: »

Sam Cane fractured his neck in the SA game yesterday :eek:

Apparently he hasn't suffered nerve damage, which is fortunate

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/all-black-sam-cane-rest-season-after-fracturing-his-neck-in-win-over-springboks

That would make you “wince” i suppose!

troyzer · 27-10-2018 07:04AM

Anyone watching the third Bledisloe? Cracking start.

27-10-2018 08:22AM

BB on fire with his kicking. Great try as well.

27-10-2018 08:31AM

Yellow card for a push to the face. Rugby has gone pathetic.

scott1974 · 27-10-2018 08:31AM

Yellow card...really!

troyzer · 27-10-2018 09:05AM

Ridiculous yellow card.

Clegg · 27-10-2018 09:05AM

Nice to see Beauden taking notes from Sexton.

stephen_n · 27-10-2018 09:13AM

Missed the game, what was the card for? See Heaslip echoing the sentiment here.

Kiwi_knock · 27-10-2018 10:10AM

stephen_n wrote: »

Missed the game, what was the card for? See Heaslip echoing the sentiment here.

A bit of context, NZ had just won a scrum penalty and as the front rows were getting up Latu pushed Harris so that is what sparked the series of pushes. It probably is a soft yellow but Latu was stupid to react the way he did.

Buer · 27-10-2018 10:16AM

He shoved the bloke in the face. Idiotic in the extreme and he can have no complaints.

Squidgy Black · 27-10-2018 10:55AM

I mean, it's a strike to the face.

stephen_n · 27-10-2018 12:42PM

I’d agree that the kiwi should have walked too in that instance, but retaliation has always been viewed more harshly for some reason.

Dog Botherer · 27-10-2018 02:36PM

It's open handed yeah, but it's to the face and it's retaliation, and mostly, it's very clear and obvious. Very silly from Latu but a yellow probably fair. If the hand had been closed it would have been a straight red.

29-10-2018 08:52AM

Loving reading the reaction to the match from the Aussie's. Some serious whinging going on.

Their biggest grievance seems to be about the yellow card, not because it is a harsh yellow, but because Taylor started it.

I watched the incident back, and Taylor actually gets a slap in the face straight after the scrum, which is why he goes and pushes the Aussie, getting another hand to the face. It does beg the question, should Taylor have been carded because he was initially retaliating? What's the punishment for retaliating to retaliation?

Podge_irl · 29-10-2018 12:31PM

Basil3 wrote: »

Loving reading the reaction to the match from the Aussie's. Some serious whinging going on.

Their biggest grievance seems to be about the yellow card, not because it is a harsh yellow, but because Taylor started it.

I watched the incident back, and Taylor actually gets a slap in the face straight after the scrum, which is why he goes and pushes the Aussie, getting another hand to the face. It does beg the question, should Taylor have been carded because he was initially retaliating? What's the punishment for retaliating to retaliation?

It doesn't really matter in this case about who was retaliating - it was the fact one of the pushes was to the face that was the problem.

The 2018 Rugby Championship

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