The 2018 Rugby Championship

errlloyd

This is a fun game.

LuckyGent88

Nice drop goal

ScrubsfanChris

The series of terrible first halves for SA continues

ScrubsfanChris

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

The series of terrible first halves for SA continues

Yeah, they were able to turn it around against a disheartened England at home but Argentina have a significant lead and are working hard to keep them out before half time.

Could well be the game. Argentina much more clinical.

This is great entertainment for a Saturday night.

ScrubsfanChris

Big turnaround for Argentina coming from that abysmal summer test series.

stephen_n

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Big turnaround for Argentina coming from that abysmal summer test series.

Or Maybe SA aren’t that good and England were just really abysmal.

The absurdly premature hype train came to a somewhat crashing halt today. All Blacks will clean sweep this.

stephen_n

Deleted User wrote: »

The absurdly premature hype train came to a somewhat crashing halt today. All Blacks will clean sweep this.

Was that not always going to be the case. It was just the scorelines that were in question.

CatFromHue

A win for SA would have kept the competition interesting.

NZ v SA is in week 4 and it looks like NZ will be playing to win the whole comp then.

sydthebeat

Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi sits on the bench for the kiwis this weekend. !!!

Would any munster fan have thought that after his few months there a few seasons back?

thomond2006

sydthebeat wrote: »

Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi sits on the bench for the kiwis this weekend. !!!

Would any munster fan have thought that after his few months there a few seasons back?

Those are different players.

swiwi_

sydthebeat wrote: »

Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi sits on the bench for the kiwis this weekend. !!!

Would any munster fan have thought that after his few months there a few seasons back?

Tell me more syd!

sydthebeat

thomond2006 wrote: »

Those are different players.

EP must have fried my brain!

So who was the kiwi 9 that covered for a few months that had the initials TTT?

sydthebeat

swiwi_ wrote: »

Tell me more syd!

Maybe I'm having a dougal moment.... Fantasy / reality...

swiwi_

sydthebeat wrote: »

EP must have fried my brain!

So who was the kiwi 9 that covered for a few months that had the initials TTT?

His name was actually T. But he had a stutter.

sydthebeat

ah... im definitely having a "senior moment"

found the guy, Te Aihe Toma..... starting 9 for counties these days.

anyway, enough of that, lets brush this under the carpet and forget it ever happened

thomond2006

Te Aihe Toma was the player at Munster.

Clegg

Nehe Milner-Skudder starts as well. I really hope he goes well against Argentina. He's one of the best outside backs in the world but injury has robbed him of two seasons of his career. Love watching him play.

Yeah_Right

sydthebeat wrote: »

ah... im definitely having a "senior moment"

found the guy, Te Aihe Toma..... starting 9 for counties these days.

anyway, enough of that, lets brush this under the carpet and forget it ever happened

You had me worried there Syd. I was thinking Triple T was in the U20s last year but he played for Munster a few years ago?!?! WTF! How did I miss that?

But it turns out Syd took too much LSD at EP and I'm not losing my mind ðŸ˜

Yeah_Right

Foley dropped to the bench for the Wallabies. Beale to start at 10 and Toomua in at 12.

Yeah_Right

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Foley dropped to the bench for the Wallabies. Beale to start at 10 and Toomua in at 12.

Was Foley the problem? I guess Cheika has to try something

Yeah_Right

Also Pocock is out injured.

Yeah_Right

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Also Pocock is out injured.

That's a massive, massive blow. He's been carrying this team at times and is their most important player in my opinion.

That's a big advantage to South Africa and losing his quality really takes from the game unfortunately.

Clegg

Ben Smith, Laumape and Retallick all go off injured in the first 10 minutes of the game.

All Blacks getting a really bad run of injuries here. Even before that they aren't quite holding their shape in attack.

Mookie Blaylock

The Argentinians might have a chance here!

awec

Nice try that

Clegg

Moyano scores a world class individual try.

Hurrache

That was lovely.

awec

All Blacks passing right before the line is a sight to behold

Clegg

Clegg wrote: »

Moyano scores a world class individual try.

Nicely taken try, but in reality he stepped one player then relied on poor defending after that.

ABs guilty of throwing the ball away multiple times. Should take this a bit more seriously.

A lot being missed. Forward pass from Argentina followed by high tackle on Milner-Skudder. Forward pass from the ABs not missed, though... :pac:

Clegg

I'm always amazed at the speed New Zealand can generate one phase after static ball. Just a quick pop pass from a forward that sucked in an extra defender and they're now on the outside.

Clegg

Mo'unga has been taking goal kicking tips from Barrett.

Clegg

There's no obstruction there.

Hurrache

Ah can't claim that's obstruction.

Argentina out allblacking the all blacks!

Hurrache

Balls

awec

Are you allowed to swing your foot like that in a tackle ? Perenara basically kicked him in the face.

My stream died - was that given or no? Obstruction seems very harsh, he was getting out of his own players way.

awec

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My stream died - was that given or no? Obstruction seems very harsh, he was getting out of his own players way.

Foot in touch, no try

Clegg

Mo'unga isn't having a good game.

Missed touch and dropped passes galore.

Did that steal not come from the tackler there?

alwald

Was the foot really in touch there? I honestly don't think it was...the try should have been awarded.

Clegg

Mo'unga drops an Argentina cross kick and Ben Smith has to dot it down behind his own line.

5m scrum to Argentina.

Clegg

That'll break your heart of your Argentinian. Missed simple tackle son Lienert Brown and Perenara walks under the posts for the try.

Clegg

3 infringements 5 metres from New Zealand's line but no yellow card warning.

awec

That was lovely. Great try.