The BIG Game: The Mighty All Blacks vs. The Yellow Wallabies

[Te Kaha]

Teams:

All Blacks: from AllBlacks.com
Starting XV:

1. Tony Woodcock (81)
2. Keven Mealamu (90)
3. Owen Franks (29)
4. Samuel Whitelock (23)
5. Brad Thorn (57)
6. Jerome Kaino (46)
7. Richie McCaw – captain (101)
8. Kieran Read (34)
9. Piri Weepu (54)
10. Aaron Cruden (7)
11. Richard Kahui (15)
12. Ma’a Nonu (64)
13. Conrad Smith (53)
14. Cory Jane (29)
15. Israel Dagg (10)

Reserves:

16. Andrew Hore (60)
17. Ben Franks (14)
18. Ali Williams (71)
19. Victor Vito (12)
20. Andy Ellis (24)
21. Stephen Donald (22)
22. Sonny Bill Williams (12)

Australia:

Australia:
1. Sekope Kepu
2. Stephen Moore
3. Ben Alexander
4. Dan Vickerman
5. James Horwill (c)
6. Rocky Elsom
7. David Pocock
8. Radike Samo
9. Will Genia
10. Quade Cooper
11. Digby Ioane
12. Pat McCabe
13. Anthony Faingaa
14. James O'Connor
15. Adam Ashley-Cooper

Replacements:
16. Tatafu Polota-Nau
17. James Slipper
18. Rob Simmons
19. Ben McCalman
20. Luke Burgess
21. Berrick Barnes
22. Rob Horne

 

[Twizzle]

This game has had the biggest ever media build up of any Wallabies V. All Blacks game I've ever seen.

 

[Butters]

Australia:
1. Sekope Kepu
2. Stephen Moore
3. Ben Alexander
4. Dan Vickerman
5. James Horwill (c)
6. Rocky Elsom
7. David Pocock
8. Radike Samo
9. Will Genia
10. Quade Cooper
11. Digby Ioane
12. Pat McCabe
13. Adam Ashley-Cooper
14. James O'Connor
15. Kurtley Beale

Replacements:
16. Tatafu Polota-Nau
17. James Slipper
18. Rob Simmons
19. Ben McCalman
20. Luke Burgess
21. Berrick Barnes
22. Anthony Faingaa

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/news/newsid=2058841.html#australia+name+team+all+blacks+semi+final

Wallabies by 12

 

[gUt]

http://video.news.com.au/2152702652/THE-ALL-BLACKS-DOWNFALL

 

[Te Kaha]

http://video.news.com.au/2152702652/THE-ALL-BLACKS-DOWNFALL

That would have been funny.. had they got anything in it right... Cruden been playing well for the chiefs????

 

[gUt]

Dude I haven't heard of most of the people mentioned in the video.

 

[Te Kaha]

Dude I haven't heard of most of the people mentioned in the video.

Neither has the person who created it by the look of it.

 

[Thomas]

No Sharpe? On 99 tests?

Daaayum.

 

[Parra]

Simmons & McCalman keep getting picked while we have Higginbottom in the squad.

 

[Butters]

Simmons is better than Sharpe, McCalman is the back up flanker. Somehow Deans think's he is a capable replacement for Pocock. :/

Beau Robinson must've run over Deans' dog to not have been picked in the initial squad. Either that or McCalman has some photo's Deans' doesn't want public...

 

[shiznit]

 

[Thomas]

Should read:

Everybody Chill

That's My Pie!

 

[shiznit]

Who needs pie...

 

[Jack_Napier]

Ha ha again with the dunning reference. Nice work.

Would love nothing more than sending the ABs packing this weekend I just can't see it happening.

 

[ozbash]

This game is the final.

 

[IanG]

Why do I get the feeling that if the Wallabies win there'll be torching cars in Queen Street , burn Eden Park down and burn effigies of Robby Deans

It'd make what happened in the UK look like peaceful protest.

 

[Parra]

...

 

[Charles Bronson]

who is the halfback pockock? (lol c**k)

 

[The.X.Factor9]

I blame that whole period of defence and try on Quade "I believe my own hype" Cooper.

The merkin better make up for it !

 

[Danish]

Those Pocock penalties aren't so funny now is it all blacks fans now that it's become clear Mccaw is going to be pinged out of the game as well