The Kiwis' preparations for the Anzac rugby league test against the Kangaroos suffered potential setbacks today when Adam Blair and Nathan Fien stepped gingerly from the training field.
Well, there are 12 interchanges in international footy, so Beastwood will probably get regular rotation. Tough on Lewis, but I guess the coach is putting a bit of trust in guys who have done it for us before. i.e. Bronson as foil to Blair, and Mannering's success in containing Inglis. I think the lineup is probably spot on.
I belive Matai had him coverd in the last VB test (last time Inglis played Int footy) Mannering was injured. I don't think Mannering has marked up against Inglis either.
Matai really should be there one of our inform centres probably one of our only inform centres.
Errors, errors, errors by the Kiwis won the game for the Ockers - shit even Lockyer admitted as much.Every year I get pumped for this. Every year I think it's going to be different, while we may not win we're going to front up. And every year it's the same game.
The big talk-the easy start to the Aussies through an error-glimpses of hope to keep you interested-more handing to the aussies on a plate through dumb mistakes- the commentators creaming about slater despite not doing a massive amount to make the blood pressure go up-good defence to keep us in it and make you think there's a chance-dumb mistakes ball security and no one fronting and heading forward to really give the aussies a decent game-the token try at the end after all hopes gone to make you wonder what might have been.
Heartbreaking, and I'm still dumb enough to stick 10 on em at the TAB. I don't understand why they are just not fired, and really fired as the ANZAC trophy would be the one to really stick it to the Aussies and complete the silverware.
Frustrating, because Aussie weren't that good, we just handed it to them. We are better than that! Or maybe we aren't and just think we are, as we keep making these shocking errors in this midyear game, they don't. Gutted.
Errors, errors, errors by the Kiwis won the game for the Ockers - shit even Lockyer admitted as much.
Even when we went down early on I thought that we'd come back, but I didn't reckon on the droppsies for the entire second half.
Oh well, hopefully they schedule that late in the year match so we can pick a completely form team and actually win the bloody thing.
The forwards were awful
Well they werent awful.
Aussies line speeds was too good.
They were leaving to early every tackle and with one ref aussie got away with it the whole game.
With line speed that 'quick' kiwis are better off picking every stocky ball of muscle they can.
The one ref just let the aussies slow the play the ball down to a shit speed = shit football especially for tv imo it was a bore-fest.
guys like harrison & mannering would have made ashit load of tackles and covered massive amount of meteers.
watch how many time both are on the opposite side of the field.