'12 | Test | Sat 13 Oct | AUS 18-10 NZ | Dairy Farmers

[aqua_duck]

I actually thought it was a good entertaining game.

Proctor, Mannering and Luke were strong for the Kiwis. Scott, Tamou and Smith were standouts for Oz.

Darius Boyd...how the hell does he keep his spot. Does nothing, scores a try and that's about it.

He's a winger, did what was required of him at the end of the day

 

[Gmac]

Was it just me or did everything flow more nicely with the one referee?

 

[DIMEAST]

Great debut by Kasiano. Kiwis looked a lot more structured than they have in years before. Damn Matt Scoot is a f*cken beast. Showed why he's still the best prop in the comp when he's on. Cowboys have the undisputed best front row in the comp.

If only Tamou had chosen NZ - Tamou, Kasiano, Matulino damn that would be unstoppable

He's awesome when playing for manly, but Foran's a bit of passenger when playing out of position as a 7 in tests. Could have something to do with being paired with Benji though. Need to keep him on the bench as a utility and give the 7 to Johnson

 

[no name]

Was it just me or did everything flow more nicely with the one referee?

It wasn't just you. The ref was great, can only think of two incidents where I thought it should have went the other way. The Boyd knock on off the intercept and the strip on Inglis to give Australia the lead.

He used the VR on the Luke try which was very hard to see whilst in play, but made immediate decisions on Perret's try and Morris' no try which kept the game going.

There was no confusion around the ruck and it was consistent all game. The drop ball calls on Gallen and T-Rex were correct, as was the flop against Tamou. Usually they will f**k some of those calls up, and that is the main reason for 2 refs.
They should bring back the one ref, it will clear the ruck right up IMO.

 

[Frank_Grimes]

and the strip on Inglis to give Australia the lead.

How was that anything other than a two man strip?

 

[no name]

Loose carry, looking to offload on the last tackle. Inu was trying to stop the offload, I thought it was a knock on.

 

[MacDougall]

Funny Farah played awful but his mere presence seemed to ruin the Kiwis.

 

[MacDougall]

I thought Beale and Josh Hoffman were very good. What's the go there?

 

[_Johnsy]

Took 5 seconds because I wouldn't waste any more than that replying to you.

And again, grab a hot water bottle. it may help with the cramps.

 

[Front-Rower]

Funny Farah played awful but his mere presence seemed to ruin the Kiwis.

How did Farah play awful? His passing out of dummy half was crisp and he seemed to get the team going forward. Even Smith benefited when Farah came on as he opened them up late in the game with his fresh legs.

 

[MacDougall]

Well generally speaking he's a quality player so of course he did that, but twice he threw awful passes that hit the deck and put in a wobbly kick. I'd say considering he played 19 minutes, that's pretty poor.

 

[Iafeta]

Thought the 18 kiwis who took the field last night had a good game. Aussie Jim Thompson with his Aboriginal tats had a good game off the bench. I thought if Australia didn't have Matt Scott early on they would have been in a fair bit of trouble, he was a rock in the middle. For the New Zealanders, stand outs were Perrett in a terrific comeback test, Beale, Luke, Proctor, Tah-bro and Mannering. Thought Kieran Foran again struggled to assert himself on the test stage. I wonder whether Johnson is a more natural test half?

 

[Mr Saab]

LOL at Rabs saying Sheens was the 2008 World Cup coach for Australia and then being corrected by Sterlo. Rabs then moves on to promoting wide world of sports as he knows he has NFI.
He surely cant last the full 5 yrs as head caller.

 

[Meth]

And again, grab a hot water bottle. it may help with the cramps.

piss weak

piss off

 

[beave]

JT was pretty shit last night....... just sayin.

 

[simostorm]

How many tackles did Procter make?

 

[simostorm]

Who could replace Sheens as coach?

 

[IanG]

LOLed at the few players who swapped jerseys at the end of the game. Thought that tradition had gone by the way side.

Funny seeing Jamea Tamou in the jersey that alot of people say he should be wearing

 

[hutch]

Thought the 18 kiwis who took the field last night had a good game. Aussie Jim Thompson with his Aboriginal tats had a good game off the bench. I thought if Australia didn't have Matt Scott early on they would have been in a fair bit of trouble, he was a rock in the middle. For the New Zealanders, stand outs were Perrett in a terrific comeback test, Beale, Luke, Proctor, Tah-bro and Mannering. Thought Kieran Foran again struggled to assert himself on the test stage. I wonder whether Johnson is a more natural test half?

Shouldn't that be 15 kiwis?

 

[Meth]

Shouldn't that be 15 kiwis?

Tamou is a Kiwi.

Beale is an Aussie- well, at least he shouldn't be playing for the Kiwis, having represented the Junior Kangaroos.

Beale played well the other night, but NZ lost out on that exchange, didn't they?