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AB's v Springboks

byrne_rovelli_fan82

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Does anyone else think Cowan should be starting? Or is that just me? lol. I dunno I think he's probably the better scrum half than Ellis, who isn't bad but he kepts getting caught out too much tonight.

But I've always prefered the scrum halves with that little attitude in them much like good 'ol Marhsall...mmmm..miss the old boy!
 

SpaceMonkey

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In NZ? I doubt it.

I love being right :cool:

Seriously though on a dry track they may have given us more problems but in the conditions I was pretty confident we'd take them. And true to form for an SA side they still seem to only be able to manufacture tries out of opportunism rather than genuine constructive play.
 

skeepe

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Brad Thorn should buy himself a lotto ticket. How he didn't get sent off or at least binned for that dangerous tackle on a guy after play had stopped I'll never know. Gutless Aussie officials.
 

Te Kaha

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sent off :lol:

To be fair, most at the ground thought he would be sent.. Dickenson being Dickenson and all... it wasnt til the replay that you saw the niggle that caused it...

Game itself was hard and tight... not a great game but a good one considering the conditions...

And a big congrats to the 36K+ who showed up especially since it had been snowing in the hills before the game....
 

clipser

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Was pretty silly play from the boks in the second half by bringing steyn into fly half, he should have played centre!, percy didn't do much either..

Hopefully next game is a little dryer
 

Te Kaha

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Was pretty silly play from the boks in the second half by bringing steyn into fly half, he should have played centre!, percy didn't do much either..

Hopefully next game is a little dryer

More likely it will be played in snow... Dunners is under snaow at the moment... the boks wont like that at all
 

ozbash

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thorn is on report for his tackle.

All Blacks lock Brad Thorn will face the rugby judiciary today, after being cited for an alleged dangerous tackle on Springboks captain John Smit.

The All Blacks beat South Africa 19-8 last night after a physical confrontation in wet cold conditions in Wellington.
The Tri Nations opener marked the All Blacks 30th consecutive win at home, and maintained 10 years of dominance at home against the Springboks.
Thorn's tackle on Smit came just six minutes into the game, when he appeared to lift the South African hooker and drop him to the turf after the whistle blew.
Smit was seen on camera asking Australian referee Stuart Dickinson "is that not a spear?".
Smit later left the field with a groin injury.
New Zealand Rugby Union spokesman said Thorn had been cited, and would appear before SANZAR judicial officer Dennis Wheelahan QC today.
The time of the hearing was yet to be determined.
-NZPA

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4609439a10295.html
 

byrne_rovelli_fan82

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That was just dumb play on his part. Retalliation always gets you in trouble. Did he not remember what happened a few years ago waginast the Biriths and Irish Lions..and that umm..dumping tackle?! On what's his face? Our boys got off it ( I think) but a big frenzy flew over because of it
 

SpaceMonkey

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Spear tackle my arse, Smit's been to the Italian football school of milking penalties. He landed flat on his back FFS!!

Sily play be Thorn, but niether dangerous or malicious.
 

SpaceMonkey

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Yup. To be fair if Thorn had got 10 min for it I wouldn't have blown up, but the suggestion that it was worthy of a red card or suspension is utterly ridiculous, considering that the only thing at risk of injury was Smit's pride.
 

ozbash

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All Blacks lock Brad Thorn has been suspended for one week after being found guilty of an act contrary to good sportsmanship in a tackle on Springboks captain John Smit in the Tri-Nations rugby test in Wellington last night.

A Sanzar judicial hearing in Wellington today imposed the sanction on Thorn, who will miss the next match against South Africa in Dunedin next Saturday.
Thorn appeared before SANZAR judicial officer Dennis Wheelahan QC at the NZRU offices in Wellington, after being cited by Citing Commissioner Tim Harland for the tackle in which he lifted and dropped Smit on his back.
Thorn admitted the lifting and dropping of Smit constituted an act of foul play.
Wheelahan said the conduct was an act contrary to good sportsmanship rather than a dangerous tackle.
At the hearing Wheelahan reviewed and amended the citing complaint, viewed video footage of the incident, heard evidence from Thorn and and All Blacks assistant coach Steve Hansen and received reports from the match referee and assistant referees.
After taking all matters into account, including Thorn’s previously excellent record as well as the sanction guidelines prescribed in the IRB Regulations, Wheelahan imposed a suspension of one week up to and including July 13.
The All Blacks beat South Africa 19-8 last night after a physical confrontation in wet, cold conditions in Wellington.
Thorn's tackle on Smit came just six minutes into the game.
Smit was seen on camera asking Australian referee Stuart Dickinson "is that not a spear?".
The Tri Nations opener marked the All Blacks 30th consecutive win at home, and maintained 10 years of dominance at home against the Springboks.
-with NZPA

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4609439a10295.html
 

SpaceMonkey

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Fair enough I guess, they pinged him for going on with it and retaliating, which he shouldn't have done.
 
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Alehana

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yeh smits a bit of a joke, he said that SA played the worst they ever did, bullsh!t IMO, they need to realise they arn't the best team in the world, thought SA would win, but nz played well.
 

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