Rugby Internationals 2014

[Parra]

Cold & wet night in Sydney.

 

[shaggs]

What's going on with Gordon brays voice??

 

[Walt Flanigan]

Holy sh*t this game has been boring

 

[tumbidragon]

Holy sh*t this game has been boring

What are you talking about!? It's 3 penalties to 1! Ripper of an arm patch snorter....

 

[Bastard Squad]

What's going on with Gordon brays voice??

Sounds like he's auditioning for The Godfather Part IV.

 

[shiznit]

What the f**k was that... Was that ref on the take or something??

Unbelieveble... We would have won that game EASILY if that ref actually did his job...

Those 2 cards were disgraceful... No warnings... They weren't even in possible try scoring positions... Just straight yellow cards.

Then the arsehole didn't understand how a scrum worked... The Wallabies halfback was clearly delaying putting the ball in because the All Blacks first contact was too strong... That's disgraceful from the ref.

The only positive here is that the Bledisloe is safe for another 3 years... Because there's no way they will get close to us in NZ let alone at Eden Park next weekend... And next year is only 2 tests which the wallabies would have to win both of... Then 2016 it will be 2 games in NZ... So the next good chance they get will be 2017.

 

[Horrie Is God]

4 goals each going by the Fox Sports News report..

Sounds like a game that'll bring the crowds back..

Rah..

 

[Parra]

What the f**k was that... Was that ref on the take or something??

Unbelieveble... We would have won that game EASILY if that ref actually did his job...

Those 2 cards were disgraceful... No warnings... They weren't even in possible try scoring positions... Just straight yellow cards.

Then the arsehole didn't understand how a scrum worked... The Wallabies halfback was clearly delaying putting the ball in because the All Blacks first contact was too strong... That's disgraceful from the ref.

The only positive here is that the Bledisloe is safe for another 3 years... Because there's no way they will get close to us in NZ let alone at Eden Park next weekend... And next year is only 2 tests which the wallabies would have to win both of... Then 2016 it will be 2 games in NZ... So the next good chance they get will be 2017.

Cards were both ordinary.

Scrum was straightforward though. How many warnings did the kiwi front row need? All unheeded. Don't cheat - how f**king hard is it? Thing is - the ref warned the kiwi front row that the next one would be a penalty, yet he still kept awarding free-kick / short-arm penalties.

Wallabies couldn't score when the AB's had only 14 on for 20 mins. Poor discipline and poor basics - pushed into touch at crucial times, attackers isolated, failing to call kicks, in front of the kicker. The mistakes just kept coming.

 

[BODISGOD]

The cards were justified.

Kiwis don't like that a ref actually pinged them for cynical penalties which should always be cards imo when in scoring zones. McCaw was great but at it as well. Australia played the football. New Zealand played the conditions and kicked and competed.

 

[lockyno1]

The Wallabies would have almost scored in both those instances, professional fouls, cards. What is the issue. NZ are just surprised that their blatant infringements actually got pinned for once in a blue moon!

 

[hellteam]

4 all, what a great spectacle

 

[Parra]

Cards would make sense if they were applied consistently. Those blatant infringements should be carded, but they usually aren't.

 

[Twizzle]

may as well have lost, gonna be hard to win over the ditch

 

[Parra]

AB's just too good.

Wallabies basics were awful with mistake after mistake, but the AB's were on a different level. At least there was some redemption with a decent passage of play by the Aussies for about 10 minutes in the second half. Foley needs to start at 10 and probably Phipps at 9 as well.

 

[hellteam]

White had a shocker, looks like he forgot how to pass, which is pretty crucial for a halfback...

 

[Parra]

The AB forwards got away with monstering him. He was dragged into rucks, grabbed, impeded. Phipps dealt with it much better. Difference is that he has the benefit of watching, working out how to counter what they were getting away with and then dealing with forwards who were knackered. I'd start him with Foley though.

For the last two tests AAC has been very quiet in attack. Unusual.

 

[Parra]

Our scrum also improved a lot when changes were made. We need to change the starters.

 

[shiznit]

That was better... Still annoyed that we let the foot off the throat at 44-6.

We were still pretty rusty... There's a few guys in that All Blacks squad who will be looking over there shoulder as we have some outstanding kids banging the door down in the ITM cup.

SBW will be back in a couple of months too... Which should shore up our midfield depth.

 

[crocodile]

AB's just too good.

Wallabies basics were awful with mistake after mistake, but the AB's were on a different level. At least there was some redemption with a decent passage of play by the Aussies for about 10 minutes in the second half. Foley needs to start at 10 and probably Phipps at 9 as well.

Foley and Phipps were a little better. Still just tinkering around the edges though. The game was lost in forwards.

 

[Twizzle]

Just when we thought we were on the improve