At least he won't get benched now.

Sitting through the Black Ferns v Wallaroos XVs game was an absolute treat compared to sitting through the 2018 Blues season.

Clearly the punishment should be that the Crusaders are forced to start Brett Cameron at 10 this week vs the Blues.....

@cgrant No they'll just look short compared to the towering height of Ardie on the opposite side.....

@Tim said in Blues 2020:

Anyone know when Parsons will be available?

There's no rush...

@wreck-diver said in Bledisloe II:

@mimic said in Bledisloe II:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:

@nzzp said in Bledisloe II:

@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:

I just don't see the Wallabies being that bad the week after. The lineout is solvable and even if you lose a couple, try something else... The scrum will be bolstered with Sio back and Tupou on the bench. A couple of sessions on running lines and catch-pass for the backs. Hey presto, they're competitive.

They were damn good for the first half. Aggressive hard defence, straight running. On a different night with a different ref, you're looking at a healthy half time lead.

I keep saying it; ther'es not much between these sides at the top level. I don't think the Wobbles will be as bad at set piece, and I reckon supporters should be heartened by the non-set piece effort last week.

All true but they don't have the heart and lungs to do it for 80. They were absolutely gone after 35 minutes. The ABs blew several opportunities in the first half as well and also lost line outs. I agree that it's a decent Aus team, but Cheika is just a shit coach.

This can be easily fixed if they amend their game plan to slow the game down in certain areas. They were trying to play at pace when they didn't have the fitness to last the full 80. Losing Tongan Thor was a huge loss.

Please he's not a Norse God he is a fat Sth Auckland kid that didnt have the balls to have a go in NZ after leaving school. In his own words he said he was used to running over skinny little white boys so move to Aussie to play rugby. I dont see him adding anything to their team let alone his youtube page.

This seems harsh. He's a 22 year old tighthead prop who really improved this year in Super Rugby. He looks a serious talent.

Worth it for the reaction of Crusaders fans

Nothing says "I want to show i'm my own man" by selecting zero new starters.

The back 3 is just plain weird - shoehorning the best 15 to wing in order to select someone at 15 who looked far better at 10 (not 15) during Super Rugby and then on the other wing deciding against a strike winger.

@sparky Beaudie has chosen the four year sabbatical....

Wow.

Ted haha.

Asked to choose between Rennie and Foster, Graham Henry said he would pick the Wallabies coach as his man.

"I talked in the media about this before and (was) asked who should coach the All Blacks and I was very vocal about Rennie," Henry said.

"But Dave Rennie went to Glasgow and went and coached there after winning two Super titles with the Chiefs.

"I think he's got it all and no disrespect to Fozzie, no disrespect, and New Zealand Rugby - this is some time ago, not recently - were meant to keep in contact with players and coaches who had a big influence with professional rugby in this country and went overseas and they didn't do that. If they had done that with Dave Rennie he would have applied for the All Black job.

"I think we stuffed up quite frankly because he is a quality person and a quality coach and you've seen it straight away with the Wallabies. They will play for him, and that's no disrespect to Fozzie, that's just circumstantial, so I've answered the question."

"Dave Rennie is a fabulous coach, no doubt. New Zealand Rugby c**ked that up. They should have been connecting with Dave and (Japan coach) Jamie Joseph and other people around the world to keep them involved in New Zealand Rugby. (But they) didn't contact Dave Rennie for three years, and Dave Rennie is fabulous, so he's going to do a great job with Australia. Whether they've got the personnel to be up there for the World Cup, I think they probably will with Dave Rennie.

https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2020/10/16/bledisloe-cup-graham-henry-says-dave-rennie-should-be-all-blacks-coach-not-ian-foster

@Siam Green might want to get a wicket first..

Green is a wonderful fielder.

Amazing innings by Washington.

@NTA said in Australia v India:

Finally a big swing draws a wicket. They'd started to go the heave and this time the in-ducker gets it

Amazing what happens when you bowl at the stumps.

@MN5 said in Australia v India:

@Siam said in Australia v India:

@MN5 said in Australia v India:

@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v India:

@MN5 said in Australia v India:

@Siam said in Australia v India:

@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v India:

Paine drops another one

Yeeesh, the easiest of his drops too!

India are going at a very old fashioned run rate too. What exactly is their game plan here ?

Bat time.

.....and back themselves to skittle Oz cheaply ?

Nah, watch the rain, scramble a draw and keep the gav/border trophy then return home to heroes welcome against the poms. Sound plan

That makes sense but just seems so defeatist, not to mention old fashioned. Test matches are usually played with much more aggressive tactics these days.

India are playing with a complete second string bowling lineup. Missing Bumrah, Shami, Jadeja, Ashwin and Yadev.

Indian batsmen struggle at bouncing Gabba. Colour me shocked....

@nzzp Rams should have never signed Goff to that huge deal. Such a waste of salary cap.

@booboo Sharma threw away his wicket by trying to smash Lyon.

@nzzp Pujara in early. Need a huge score from him (again).

Pujara nearly out first ball.

Cummins looks like he could run right through the Indians here.

Going by his comments it sounds like complications from an earlier surgery?