England vs All Blacks
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@drivingmaul Great to see you on TSF, Paul. Welcome.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in England Vs All Blacks:
would be funny if AB's took them on at their own game. No frills or cross kicks, just kicked it to the corners, play it tight, smash their forwards with scrum after scrum, knacker them, bang over a few penalties, forwards rumble over for one try, NZ win 19-0. Ok, we've beaten you at your own game, so what's your plan B for RWC next year?
I'm not going to lie, but i got a little bit hard reading that.
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@drivingmaul Similar story to us at Loftus.
I think we'll win, but I'll be surprised if it's by more than 10 unless cards play a role.
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@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
The citing officiers have elected not to look into the Owen Farrell tackle so he is free to paly against the ABs:
Owen Farrell escapes being cited over André Esterhuizen tackle
Owen Farrell has been cleared to face New Zealand on Saturday after escaping punishment for his controversial late tackle in England’s dramatic victory
I think i speak for the whole rugby world when i say i am so sick of England getting a free ride from both the officials and citing officers...
(i agree with this citing decision)
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@mariner4life said in England Vs All Blacks:
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
The citing officiers have elected not to look into the Owen Farrell tackle so he is free to paly against the ABs:
Owen Farrell escapes being cited over André Esterhuizen tackle
Owen Farrell has been cleared to face New Zealand on Saturday after escaping punishment for his controversial late tackle in England’s dramatic victory
I think i speak for the whole rugby world when i say i am so sick of England getting a free ride from both the officials and citing officers...
(i agree with this citing decision)
Ah yes, the Illuminati-like influence of the RFU. Citing Commissioner for this one was Keith Brown. Bloody one-eyed pom-favouring, er... kiwi.
Right decision re citing, I thought, didn't meet the test for a red card. Wrong decision by ref, should have been a penalty for no attempt to wrap arms, with a possible yellow (although card was purely academic at that stage).
Personally I enjoyed the 2nd half, but the first half set the bar pretty low. Looking forward to next week, I just have a sneaky feeling that England will win. (Caveat, I predicted a Hillary presidency and a Remain vote for Brexit).
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@akan004 said in England Vs All Blacks:
@drivingmaul Great to see you on TSF, Paul. Welcome.
agreed, welcome to the Fern
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@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
The citing officiers have elected not to look into the Owen Farrell tackle so he is free to paly against the ABs:
Owen Farrell escapes being cited over André Esterhuizen tackle
Owen Farrell has been cleared to face New Zealand on Saturday after escaping punishment for his controversial late tackle in England’s dramatic victory
I don’t think it was worthy of any more than a yc.
But bloody hell, imagine if an All Black did something like that against the poms his week and was not penalised, carded or cited.
The media circus would be out of control calling for said All Black to be hung, drawn and quartered. -
@chris-b I think it will be by at least a couple of scores, England (and I'm English) didn't even get a try
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@drivingmaul said in England Vs All Blacks:
@chris-b I think it will be by at least a couple of scores, England (and I'm English) didn't even get a try
England will struggle to win if they don't score at least a couple of tries. Anything is possible though, happened in Wellington all those years ago before the 2003 RWC when Johhny knocked over 5/5 penalties in a swirling wind (man that guy was a freak).
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@drivingmaul I bet you guys do against us, though.
Main difference in comparing those results is that Faf and Willie le Roux were outstanding for the Saffas against us, but watching from the sidelines against you guys.
Will be interesting. Looking forward to this game.
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@chris-b said in England Vs All Blacks:
Will be interesting. Looking forward to this game.
Interesting, yes, but I am dreading it.
Jerome "deal" Garces, with Bonkers Jonkers as TMO, probably means that the wife will leave the room within the first couple of minutes (when I start my tirade about morons ruining my lifelong passion for rugby, etc). Shouting at a tele on your own isn't as much fun and the cat and puppy leave as soon as they hear the Haka these days. I expect it to be close and tense.
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@nzzp There's only an up tick! I can't down tick this comment
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@drivingmaul said in England Vs All Blacks:
@nzzp There's only an up tick! I can't down tick this comment
Something for the mods to work on I suppose...
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@disgusted-of-tw said in England Vs All Blacks:
@mariner4life said in England Vs All Blacks:
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
The citing officiers have elected not to look into the Owen Farrell tackle so he is free to paly against the ABs:
Owen Farrell escapes being cited over André Esterhuizen tackle
Owen Farrell has been cleared to face New Zealand on Saturday after escaping punishment for his controversial late tackle in England’s dramatic victory
I think i speak for the whole rugby world when i say i am so sick of England getting a free ride from both the officials and citing officers...
(i agree with this citing decision)
Ah yes, the Illuminati-like influence of the RFU. Citing Commissioner for this one was Keith Brown. Bloody one-eyed pom-favouring, er... kiwi.
Right decision re citing, I thought, didn't meet the test for a red card. Wrong decision by ref, should have been a penalty for no attempt to wrap arms, with a possible yellow (although card was purely academic at that stage).
Personally I enjoyed the 2nd half, but the first half set the bar pretty low. Looking forward to next week, I just have a sneaky feeling that England will win. (Caveat, I predicted a Hillary presidency and a Remain vote for Brexit).
Re first para: just in case you missed it last week the world rugby media (well the Aussies and a couple of NH scribes) went ape about getting free ride from officials. @mariner4life appears to be pointing out potential inconsistency.
Unless I just missed your irony ... am a Kiwi after all.
Upvote for the second and third para.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in England Vs All Blacks:
@nzzp said in England Vs All Blacks:
@drivingmaul said in England Vs All Blacks:
@nzzp There's only an up tick! I can't down tick this comment
Something for the mods to work on I suppose...
Would never happen.
Once one of MN5's anti-asian posts hits minus-triple digits the software would have some sort of crippling Y2K meltdown...
Hey, I don't play favourites. I hate every ethnic minority equally.
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@no-quarter said in England Vs All Blacks:
@drivingmaul said in England Vs All Blacks:
@chris-b I think it will be by at least a couple of scores, England (and I'm English) didn't even get a try
England will struggle to win if they don't score at least a couple of tries. Anything is possible though, happened in Wellington all those years ago before the 2003 RWC when Johhny knocked over 5/5 penalties in a swirling wind (man that guy was a freak).
Great player but can you imagine how boring a guy who practiced his goal kicking on Xmas day would be on the piss?
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^ I honestly have no idea what all that stuff means!
Anyway, some interesting analysis here:
Analysis: Where the All Blacks will target England
This weekend the All Blacks will be a much bigger test for England, with far more organized and clinical play, flatter structures and a more efficient passing game from 1-to-15.
