Bledisloe 1
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@ARHS said in Bledisloe 1:
If Havili and Tupaea are out I hope Jordie goes to 12 and DMac into squad and 23.
Wonder if we may need to rotate props too. Not quite as energetic last night.If?
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@Bovidae said in Bledisloe 1:
Read was calling for RTS to start at Eden Park. The reasoning being that he needs to play in a big test to see if he is an option for the future.
I like that option. Trusting the squad selections hasn't been a hallmark of this coaching group so far though.
I'm not sold on Jordie at 12 and think we should be going for the least disruption to the roles that are still being cemented. If RTS has been understudying Havili then give him a go. That way the back three can remain (possibly Reece for Clarke) and BB can stay on the bench.
Moving Jordie causes a decision on who starts at fullback and how the bench works.
RTS/RI combo at least has some time together.
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@kev said in Bledisloe 1:
Is that the worst half of rugby we have ever played?
fuck no...then we have taylor at hooker again
@kev said in Bledisloe 1:
Is that the worst half of rugby we have ever played?
this is what my post is about
I'm starting to think that TV/commentators...and even the fern...is part of whats killing my enjoyment of rugby.
At the game, we had an even mix of kiwis and aussies around us...everyone was chatting and talking at half time about how enjoyable the game was (barring the obvious like QT)..reading through the thread and moments like sotutu's kick...everyone was cheering around us about trying to play awesome....and then i get on here and see 10-15 posts about it essentially being the worst play in the history of rugby. Im sure with replays and the commentators it more clear to analyse but at the time it was a few seconds of up out of our chairs....hmmm
re the end....the crowd were all yelling for him to hurry up...was really blatant in real time
I saw a tweet that summed it up nicely for me....if this is the first shot in a war against time wasting...then great, all for it...if this is a random one off implementation of the rules...then its harsh...correct but harsh
some people that i thought played well in real time have been lambasted so once again a fascinating example of how different the game is without replays and commentary
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What's the point in the Bledisloe when the vastly superior team gets awarded a win in a rare off year by the rarest of debatable technicalities.
No wonder League is poaching all of the Aus and increasingly, NZ talent.
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe 1:
What's the point in the Bledisloe when the vastly superior team gets awarded a win in a rare off year by the rarest of debatable technicalities.
No wonder League is poaching all of the Aus and increasingly, NZ talent.
Pretty insular view or the world you have there.
Your ten kicks the ball instead of trying to run the clock down, then you win. Simple as that.
You came back from 31-13 down with an injury ravaged team. Plenty to be positive about instead of being chicken little.
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one other thing...how awesome it was for an "All Blacks" chant to go up a few times...we all know there are loads of kiwis in melbourne and at the game i would say it was 50/50 aussies and kiwis....but for a chant to go up like that for an away game...awesome
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I'm still scratching my head about Sotutu's kick. Wtf was he thinking there? He was surrounded by support. He should go the way of 2008 Lauaki for that alone.
But obviously it was incredibly concerning how that 15 vs 13 advantage wasn't exploited. Schoolboy teams would do a better job than that. Add the sometimes shocking defence out wide and you wonder what they're actually doing in training.
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe 1:
What's the point in the Bledisloe when the vastly superior team gets awarded a win in a rare off year by the rarest of debatable technicalities.
No wonder League is poaching all of the Aus and increasingly, NZ talent.
You've never ever seen a ref pull up time wasting before? Can't have watched much code.
The crowd knew it was obvious time wasting, so did your other players. I totally get that the consequences were a bitch and I'd be annoyed as well but it wasn't the ref's fault. I even believe that Foley didn't hear 'time on' or expected the ref to manage it a different way but that is on him and his awareness.
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Watched with a bunch of Wallaby supporting mates and that call by Raynal at the death was excellent. The most vocal of them were angry at Fole rather than the ref.
I can only imagine the spittle and apoplexies suffered among the mental asylum known as GAGR who might now have some understanding of a certain Lions series. The difference is one Frenchman had the courage to make the right call.
Happy with the result, not so much the manner in which it was achieved.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Bledisloe 1:
Only going off one 'real time' viewing but I think Aussie were lucky to dodge another card when Jordan has his legs taken out from under him when going for a high ball. I think it was Koroibete. We scored a few phases after that so it was forgotten about. At the time the ref seemed to ignore it, then it sounded like he was told it was something that should be revisited and then we scored. Unsurprisingly there were no replays of it.
The call was that Koroibete was pushed into the contact accidentally by one of his team mates. I think we had one of those previously (maybe a NH Test?) where a player pulled out of contact but an accidental collision forced them into the zone.
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@antipodean you certainly don't seem like the kind of bloke who is ever happy, let's be honest eh.
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe 1:
@antipodean you certainly don't seem like the kind of bloke who is ever happy, let's be honest eh.
You're as wrong on that as you are everything else, so points for consistency I guess.
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@Crucial said in Bledisloe 1:
@Bovidae said in Bledisloe 1:
Read was calling for RTS to start at Eden Park. The reasoning being that he needs to play in a big test to see if he is an option for the future.
I like that option. Trusting the squad selections hasn't been a hallmark of this coaching group so far though.
I'm not sold on Jordie at 12 and think we should be going for the least disruption to the roles that are still being cemented. If RTS has been understudying Havili then give him a go. That way the back three can remain (possibly Reece for Clarke) and BB can stay on the bench.
Moving Jordie causes a decision on who starts at fullback and how the bench works.
RTS/RI combo at least has some time together.
We have one week left before a step back and re-plan for EOYT. No need to get too clever or search for miracles.RTS hasn’t looked great at NPC level. Defensive misses being key issue.
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@ARHS said in Bledisloe 1:
If Havili and Tupaea are out I hope Jordie goes to 12 and DMac into squad and 23.
Wonder if we may need to rotate props too. Not quite as energetic last night.ohh nup can't have Dmac.. when Welly beat HB this weekend we need him for our shield challenge next game
Props - I actually thought DeGroot looked a bit fat and lazy last night. Defo a work in progress. type of guy that's going to blow out to 160kgs when he retires
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@Kiwiwomble we are just people that are passionate about the game. It’s fine to have a whinge on the Fern, then get over it, it’s part of it. But understand where you are coming from - some balance is good. But in the middle of a game just to much to ask 😀
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@antipodean obviously no room for something as base as human emotion inside the staggering cathedral of superiority you call a head.
