@booboo said in Ireland II:
Interesting contrast in reaction to the two results, Chicago and Dublin.
Winners, losers, magnanimity and shit loss.
The Irish have been terrible losers today. All the kiwis who were happy for Ireland and their fans after the Chicago loss should hopefully now realise that others won't ever reciprocate that level of magnanimity towards us. I hope we will never ever see another day where an AB loss is accepted and even celebrated by many AB fans.
@pukunui said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Fucking disgrace. I thought it couldn't get any worse than last weeks deciding penalty but that was a complete farce.
Fully expect WR to stay completely silent.
Has anybody ever seen a referee change his mind about a penalty from a non foul related incident? First time in history I reckon.
"Retallick lucky he didnt break Hanigans neck "
Clown going nuts in the PC.
SBW will have a field day running at Sexton and Farrell, Teo is unlucky to be benched. Can't believe AWJ has retained his position as well.
I blame this year's shithouse performances on Labour. We never play well when those fluffybunnies are in power.
For me the return of Coles is the highlight of this tour. Ardie as well but Ardie has been good all year so his form was expected. Wasn't sure if Coles would be able to regain his explosive speed after the knee injury but he clearly has. Still the best hooker in WR when at his best.
@98blueandgold Unless we can poach him after three years, what's the point of wasting money to develop a foreign player. The Crusaders are potentially developing a future Wallaby here. I really don't know what they are trying to achieve by signing all these overseas players. That money could have been put into the development of one of the NZ youngsters instead.
@KiwiMurph Seems like we haven't been desperate for two years.
According to Yalden, Moli's injury was so serious that they were talking of a possible amputation.
Let's just hope that he can make it back onto the rugby field at some stage. Such an outstanding prospect.
They gave Paps 3 minutes to prove his worth in Wellington and he still impressed more in that 3 minutes than Fifita has in both games.
How stupid not to place the ball closer to the posts.
Can't believe they didn't have another look at that last angle.
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@Billy-Tell said in Hansen:
Used to be a huge fan of Hansen but the non selection of Cane, dropping BFA for a flaky asf Jordie and the decision to pick weak reserve scrummaging props have seriously made him look like an amateur. Unfortunately he will be remembered for this and in hindsight should have bowed out at the end of 2017 as originally planned.
To be replaced by who though?? Like who was actually available and proven in 2017?? All the good coaches were contracted elsewhere, you’d have basically been left with foster.
I was referring more to Hansen's legacy and not what his departure would have done to the ABs. Granted Foster would have been even worse in all likelihood but Hansen would have gone down as arguably our best ever coach if he had stepped down in 2017.
Used to be a huge fan of Hansen but the non selection of Cane, dropping BFA for a flaky asf Jordie and the decision to pick weak reserve scrummaging props have seriously made him look like an amateur. Unfortunately he will be remembered for this and in hindsight should have bowed out at the end of 2017 as originally planned.
Looks like we spent most of our energy last week and were flat asf this week. That and a couple of baffling selections. This is why some of us were hoping for an easy QF so that we could peak for this game. Oh well, no excuses. England were just better but what hurts the most is that we offered nothing.
@Machpants If it's a dislocated shoulder, then surely they will bring a player in. Papalii (although he looked to have picked up an injury yesterday) or Squire perhaps.