@booboo said in Judiciary Happenings:

@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:

What a fucking joke.

I couldn’t believe this was sighted in the first place and I’m absolutely stunned he got a holiday.

It’s only a matter of time before a big game (ie pool decider or a finals game) is decided on a red card due to minimal accidental contact with the head.

Rugby is heading down a very slippery slope, one that they won’t be able to climb back out of and it worries me.

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Thank u four coreckting me. Eye woodn’t have been abel 2 sleep tonite other y’s.

You know what’s so pleasing about this performance for me?

When the Black Caps were the laughing stock of test cricket, we’d sometimes have a couple of sessions where we’d dominate a top team, say have them 5 or 6 down for bugger all. Then inevitably someone in the opposition team would save the day with a big tonne or a bag of wickets and we’d go back to being shit.

Man it pissed me off, those bloody good teams always had someone that would stand up and perform when required under pressure to steal the game away from us again.

Well guess what, the Black Caps are now that good team who can soak up the pressure of being dominated for periods, before someone always puts their hand up when the team needs them the most.

It’s certainly a golden age of NZ cricket, soak it up people.

@voodoo said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@gunner said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@voodoo said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@bones said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

@tim said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):

Akira Ioane's big work ons:

Jackling. He's a big guy, but that's not an excuse. Gets the odd turnover for the Blues but gives away ruck penalties too. May lack confidence as well as skills there.

Link play. Not a traditional big six strength, but could up fitness and improve decision making to get involved more in support. First half of 2019 Super Rugby his link play was excellent, maybe lacks confidence or decision making of when to switch lines.

Decision making of when to stay on his lines and when to hit the ruck or link off his line. Does this very well late in the game, but could increase involvement in first 50 minutes by being able to pick when to get involved. That kind of decision making could be the difference between a very good player and a great player.

I thought after watching today his only work on for me is a huge nit pick, but I would've preferred to see him take those tries himself - extra pass makes room for a mistake and getting those tries himself maybe has an effect on the oppo"s head space too? Best game in black for me, although admittedly against a fairly ordinary Oz.

I agree with this, almost like he was showboating that the gams is too easy for him, look at how unselfish I am etc. Just run over that last defender!!

Poor old Akira can’t win can he.
Ah well, we can always go back to back Shannon Frizzell.

Whatchu talking bout Willis?

He was fucking awesome. Best player on the paddock. Like Bones said, a huge bit pick, but just cos he was awesome doesn't mean we can't discuss work ons!

I don’t see learning to be a hungus prick as a valid work on, probably more the other way around.

Akira a couple of years ago probably would have steamrolled the last defender, ignoring the unmarked man outside him, and we’d have been saying ‘Akira needs to learn to pass’

I’d like to know when putting your team mate over for a freebie try became a no-no?

To me a simple catch and pass is far less risky than tucking and going yourself and potentially loosing the ball in the tackle, being tackled short of the line or being tackled into touch.

This bloody Santner, why is he in the team?

120 odd runs and 3 late wickets to have NZ in the box seat. Pffffft, you’re gonna need to bring more than that to satisfy The Fern pal....

Let’s see if Foster learns from his poor substitution tactics tonight? I doubt it.

Jordie to the wing - total waste of a sub. He was poor as a starting winger, what made Foster think he’d add anything to that position off the bench?

Subbing Akira who was arguably our best forward, smacks of a pre-meditated plan. Grow some balls and sub Ardie if he’s the least effective of the loose trio.

Then putting most of the bench on within a few minutes, lost all our momentum.

Oh how spoilt were we when our bench would come on and tear teams apart in the last 20.

sigh

BB is past it. He was just totally anonymous for the Blues. Terrible buy.

@No-Quarter said in Chiefs vs Hurricanes:

I really don't like malls. Always such a shambles.

I'm not a fan either, too many people for my liking. Parking is always a bitch too.

Why is Marty Banks missing from the list?

Or is this actually a serious thread?

@Tim said in All Blacks vs Boks:

Ioane is pretty good.

With lack of a better option, I guess he'll do.

Pujara won’t get the headlines, but by christ his dogged performances have had a big say in this series win.

Pathetic collapse, painful to watch.

Watch India cruise to this total 3 down with 3 overs to spare.

With all due respect to our Black Caps, who have been consistent semi finalists in a lot of tournaments over the last few years, and also King Kane, our T20 game is shit. So so shit. And boring.

I watched it an hour or two delayed tonight and I’m gutted I stayed up to do that with the performance I just saw.
If Allen gets out early we shut up shop, not for 1 or 2 over but for 6 or 8. Too late by then in a T20, as it piles too much pressure on the rest of the lineup.

Simple fact is we can’t afford to play both Conway and Kane in the top 3, they’re too similar in the way they like to take a thousand balls to settle into an innings. Hate to say it, but I’d take Conway every day of the week at the moment.

Good stuff Phillips.
Kane’s gotta start hitting as well now.

Kane is frustrating to watch in T20s.
I know he’s trying to bat through the innings but a SR of 100 is just not good enough.

If RTS is good enough to be picked in the squad, he needs to be starting this weekend.

JB is our fullback and can stay there.

All Blacks crap defence aside, what a game of rugby.
Tries galore, cards, drama, comebacks, winning try on the final whistle.
It had it all.

@Damo said in Bledisloe 1:

To be honest you can't really argue with the call.

Ref had been telling the Aussies and warning them to play quickly all game.

He then told them to play quickly. He blew time off told him to play quickly. Then blew time on again and Foley still continued to waste time.

What else was the ref to do?

Exactly this!

Fuck them and their time wasting tactics!!!

How’d we get out of that.

Gee our defence needs sorting out, majorly!!!

Hahahaha good job Foley!!!

Both of those fluffybunnies in yellow jerseys were lying on top of the ruck!