@crucial Are you suggesting Ofa gets a run at LH? BTW anyone heard anything regarding Hames, who was awesome on last year's EOYT?

@frank said in AB EOYT 2018:

51 players.
Unlucky Akira, you were the 52nd.
Honest mate.

H's attached to the squad for training.

@antipodean said in Springboks v Wallabies:

I've played with Larkham and it's amazing how much time he seems to have on the field. He reinforces my opinion of tremendously talented players don't make great coaches. I think that's because they assume a level of skill, calmness and awareness that other players don't have.

I recall that way he used to drift through while the defence were waiting for him to pass, and I was yelling for someone to nail the forkah!

Found the same thing with skiing and tennis. The best players do things instinctively, and struggle to enunciate what they do.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/watch-michael-cheika-lashes-wallabies-in-passionate-half-time-speech-before-miracle-comeback-against-pumas?auto=5845430468001

Watched much of second half out of one eye. Aussie backs suddenly looked good and got passing going.
Credit to them for having the grit and composure to keep it all together.
Cheika's message that ARFU were in process of rerouting return flight to Christmas Island worked.

Watched at parents-in-law. Husband had died yesterday. Will watch replay alone back home tomorrow, but one simple observation is that their starting XV owned us, but their bench weakened them and ours was an upgrade. Finishing XV 19-0.

@act-crusader said in Springboks V All Blacks:

@pakman said in Springboks V All Blacks:

BTW did anyone else think three weeks ago that ABs were not showing Boks full respect when they chose to do Ka Mate?
Kapa O Pango for sure this week.

Was it half or quarter respect?

Your guess as good as mine. But Kapa always rolled out when ABs REALLY mean business. I can only recall us losing one match with it.

It does rather confuse things.

BTW did anyone else think three weeks ago that ABs were not showing Boks full respect when they chose to do Ka Mate?
Kapa O Pango for sure this week.