Why the feck did they play this test in the worst "stadium" in NZ?
Black Ferns
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Wales RWC
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Lucky not to get s yellow there, no 3, again. She better not come back at hair time
She's back on!
:face_vomiting:
She's off!
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Lucky not to get s yellow there, no 3, again. She better not come back at hair time
She's back on!
:face_vomiting:
She's off!
Was that right after she's off loaded direct to a Welsh?
Yup I'm a few seconds behind
@His-Bobness said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Just as well goal/kicking is not making the difference
Maybe the should play with a helium inflated ball?
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Lucky not to get s yellow there, no 3, again. She better not come back at hair time
She's back on!
:face_vomiting:
She's off!
Was that right after she's off loaded direct to a Welsh?
Yup I'm a few seconds behind
Yeah and the scrum immediately holds it's own.
@Joans-Town-Jones I think they need a ladies’ tee. (fetches coat))
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Goes both ways I guess
We're getting away with a lot of diving over the ruck on our ball, but I'ma blame the Welsh lying all over our side of the tackle.
Beaut try.
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Lucky not to get s yellow there, no 3, again. She better not come back at hair time
She's back on!
:face_vomiting:
She's off!
Was that right after she's off loaded direct to a Welsh?
Yup I'm a few seconds behind
Yeah and the scrum immediately holds it's own.
And in fact dominates
@His-Bobness said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Joans-Town-Jones I think they need a ladies’ tee. (fetches coat))
Good video on YouTube with Jordie B I think kicking a helium inflated ball. Massive difference.
@Crucial said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Big difference with this front row.
Scrum, turnover, and then that line!
Blatant truck and trailer.
Fuck off black has not taken that into the in goal! It was clearly Wales trying to place it and having it stolen!
Really need to ditch refs officiating games with their own country involved...
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Blatant truck and trailer.
Fuck off black has not taken that into the in goal! It was clearly Wales trying to place it and having it stolen!
Really need to ditch refs officiating games with their own country involved...
Dude is nothing to do with country, it's just general incompetence of all these amateur refs. The non Welsh TMO agreed
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Blatant truck and trailer.
Fuck off black has not taken that into the in goal! It was clearly Wales trying to place it and having it stolen!
Really need to ditch refs officiating games with their own country involved...
Dude is nothing to do with country, it's just general incompetence of all these amateur refs. The non Welsh TMO agreed
It's a joke.
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Blatant truck and trailer.
Fuck off black has not taken that into the in goal! It was clearly Wales trying to place it and having it stolen!
Really need to ditch refs officiating games with their own country involved...
Dude is nothing to do with country, it's just general incompetence of all these amateur refs. The non Welsh TMO agreed
It's a joke.
You should only tell a joke once.
Foster is fat
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Blatant truck and trailer.
Fuck off black has not taken that into the in goal! It was clearly Wales trying to place it and having it stolen!
Really need to ditch refs officiating games with their own country involved...
Dude is nothing to do with country, it's just general incompetence of all these amateur refs. The non Welsh TMO agreed
It's a joke.
You should only tell a joke once.
Foster is fat
Ref is Scottish. I think? TMO is probably a Brit too...
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
I hope McLeod is watching the Ferns rush
If only the ABs opponents were Welsh women eh?
Am I right in thinking that's the first time the ref has put her arm out for red not rolling away?
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
I hope McLeod is watching the Ferns rush
If only the ABs opponents were Welsh women eh?
Am I right in thinking that's the first time the ref has put her arm out for red not rolling away?
Dunno, wouldn't surprise
@Joans-Town-Jones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Has NZ rugby thought about raiding the netball/basketball ranks for some height at lock?
Our locks seem tall enough.
@Machpants said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Ref trying to make a game of it, what was the yellow for?
Deliberate knock down...booboo will be livid.
Great try for Tui made by Woodman to end the game.
Good but not great effort from the girls, some big work-ons and Smith is probably clearer now as to his top team.
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@RoninWC yeah, he won't be selecting this week's Ruby Tui. Hopefully last week's Ruby Tui is available.
Agreed but when you compare Tui this week at fullback to last week's fullback, things get a little more murky.
From the first 2 games, I think that Stacey Flueler has to be in the starting side and Woodman is definitely locked in. 10, 12 and 15 are still question marks.
As a self confessed fan, Ayesha should be there too.
@RoninWC said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@RoninWC yeah, he won't be selecting this week's Ruby Tui. Hopefully last week's Ruby Tui is available.
Agreed but when you compare Tui this week at fullback to last week's fullback, things get a little more murky.
From the first 2 games, I think that Stacey Flueler has to be in the starting side and Woodman is definitely locked in. 10, 12 and 15 are still question marks.
As a self confessed fan, Ayesha should be there too.
Actually, based on today's game, at 10 I'd have Demant. She played really well, run the cutter well, cleaned up a lot and was pretty cool, calm and collected.
@RoninWC said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@RoninWC said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@Bones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@RoninWC yeah, he won't be selecting this week's Ruby Tui. Hopefully last week's Ruby Tui is available.
Agreed but when you compare Tui this week at fullback to last week's fullback, things get a little more murky.
From the first 2 games, I think that Stacey Flueler has to be in the starting side and Woodman is definitely locked in. 10, 12 and 15 are still question marks.
As a self confessed fan, Ayesha should be there too.
Actually, based on today's game, at 10 I'd have Demant. She played really well, run the cutter well, cleaned up a lot and was pretty cool, calm and collected.
Seems really onto it from the interview I just saw too, speaks really well.
Well. Not impressive but flush the dunny...
Not impressed with the scrum.
Bit too much too early too.
@booboo said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Well. Not impressive but flush the dunny...
Not impressed with the scrum.
Bit too much too early too.
Scrum, yeah. The props don't set right. Too high. Backs not straight. They all run too high into contact.
France and England are just going to be too strong in that area.
@Joans-Town-Jones said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
@booboo said in Black Ferns v Wales RWC:
Well. Not impressive but flush the dunny...
Not impressed with the scrum.
Bit too much too early too.
Scrum, yeah. The props don't set right. Too high. Backs not straight. They all run too high into contact.
France and England are just going to be too strong in that area.
Wales were hugely strong in that area and where did it get them? A long way last.
We need a couple of seasons to catch up in that area but there’s still hope for beating the big guns.
We are very good at bending the line and turning half breaks into metres. If a team gets out of shape we can pounce.
England also thrash Wales on the scoreboard so it is still hard to tell if our strengths can beat theirs.
Key for us is avoiding France in the Semi.
France are very likely to go into the knockouts seeded 4th and if the top 4 seeds go through to the semis the top seed will play France.
We need to hold back on the scoreboard and let England take 1st seed on points diff. I think they are just ahead at the moment and they play SA while we play Scotland.
Edit: forgot England didn’t get a BP so we will likely be seeded 1 anyway and England 2 or 3. Basically to win the whole thing we will have to beat France and England in the knockouts.
Referee was excellent, no need for male refs just good ones.
NZ 10 was my WOTM. Controlled game very well and kicking out of hand very good (goal kicking meh).
NZ front five were very good except in the scrum where they were hopeless.
Don’t think we can beat England or France if we can’t sort the scrum.
Do we really think cocksedge is still the best 9?