@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
@Winger said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
Damian gets his big chance to see if he's got it as a 10
Verdict?
Looked pretty good to me (with a fairly easy ride)
he's played very well there for a while - reined in his optimisim and played some really good games. Solid bench option for me
@Steven-Harris Bench "impact"
@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
@Winger said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
Damian gets his big chance to see if he's got it as a 10
Verdict?
Looked pretty good to me (with a fairly easy ride)
Yep lots of distance, kicked goals, distributed well.
Hilarious. TMO gives an instant decision and commands the ref.
If that was an AB try we’d still be looking at angles
One replay and “inconclusive “
@sparky said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
No review of the player who was in touch?
They did it was marginal, could have gone either way but I'm happy with the call, it was a nice buildup.
@chimoaus said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
Fucken nothing wrong with that.
it's just a tackl right?
@nzzp said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
@chimoaus said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
Fucken nothing wrong with that.
it's just a tackl right?
He lowered his height, shoulder contact. It's the Irish players own whiplash.
@Steven-Harris said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
Shut the Bleep up commentator ..nothing in it
He's a sanctimonious arse.
Ireland have moved into the spot of hatiest team easily. Not from their improved standing but by being whiny mouthy fluffybunnies.
Crowley stayed down for a decent amount of time following an alleged head knock. Surely that should have been an HIA or Ireland were faking the injury.
Very impressive performance considering time together. Credit to the players and coaching staff, appeared to have a good structure and players doing core roles well.
@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
@booboo Haha, did it arrive by snail? Was already posted.
Wasn't sure if it was or not. Hadn't been reading the thread. Stumbled across a tweet by @Davesofthunder and thought it'd be remiss of me not to at least mention it in case it hadn't.
@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
@chimoaus said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
Wtf was wrong with that. Did he say you can't turn the tackled player?
Said you can’t jackal if you have flipped the player to your side
That was an interpretation I've never come across before.
well i enjoyed that, reminds me of the first MAB game against the Irish - go forward, punishing tackles, and some decent back play when we have space.
@booboo said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
@chimoaus said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
Wtf was wrong with that. Did he say you can't turn the tackled player?
Said you can’t jackal if you have flipped the player to your side
That was an interpretation I've never come across before.
Yeah it's odd, even as a kid you know to turn back as quick as you can to stop the ball getting caught on the wrong side.
Good game from our boys. The Irish even got gifted a try that should have been disallowed.
No one really had an off-game, all performing well against a pretty weak Irish side, it has to be said.
My stand-outs: Dmac, Stevenson and Love in the backs; and MMT, Gardiner and Tuipulotu in the forwards.
Disappointed Thompson didn't get more time on the paddock.
I might just make a call here and say I just may get on the Dom Gardiner wagon, he impressed the hell out of me, so will be watching him neat year!
Bloody good performance by all.
As a Cant/Crusaders supporter I have not taken too much notice of Gardiner so I watched him closely. The boy did not look out of place. I can now see why he was picked.
@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
Only together for a week? Wow love to see what they can do after two weeks!
Yeah seems like bad planning to only get two games, I really enjoyed that.
I really think we need more of these games against the likes of Northern B teams if not just highlight players under the top team but also our up and comming coaches
Several players in my opinion stood out in this game
Without counting guys that have worn the All Black jersey before
I thougt Love ,Stephenson and Lam were superb at the back
and in the forwards Mikaele Tu’u ,Gardiner and McAllister impressed
Very good games from Patty T, TJ ,D Mac and RTS
Ennor great on defence
Love's ascension continues. Great player.
For all the question marks during selection I thought Gardiner was great at 6.
@Steven-Harris said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
Comments guy squealing like a pig suggesting a YC , but quiet as a mouse when the ball went out and the AR does nothing
Would have been a 50-22 as well. (An 80-22 actually more like).
Robbed ....
@Crazy-Horse the team that played NZ Māori during the series down here was a better team , only 3 or 4 in this squad with over 10 international caps
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:
Love's ascension continues. Great player.
For all the question marks during selection I thought Gardiner was great at 6.
Has he got Barrett blood, I swear I thought it was Scott at times.
