@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

DMac getting some rubbish passes from TJ.
Hope we get to see a Roigard/DMac combo for a spell

100% Roigard should have started.

Nicely done.

@Canes4life Should, but never going to happen with TJ being a senior player and fringe AB.

Brodie McAlister looks good.

This performance paints a picture of how bad a coach Fozzie is. The XV team has been together for a week and they already look like a more cohesive unit than our top side.

TJ still questioning the ref about the ruling about players interfering at the ruck.
I am amazed that he hasn’t done his homework on that. This same team did it against him in Wellington and the interpretation has been explained as high up as Nigel Owens WR sponsored videos

@Tim said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Brodie McAlister looks good.

I will agree reluctantly

Amazing try.

Brilliant try

Great team try. Stevenson on the score sheet again.

Wow

Superb, I’m really loving McKenzie, DMac and Love in this game. Very high skill-sets.

@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Superb, I’m really loving McKenzie, DMac and Love in this game. Very high skill-sets.

Are you seeing double?

Patty T having a stormer ..great little inside ball to D Mac

@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Superb, I’m really loving McKenzie, DMac and Love in this game. Very high skill-sets.

Are you seeing double?

Well he did feature twice in that try

@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Superb, I’m really loving McKenzie, DMac and Love in this game. Very high skill-sets.

Are you seeing double?

Haha I meant Stevenson.

Ennor has made some mistakes, but he's made some huge tackles, too.

Great to see an NZ team finally employ a fast rush defence. Look at how difficult it is for the opposition.

@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Ennor has made some mistakes, but he's made some huge tackles, too.

Yeah and TJ is a crap halfback these days but brings heaps around the field

Nothing in that.

@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Ennor has made some mistakes, but he's made some huge tackles, too.

Yeah and TJ is a crap halfback these days but brings heaps around the field

I wouldn’t say he’s crap mate, he was massively influential in Wellington’s NPC success. His pass ain’t the best but his hustle is unmatched. Best defensive halfback in NZ aswell.

Ffs how is that a yellow

YC is very tough but it was very dumb

Fuck that.

Ridiculous card.

The ref is a toolbag.

Have to say that Jacobson hasn't had a good game thus far. Not sure you can blame that on him not being an openside.

@Canes4life to be fair he’d been very good thus far

@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Ennor has made some mistakes, but he's made some huge tackles, too.

Yeah and TJ is a crap halfback these days but brings heaps around the field

I wouldn’t say he’s crap mate, he was massively influential in Wellington’s NPC success. His pass ain’t the best but his hustle is unmatched.

Halfback’s primary job is his pass. That’s the bit I was referring to.

@Stargazer He's put some good tackles in, but has given penalties at the ruck.

Good maul defence. Irish didn't go anywhere.

A reason why some forwards shouldn’t kick

@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Ennor has made some mistakes, but he's made some huge tackles, too.

Yeah and TJ is a crap halfback these days but brings heaps around the field

I wouldn’t say he’s crap mate, he was massively influential in Wellington’s NPC success. His pass ain’t the best but his hustle is unmatched.

Halfback’s primary job is his pass. That’s the bit I was referring to.

Yeah but he more than makes up for it in other facets. Especially his defence.

That really was everything that is wrong with rugby now. Go back all the way to half way for a minor indiscretion and not only rub out the try, but YC the player just because. Would they have even checked it if we didn't score? Honestly how do they expect to attract new fans to the game with shit like that.

This whole “lifted the ball” ruling is getting stupid. Making rucks really messy as players are deliberately entering with no intention other than remaining on their feet to attack the clearance from the halfback

@No-Quarter It's pedantic. I have no other word for it.

TJ’s rush defence is putting the Irish in all sorts.

Discipline has gone south in the last several minutes

Have to say I think Dom Gardiner has done a few good little things at 6.

@Canes4life Not just TJ. It's clearly something they have worked on as a team.