@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@booboo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Cunning AB lineout tactics:

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Was he wrong in his observation?

Probably got a fair point or two.

Now let's open the other eye and analyse South Africa ...

Oops, sorry, they were 100% squeaky clean and did not transgress any laws.

What, no screenshots, arrows and lines showing the SA jumper at the lineout between our jumper and our halfback?

Ha. #booboo. But only just.

@booboo To be fair he did reference the abnormally high Boks error rate. My hunch is that rain was a big factor.

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@booboo To be fair he did reference the abnormally high Boks error rate. My hunch is that rain was a big factor.

It will likely be a dry track on Saturday

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Billy-Webb hopefully you don't need therapy fella.

:beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
I am at that age where very many things could (should) be cause for therapy, but sport is no longer one of them.

@canefan Wind?

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan Wind?

Bound to be

It’s what it says on the Caketin.

@booboo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Cunning AB lineout tactics:

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Was he wrong in his observation?

Probably got a fair point or two.

Now let's open the other eye and analyse South Africa ...

Oops, sorry, they were 100% squeaky clean and did not transgress any laws.

Didn’t say they were

Just commenting on this particular video

@MiketheSnow

Fuck I hate pro refs.

They're like democracy; fuckin shit; but no one has come up with a better idea.

One thing I sure as hell aint doin, is wastin my time dissecting the performance of some little cnt who didn't get bullied nearly nuff at school.

Now, dissecting what some one like, say, Jorja gets up to on a rugby field, fuck yeah!

@Billy-Webb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Just managed to login.
Well done AB's - well deserved victory.
The Boks.... eish.
We have some work to do. Way too many facets of the game where we are not at our best. Most of them in fact.
Hoping for a better performance in game 2.

Whisper it quietly Billy, but might the issue be that the Japanese Boks are a bit underdone? The Japanese sojourn is great for extending their careers, but at what cost?

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

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I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

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I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

Yup. It's not the 50s to 80s, players are more expressive now

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

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I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

Good thing his last is not Ioane. Just saying.

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

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I absolutely love how Vaai does this. It’s the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

Fuck that

Let his teammate put his ribs back in the right order

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

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I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

I must confess to loving this at the time - but then a mate pointed out it's exactly the thing that we whine about Itoje doing....so I have changed my mind and now hate it...

There were complaints recently over ABs being too nice.

Vaai is doing his bit to address that.....

@voodoo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

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I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

I must confess to loving this at the time - but then a mate pointed out it's exactly the thing that we whine about Itoje doing....so I have changed my mind and now hate it...

Sean Fitzpatrick was the king of this stuff, and we made him captain.

@voodoo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

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I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

I must confess to loving this at the time - but then a mate pointed out it's exactly the thing that we whine about Itoje doing....so I have changed my mind and now hate it...

I reckon thats the point. Its not his job to make other countries like him. Similar with Itoje, the last thing i would Vaai thinking about is if hes displeasing a Saffa sitting at home

I hate it. The same thing can be achieved by having a bit of a stare/smirk at them, you don't have to behave like a fuckwit.

@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

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I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

Good thing his last is not Ioane. Just saying.

Lol he'd become public enemy number 2 (behind Rieko).

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Well....they do.....

Good thing Kevin Pietersen never carried on like a pork chop on or off the cricket field

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

100th game and a game winning turnover, let the man flex

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Game winning turnover in his 100th test in the biggest game of the year.

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

There were complaints recently over ABs being too nice.

Vaai is doing his bit to address that.....

Nice
Nick
Dick

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

@stodders said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Billy-Webb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Just managed to login.
Well done AB's - well deserved victory.
The Boks.... eish.
We have some work to do. Way too many facets of the game where we are not at our best. Most of them in fact.
Hoping for a better performance in game 2.

Whisper it quietly Billy, but might the issue be that the Japanese Boks are a bit underdone? The Japanese sojourn is great for extending their careers, but at what cost?

That's possible Stodders although it more feels to me like we are a team in between 2 game plans and in between 2 groups of players.
For what it's worth, I feel the AB's are ahead of us in getting settled for the next RWC. The Boks have a lot of work still do.

Watching Stan analyse Tupaea try.

Two things:

1. Excellent clearance from Christie; and

2. Tupaea had a LOT of work to do. Great line, but went through three or four half tackles.

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

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They wear fancy dress too

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

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That’s a TD celebration which is a bit of fun. Ardie came out of that ruck like he was the Rock just defeating Triple H at Royal Rumble.

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

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That’s a TD celebration which is a bit of fun. Ardie came out of that ruck like he was the Rock just defeating Triple H at Royal Rumble.

Yeah turnovers would be a non event I reckon.

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Watching Stan analyse Tuapea try.

Two things:

1. Excellent clearance from Christie; and

2. Tuapea had a LOT of work to do. Great line, but went through three or four half tackles.

This is what's often overlooked.

The All Blacks only won that game on the back of two great individual tries to Jordan and Tupaea. Obviously teamwork put them in the position to make those plays but ultimately so much of a game of rugby comes down to individuals having a big moment. Similarly, Savea getting his turnvover and Ioane holding up the ball prevented the Boks from getting scores (and on the flip side, Marx missing a fairly regulation tackle on Jordan).

Had Tupaea and Jordan not had their individual moments of brilliance, the post-match vibe would be completely different. Percentage plays ensure you have a greater number of opportunities for freak occurrences, of course.

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

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That’s a TD celebration which is a bit of fun. Ardie came out of that ruck like he was the Rock just defeating Triple H at Royal Rumble.

In the NFL they celebrate big for all sorts of plays, tackles for loss, sacks etc.

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

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That’s a TD celebration which is a bit of fun. Ardie came out of that ruck like he was the Rock just defeating Triple H at Royal Rumble.

Lots of times they celebrate a defensive play

Like this post sack display

@voodoo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

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I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

I must confess to loving this at the time - but then a mate pointed out it's exactly the thing that we whine about Itoje doing....so I have changed my mind and now hate it...

I did think he’s acting like itoje , and he irritates me ,but I also respect him as a player

I think you can probably get away with it more when you personally are playing well, at least tupou is ticking that box .

I’m probably a bit old school, but it doesn’t excite me , him playing well does excite me though, and I used to wonder what they see in him when he was first brought into the squad.

Check out Tupaea stepping PSDT to go in by the sticks: