All Blacks v Springboks I

Nepia

We'll take the win. Not a great win, but a win's a win.

Still a shit load of work for the ABs to do.

pooler fan

The intensity of that game was off the charts

Absolute cracker in the wet!! Forwards are fantastic at the moment.

antipodean

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MajorRage said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

How the fuck is that not a YC?

Because it was bullshit?

At least the TMO invented a high tackle to save face.

Comedy.

Shoulder to the head

YC and off field review

Mitigation as attacker was falling in the tackle

Stays YC

Been ruled that way for years

Not tonight

Hasn't been that way for ages. If it's a YC with mitigation, it gets downgraded to penalty.

In exactly the same way if it's a RC with mitigation it's a YC.

Sorry you lost money on the game.

KiwiMurph

Realistically that's as good as can be expected.

They defended the Garden

Well done!

South Africa played the better rugby. We were just lucky we got a few good tries early and could hold on.

MiketheSnow

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MajorRage said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

How the fuck is that not a YC?

Because it was bullshit?

At least the TMO invented a high tackle to save face.

Comedy.

Shoulder to the head

YC and off field review

Mitigation as attacker was falling in the tackle

Stays YC

Been ruled that way for years

Not tonight

God you've been a miserable prick tonight

Consistently miserable at the non-officiating

Unlike the officials

canefan

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Realistically that's as good as can be expected.

They defended the Garden

Well done!

I'd have taken that if you offered it earlier in the week

Canes4life

@jimmyb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@WoodysRFC said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@jimmyb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Ardie ain’t just a show pony. Fucccck off

Rocks and diamonds

Explain?

He’ll do soemthing amazing but his general work around the field, particularly the ruck, is very average.

Get out of town. You don’t play 100 tests for the ABs if you’re rocks and diamonds.

Frank

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MajorRage said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

How the fuck is that not a YC?

Because it was bullshit?

At least the TMO invented a high tackle to save face.

Comedy.

Shoulder to the head

YC and off field review

Mitigation as attacker was falling in the tackle

Stays YC

Been ruled that way for years

Not tonight

God you've been a miserable prick tonight

Consistently miserable at the non-officiating

Unlike the officials

I notice you drop in to most games claiming the team playing the ABs is being robbed.

Jet

Everything we thought beforehand still stands.

Rieko is finished.
Reece probably is too based on Narawa’s innovation.

Beaudy is not a tens ring piece.

Jason Holland needs to clear out his locker and hand back his car park pass.

Finlay Christie needs to be shot out of a circus canon into the nearest pond.

His Bobness

@Frank He’s got a shoulder on his chip, methinks.

ACT Crusader

Man, I’m pretty stoked. We are miserable lot looking for perfect rugby and backline moves, but in my experience the high intensity games, especially those in NZ winter conditions, rarely have attractive footy.

mariner4life

Initial thoughts are good win.

But we should have put them away when we were well on top, but we invited pressure on ourselves with awful options and worse execution.

KiwiMurph

@hydro11 said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

South Africa played the better rugby. We were just lucky we got a few good tries early and could hold on.

Yeah I'm calling bullshit on that. We weren't great but I won't have that we got lucky and they played better rugby

canefan

@hydro11 said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

South Africa played the better rugby. We were just lucky we got a few good tries early and could hold on.

Disagree. The Boks were good at set piece but unimaginative in attack. If we'd played with a little more assertiveness we would have won more comfortably

@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@jimmyb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@WoodysRFC said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@jimmyb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Ardie ain’t just a show pony. Fucccck off

Rocks and diamonds

Explain?

He’ll do soemthing amazing but his general work around the field, particularly the ruck, is very average.

Get out of town. You don’t play 100 tests for the ABs if you’re rocks and diamonds.

ALB has played 86, only 14 more to go...

mariner4life

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

Man, I’m pretty stoked. We are miserable lot looking for perfect rugby and backline moves, but in my experience the high intensity games, especially those in NZ winter conditions, rarely have attractive footy.

While I don't disagree, we parked the bus when they were there for the taking, and then invited them back in.

canefan

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Initial thoughts are good win.

But we should have put them away when we were well on top, but we invited pressure on ourselves with awful options and worse execution.

Same old shit

KiwiMurph

Ending 4 straight Bok wins

Good shit

Canes4life

@LABCAT said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@jimmyb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@WoodysRFC said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@jimmyb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Ardie ain’t just a show pony. Fucccck off

Rocks and diamonds

Explain?

He’ll do soemthing amazing but his general work around the field, particularly the ruck, is very average.

Get out of town. You don’t play 100 tests for the ABs if you’re rocks and diamonds.

ALB has played 86, only 14 more to go...

He’s not at 100 yet. 😜

Mr Fish

Good result for the All Blacks but the Springboks offered almost nothing in the first 60 minutes, constantly mucking up fairly basic plays.

frugby

I’d argue in many ways that Tupaea try did push it beyond doubt, and it did put it away. A 14 point margin ultimately proved to be enough, because the Boks had to score two converted tries.

Not sure you can expect it to be easy against the Boks. Stoked with the win.

ACT Crusader

ABs win
Canterbury win the log.

All is right in the rugby world.

Canes4life

Definitely wasn’t perfect but the team showed plenty of character tonight. Something to build on.

Dan54

That was brilliant. I am 70 yo and my whole life AB/Bok tests have been the ultimate for me. And after tonight I haven't changed my mind. That was test rugby as it should be.

Jet

@Frank said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MajorRage said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

How the fuck is that not a YC?

Because it was bullshit?

At least the TMO invented a high tackle to save face.

Comedy.

Shoulder to the head

YC and off field review

Mitigation as attacker was falling in the tackle

Stays YC

Been ruled that way for years

Not tonight

God you've been a miserable prick tonight

Consistently miserable at the non-officiating

Unlike the officials

I notice you drop in to most games claiming the team playing the ABs is being robbed.

Ahhh no thats harsh.

Mikes a good poster.

Frank

Wet conditions ironically favored us because our backline sucks and it allowed Finlay to fuck around all day.
Forwards pretty good apart from scrum.
Backline stink

Donsteppa

Wasn't quite the Boks that I was expecting, but we were also better than hoped for too, so very happy to take that.

Wellington might start to show whether the Boks at Ellis and Eden Park were an aberration on recent years, or a slight slipping away from the very peak.

African Monkey

We can't always be miserable, any win against the boks is a good win, credit to all of them.

Donsteppa

@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

That was brilliant. I am 70 yo and my whole life AB/Bok tests have been the ultimate for me. And after tonight I haven't changed my mind. That was test rugby as it should be.

Yep, that was a great arm wrestle.

Victor Meldrew

So much to like - rucks being attacked, defence, 6/7/8 combination worked well

So much to work on - kicking, backline attack, bits of set play, back 3.

Best thing was we didn't crack under pressure but found a way to win. That's a big, big plus,

sparky

My Dad was at Eden Park in 1956 when the All Blacks secured that famous series. I have listened to and watched hundreds of All Blacks games with him.

He died on Tuesday.

That one was for you, Dad.

mariner4life

@sparky said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

My Dad was at Eden Park in 1956 when the All Blacks secured that famous series. I have listened to and watched hundreds of All Blacks games with him.

He died on Tuesday.

That one was for you, Dad.

Commiserations sparky. Glad you had that tonight.

mariner4life

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

So much to like - rucks being attacked, defence, 6/7/8 combination worked well

So much to work on - kicking, backline attack, bits of set play, back 3.

Best thing was we didn't crack under pressure but found a way to win. That's a big, big plus,

That's a very good point actually.

Victor Meldrew

@Frank said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MajorRage said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

How the fuck is that not a YC?

Because it was bullshit?

At least the TMO invented a high tackle to save face.

Comedy.

Shoulder to the head

YC and off field review

Mitigation as attacker was falling in the tackle

Stays YC

Been ruled that way for years

Not tonight

God you've been a miserable prick tonight

Consistently miserable at the non-officiating

Unlike the officials

I notice you drop in to most games claiming the team playing the ABs is being robbed.

To be fair to Mike, he calls it as he sees it on the reffing - even when Wales win.