@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
@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...
@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.
@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
@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. 
Good result for the All Blacks but the Springboks offered almost nothing in the first 60 minutes, constantly mucking up fairly basic plays.
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.
Definitely wasn’t perfect but the team showed plenty of character tonight. Something to build on.
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.
@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.
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
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.
We can't always be miserable, any win against the boks is a good win, credit to all of them.
@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.
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,
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.
@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.
