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

@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.

A long time between those posts.

As much I as I enjoyed that for the sheer ferocity, I’ll never sit down and watch that 80 min box kick shite again.

Must say, I don't think I mind being sober for the game

@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.

Hope this bought a little joy at this time mate.

Christie is there because of injuries, hopefully 1 or 2 will be back soon enough -otherwise be nice to see what Preston can do starting.
We really need to move on from BB at 10 Give Dmac the reins and Love to the bench

88 more years.

What a win!
49 wins and 2 draws in 31 years.

The last 5 minutes were a bit tense

@kidcalder said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Christie is there because of injuries, hopefully 1 or 2 will be back soon enough -otherwise be nice to see what Preston can do starting.
We really need to move on from BB at 10 Give Dmac the reins and Love to the bench

We definitely need to start giving Love more game time. We could easily have an injury crisis at 10 like we have at 9. He needs experience and they need to start giving him some.

@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.

Genuinely sparky, mate after reading that room got a bit dusty. I am sure your Dad would be smiling as he looked down!

We spent so much of that 2nd half in our half because of our poor kicking. Christie in particular - the tactic seem to have him kick all night from the base - but some of our heads up options on turnovers were so poor.

@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

I understand your logic, but I really don’t like the typical interpretation. If an attacker runs head first into a static member of the opposition it’s not even really a tackle, let alone a dangerous one.

IMO the attacker ought to take some responsibility if he charges ahead recklessly.

So me a penalty feels appropriate in that specific instance.

@kidcalder said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Christie is there because of injuries, hopefully 1 or 2 will be back soon enough -otherwise be nice to see what Preston can do starting.
We really need to move on from BB at 10 Give Dmac the reins and Love to the bench

Be buggered, I will be happy to stick with Christie ,until the others come back. BB was pretty good I thought. We looked good with Dmac at 15 and Jordan on wing I thought!

@kev said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

We spent so much of that 2nd half in our half because of our poor kicking. Christie in particular - the tactic seem to have him kick all night from the base - but some of our heads up options on turnovers were so poor.

Christie's kicking put us under pressure in the second half, but it is hard to criticize the effort. We really need a halfback with a longer kicking game though. Is Roigard out for the next game as well?

The intensity at ruck won us the game. But we will need to be better at scrum.

@kev said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

The intensity at ruck won us the game. But we will need to be better at scrum.

A hallmark of Razor Super final wins.

@Old-Samurai-Jack there was one moment where we had created space for the kick, he ran from base with lots of room and sliced it off the side of his boot. Lineout on 22 after a sustained period on D. Execution in those moments says a lot about players. Jus not good enough.

I have no confidence for next week. Like the Argje games we started well and regressed, letting them back into the game. If they were better they would have won, and will probably beat us in Wellington next weekend

@canefan same players, same weaknesses. Nothing solved.

@canefan on the other hand a win over the Boks has to be good for the confidence.

Proctors kick......unforgivable.

Lads getting held up and turned over after the hooter.....amateur.