@BerniesCorner said in England Vs All Blacks:
@cgrant said in England Vs All Blacks:
Is it the weakest AB side of the professional era ? I am tending to think so.
I don't think so.
I think the game plan and captaincy is very weak.
Yes agreed, overall mentality is very weak.
The first 30 minutes should have seen us build a lead that England would have been unable to come back against.
But they went in st half time the happier team.
We are poor
@cgrant said in England Vs All Blacks:
Is it the weakest AB side of the professional era ? I am tending to think so.
No, that honour would still belong to the Taine Randell-led All Blacks…
@hikastags said in England Vs All Blacks:
Ratima was poor when he came on.
Not sure what's happened with him as he used to give quick ball and get it out without thinking. Now he pisses around and slows the tempo.
Should be Fakatava on the bench.
Ruben Love clocking up air miles to watch Beauden Barrett do a rugby equivalent of Karaoke.
That’s gold and 
on point ,
Did’nt the Blues win a super title without Barrett ?
The obsession with BB is beyond comprehension , he is now way more rocks than diamonds , does’nt challenge the line either
Theres question marks on both the coach and the skipper for mine theres a few that just need to be moved on including the skipper as a previous poster said some of the old brigade needs to be moved on starting with Scooter and Beauden
Cody Taylor still deserves his place and should be the skipper imo
Ardie has been really quiet on this tour but i’m unsure in terms of an out and 7 where we go atm
Possibly Lakai or Du Plessis Kirifi ? or does Dalton Papallii come back into the picture
I have no idea why the midfield combo of Tupaea and Faianganuku was changed , i have seen nothing in Proctor to suggest hes an international 13 for all the critique Reiko Ioane had about his lack of ability to put his outsides away at least he could defend
I thought this test was an ideal opportunity to unleash Caleb Tangitau but once again they changed combo who looked good in the game against Scotland
Personally i cant see NZ Rugby changing the coach out , but will the coach have the fortitude to make some tough calls .?
With the RWC only just under 2 years away if NZ Rugby needed to make a change it needs happen right happen at the end of this tour.
@Tanifulla This isn't go to sting for decades in the way that meltdown against France at the same found in 1999 did.
Guys I am from SA. I dont know NZ rugby politics. All I know is when Steve Tew were is charge NZ dominated on and off the park. What happened? The worst thing that could have happened was to announce Robertson when Foster was still in charge. When good coaches leave NZ and go on to make other nations competitive. I am just dumstruck
@Bones said in England Vs All Blacks:
We've all forgotten about getting fucked over by the officials because we were so shit.
To be fair, they fucked England over a couple of times too.
I'm struggling to think of worse officiating of a Test in a long time.
@BerniesCorner said in England Vs All Blacks:
Haven't seen a TV yet.
What was the yellow for.
Why did Roigard go off
They said he limped off at HT
@Bones said in England Vs All Blacks:
We've all forgotten about getting fucked over by the officials because we were so shit.
Yes the officiating was terrible.
We still deserved to lose
If Beuaden was banged up early Surfing Jesus, why didn’t you hook him early? Fk me this guy doesn’t come across as the sharpest tool.
@Canes4life said in England Vs All Blacks:
If Beuaden was banged up early Surfing Jesus, why didn’t you hook him early? Fk me this guy doesn’t come across as the sharpest tool.
He was needed for experience 
@BerniesCorner said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Bones said in England Vs All Blacks:
We've all forgotten about getting fucked over by the officials because we were so shit.
Yes the officiating was terrible.
We still deserved to lose
Agreed. We could have overcome. But you will never see a yellow card like that ever again in international rugby.
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Bones said in England Vs All Blacks:
We've all forgotten about getting fucked over by the officials because we were so shit.
To be fair, they fucked England over a couple of times too.
I'm struggling to think of worse officiating of a Test in a long time.
We see it almost every week.
@frugby said in England Vs All Blacks:
This cringe bullshit about the grand slam ending, when it wasn’t even a grand slam.
I hope we never, ever bill a tour of the Northern Hemisphere again as a "Grand Slam" tour. Utter hubris.
You call it a Grand Slam once it's earned
@Bones said in England Vs All Blacks:
@BerniesCorner said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Bones said in England Vs All Blacks:
We've all forgotten about getting fucked over by the officials because we were so shit.
Yes the officiating was terrible.
We still deserved to loseAgreed. We could have overcome. But you will never see a yellow card like that ever again in international rugby.
Did you see the Italy/SA game earlier. It made my eyes bleed
