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Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:20 am
by Len
Coles treats Mumm like a bitch, then scores.
lol
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:21 am
by Len
jared_7 wrote:Almost feel for the wallabies, they'll end up being eaten by 40-odd but it's been a much closer game than that.
No chance from me.
Fuck em.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:25 am
by zer0
J.Savea really looks to be quite an unbalanced runner. Always looks like he's going to topple forward.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:28 am
by zer0
Not sure why Cruden didn't just have a go himself. Pivoting and throwing a pass like that on the move is always going to be difficult.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:31 am
by dk4
No sky so reading updates. Cant wait for the game against Ireland.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:39 am
by zer0
dk4 wrote:No sky so reading updates. Cant wait for the game against Ireland.
Result below if you're looking for it.
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AB's won 37-10.
Was a fairly scrappy effort that was made to look good on paper by a flourish in the final 10-15 minutes. One positive to come out if it is that it may work to keep Cruden in NZ.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 10:05 am
by canta_brian
None too pretty but they got over the line and we're once again pretty ruthless at the end.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 10:10 am
by zer0
I think this match showed the (understandable) gulf in captaincy skills between Read and McCaw. Read really needed to reign things in early in the second half but didn't/wasn't able to. He was fortune that Haylett-Petty committed an ultimately needless penalty which stopped the game from getting to squeaky bum time.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:32 pm
by J Dory
Deep breath Cas.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:36 pm
by Len
He has a point. The Coles Foley chase could have been a penalty try and yellow on any other day too.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:14 pm
by Spy
Len wrote:He has a point. The Coles Foley chase could have been a penalty try and yellow on any other day too.
That's the thing. Both of those decisions could have gone either way. 1-1. Pretty much a wash.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:20 pm
by Len
Owens awards the Speight try, crucified by kiwis. Denies the try, whinging Aussie onslaught. He was never going to win no matter his descision.
Re: Bledisloe III - Voting age!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:33 pm
by Spy
Kind of an irrelevant note, I suppose, but the Haylett-Petty obstruction was spotted live by the crowd. Immediate yells for a penalty, followed by boos. It wasn't one of those situations where the broadcaster starts showing footage on the big screen and the crowd goes "Hey. Hey, what the... BOO! BOO!". It looked marginal live. Still, it could've been adjudicated either way imo, and that's just rugby. It was a good piece of play.
That aside, more impressive defence from NZ. Australia pressed hard for long periods, but only broke us the once. Best game I've seen Australia play all year, despite the scoreline. I think they're on the improve. They needed to be, mind you.