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All Blacks v Wallabies, Dunedin, 19th October 2013

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Hugh Jarse

Hugh Jarse

Rocky Elsom (76)
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The Siren has gone and there are 5 changes of possession in the 2 minutes AFTER the siren.

Final Score 41 - 33
 
lewisr

lewisr

Bill McLean (32)
fantastic test match. With some more solid hands and less turnovers (probably lacking the loose forwards in pocock and higgers) we'll be up there.
 
crangs81

crangs81

Larry Dwyer (12)
Missed the first half but that was a very entertaining 2nd half in spite of Joubert. Wallabies got done a bit there with the whistle. Kuridrani looked good for the Wobs. AB's defence not as sharp without Conrad
 
Hugh Jarse

Hugh Jarse

Rocky Elsom (76)
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Expecting an absolute thrashing tonight, and pleasantly surprised.

The Darkness were never going to lose, but it was good to see our boys not giving up.

We need to work on defence.

Very entertaining game. Not Quite NZL v SAF but a good advert for Rugby.

Dead Rubber - Yeah Right.
 
Tordah

Tordah

Dave Cowper (27)
I'm sorry, but that refereeing performance was even worse than the AB midfield defence. It was beyond awful, Hooper was dead set for a YC and he gave the pen to the Wobblies and you can't get any more offside than Genia in that scrum that eventually led to Kuridrani's try.


Ben Smith go back to the wing where you belong.
Cooper was pretty good, my MotM is Piutau.
 
Ash

Ash

Michael Lynagh (62)
We really missed Fardy out there, out backrow was outperformed, even with Cane struggling to replace McCaw I thought.

Horwill and Slipper also really struggled. Horwill looks to be way off the pace.

Overall, I reckon our forwards were well beaten again by the All Blacks pack.

Kuridrani great game, his handling makes me so nervous as he seems to juggle every second ball.

Good game from QC (Quade Cooper), backing up from a decent game last week. Cooper and To'omua combined very well to get the backline moving. With Kuridrani outside, they looked very, very deadly. To'omua did more than Lilo has done with ball in hand.

Decent enough debut from Betham, I'd rate him slightly negatively which is better than I thought he'd do. If we had Tomane on a good game there I think we might've threatened a bit more.
 
hawktrain

hawktrain

Ted Thorn (20)
Enjoyable game to watch despite Joubert's best attempts.

To'omua was probably Wallabies best IMO. Can't believe Nic White wasn't used.

Aaron Smith and Sam Cane were both exceptional for ABs.

Would love to see a bomb-catching contest between the two Israels, Dagg v Folau, first to drop a bomb loses. You can have that idea for free, Mr Pulver!
 
Bairdy

Bairdy

Peter Fenwicke (45)
Although there were some technical things that need to be worked on, you definitely can't fault the spirit and determination shown by the Wallabies tonight.

Quade Cooper, in a hostile environment, against the best in the world, might just have cemented the 10 jersey; composed, made try saving tackles, controlled the game, and made things happen, albeit with one mistake (better mark down the rest of his game for it!).

Great spectacle, and hard luck Wallabies. I look forward to the Bledisloe in a year's time, when we fix our poor recovery/rehab programs, and can put guys like Pocock, Higginbotham, TPN, Palu etc. on the field reg.
 
Ash

Ash

Michael Lynagh (62)
I reckon there were periods in the second half where Joubert had strings of penalties in a row against both the Wallabies and All Blacks that I thought went the wrong way. Was a complete lottery.

Wallabies let down by ruck work and handling errors. Defensive alignment needs work too.
 
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