Wallabies v All Blacks Saturday 26th August at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin

[Quick Hands]

. Owens had an off day

No he didn't, that was vintage Nige. He referees like that every match like that.

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All you need from a ref is consistency. Whether hes bad or good doesn't matter as long as hes equally good or bad to both sides.

What, you mean like being consistent with scrum penalties?

 

[KOB1987]

Theres a thing out there that you should all see. I won't let you see it. But you should see it.

LOL I'm just not technically proficient enough to work out how to do it without posting a video of the whole game.

EDIT: Although you've just given me an idea. EDIT EDIT: it didn't work

 

[p.Tah]

There's a vid doing the rounds on Twitter, I can't copy it but if you've recorded the game have a look at Coles' filthy cleanout on Foley at 45:58 and keep your eye on it till 46:05

Interestingly it was posted by a Kiwi

 

[Quick Hands]

There's a vid doing the rounds on Twitter, I can't copy it but if you've recorded the game have a look at Coles' filthy cleanout on Foley at 45:58 and keep your eye on it till 46:05

Interestingly it was posted by a Kiwi

Have just seen in on you tube. 5 metres from the AR with no players obstructing the view. No intervention by TMO. Interesting. Lets' see if World Rugby take this on and the tip on Hanigan.

Incident is at 1 hour 6 minutes on the recording.

 

[drewprint]

Standard. Coles and Retalick are cheap shot merchants in every ruck.

Watch Retalick in the very first ruck of the game.

 

[Derpus]

^^^^
Meh can't see them getting involved. They didn't with the blatant eye gouge last year.

 

[TSR]

You'd imagine there'll be a citing on that evidence, but who really knows.

 

[Up the Guts]

Worst part of Coles' little display is that hand on Foley's face on the ground. Definitely needs further inspection. What a grub.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Worst part of Coles' little display is that hand on Foley's face on the ground.

Have you ever even played rugby? Using the 1st 5's face to help you get up from a fucken ruck is Rugby 101!

 

[cyclopath]

Have you ever even played rugby? Using the 1st 5's face to help you get up from a fucken ruck is Rugby 101!

Coles must be super smart to know 101 is binary for 5 so he used the correct number of fingers in the face.

 

[Namerican]

Yeah I know what you mean but honestly.that's just looking for negatives!
I checked the stats again and Foley and Quade made 22tackle busts this year each. Foley took 90runs and Quade took 60 runs to get 22 TBs. those stats don't seem to indicate a liability in the contact zone to me...(Quade played over half the season injured aswell let's not forget)
Interestingly tho the top four players turning the ball over were Quade, Foley, Janties and Mckensie with the most. (Not all TOs are in the contact zone of course tho)

I often see Quade shovel proverbial shit to the guy next to him who gets clobbered when he should have just tucked his head and run for a couple metres. Foley often does this. He's a bit soft, which is hard to say about anyone who plays professional rugby, but there's some truth there. I've seen a lot of QC (Quade Cooper) leading to going backwards. Don't hate the guy, he's a good player, but I think that's the general sort of feeling about him and that's not leadership material...

 

[Dan54]

I surprised with the moaning about the ref that Cheika was doing that he didn't mention Genia's try, as the Wallabies got pushed back off the ball Hanigan had broken and was not bound to the scrum, I always thought that was a penalty. I know Cheika will have a go about that too, being a fair minded man and not a whinging prick

 

[Derpus]

KAOP, you can scream it till you go blue in the face but Quade just isn't going to be picked ahead of Foley.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

"#10 = 101 binary for 5". Fairly standard thought process for hookers as they arrive at rucks.

Coles should get cited for the neck roll though

 

[dru]

I often see Quade shovel proverbial shit to the guy next to him who gets clobbered when he should have just tucked his head and run for a couple metres. Foley often does this. He's a bit soft, which is hard to say about anyone who plays professional rugby, but there's some truth there. I've seen a lot of QC (Quade Cooper) leading to going backwards. Don't hate the guy, he's a good player, but I think that's the general sort of feeling about him and that's not leadership material.

You dont like him communicating as the 10?

 

[cyclopath]

"#10 = 101 binary for 5". Fairly standard thought process for hookers as they arrive at rucks.

Coles should get cited for the neck roll though

If you're gonna cite front rowers for having neck rolls, you're gonna have some trouble finding something for the fat guys to do at game time.

 

[Up the Guts]

Have you ever even played rugby? Using the 1st 5's face to help you get up from a fucken ruck is Rugby 101!

Spent most of the time freezing my arse off on the wing. So yeah haven't really played rugby at all.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

AB’s Citation List coming thru and its a long one.....

Damian McKenzie: throwing intercept pass after about 10 seconds

Ben Smith: taking sabbatical before DMac is ready.

Ryan Crotty: attempting to damage foreigners knee with his head.

Sonny Bill Williams: making FOUR handling errors in the first SEVEN minutes of the test then proceeding to wander around for the rest of the game like a giant crippled ineffectual thalidomide baby

Rieko Ioane: embarrassing foreigners with startling turn of pace.

Aaron Smith: screaming at everyone like a deranged chipmunk

Sam Cane: assaulting foreigner’s knee with head and subjecting us to Ardie Savea’s dogshit pillar defence for 74 minutes of a rugby football test match

Liam Squire: sporting mullet haircut in 2017

Sam Whitelock: letting Beale score under the sticks in 74th minute ffs

Brodie Retallick: trying to stand up at a ruck then falling over.

Nepo Laulala: neck rolls

Dane Coles: neck rolls

Joe Moody: neck rolls

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ps I know it’s a brave new world of pro rugby these days but it just seemed daft tuning in to the Panasonic game in Japan, played at same time as Wallaby game, and seeing David Pocock taking it easy there on the subs bench, at the exact same time his compatriots are about to go into battle for the Bledisloe.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Beale defended excellently last night, bossed SBW. His attacking game has never been in question so as long as his defense holds up i see no reason to move him.

He'd offer less from the back and Izzy would offer less from the wing.

Right at this moment I'd think that only a move to 10 might be on the cards. Would allow either Hodge or Hunt to fit in at 12. I'd personally prefer Hodge for his kicking skills.

 

[Up the Guts]

AB’s Citation List coming thru and its a long one...

Damian McKenzie: throwing intercept pass after about 10 seconds

Ben Smith: taking sabbatical before DMac is ready.

Ryan Crotty: attempting to damage foreigners knee with his head.

Sonny Bill Williams: making FOUR handling errors in the first SEVEN minutes of the test then proceeding to wander around for the rest of the game like a giant crippled ineffectual thalidomide baby

Rieko Ioane: embarrassing foreigners with startling turn of pace.

Aaron Smith: screaming at everyone like a deranged chipmunk

Sam Cane: assaulting foreigner’s knee with head and subjecting us to Ardie Savea’s dogshit pillar defence for 74 minutes of a rugby football test match

Liam Squire: sporting mullet haircut in 2017

Sam Whitelock: letting Beale score under the sticks in 74th minute ffs

Brodie Retallick: trying to stand up at a ruck then falling over.

Nepo Laulala: neck rolls

Dane Coles: neck rolls

Joe Moody: neck rolls

Barrett bloody lucky to get away without a citing in my opinion.