2012 Rugby Championship Round 6 Game 2 Argentina vs Australia - 6 Oct

[DPK]

If we're applying the Rob Horne rule then shouldn't Taps be drawn and quartered for hogging the ball instead of giving to his man for the try?

(Jokes, QLD, jokes)

Speak for yourself, I'm not joking when I say that was a shocker. Bombed try for sure.

Taps wasn't too bad for the majority of the game though.

 

[Inside Shoulder]

Pretty damn good effort: all had thought this was the danger game from very early on before we knew how bad the injury toll was going to get.
Maybe not pretty, particularly skillful or even totally convincing but gutsy and full of character.


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[Jiggles]

Congrats Robbie Deans!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those first phase moves he has been relentlessly working on finally came off!

 

[Boomer]

Not a bad effort considering the injuries and number of new combinations in the backline

A lot of guts shown. Forget the glossy stuff. They played with heart and grit, against a dangerous team, in hostile circumstances, with a makeshift team.

Vale Sharpe

 

[ChargerWA]

Tough game for the young guys like Cummins and Taps to make run on debut in. Greasy ball and unfamilliar backline. Hopefully they get a chance in better conditions to show what they can do.

Michael Hooper is phenomenal.

 

[Richo]

Speak for yourself, I'm not joking when I say that was a shocker. Bombed try for sure.

Taps wasn't too bad for the majority of the game though.

The drawn and quartered bit was the joke. The play was crap.

 

[gel]

What has been seen cannot be unseen.

Terrible match. Truly diabolical. Both teams showed just how poorly rugby can be played.

They should both be ashamed.

The schoolboys match yesterday had higher skill levels (and don't give me any crap about injuries to the wallabies etc - the guys out there for the wallabies are professional players that play super rugby - they should know how to pass, catch, ruck and kick).

I am friggen sick of just being relieved to get a win despite extremely poor execution.

 

[GaffaCHinO]

All the players showed heart and balls cant ask anything more

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[Richo]

I'm watching this on 9, and can I say that the Male Model from Mudgee aka Ken Sutcliffe is an embarassment.

 

[randalf8]

Lol settle down champ.
One game doesn't meant he isn't as good as some people were talking about, similar to Shipperly and Cummins he has had limited opportunities.

I don't write a player off or make a sweeping statement after one game

If only people would avoid declaring him to the be the next Horan after zero games, I think we could meet in the middle.

 

[Bernie_Larkham]

If you can't see the ability of Taps you shouldn't be on here. He actually can beat defenders, pass the ball and has a very important left foot. His game wasn't perfect by any stretch and he should have used the ball in the corner but he beat his man and was full of adrenalin. 1st starting test I thought he showed why he is a must for the team going forward.

I'd pick him over any other centre in the country, bar none.

 

[randalf8]

Well, it wasn't pretty but for a third string side to come together like that, especially in defense, is pretty impressive, IMO.

They may be into the 3rd string at some positions (which ones? I'm not sure), but this is a B team not a C team. They said we'd used 38 players.

 

[TOCC]

If only people would avoid declaring him to the be the next Horan after zero games, I think we could meet in the middle.

I haven't seen anyone declare that..

People have said he was arguably the inform Australian centre for the first half of the super rugby season.

 

[Richo]

Aside from butchering a try, I thought Taps was good. He runs great lines (his dummy line for Ioane's try was perfect).

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Taps didn't have a crash hot game, but for all the Taps lovers and haters who want to score interstate bragging points off each other rather than actually debate the rugby, who would you have had as 13 and why?

Same with Aussie Mike at 15. Not spectacular and made some mistakes but generally was OK. Mistakes didn't cost us the game, or even come close to costing us the game. Points off his boot were massive positive. Surely that is worth a mistake or two.

 

[TOCC]

What has been seen cannot be unseen.

Terrible match. Truly diabolical. Both teams showed just how poorly rugby can be played.

They should both be ashamed.

I am friggen sick of just being relieved to get a win despite extremely poor execution.

Drama Queen much?

 

[randalf8]

If you can't see the ability of Taps you shouldn't be on here. He actually can beat defenders, pass the ball and has a very important left foot. His game wasn't perfect by any stretch and he should have used the ball in the corner but he beat his man and was full of adrenalin. 1st starting test I thought he showed why he is a must for the team going forward.

I'd pick him over any other centre in the country, bar none.

When did he do that? I remember him butchering the shit out of a good opportunity in the second half on the right wing. Happy for him to be afforded more opportunities but he didn't show anything. Then again, I wasn't desperate to see awesome things even if they weren't there.

 

[Jiggles]

Taps didn't have a crash hot game, but for all the Taps lovers and haters who want to score interstate bragging points off each other rather than actually debate the rugby, who would you have had as 13 and why?

Same with Aussie Mike at 15. Not spectacular and made some mistakes but generally was OK. Mistakes didn't cost us the game, or even come close to costing us the game. Points off his boot were massive positive. Surely that is worth a mistake or two.

For what its worth, I don't think Taps is really a 13. He has the skills to cover, but he is such a better 12. Playing test rugby out of position is a huge task, and Deans does no favours there. Playing your 2nd cap and 1st actual game out of position and looking good must be near impossible so I think Taps has to be congratulated for managing it as well as he did.

 

[Fireworks]

Tapuai is a promising prospect, he looked dangerous today.

 

[Richo]

Meh. Taps was the best choice for 13 and generally did pretty well. He made one very poor decision but showed why so many rate him highly. I don't get why we expect players to be the messiah in their first test.