2025 Bledisloe Cup Series

[A mutterer]

Jonker FTW

Don't you mean shonky?

Seriously though, it's another wobblies performance where we let the ref dictate the outcome. Can't blame piardi for letting the abs walk 3/4 of the field with back to back infringements.

 

[Heavyd]

JOC (James O'Connor) into retirement. Cost us the game with his kicking. Time to pick and stick at 5/8th.

 

[BDA]

I appreciate the frustration with the referee and share it…

but someone at Ch9 needs to tell Turinui to pull his neck in. The ref whinging comes across as petulant and frankly, a bit unprofessional. It spoils the presentation of the match when one of your lead analysts can’t shut up about the referee. Don’t make them the story of the game.

Its definitely a bit unprofessional but honestly after the run of ludicruous decisions that have crueled us this year, he's just saying what we are all thinking. Its also somewhat of an acknowledgement to the casual fans that have been tuning into the wallabies games this season that its not just them thinking that the reffing has been fucked.

 

[Tomthumb]

I appreciate the frustration with the referee and share it…

but someone at Ch9 needs to tell Turinui to pull his neck in. The ref whinging comes across as petulant and frankly, a bit unprofessional. It spoils the presentation of the match when one of your lead analysts can’t shut up about the referee. Don’t make them the story of the game.

It spoils the presentation of the match to have an incompetent boob reffing it. Ignoring his, quite frankly, unprofessional referring performance plays the fans as idiots and let’s everyone know it’s totally acceptable for him to be so bad at his job

 

[Tomthumb]

Jonker FTW

His name is 2 letters off being an accurate way to describe his job performance

 

[Spamnoodle]

Per world.rugby next week's match officials are;

Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)
Assistant Referee 1: Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Morné Ferreira (SARU)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)
FPRO: Marius Jonker (SARU)

Are RFU referees poms?

 

[rugbyAU]

Question. Does JOC (James O'Connor) (James O'Connor) start next week?

I think he does, but then we probably farewell him

 

[rugbyAU]

Potter and Toole missed 9 tackles, 3 of our best 4 outside backs are injured, do we start Daungunu next week?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Are RFU referees poms?

Indeed they are.

RFU = The Rugby Football Union which is obviously & by definition can only be English...

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Leroy Carter: looked to have a great night. Rieko could be history?

Cam Roigard: ffs just make him the captain already.

Ardie Savea. almost a coupla mini crazy horse runs, vanishes for 50 minutes, gets his one crucial late swoop-in turnover, usual night at the office

Simon Parker: shit man I dunno. Lakai seems better than him and Sititi

Tupou Vaa'i: gets the hook. Another who can't stop shit when big forwards start rolling at him

Wallace Sititi: I dunno, this dude still plays just as small as Kirifi. Can't stop shit when guys like LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) or Frost get their roll on. Razor likes his Nice Company Men ahead of big bad boy muthafuckazz like Hoskins S******u

 

[notdeadyet]

follow-up question
after reviewing the games does / can anything come of it ?

No, every game is reviewed, has been for years.

 

[Heavyd]

Question. Does JOC (James O'Connor) (James O'Connor) start next week?

No chance. The full pub I was at was calling for Edmed to come on. It’s time he retires.

 

[rugbyAU]

No chance. The full pub I was at was calling for Edmed to come on. It’s time he retires.

after Perth

 

[Where's the beef]

My thoughts are as follows:
1.

 

[Heavyd]

There is zero chance Harry Potter was a yellow. It should have been our penalty. Looking forward to explanation from World Rugby.

 

[rugbyAU]

 

[Tomthumb]

after Perth

The Bledisole and most likely the Rugby Championship are gone, why waste time we need to get experience into the younger guys

 

[rugbyAU]

The Bledisole and most likely the Rugby Championship are gone, why waste time we need to get experience into the younger guys

it would be great to finally beat NZ, with a 7-day turnaround and 8hr flight, they won't make many changes and he deserves a proper sendoff

 

[Where's the beef]

1. The ref had a good first half. He was consistent. He rewarded the jackal with hands on the ball. It saved us a few times.
2. The ref lost his consistency in the second half and the inconsistency did hurt us.
3. We found our next starting 9 in Lonegan. Tate was no good at starting. He needs it to be more open and tired then he is lethal
4. JOC (James O'Connor) struggled with the AB's defence. More of a finisher like tate when there is space.
5. This felt like 1989. second test. We were in it, we were close, but we just made too many errors. Those were our doing. There is no doubting that things are building.
6. Our problem is 12. If we lose len we are fucked.
7. I thought for large parts the pack held its own.
The Kiwis will be confident but wary.

 

[Shiggins]

We played very average. JOC (James O'Connor) must have made 6 errors at massive moments that lost us the ball? it was a poor performance.

We are missing some or our best players. Easy 4 starters if not 6. It's hard to blame the ref when we (JOC (James O'Connor)) made so many errors.

When the maul went down with Wilson and frost on the ball I can't figure out how the abz got a penalty. The abz lick clearly comes in and takes the maul down. Just a dog shit call. The tackle on JOC (James O'Connor) from barret is a penalty. It's above the horazontle and a lifting tackle. It seemed the abz could turn the ball over how ever they wanted but we got pinged from legit efforts on the ball. If those 50/50 calls go out way the wallabies win the game and it's an average performance missing so many players. Kind of astonishing.