Australia v Ireland, Sat 9th June @ 8.00pm, Suncorp Brisbane

[jimmydubs]

If it's plural Byron, that should (as we now know) accurately be Byronii (as led forward into the grammatical abyss by the Pillock).

All this talk of biryani is making me hungry

 

[Lindommer]

What about Byron's bro, Shelley? Would two of 'em be Shelli?

 

[Snotterbox]

I don't know about anyone else, but I can't sleep in anticipation of this. Go Wallabies!

 

[emuarse]

I hope that the ref' has his eyes open with respect to Ireland accidentally-on-purpose bending/flouting the laws, e.g. not behind the rear-most foot of a scrum/ruck and entering a ruck from the side.

They can be very AB-like at times (is it the NZ coaching?).

So who is the referee, & assist referees for tonight?

 

[Dan54]

I hope that the ref' has his eyes open with respect to Ireland accidentally-on-purpose bending/flouting the laws, e.g. not behind the rear-most foot of a scrum/ruck and entering a ruck from the side.

They can be very AB-like at times (is it the NZ coaching?).

Not sure about NZ coaching boyo, but you certainly seem to be preparing Aussie excuses already ie; blame the ref

 

[KOB1987]

If World Rugby form holds up:

Ref: George Clancy (Ireland)
AR: Allain Rolland (Ireland)
AR: David McHugh (Ireland)
TMO: Ben O'Keefe (NZ)

 

[KOB1987]

I can find that the ref is Marius van der Westhuizen but no idea of the ARs & TMO

 

[Merrow]

RefereeMarius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Assistant 1Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant 2Paul Williams (New Zealand)
TMOBen Skeen (New Zealand)

 

[wamberal]

Could have been worse. Poite, for example.

 

[bigmac]

Poite is truly awful. Has a very odd approach to reffing the game.

Could have been worse. Poite, for example.

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[Zero_Cool]

RefereeMarius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Assistant 1 Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant 2 Paul Williams (New Zealand)
TMO Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

I've never seen Paul Williams referee a game and not thought he did an awful job!

 

[The Red Baron]

Not sure about NZ coaching boyo, but you certainly seem to be preparing Aussie excuses already ie; blame the ref

Gotta get the excuses in early!

 

[Istanbul]

Geez the kiwis looked slick but the frogs weren't brilliant

 

[GTPIH]

Or the ref from the ABs v France

 

[Istanbul]

Or the ref from the ABs v France

Some average calls but they ran up 50 points. Hope the refs don't bugger this game. Been too many soft cards lately- just let em play

 

[Up the Guts]

Kearns commentating, no doubt will be trying to outdo the bias of Smithy and co. over in Eden Park.

 

[Istanbul]

Kearns commentating, no doubt will be trying to outdo the bias of Smithy and co. over in Eden Park.

Were they really that bad? That last try they straight away called it as him being tackled and should have been a penalty. Probably easy to be gracious when you're leading by the best part of 50

 

[Up the Guts]

Were they really that bad? That last try they straight away called it as him being tackled and should have been a penalty. Probably easy to be gracious when you're leading by the best part of 50

Yeah they were awful for the first 50 minutes. Only when the result was clear did a semblance of impartiality return.

 

[Istanbul]

Yeah they were awful for the first 50 minutes. Only when the result was clear did a semblance of impartiality return.

I did miss some of the early stages. Sounds annoying, just need them to call the game not cheer

 

[KOB1987]

Clarke is good, hopefully can block out the others