AB Test Team v France.

[westcoastie]

Was Read taken off because he was in Gardiners ear too much?
Maybe it was a tactical/collective decision thing from Hansen, Read & co because they felt Angus was reacting negatively...
#weirdtheory

[Higgins]

F off Mr. Gardiner, he played that.

[Gunner]

This prick is on the take for sure.

Its one way refereeing traffic so far this half.

[No Quarter]

@hydro11 said in AB Test Team v France.:

@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:

Fair call IMO. Take SBW out of the equation and it is a probable try.
Can someone confirm if that is legal in league? It looked instinctive to me.

Yup. You are completely correct. One of the clearest penalty tries there can be. As soon as SBW makes an illegal player you have to ask whether a try would have been scored if SBW wasn't there.

Yup, no different to if a player stops a try being scored with a high tackle. In position legally, but stopped the try with an illegal act. Penalty try.

[Donsteppa]

@tim said in AB Test Team v France.:

This team is still poor under pressure.

Ireland has put that big win over South Africa at Albany into some perspective.

[Crucial]

@hydro11 said in AB Test Team v France.:

@crucial said in AB Test Team v France.:

@stargazer said in AB Test Team v France.:

@chimoaus said in AB Test Team v France.:

I don’t think it was a deliberate foul by SBW, it was just a brain explosion. Had he attempted to catch it I don’t think the French would have scored.

SBW is having too many league induced brain explosions.

Is it league induced? Serious question. I don't follow the boofball

Yes. In league you can deliberately knock the ball over the dead ball line.

Cheers. That's what I suspected. Hardly a scenario you get much to retrain your instincts. He looked like he knew the mistake straight after but it was instinctive

[Stargazer]

One more look? It's as clear as day that his foot was in touch.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Ha ha. Gardiner you are a fucking dickhead.

[No Quarter]

Fucking awful 16 minutes of rugby from the ABs since the break.

[Tregaskis]

He's out.

[Gunner]

@virgil said in AB Test Team v France.:

Now we need the French to overpower us in the 2nd half and win, then Hansen can tell us all it’s a blessing in disguise.

There’s the door, now fuck off through it please...

[KiwiMurph]

Mackenzie palmed off like a little bitch...

[chimoaus]

This post is deleted!

[Stargazer]

Ten minutes are over. Is SBW back on?

[Mokey]

Fuck I hate these games when the All Blacks are excellent in the first half and fucking terrible in the second. We don't need that kind of balance!

[Tim]

Whitlock was 100% right.

[Billy Tell]

This is a bit too much like 1999 for my liking...

[Donsteppa]

The All Blacks once again revert to playing like a barely coached sack of shit... and half the posters start focusing on the ref...

[Virgil]

Penalty try surely

[Higgins]

@no-quarter said in AB Test Team v France.:

Fucking awful 16 minutes of rugby from the ABs since the break.

It's almost as if Steve Hansen has handed the reigns over to one of his assistants (Ian Foster!) at half time.