All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug

Steven Harris

@rancid-schnitzel might have to change your profile pic ,it’s starting to age

Unite

@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@kiwimurph said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Our bench still sucks.

I like Taukieaho

Yes, he just looks like he is meant to be there. Just gets it done.

I guess he will get left in NZ now.

Bones

@unite said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@bones said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@kiwimurph said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Our bench still sucks.

I like Taukieaho

Yes, he just looks like he is meant to be there. Just gets it done.

I guess he will get left in NZ now.

Duck to water springs to mind eh. Really stepped up.

Nevorian

Sounds stupid but the yellow card was the best thing that happened to the ABs. Forced them to respond and lift a gear. And dare I say DMac rubbing it in with the 60m penalty

Nevorian

@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Stay tuned Stan viewers we’ve got half time entertainment with the Sonny Bill comedy show.

I think they have employed Sonny because he suits their stereotypes of Kiwis not being too intelligent and uninteresting

pakman

@nta said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Lol same looking scrum, penalty the other way

Ref can only be half wrong that way.

Chris

Retallick Aldi player of the match How

Akira, Taylor,Whitelock,Smith all better on the night.

nostrildamus

I thought Coles and BB were much better tonight. Despite the scoreboard we had some defensive gaps, score would have been much tighter on a dry paddock and if Rennie didn't play musical chairs with key positions.
I dont know how Jordan can do so many tin-arse flukey plays.
Still don't think Ardie is best at 8 and better off bench as 7 against tiring forward legs.
Smith fantastic player but the workhorse was arguably Whitelock and the best fullback on the paddock was Havili (at key dangerous times he kicked like one). RIoane was keen again but I'm guessing and despite early days a DH-ALB combo >ALB-RI>DH-RI.

Why do they still hide RM? He tackled well when required and it must take a toll constantly rearranging the backline to suit.

NB Didn't think SBW said anything especially stupid but not a particularly insightful sports analyst, yet.

gt12

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

I thought Coles and BB were much better tonight. Despite the scoreboard we had some defensive gaps, score would have been much tighter on a dry paddock and if Rennie didn't play musical chairs with key positions.
I dont know how Jordan can do so many tin-arse flukey plays.
Still don't think Ardie is best at 8 and better off bench as 7 against tiring forward legs.
Smith fantastic player but the workhorse was arguably Whitelock and the best fullback on the paddock was Havili (at key dangerous times he kicked like one). RIoane was keen again but I'm guessing and despite early days a DH-ALB combo >ALB-RI>DH-RI.

Why do they still hide RM? He tackled well when required and it must take a toll constantly rearranging the backline to suit.

NB Didn't think SBW said anything especially stupid but not a particularly insightful sports analyst, yet.

I think he's had better games than what he showed today.

nostrildamus

@gt12 Coles? Yes but I meant regards 2021. Whoosh. I keep writing Coles and meaning Taylor. Apologies.

gt12

@nostrildamus

Deadset, your confidence in those posts made me wonder whether he’d played tonight!

nostrildamus

@gt12 I've got a cracking headache. Should have just not posted. But a few players were so improved I could not help it.

mariner4life

@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Papalii did well to get wide from a collapsing scrum, but completely overran his mark with Smith taking the 8. Left clutching at thin air from a misread.

Yeah nah, he abandoned his prop then mis-read on defence, he had a huge role play in that try.

Made a few pretty ordinary errors tonight I thought

mariner4life

First point, that was a shit crowd, there is no defence, it wasn't bigger than it looked, it was awful. I cannot believe I just watched an empty Bledisloe.

gt12

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Papalii did well to get wide from a collapsing scrum, but completely overran his mark with Smith taking the 8. Left clutching at thin air from a misread.

Yeah nah, he abandoned his prop then mis-read on defence, he had a huge role play in that try.

Made a few pretty ordinary errors tonight I thought

Both tries tonight came from Pap missed tackles. He only missed 3 (I think) and made more than 20 (rugby pass) but they were costly.

mariner4life

2nd point

Do people think that was good?

The wallabies put in 40 minutes. And most of that was off our errors. For all the talk of playing tighter o saw the same old shit this week.

If those two guys are the best we have at 10, then we are Kinda fucked. Headless, chuck it around bullshit from the start.

Our forwards look like they could be good, but aren't given the opportunity to be. Our set piece creaks.

When it opens up by christ there is running talent to burn out there. The retallic try was gorgeous. And we punished errors repeatedly. But a good team wouldn't give us those opportunities.

If Aaron Smith gets hurt, shit will get very real, very fast.

mariner4life

3rd point

The wallabies are a mile off.

There is talent
And they want to have a go. And I thought the half time score flattered us

But jesus when it goes wrong they fall apart fast. They hit hard, but fall out of shape very easily. They lack the skill to play the enthusiastic shit they want to play.

Even if it's all played in Aus, they are in a fight for 4th. Too many kids. Too many players want to play the small percentages, nowhere near enough guys in the trenches with Hooper.

pakman

@nta said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@chris said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Bs the Aussies walked around

Bower was your problem. Arse too high, AAA nailed him.

Hey buddy, this is a family show here!

pakman

@nta said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@nta said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@chris said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Bs the Aussies walked around

Bower was your problem. Arse too high, AAA nailed him.

That would be the Bower going forward?

Lol. "forward" after laulala implodes and Bower is the only black tight five forward on his feet.

UK feed only had view from Bower side.

mantissanet

Few thoughts. Congrats ABs. Brodie is not done yet despite some comments. And Smith sublime. Ardie gets a card and u score while he is off. Jordan looks great too. And 17 tackles for Papalii is a bad day coz he missed one…ok 2 but still…workrate insane imo. In love with Havili workrate too. He is the business. DMac bias myself but TSF crucifixtion was a bit surprising. Injury recovery and confidence shortfall notwithstanding, I would still stick with him myself. Gifted doesn’t go away. Form absolutely fluctuates but 15 is always in the spotlight. Hope he gets his mojo back.
Drubbing for OZ. They looked great at times. But really they were battling in areas I expected better. I had ABs by 8 ….umm…fork

The Silver Fern

All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug