All Blacks v Springboks I

[pakman]

@MiketheSnow He looks right on the lineout. However, all good teams play to the ref. I also think that Boks, by having a pow wow 2m away and then coming in, open themselves up to this. If they stand 0.5m from line of touch from beginning then ABs kept honest.
IMO one or two times Nche could have been pinged for shenanigans. Conditions didn't help.

[pakman]

@NTA said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@NTA said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Scrum battle was weird - at times both sides looked very shaky. Bok reserve bench particularly noticeable under pressure.

Could it have been the grass?

Maybe, but if so the props should have used longer studs

I thought that. It was very noticeable that before scrum set the Boks loosies were kicking their toes (and thereby studs) into the turf to get set. Not the ABs.
I'd have thought a day for the gnarliest studs allowed.

[booboo]

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Cunning AB lineout tactics:

Was he wrong in his observation?

Probably got a fair point or two.

Now let's open the other eye and analyse South Africa ...

Oops, sorry, they were 100% squeaky clean and did not transgress any laws.

[Bones]

@booboo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Cunning AB lineout tactics:

Was he wrong in his observation?

Probably got a fair point or two.

Now let's open the other eye and analyse South Africa ...

Oops, sorry, they were 100% squeaky clean and did not transgress any laws.

What, no screenshots, arrows and lines showing the SA jumper at the lineout between our jumper and our halfback?

[booboo]

That video takes me back to Green and Gold Rugby, circles and arrows.

Love a good whinge.

[booboo]

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@booboo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Cunning AB lineout tactics:

Was he wrong in his observation?

Probably got a fair point or two.

Now let's open the other eye and analyse South Africa ...

Oops, sorry, they were 100% squeaky clean and did not transgress any laws.

What, no screenshots, arrows and lines showing the SA jumper at the lineout between our jumper and our halfback?

Ha. #booboo. But only just.

[Frank]

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[pakman]

@booboo To be fair he did reference the abnormally high Boks error rate. My hunch is that rain was a big factor.

[canefan]

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@booboo To be fair he did reference the abnormally high Boks error rate. My hunch is that rain was a big factor.

It will likely be a dry track on Saturday

[Billy Webb]

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Billy-Webb hopefully you don't need therapy fella.

:beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
I am at that age where very many things could (should) be cause for therapy, but sport is no longer one of them.

[pakman]

@canefan Wind?

[canefan]

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan Wind?

Bound to be

[pakman]

It’s what it says on the Caketin.

[MiketheSnow]

@booboo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Cunning AB lineout tactics:

Was he wrong in his observation?

Probably got a fair point or two.

Now let's open the other eye and analyse South Africa ...

Oops, sorry, they were 100% squeaky clean and did not transgress any laws.

Didn’t say they were

Just commenting on this particular video

[mohikamo]

@MiketheSnow

Fuck I hate pro refs.

They're like democracy; fuckin shit; but no one has come up with a better idea.

One thing I sure as hell aint doin, is wastin my time dissecting the performance of some little cnt who didn't get bullied nearly nuff at school.

Now, dissecting what some one like, say, Jorja gets up to on a rugby field, fuck yeah!

[stodders]

@Billy-Webb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Just managed to login.
Well done AB's - well deserved victory.
The Boks.... eish.
We have some work to do. Way too many facets of the game where we are not at our best. Most of them in fact.
Hoping for a better performance in game 2.

Whisper it quietly Billy, but might the issue be that the Japanese Boks are a bit underdone? The Japanese sojourn is great for extending their careers, but at what cost?

[DurryMexted]

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

[canefan]

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

Yup. It's not the 50s to 80s, players are more expressive now

[Kirwan]

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

Good thing his last is not Ioane. Just saying.

[MiketheSnow]

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

I absolutely love how Vaai does this. It’s the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

Fuck that

Let his teammate put his ribs back in the right order