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Tehui wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 2:35 pm He's lucky not to receive a red.

He went one hand and should''ve probably been a penalty but not yellow.

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For those who have been calling for Razor to be bolder in selections all year: what would you do this week? The Bled is secure, winning TRC will be tough, and after this we have a grand slam tour, where Wales is the only game you could run a second team and be confident. Do you use this game to giv...

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She'll be a high scoring game this one, hope Love gets a run at 10. We generally looked very good on attack, but a few players in space got isolated so support players need to be in better positions earlier to protect the ball. Wallabies attack was great, the way they come around the corner in waves...

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Is Parker just another Dom Bird-type player? Very large and very limited? Bird? Parker is very athletic, he’s not being used as a runner in space at the moment but he’s potent. He’s doing a lot of the hard work we want from a Kaino like 6, and I think his stats are pretty good reading for work rate.

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 8:03 am
mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 8:02 am Surely no doubt over the MOTM?

Roigard proves he’s our most important player.
Absolutely. He makes a huge difference

He was so good in the first 20 I think he had in sewn up already.

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Unlucky Wobs, criminal the kicks for touch that didn’t go out, you guys lost at least two clear chances to get going in the 22 and when you guys were there a try looked very likely. I bit more accuracy round the ruck I think more often than not you had us contained when you gave away penalties in ou...

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The wallabies ruck work is basically getting the ref to coach them into hands away all the time, it’s a fine line to walk the whole game.

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Piardi has f**ked the Wobs at many rucks, but that was the right call How? Potter was the only guy there. If you wanted to be pedantic you could argue he had one arm on the ground. But ruck formed was just wrong. A ruck is not formed until two opposing players are engaged over the ball. Potter was ...

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I know he only fed that one on the Tupaea has been great apart from the bombed try.

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:33 am
Toro wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:31 am Tupaea blew that
Should have passed. White line fever.

Was Clarke injured?

Yeah just before the half after a run up the flank.

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Tupaea blew that

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These "momentum swings" seem largely referee driven tbh. Feels like he's now keeping the Wallabies in there. There's so many little technicalities referees can pick on if they want to on either team and still "not be wrong". Exactly as I'm seeing things watching it. It's funny listening the comment...

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Wobs looking great once they get in out half! Hell if a game, we’re falling victim to getting too much space and letting carriers get isolated, great start but struggling now to contain wobs attack and gifting them far too many chances in our half.

Rain to play a big part in the second half?

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elcamino wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 8:20 am
elcamino wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 8:19 am
AnkleTap wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 8:05 am Decent link anyone?
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ymx wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 8:19 am What a crazy tackle by Jordie - that was an impossible save

That's crazy that it wasn't advantage over.

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How did an Aussie make the best idea in the last 30 years of rugby (full SA tour) about them?

Hope the Bledisloe games this year are crackers, watching both teams D certainly points towards high scoring games.

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Esterhuizen is a beast, surprised he isn't starting. He is a loose forward and backline replacement at this stage. Absolutely. He carved us up at Twickenham and was the best Bok on the park in the loss to the Aussies this year. There are clearly parts of his D maybe that I'm missing but a guy that ...

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That was exactly 1 frame before he caught the ball, but I've gone ahead 2 frames. https://64.media.tumblr.com/b94f29d7180d1eacbb982c44e56754b5/fa01519be33b5cc4-36/s540x810/9ddfd1295470bea1580be2bfb5c93add5f5f1b83.pnj 2 more frames https://64.media.tumblr.com/71bb9b5e244863cc18ec0ea9d7101d86/fa01519...

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I think it's a stretch to say Barrett deliberately went to kick someone, in the face or otherwise, but we've removed guessing intent from pretty much every incident. If your actions are reckless beyond what any reasonable player would expect then you're playing roulette. I think red was a bit harsh...

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He clearly loses his balance backwards which is why raised knee becomes raised boot. Look at the angle of his torso when he's making the catch, his torso is at about 40 degrees and his centre of gravity is completely off. It's also why he falls on his arse when he lands. I can see the argument that...

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I still think the Jordie one was complete bullshit. He didn't lead with the foot he fell backwards and his foot came up as a natural reaction. Complete accident and far less preventable than someone leading with the knee. Also, I've just noticed that Koroibete holds the top of his head immediately ...

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Well that caught me by surprise, I saw the team on on socials and thought it was a piss take. Not because of the players but it just seemed like an obscene amount of changes. Exciting looking backline but one we can score a lot of points against. Libbok an interesting call off the bench, and back to...

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Nah just unfortunate, but any ref has the right to consider this action dangerous. It's widely accepted that the player attacking the ball which is coming towards him/her owns the right to jump knees first, and often coached as a form of self protection and to discourage the tackler or challenger t...

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Nah just unfortunate, but any ref has the right to consider this action dangerous. It's widely accepted that the player attacking the ball which is coming towards him/her owns the right to jump knees first, and often coached as a form of self protection and to discourage the tackler or challenger to...

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Get Leroy Carter in there, all the young bolters are coming up trumps so far. His energy would be awesome against the Boks.

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Steve Hansen, Ian Foster and now Scott Robertson, as well as their assistants, have all failed to produce high performing backlines with BB at 10. Leon Macdonald and Vern Cotter have also failed at SR level. Perhaps it's a coaching issue, but it may also be that BB just lacks the capacity to be an ...

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Watch the Springbok response in Wellington. We all know what's coming. Yeah we don't have the Eden Park record to get up for, they'll need to start with the same intensity. I'm not sure the Boks will bring a whole lot more although if the weather is better (highly unlikely) then handling may be bet...

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By keeping all the same players I think they'll be really stretching a 7-1 split and not sure they have the backs right now to support that but they'll be there in tight games.

They are quite dependent on scrum dominance right now.

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When I was reffing in NZ in my first season I had Preston as OBU captain in quite a few games and I'm so happy for him, but man that was a quick rise. I was wondering all these years when he might catch a break with the Lions, then 'bang' Saders, 'bang' 4 injuries and coming on agains the Bokke. :sh...

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Positives, Parker was great, a top find. D-mac and Christie both had very good games, although Christie is a bit one dimensional at times. Forwards did everything well except scrum. Ardie was huge as usual. Sititi had some nice touches. Negatives. High balls, scrums. But overall, what a test match ...

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Far from perfect, but that's a character building win for the All Blacks with all the injuries. And a rocket up the scrums arse.

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f'ck me that was intense. Man they came at us in the end, great game Bokke fans, record stands. Wellington will be a battle and a half. :thumbup: Wellington is always good for us unlike Eden park :lol: You and every other international team :frown: :| The noise when SA were attacking today was amaz...

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Still, not sure what's worse, 57-0 or getting completely walked off our own scrum ball.

Need to fix that for next week, one thing that kept the saffers in that game I thought.

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f'ck me that was intense. Man they came at us in the end, great game Bokke fans, record stands. Wellington will be a battle and a half.

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that was a high tackle?

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All about territory now.

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ymx wrote: ↑Sat Sep 06, 2025 9:38 am How did the boks lose that turnover.

Good counter, thought they fortunate not to get penalised as Ardie has originally fallen in the wrong place.

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Sep 06, 2025 9:34 am
Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Sep 06, 2025 9:34 am Should have taken the three...
See told ya...

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That's a great card, just from a reffing point of view. Often let go,

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Sep 06, 2025 9:30 am Isn't the flying wedge illegal?

That try should be disallowed surely?

Allowed one pre latch, looked fine I thought.

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