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Actually good shout. Richie did pull off more than a few ripper try saving tackles with his good turn of pace. On occasion, he’s made good scrambling tackles. For front on defense, Beauden Barrett is far more effective and consistent. Face it, jdog. We were lucky RMo was unavailable on Saturday, or...

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Are pokies still legal in NZ? I will be in West Auckland this November and would like to hit a West Auckland pub for a Lion Red and a genuine pokie session. The pokie must have an expired service date, dents in it from assaults, and smell of cigarettes and desperation. Can anyone recommend a good p...

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Really? What were they? They mattered more than the two botched attacking lineouts? Don't forget the botched defensive lineout that lead directly to a Boks try. Absolutely shambolic! That was a massive 5min. Penalty against Sititi for obstruction at our lineout, they use express pace to make a brea...

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It was weird. At half time all SA had to show was a fortuitous intercept while ABs attack was starting to look ominous on the outside. After that SA seemed to switch on and ABs seemed to switch off. Incredible change. I hope they kept a retention samples of the Saffer half time OJ.... 8) Let's not ...

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Crusaders fans, you know Razor as well as anyone. Can you see the direction/plan he is heading? How does this period with the All Blacks compare with his time with the Crusaders? Can you see Crusaders patterns emerging? Is he doing as best anyone could do in the circumstances (aside from the overse...

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Crusaders fans, you know Razor as well as anyone. Can you see the direction/plan he is heading? How does this period with the All Blacks compare with his time with the Crusaders? Can you see Crusaders patterns emerging? Is he doing as best anyone could do in the circumstances (aside from the overse...

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Argentina are a chance, probably the most consistent team at the moment a

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I actually got impression we were pretty well owned in tight 5 as Crouch says. At game, I actually said to Mrs I thought we were just hanging on, I even noticed a couple of times Scooter just walking behind play once, and other time wandering back to play after it went behind him. Looked absolutely...

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We did well to be leading at halftime if, as you say, our tight five was being owned all over the park. It's almost as if you're being hysterical? Is that not down to Kolbe dropping the ball? So yes Jordie did well to save us I mean Jordie is a longterm AB, so when he does good things he's doing wh...

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And everything to do with our starting tight five being owned all over the park. We did well to be leading at halftime if, as you say, our tight five was being owned all over the park. It's almost as if you're being hysterical? I actually got impression we were pretty well owned in tight 5 as Crouc...

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A couple of years ago I was derided by a small but vocal faction on this bored, when I ventured that Razor should not be appointed to succeed Fozzie as fait accompli . I suggested that Jamie Joseph and Tony Brown—having just masterminded a giant-killing run of success for Japan—should at least be c...

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And everything to do with our starting tight five being owned all over the park. We did well to be leading at halftime if, as you say, our tight five was being owned all over the park. It's almost as if you're being hysterical? Is that not down to Kolbe dropping the ball? So yes Jordie did well to ...

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Catch the box kicks and have a functioning lineout we probably stay in that game and manage to exert our own pressure which would fatigue the boks

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The day after and I feel like I have a hangover, and yet I didn't drink anything. The ABs have multiple problems at the moment, their performance issues can't be resolved by one thing alone. The top two for me after watching the game live are: scrum and catching high balls. You can't win the game i...

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Let's see what Catman comes back with first. I don't want to count my chicken runners before they hatch! Will you be in Wellington next weekend? Righto - Enzed and Tehui alongside it is . Pop an email up here or suggest another way I can contact you to finalise Round up one or two more and it will ...

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The All Blacks wont consistently beat the Boks and the other first choice packs until we can go through them. Making game plans to go wide and run around the rush defence is like admitting defeat before kick off. Need to change the mentality to head-on. I don’t think head on works in this day and a...

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BlueThunder wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:36 pm
OupaStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:17 pm The Springboks had no Willie, no Mampimpi, no Kriel, no Ellende, no Pollard, no Mostert, no Etsebeth, no Malherbe, no Bongi today.
And they looked a lot fresher for it.

Agree, Willie in particular I'm not really sure fills any useful role except maybe as an old head in camp

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I thought Ardie should have been captain from 2020 onwards. For all of the talk about Scott Barrett's superior intelligence to Ardie it was pretty dumb not to kick for 3 in the 59th minute The biggest indictment on the whole leadership team is that last 15min. They just capitulated It’s funny when ...

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Kudos to Rassie, identified that the breakdown and close quarters played into NZs hand and threw the pace up to 11 so we never got into that and messed up their ball. Set piece creaked last week, then completely collapsed this week. We now seem incapable of catching the high ball in this post escort...

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BlueThunder wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 11:05 am Y’know what’s most disgraceful?

Rieko didn’t even pass once in that match.

Or make a tackle

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Wilderbeast wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:53 am So our defence is a bit shit isn’t it? Anyone else unconvinced with our players standing in their attacking line? I really don’t think it works.

Obviously missing Ioane

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What has happened to Jordan under the high ball. He gave a master class in Super rugby and in the Mt smart test against the boks.

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So when are we going to talk about Scott Barrett’s leadership? We clearly lost our focus in the second half. Should he be dropped or at the very least not be captain? I thought Ardie should have been captain from 2020 onwards. For all of the talk about Scott Barrett's superior intelligence to Ardie...

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:40 am I had the best seat in the house - and it was wasted on me.

Cheers Catman for the ticket and Cheers Tehui for the company

Jesus, you guys and Dan at the stadium. No wonder it went to shit

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Maniototo Man wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:22 am Razor scrambling for excuses. Should at least apologise for the performance.

Just watched you could tell Mills and Read were pissed off

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Can we do something about our high ball woes now? You can't just keep handing the Boks 30 metre chunks of territory over and over and over again and expect it to end well. As bad as out scrums looked, high-kick defusal has to be priority one, surely? Very true, what were the territory stats in the ...

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Blast0 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:18 am Boks turned on the blowtorch in the second half and we just couldn't live with them. Incredible stuff. And congratulations to them.

Tbf we were scrambling to hang with them on the first half, and then they lifted. Would be great to see if it wasn't against us

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But , but, but ... everyone has been assuring me that despite our shite back play under RAZOR our set piece has improved greatly. Really? We're getting monstered in the scrums and losing crucial lineouts. I don't understand how an international team can have 2 lineouts where nobody jumps, it's one ...

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Can we un wash them please. That hurt

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Not sure we have the pace in the forwards or backs to play that kind if up tempo game.

We did what we used to make other teams do, get suckered into playing a heap of running rugby, only to run out of gas against players who are better at it.

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Well played boks…. Absolutely smashed the set piece….played very bravely. What a way to hit back. Wellington….f/ck you. All of this. Stupid penalty at an attacking lineout, boks go down the other end, steal the lineout and just carry on their merry way. Never on the contest after that. Needed to sl...

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It still comes back to if you aren’t physicality up to it, you will lose. If you lose collisions you will lose. You can’t use skill or trickery anymore. As England fans have realised now certainly under Borthwick, physicality matters fudge loads and a lot of those all blacks are soft. They had it l...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 9:55 am
Auckman wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 9:53 am Wellington is cursed
One of our bordies promised to burn it down.. I blame them.,..

Wasn't someone celebrating having a weekend away to watch the test? Clearly his fault for anticipating a good time

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Keep running it at them and keep the points ticking over because this Boks side still have plenty of running left in them. Defence won't be enough. Still, for all their massive firepower in the backs, it took a Proctor intercept for them to score. Yes the Kolbe and Snyman misses would completely ch...

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Keep running it at them and keep the points ticking over because this Boks side still have plenty of running left in them. Defence won't be enough. Still, for all their massive firepower in the backs, it took a Proctor intercept for them to score. Yes the Kolbe and Snyman misses would completely ch...

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Keep running it at them and keep the points ticking over because this Boks side still have plenty of running left in them. Defence won't be enough. Still, for all their massive firepower in the backs, it took a Proctor intercept for them to score. Yes the Kolbe and Snyman misses would completely ch...

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Don't think I've seen two games in a row with such a high attrition rate, could really hurt in the back end given the pace so far

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Congrats Argentina in the win.

These two teams probably the most exciting to watch as a neutral at the moment, lots of gas and a willingness to use it

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DOB wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 7:36 am Kieran Reid has really done the “retire from rugby, quit the gym, get skinny” bit.

Think he's got into super long distance running.

He's also said keeping weight on was a massive effort for him while playing, so it melted pretty quick once he lowered his training volume

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Is it a conscious move to go way from the bomb squad, or are the cattle just not good enough/injured?

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