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Rugby union/League
It's a great day in New Zealand sport with the All Blacks beating Scotland 29-10 in rugby union to win against all four home unions on the grand slam tour. Last weeks win against England was the hardest.
The rugby league team beat Australia 24- 0 in the final of the tri nations. I've never watched the Australians play so badly before.
The rugby league team beat Australia 24- 0 in the final of the tri nations. I've never watched the Australians play so badly before.
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The weakest All Blacks team in long time will play Argentina in Buenos Aires tomorrow. The Coach us giving a number of players a chance to play at test level and not picking the strongest team available.
I'm one of those who are don't like the selection policy and if the AB's don't have a good game the media and fans will turn against coach Henry.
I'm one of those who are don't like the selection policy and if the AB's don't have a good game the media and fans will turn against coach Henry.
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Southernman wrote:The weakest All Blacks team in long time will play Argentina in Buenos Aires tomorrow. The Coach us giving a number of players a chance to play at test level and not picking the strongest team available.
I'm one of those who are don't like the selection policy and if the AB's don't have a good game the media and fans will turn against coach Henry.
As they bloodywell should !!!!!
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The All Blacks beat Australia 32- 12 in the first of this years tri nations matches, scoring four tries to two.
Australia never looked like they had a chance after Rocky Elsom spent ten minutes in the sin bin for constant infringing. The All Blacks went from 0-7 down to 14-7 lead at that stage.
The strong points for the All Blacks were the strength of the forwards in ruck and maul situations and great defence patterns. The areas they need to work on are kick off receptions and lineouts. They also missed a couple of one on one tackles.
Next game in the tri nations : Australia v South Africa.
Australia never looked like they had a chance after Rocky Elsom spent ten minutes in the sin bin for constant infringing. The All Blacks went from 0-7 down to 14-7 lead at that stage.
The strong points for the All Blacks were the strength of the forwards in ruck and maul situations and great defence patterns. The areas they need to work on are kick off receptions and lineouts. They also missed a couple of one on one tackles.
Next game in the tri nations : Australia v South Africa.
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The ABs dominated the scrums, rucks, n mauls. They contained and nullified the Oz line-out advantage. The back row was awesome. The speed of the defensive line meant they were in the Oz faces all night, trusting each other and coming up in a line. They pressured and pressured, and got the outcome. Speed to burn out wideSouthernman wrote:The All Blacks beat Australia 32- 12 in the first of this years tri nations matches, scoring four tries to two.
Australia never looked like they had a chance after Rocky Elsom spent ten minutes in the sin bin for constant infringing. The All Blacks went from 0-7 down to 14-7 lead at that stage.
The strong points for the All Blacks were the strength of the forwards in ruck and maul situations and great defence patterns. The areas they need to work on are kick off receptions and lineouts. They also missed a couple of one on one tackles.
Next game in the tri nations : Australia v South Africa.
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I was impressed with the Australians performance especially in the first half. The player that stood out for me was Giteau. Larkham also had a good game with his forward pack giving him the ball with more time to act than he had last week.
South Africa got penalised alot for offsides and also missed alot of tackles. There is nothing in the South African performance that would worry the All Blacks in Wellington next week.
I was also impressed with the ref Paul Honiss. A ref that I usually stick the knife into.
South Africa got penalised alot for offsides and also missed alot of tackles. There is nothing in the South African performance that would worry the All Blacks in Wellington next week.
I was also impressed with the ref Paul Honiss. A ref that I usually stick the knife into.
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Pi Kori, eh ! The AllBlacks secured a win against Sth Africa in the last 15 minutes of the game imho.GhoGho wrote:South Africans like to make others look goodJulian Mayo wrote:I think South Africa made Austalia look a lot better than they were
It was a good old fashioned NZ v Sth Africa encounter. Biff, blood and the guts to stand up and be counted between the 2 old foes. Damned good stuff.
And if I had to be on the field..... Geez there were some big hits.
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I agree that it was old fashioned rugby. Dan Carter was again the star even though it was his mistake that allowed South Africa to score in the first half minute of the game. It wouldn't surprise me if he got rested for the return games against South Africa to avoid injury.
Richie McCaw is the best openside flanker in the world at the moment. Another great game from him.
Roll on Australia.
Richie McCaw is the best openside flanker in the world at the moment. Another great game from him.
Roll on Australia.
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I concurSouthernman wrote:I agree that it was old fashioned rugby. Dan Carter was again the star even though it was his mistake that allowed South Africa to score in the first half minute of the game. It wouldn't surprise me if he got rested for the return games against South Africa to avoid injury.
Richie McCaw is the best openside flanker in the world at the moment. Another great game from him.
Roll on Australia.
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The Wallabies have wobbled to a 20-18 victory over Sth Africa. The springboks deserved to win imho. There were more than 80 kicks in the game, ho hum. Australiaa clicked in to gear when Gregan was pulled from the field with 10 minutes to go. A bloody awful game to watch.
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