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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcock
    I wanted both of the to lose
    After watching the second half I was happy to see the best team win.

    The Aussies need to learn to shut the fuck up and play rugby.

    What their captain Moore did in the first half after a penalty was awarded he should be ashamed of.

    I hope he never ever plays for the national team again.

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    Quite looking forward to the SA Ireland game now. Can't really see Ireland pulling another one out of the bag though.

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    First half 3-19.

    Ireland are playing very well. The Bokks are terrible.

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    I was kinda wondering about that... Are Ireland playing that well or is it that SA is playing that shit?

    Either way deserved lead. Could yet be another history making weekend.

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    Good second half by the Bokks. Good game.

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    Springboks snatch victory at the death | Sport24

    Nothing to crow about. But the team did good.

    EDIT: Aided by the bosses who are the Lions.
    Last edited by Baas Babelaas; 19-06-2016 at 03:02 AM.

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    Bokks
    I have no issue with you.

    Bokke
    Boks
    Springboks

    Try these.

    Best of the day to you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    Good second half by the Bokks. Good game.
    Yep, the Africans did well.Thought that being at altitude it would have been a bigger margin, although that is probably taking away how good the Irish are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcock View Post
    Yes it was....I have two axes to grind because I wanted both of the to lose.... So essentially I was able to relax and enjoy it........
    What did you think of the Wales v ABs, Bobby?

    Stats are interesting.



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    It went exactly as expected other than the one period of domination came about 10 minutes earlier than expected.

    We had a penalty just outside the 22 at a crucial time.... I said to my son who said to take 3, they will kick to the corner and then lose the line out.... they did, they did and the all blacks went and scored.

    It was so predictable it was almost funny..... but I wasn't fucking laughing.

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    ^ plenty of others to do the laughing for you

    One watching with us joked tries like that are not in the spirit of the game, starting 70m out shouldn't be allowed


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    With all due respect to Wales, but I think the third test under the roof is going to be a routing.

    Edit: shame Ireland couldn't hold on for the win but at least the series is alive. That being said they've likely blown their chance.

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    ^ it's very hard in CKBland; as we are seeing, and as we know anyway, for a few years now the CKBs have been head and shoulders above the rest of the world, to go there for a three game series would be a fuking pasting for any current team, and I reckon Wales have done really well and played some great rugby; they have some top players such as 8, 13 and 14, but the bloody CKBs have 15 top players and then loads more on the bench. I don't see that England, Ireland, the Bokks or Australia would have done better over those two games. Just a mention for the fullback, fishing this time last week, I thought he played well and looks like he could be a very good find.

    Quote Originally Posted by Baas Babelaas
    I have no issue with you.

    Bokke
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    Just playing with words in a way that parallels both the way the Bokks speak English and the way they play rugby- just feels like a hard double k! They played really well in the second half in a traditionally Bokk way; enjoyable to watch although I was hoping the Irish would hang on.

    Thank you LT, a good egg who is gracious in defeat.

    Here are some comments from the Rugby.com.au forum (makes for an enjoyable read):

    England, with 16 players on the park, beat the Wallabies

    You can't win playing so you play a cynical, boring and mostly illegal style of rugby if it wasn't for the complete incompetence of the officials it would be a different result but you enjoy your hollow victory and don't acknowledge the impact of the absurd decisions that went your way or the fact yor scrum is a crooked as your English gypo teeth

    Still sad about your hopeless World Cup display need an Aussie coach who's cunning as a gutter rat to get you back to what you know boring cynical rugby

    They getting the queen to officiate the game next week . No need for a good ref as they can't even see video replays clearly forget the judgement on field


    It's endless, I could spend days reading this stuff, it's fantastic.

    Here's a video that makes for good viewing too:



    Regarding our play: we have developed a winning mentality and play smart. We have good players and are building strength in depth. We are winning games against good teams that we would not have won in recent years. But, we still don't have the SH style (also Wales and Ireland have shown it well) of changing between styles depending on the play, and we haven't really developed our attacking as well as we need to. Having said that, we played the pitch well yesterday while the Convicts tried to play it the wrong way. It should be a much more running and high scoring game next week which could go either way, so looking forward to that. All three tours have provided excellent games.
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    Just to point out that before he failed as national coach, Lancaster was responsible for a string successes with the Saxons and England U20 teams. The players and systems he developed there have produced many of those players ripping up Australia today.

    Appointing Lancaster as Saxons and U20s boss was one of the few creditable decisions made by Rob Andrew. Lancaster was over promoted but it should not negate the player development role he was responsible for.

    Eddie Jones has everything moving quickly in the right direction. Roll on Sydney.

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    Lancaster was good in many ways, more of a behind the scenes man rather than a coach, imho - Jones is an excellent team coach.

    I'd like to see us play a bit more (in fact a lot more) ball in hand rugby in Sydney. That doesn't mean playing 7s style and opening up the game for the Convicts to run riot, but rather good basics and territory then running the ball. Actually, the Convicts were excellent at the lineout on Saturday (Fardy was very good there), so that stopped our main platform for running the ball, so we need to adapt and improve there...

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    ^ Congrats to the English team and true English supporters (the other groupies can eff off) on the series win, I believe it is the first time they have done it on Australian soil and they have now jumped the Aussies into second spot on the world rankings.
    Not a follower of Union myself, cannot remember the last time I even watched a game, was brought up on Rugby League, but congrats all the same on a convincing win.
    THE WELSH EDUCATION SYSTEM - Producing back-stabbing, ankle-nipping keyboard warriors by the dozen

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo
    he Convicts were excellent at the lineout on Saturday
    Agreed, mostly down to Hartley's poor delivery. The locks got him out of trouble more than once.

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    To be fair to the New Zealanders it is the ONLY game their nation excels in.

    Living on an island, many arseholes away from anywhere they've had time to refine their cheating style of game.

    Practice sessions - them and the sheep.

    While any and all teams besides them live in countries with a smorgasbord of choices as a professional athlete.

    BIG UP the kiwis. Oh, and the sheep.
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    Lions stars rescue Boks | IOL

    The Lions. The best rugby playing team in the world.

    Well done boys. Simple and humble and deadly, and game winners.

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    ^&^^ yesterday you couldn't spell moron and today you are one.

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    ^ Got news for you, it's not just today !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baas Babelaas
    To be fair to the New Zealanders it is the ONLY game their nation excels in.
    Don't know much about NZ do you...
    Quote Originally Posted by Baas Babelaas
    The Lions. The best rugby playing team in the world.


    ...or rugby in general!

    Why does that not surprise me.

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    Some stats following ABs V. Wales:

    40
    The All Blacks have now won 40 straight tests on home soil going back to the 2009 defeat to the Springboks in Hamilton. Over the same timeframe South Africa have lost eight times at home, France 10, England 12, Ireland 12, Australia 13, Argentina 17, Scotland 20 and Wales 21.

    2009
    The All Blacks have not lost a series at home since 2009 when France took the Dave Gallaher Trophy on points differential. The 27-22 defeat in the first test of the two-test series in the last time New Zealand lost in June. The All Blacks have now gone 17 straight without losing a June test.

    15
    The win was the All Blacks 15th straight at Westpac Stadium going back to the 15-13 defeat to England in 2003. The next play at the Cake Tin on August 27 against the Wallabies.

    16
    Kieran Read was the top tackler for the All Blacks with 16. The next best was prop Joe Moody with 13 in 53 minutes.

    138
    The All Blacks made 138 tackles in the match, 54 more than Wales. Despite that Wales still made more missed tackles - New Zealand had 19 and Wales 28. Welsh centre Jonathan Davies made four tackles and missed five.

    5
    It was the fourth straight test at home that the All Blacks have scored five tries.

    50
    Israel Dagg and Ben Smith became the 47th and 48th All Blacks to play 50 tests - both scoring tries in the milestone match. Two more should join the 50 club next week with Brodie Retallick and Aaron Smith playing their 49th tests on Saturday night.

    299
    Aaron Cruden left the field injured, missing the chance to become the fourth New Zealand player to pass 300 test points. Of the three number 10s to reach 300, Cruden has the lowest average-points-per-test by a long way. Cruden averages just 7.7 points a test in 39 tests (25 starts). Dan Carter has the best scoring rate at 14.2 points a test.

    0
    Owen Franks has now played 80 test matches without scoring a try. He's now three tryless test shy of tying the record held by Italian prop Salvatore Perugini.

    11
    Kieran Read has now led the All Blacks in 11 wins to maintain a 100% win record as skipper. he has also played in 75 test wins, moving ahead of Sean Fitzpatrick into 13th place on the all-time list, 56 wins shy of Richie McCaw's record 131 wins.

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    Personally I thought the Blacks would come back to the field and after M'cheat and Dan Carter retired.

    Seems they have slightly but still have a strong deep squad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy
    Personally I thought the Blacks would come back to the field and after M'cheat and Dan Carter retired.
    I saw a little snippet the other day about the players retired from last year (McAwesome, Carter, Smith, Melamu etc.).

    Collectively over 700 Test caps or something like that. That's a massive amount considering whole teams with less than that have been fielded.

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