even though we werent allowed our brownies?!? that whole period should remarked with an asterix as they were not true full NZ sides. it was pretty disgusting our govt curtailing to SA politics and not allowing our maoris and PI's to play
In a nation of 60 odd million, you are zeroing in one writer. It's like when people watch one movie on America and then try to act like they know what they're talking about.
Ridiculous. 80 minutes was up, siren had gone, game over. Gets the goal, game over. Misses the goal, Boks kick it out, again, game over.
Well, you must have missed all the tests that Kiwi boy Quade played against the ABs, because heaps of times against us he made plenty of really silly errors when the pressure was applied... great to see that he's put a lot of hard yakka in to massively improve the mental toughness/composure part of his game.
Merely academic. I haven't talked to a single person who doesn't accept the loss. In general we put it down to an aussie side that played smart and a generally flat performance from our side across the board.
Please dont start blaming players after one game, can you not grasp the bigger picture?
Love it when people go overboard like this. Provides great entertainment when reading these threads years later
are boks going to use their backs at all?
Is Pollard on form ? No. Guess I am not allow to say that.
He was not on form. But he has got enough class to overcome. Whoever you want to bring in will also lose form at some point. We need to balance picking form players against picking young players and building experience with them. Pollard is a project player, we can't go and throw away years of Build up because he is off form. We have committed and need to see this through. He needs to be played through some patches of bad form to become a better player come next world cup. And make no mistake. If he is available he will be picked.
Did our maul not score a hattrick?
I never said throw him away I said that he is off form and that someone like Goosen will add healthy competition as Jantjies is no threat to his starting spot.
Brumbies of international rugby.
I get how people don't like it. Can't say I myself am the biggest fan of the maul. I suppose it can be seen as something of a spontaneous ad-hoc scrum but, yeah, for all the complaints about Rugby Union I don't agree with I wouldn't be sad to see mauls go.
Thats also a Scrum. Mauls arent the only legal obstruction. Part of what makes union so much more complex and more interesting than league.
why bother selecting backs. select another forward pack
I thought they had
I think the difference is technically no one is in possession for a scrum. A maul isn't a competition for possesion - which is the most fundamental aspect of rugby. Constant competition for the ball.
No, these days its a penalty lottery.
A maul cannot be executed unless a lineout is won, correct? A lineout is a competition for possession. Australia did a poor job disrupting the lineout basically the entire game. Would you like to remove lineouts as well?
Yes a lineout is a competition for the ball. We are talking about the maul that follows the lineout.
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