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This is also the reason BB’s star started to fade when rush D’s became more common and better executed. Starting, from an AB perspective at least, with the Lions tour. As BB tends to stand flatter there is. I longer the space he previously enjoyed. RM regains that space by standing deeper. This...

Thought there were few calls that could have gone either way throughout the match, same as any match really. All in all it was reffed ok, although I think they created a cross for their own backs in ruling the first ‘high’ shot. It was fairly innocuous and just meant even a slight hand contact...

Ok, fair enough. I thought he looked injured and didn’t see the interview. Then yea, he does need to work on his fitness.

Clarke is an 80min player, he came off injured. You could see he was getting attention before he was pulled and then limped off the ground.

the gap is A LOT closer than it has been. I was nervous before this game. Relaxed after the first 15-20mins, can normally tell how it will pan out by then when watching AB games. Nervous about the English game now. and if we make the final will be nervous if face SA. Won’t be nervous about...

Nice, he also reminds me of the Kurgan from the first Highlander.

T Then others teams just need to get better. It’s like Fed, Rafa, and Joker dominating tennis, it’s not her fault no one has gotten good enough to consistently challenge.

Can I ask, why all the Gardener hate about the 3 wrong calls? Did anyone actually read the article linked in the OP? It says 2 of the calls were from The AR Garces. Unless Gardener is specifically watching the offside line, he would never over all his AR. All the vitriol for Gardener should be...

Rugby has Laws, not rules. But that’s none of my business.

So, too much talk about halfbacks to read properly (on a lunch break), but looked like it was all about clearance and steps and pass quality. I may missed where the discussion was on box kicking and kicking to space etc. Thats the key to unlocking the rush defence. We tried the fast clearance...

Fiji and Japan, team wise, I think would work. And I would like to see it. Although logistics wise I’m not sure playing in Fiji is sustainable financially. And without SR, where are the Fiji players coming from? Mitre 10? NRC? Without SR to be the bridge between national competitions and...

The issue is that Rugby is a business. The SR comp is bankrolled by the RC, as the RC teams benefit from development of players through SR. Japan is not in the RC so does not contribute in the same way. They instead got charged a ‘fee’ to participate in SR, the JRFU decided not to continue...

In my view, if we don’t think we can beat who ever we face, we don’t deserve to be champions. If we can’t beat Ireland if we meet in a QF, or Grand Final or what ever, and Ireland go on to win the whole thing, more power to them. we can’t be thinking we want an easy road, either we are the best...

Fair enough, I just dont think it went only one way.

Absolutely. It didn’t seem like you had a lot on attack, I thought you kicked a lot of ball away and Japan found a lot of space out wide. All good things to work on. And you have a Kiwi coach, so you know he has a plan to fix it already :p

Never said don’t discuss it. Quite a difference in tone in the last few pages, some have pointed out the inconsistencies or the general lack of calls that impact both teams in a game. And some claim only their team was impacted and it’s all unfair and the ref ‘f...ked’ them. There is a...

So, did you lose because of the ref or not? “Angus f...ked’ us” kinda suggests you think it’s his fault. But you also say Japan were better. It was only a 7 point win, so how much do put down to the ref and how much to Japan? Just curious how you reconcile this two points.

I guess the frustrating thing is it took 30 some odd pages and was largely discussing one or two incidents that most agreed didn’t have a bearing on the result, and largely driven by people without any skin the game. Who then turned a comparatively blind eye to their own teams indiscretions and...

I’m not sure how your tears can be salty and sweet at the same time... but there you go.

We should just save some time. Let’s take a copy of this thread but edit out Ireland, Japan, and Gardener, then after the next upset or game between some top contenders we can just edit in the relevant teams and the refs name. This is the same whinge SA had about their loss, this is the same...