Howi's Contributions

I've skimmed over many of the posts. There are over 350 now. Obviously a lot of feeling about this match. The main themes seem to be 1. What a tremendous defensive effort by Australia. 2. Australia pulled off a miracle given that they played terribly, especially Cooper. 3. The ref has corrupted another match and we got the wrong result. Apologies here if I've missed it, but has anybody blamed South Africa. You can only win if you're good enough to beat the other team (or other factors if you like). So, my question, and it is a question not a comment in sheep's clothing - Why did South Africa resort to so much high ball? When it became obvious it wouldn't work, why did they not seem to have another plan of attack?

The Wallabies go into the RWC semis on defence

10 Oct 2011

The best thing about this game is that the Reds are capable of much better. I thought they looked sluggish in the 2nd half while the Crusaders seemed much fitter, this after a bye. And the kicking was pretty poor by the Reds own standards. Compare Genia's kicking with his game against the Stormers. He'd be pretty disappointed. A few aimless kicks. QC kicked well enough though. But his goal kicking was way off his best. So I think there's more to look forward to in the Year of the Reds.

Live scores, blog: Reds vs Crusaders

29 May 2011

Here’s an idea for The Roar website designers. When someone makes a post why not have their name appear in the colour of the team they support? I would find that really interesting. Mind you, I am also happy with the status quo – red is my favourite colour!

Reds, Blues shows ‘Tahs how rugby should be played

14 May 2011