Wallabies vs All Blacks: Bledisloe Cup live scores, blog

wq - imho i fully agree. mccaw is easily the best player i have ever had the fortune of watching. again mccaw took pocock to school. still waiting for the game where pocock out plays mccaw. michaels jones was great but his earlier career was better than the latter. Rob, jonah was nothing compared to mccaw. jonah was a back and never did as much hard work in his entire career than richie does in one game. jonah was also strong early in his career. richie has been mr consistent from day dot.

post - agree fully. as much as i like higgers ranging wide on occasion, in a game like this one he was more needed in the rucks and mauls. higgers needs to learn when to hit a ruck and when to take it up. must say i was very happy when aus made a break out wide and then popping the pass to either kepu or higgers. boy was i glad they'd run out of backs....not that i knew where they were just glad they werent in the backline and forwards were. AAC is class, but needs to play for another team. AAC's career is pretty much ruined due to him being a soldier and doing whats required of him. unfortunately he'll never nail down a single position due to being used as a fix it man. AAC had an awesome game but was of the few contributing

I've said it before & will continue until Dingo shows me he's flexible when initial tactics go wrong. Where's his bench, kicks, cut-out passes,INSISTENCE to compete at breakdown? Seems he has a plan & that's it, & the plan is found wanting! Gonna be a long 4 Nations S. T

Man, you need to get over yourself. The number of times the W's were penalised for playing it on the ground was ridiculous. I thought Pocock was lucky not to get 10 in the bin. As for entering from the side, TPN tackled the legs of one of the ABs during a rolling mall from the side right in front of the ref who ignored. The scrums were well contested until late in the match when the W's got beaten up. THe scrum penalties were largely guesses by the ref as far as I could tell. I'm not saying there weren't indiscretions by the ABs either, but this is the nature of rugby. You need to get some perspecitve. If you want to see momentum changing, have a look at the W's handling and work in contact.

Yes Richard, WE ARE the Enemy !! - are you a florist, Richard? With fronds like you, who needs anemones !!! If I was in charge of the Wannabes, I would actually SACK ALL RICHARDS from the team, coaching staff, catering staff and gate & toilet staffs (yes, especially the toilets !!). That would get rid of all the DICKS that are screwing up the Aussie Rugby Team. ............ next name? - how about the WILLS (Prince, Genius Genia, etc). You aussies really should know that "Where there's a WILL, there's a way !!! :) . Last but not least, get rid of ROBBIE - then you can't whinge when you lose yet another Bledisloe to All Blacks (NZ) , and come up with the old chestnut >>"We was ROBBED !! " :) .... cheers

It was a joke.

Richie McCaw is about ten times the player Jonah was.

On another topic I have just watched Argentina play South Africa. Argentina lost 27-6 but they denied South Africa a bonus point at home which is a huge result defensively for Argentina. They defended very well and for the first five minutes of the second half, they had the Springboks at their mercy with their rolling maul. Hernandez missed two very easy penalties in the second half that could have made things interesting. Again, stupid errors cost Argentina in the end. South Africa very clean with possession in the first half. Great to see Hernandez get through the 80 minutes. The big lesson for Argentina is to learn to play field position. They still went for goal too many times for my liking. They need to go for the try and keep their opponents pinned deep in their own half for as long as possible. Great learning curve for Argentina today and they should be proud of their efforts. I think they are a chance of really making life difficult for the Springboks at home.

Watch the game and you will se how woeful our forwards and Beale were.

All these ppl blaming this loss to the Tahs have very short memories, with a Reds populated Wallabies team last year were just as terrible if not worst. Now i wish ppl would STFU about how to fix this woeful team that Deans is fielding, its not the backs ffs, its the forwards, it always has been and until we can find a decent forward pack that will actually arrive at a simple break down, we will continue to lose and waste an awesome backline we have at our disposal. If Genia was put behind the AB tight five, he would destroy any defensive line organised against him. In the end as long as Rugby League is our no1 sport, we will continue to struggle with depth and lose potential stars to the NRL. I was at the game and seriously we dont get a home ground advantage cause the ABs got louder cheers than the Wallabies which shows that we are not as nasty narrow minded as the Kiwi supporters in the 2011 Rwc by simply not falling to there disgusting immature level. I feel sorry for the Kiwi supporters that dont share such childish traits at rugby games. The ABs once again showed they along with wales n a few islands are the only countries that hold Rugby as there no1 sport while everyone else have it as a sport that falls down the sporting list.

cheers pothale. wasnt sure if 09 had distorted my perception of where the refs were from preceding 08/09. just remember being annoyed that the boks would benefit greatly by having refsfrom the NH. didnt help that the Abs decided to play like idiots either though!! doesnt matter where they are from, just whether they allow the game to flow or not. and perception apparently being the truth, it seems NH refs like to blow the whistle. rolland certainly did tonight, and most of the time when the supposed infringement had no bearing on what either team was doing. mind you, walsh is having field day with the argies at the moment.........

Sorry the 2009 refs should read: NZ v Aus -Craig Joubert SA v NZ – Alain Rolland SA v NZ – Nigel Owens SA v Aus – Alain Rolland Aus n NZ – Jonathan Kaplan Aus v Sa – Bryce Lawrence Aus v SA - Wayne Barnes NZ v SA – Nigel Owens NZ v Aus – Craig Joubert

If by differently, WQ you mean they apply the Laws more rigorously, then perhaps. But there's always whinging about refs after a game, no matter where he comes from. Roman Poite is my favorite target, but hey ho, them's the breaks. Stillmatic: The Tri-Nations only started in 1996. Some sample games from then: 6 July 1996 - NZ v Aus - Ed Morrison 13 July 1996 - Aus v SA - Tony Spreadbury 17 July 2004 - NZ v Aus - Alain Rolland 31 July 2004 - Aus v SA - Chris White 14 Aug 2004 - SA v NZ - Nigel Williams/Donal Courtney 2009 NZ v SA -Craig Joubert SA v NZ - Alain Rolland SA v NZ - Nigel Ownes SA v Aus - Alain Rolland Aus n NZ - Jonathan Kaplan Aus v Sa - Bryce Lawrence Aus v SA Wayne Barnes NZ v SA - Nigel Owens NZ v Aus - Craig Jounert Other NH refs across those years up to now - Derek Bevan, Joel Dume, Clayton Thomas, Jim Fleming, Dave McHugh, Steve Lander, Joel Jutge, Alan Lewis, Wayne Barnes, Nigel Owens. I think that 2008 was the only year that only SH refs were used because of the ELV trials. So bleating about NH refs ruining the game because they're started reffing SH tests is erroneous. They've been reffing them since the 3N began.

Messam pushed out the incumbent solely on form. Who did that in the Wallabies?

that would be my backline

Crap! since we have had Deans we have hardly won a game against NZ. The guy is a plant as is Cooper, who made certain of our world cup derail. It amazes me that we think we can trust NZ imports into our rugby,. When are we going to learn that they are THE ENEMY!!!. Wake up Australia!

exactly my point Andy..........Genia allowed the ABs defense to align and settle with his slow service, why oh why do they (coaches) not see this and wheres the backline moves we've been hearing about this week.

didnt think you were losing by much more when deans wasnt around though nick!! so did deans actually do "anything"? or does maintaining the status quo count as doing something?

Well, how does one go about comparing him to Jonah Lomu? Or Mark Ella? Or John Eales? You obviously can't compare their lineout jumping or linebreaks. I don't think there is any such thing as the greatest rugby player of all time. You could argue that he's the best openside of all time, but even there he has plenty of competition. Michael Jones. George Smith. Both of these players at some point or another could have been easily touted as the best their position ever had to offer. And I could argue that Richie has had it easier than both of them.

Also, I'm pretty sure our only solid performers tonight were Diggers and Barnes. Not one of the forwards impressed, and the backs were butterfingers. That said, I think Pocock is allowed an average game once in a while, especially since he had almost no support. AAC actually did alright as well, making the cover tackle after his positioning almost let the All Blacks in.