All Blacks vs Wallabies: See how New Zealand kept fortress Eden Park intact

Thanks guys

a simpler way is if they give multiple pens under advantage just give them a warning for repeated infringing when play gets pulled up and that the next pen will be a card.

another false dawn for the wallaby. if DR is serious about wanting to win the bled cup he's got to punt loleseo and paisami. hodge at 10 and toomua at 12 might do it next weekend inexperienced halves and centre combos against the might of nz doesn't work dave...never has and never will

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I think it ended up being 15 penalties against the ABs and 8 against the Wallabies. Which is about right considering the majority of the game was played in the ABs 22

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Hahahaha while I agree with the sentiment, Aussie didn’t disrespect us, or themselves, good game apart from our bench

That is one law change that is worth considering. It would make advantage calls more interesting if the ref said, ‘penalty advantage One!’ ‘Penalty Advantage Two! Card warning!’ Third advantage in the play cops the bin. Not sure of the side effects of such a law, but it may be worth experimenting with. Too much discretion given to referees regarding cynical play. It’s a lottery.

With most games played domestic it really highlights the issues about home town refs. Refs are professional and unlikely to be biased. But when one team has more a lot more opportunities to player under those refs it gives them an unfair advantage.

Yeah if the All Blacks played better they would have scored more points. Kinda like the Wallabies?

No point replying to trolls mate, they live in dark caves and make up the lack of sun by the light of computer screens.

Yes, KCOL, I'm seeing them being structurally more solid. They are playing more cohesive and smarter, with a definite tougher and more resilient edge throughout the 80 minutes. However, they still have lapses in concentration and still make skill errors that have to be eliminated as they kill off their own attacking momentum and opportunities (Eg like not winning their first 5 lineouts in B1 (some with in good field position) as good sides like the AB's will counter with points >50% of the time. We are going somewhere. I think they are a long way off being a top 3 WR side, but I do think they are taking shape developmentally, especially with Rennie bringing the next generation through with giving them a taste of Test footie while seeing IF they have the goods to deliver. I still think they are 2-3 years away from ironing out all their shortcomings while also allowing the youngsters to accrue sufficient Test experience to swing the future tight ones into a win. At least there's realistic hope (after being in the wilderness for so long) that the Wallabies are heading in an upward direction from 7th.

Lots of out of context generalizations... often times sounding like he was reading (albeit with great difficulty) from random que cards.... Articulate, that's probably one of the last words I'd use to describe his commentary - felt for Merhts, poor bugger had to correct the ship too often.

Marlin, saw that ‘rush’ defence too before Richie’s steal. My eyes may have deceived. But the match was a chasing game from that moment.

Thank you DA. Please invoice me for your spotter’s fee. This sort of deceit, like black infringements in the red zone, is ruining the game. Well played, carry on. TLN, expect a call from my lawyer.

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I don’t get the Harrison hate. He’s learned, articulate and has cred on the paddock. He and Turinui are the pick of them for mine.

‘spelling and grammar’ Yes, HLander! Finally, something the ‘private schoolboys’ of OZ rugby might compete in. :happy:

SS, I'm a Richmond member and a Storm / Rebels supporter who lives on the border. I try to do double headers when I come down to Melbourne, Richmond at the G and Storm at AAMI. I see a lot of Richmond people doing the same! I try to get to Rebels games also when I can. I'm also a member of our local RL club in Group 9 up here. You can definitely follow all 3 if you love sport!

BF, I am wondering if A.B. fans are feeling what we felt over here 20 years ago. When McQueen handed the baton to Eddie Jones I felt a collective slump in culture. The win crafter handed it over to the number cruncher on training wheels, who steadily lost Eales, Kefu, and one by one the WBs weakened. Even with the 2003 WC bump we knew it was an artificial punch in a fight above our weight division. And we’ve never been back since then. Despite the Cheika soufflé rising in 2015. NZ would never enter that sort of wilderness that we do in the land of AFL, NRL and cricket. But I am wondering how AB culture will faire in the Foster era, if, as so many AB fans claim, he is not your best option?