NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Well done Wallabies. Looking forward to the home matches.
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Carn the Wallabies.
James
Cricket Web Owner
Get someone who can kick goals would help. We lost by 5, had Carter got his kicks we would have at least drawn.
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
They wouldn't dare criticise the golden boy now would they? The best thing about the whole game (apart from Adam Ashley-Cooper
) was that I didn't have to listen to Tony Johnston spouting his bull****.
James
Cricket Web Owner
Probably although he needs a serve. He's not anywhere near on song. The World Cup will be decided on who has the best goal kicker I reckon. That's exactly why we need someone who can slot the goals. We've probably got the worst first five of the main nations currently.They wouldn't dare criticise the golden boy now would they? The best thing about the whole game (apart from Adam Ashley-Cooper
Get Mcalister or Evans in there.
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PhoenixFire
International Coach
Who would you say is the best kicker at the moment? Wilkinson hasn't been at his best for ages.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
In a perfect world, if Mortlock also got his kicks, we still would have won by a six points.
Some postive signs from Australia, for the first time in like 3 years. Looks like this set of players could get us to semis with a bit of luck. Still think we lack the depth and star power to win the whole thing. Also a more consistant goal kickers would help.
Kiwis in the last two weeks look me if they lack combinations and match hardness. All this experiement and resting players looks like its going to hurt. The centre pairing was woeful. The sin bin changed the match, but you can't do it 3 times in a row and get way with it. Mauger should have been sin binned the first time. However if got sin binned instead of Hayman, i reckon the All Blacks would have still won.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Carter's still only like 12 tho, isn't he? He was bound to have a dip in form sooner or later. &, being a kiwi, it was almost bound to be this year. 
I personally think the game was won up front; Dunning & Shepherdson were extremely cute and didn't let Hayman & Woodcock dictate. It must've been nearly half an hour before we had a properly completed scrum. Smith had a better game than McCaw too, which obviously helped. I think refs are looking for McCaw now & it's almost a case of give a dog a bad name; a couple of times he was pinged harshly in the first half.
I personally think the game was won up front; Dunning & Shepherdson were extremely cute and didn't let Hayman & Woodcock dictate. It must've been nearly half an hour before we had a properly completed scrum. Smith had a better game than McCaw too, which obviously helped. I think refs are looking for McCaw now & it's almost a case of give a dog a bad name; a couple of times he was pinged harshly in the first half.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Booing away sides has been around Australia and New Zealand for about 10 years now. In Football its been around for like 20 years in South America. Nothing new really.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Football's an entirely different sport to be fair, I've never known penalities or free-kicks to be taken in silence in the twenty odd years I've been following it.However, placekicks are still taken in respectful silence at Welford Road (Leicester's home ground and the one I frequent most often) so the practice hasn't entirely died out. I don't really have a huge issue to booing opposition sides in general play (although I'd prefer to cheer my own in all honesty) but still think placekicks should be taken in hush. Just seems like the decent thing to do.
headhunter
International Vice-Captain
Agreed,
and theres no better example of this then in tholmond park when munster play.Uthmost respect for both home and away kickers.
Fiery
Banned
Aussie scored 14 points in that 10 min period so of course it was a major factor....to suggest it wasn't is just dumb. The main problem for the All Blacks however was terrible handling in the 2nd half in particular. Australia defended extremely well. Still going on about Tony Johnson eh? You've gotta decide whether you're a kiwi or an Aussie, Perm. If you're an Aussie then bugger off over there would ya...or at least stop crapping on your fellow kiwi's and taking this perverse pleasure out of losing that you seem to
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Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I was actually thinking along the lines that you were going to say the decision to give Hayman a yellow card was a wrong one, but fair play for not doing so. I'll support whoever the hell I want to BTW.Aussie scored 14 points in that 10 min period so of course it was a major factor....to suggest it wasn't is just dumb. The main problem for the All Blacks however was terrible handling in the 2nd half in particular. Australia defended extremely well. Still going on about Tony Johnson eh? You've gotta decide whether you're a kiwi or an Aussie, Perm. If you're an Aussie then bugger off over there would ya...or at least stop crapping on your fellow kiwi's and taking this perverse pleasure out of losing that you seem to
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Percy Montgomery I reckon.
Fiery
Banned
If you would explain why you support Australia then I would accept that but you refuse to for some reason