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Official Rugby Thread
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age_master
Hall of Fame Member
Very solid defence from the Wallabies tonight was great to see
Jamee999
Hall of Fame Member
I was going for Sa-sar-zvet-shkiSzarzewski's surname causing all kinds of problems to the Aussie comms.
We settled on Shar-shef-ski up here.
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Johnners
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I assume you had the Australian commentary team? (Gordon Bray/Dan Crowley)Yeah, the Italians did well I suppose. Their pack held its own and kept the score respectable, but couldn't help but feel they were maybe a little too chuffed with a 20+ point loss.
Ref in the Aussie/French dust up (a pom, ftr) doing his best to ruin the game.
They didn't think much of him either, was a few "nit-picking pom" comments thrown about the telecast
Thought the Wallabies defence was very good tonight, even if the French didn't exactly test it. Will be intruiged to see how the team lines up against NZ and SA now, quietly confident they can grab at least one of the Bledisloe or Tri-Nations this season.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah has to be a try that, shame for the Lions but they've looked dead on their feet the last 15 and should have cleared him into touch earlier. Great kick as well. Series over one would think
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
O'Gara...
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Jesus. Where was the percentage in taking the man out in the air?! Cost us the match and the series.
Staggering.
Fair play to the Boks, were the more clinical team.
No idea how O'Gara continues to get a game for Ireland let alone get a Lions guernsey
Lions were a bit unlucky - massive injury toll when leading comfortably, 2nd try looked like obstruction and the last was benefit of massive doubt
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Yeah, the bloke is a ****ing ****. Poor call from the ref as well, the commentators said that the ref has to give a red and there is a minimum 6 month ban when gouging is involved. Why did he only get yellow? Hope he gets banned for 6 months TBH.
Burger is probably the worst cheap shot merchant in world rugby and the shame of it is that he's also a world class player
Why he feels the need to resort to knees. elbows, etc when he is perfectly positioned to simply tackle a guy is why we have psychiatrists
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PhoenixFire
International Coach
Haha, just reading his Wiki page.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Yeah, he's a great loose forward, tackles like a Trojan and first to every breakdown but he's filth. There's a tendancy to right off his (considerable percentage) of high shots as over exuberance, but there's no excuse for a gouge. Ever. Hateful thing is that because the incident was dealt with in play I suspect he can't even be cited for it.
Re: RoG. I think it's mainly Hobson's choice that he plays. Dan Parks & Andy Goode were the starting 10s for Scotland and England and both are even more pedestrian than him. England has Cipriani, obviously, but it'd be a big call to select a guy who Johnno seems to rank about 5th choice in his own country.
Re: RoG. I think it's mainly Hobson's choice that he plays. Dan Parks & Andy Goode were the starting 10s for Scotland and England and both are even more pedestrian than him. England has Cipriani, obviously, but it'd be a big call to select a guy who Johnno seems to rank about 5th choice in his own country.
Uppercut
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O'Gara was injured too, so was even direr in defence than usual. Impossible to defend him taking a man out in the air. Utter bull****.
The real reason is that there's no alternative. You're not picking Goode or Parks, Hook is injured and Jones was on the pitch already (having an excellent game, incidentally). Cipriani is the best out-half around these parts technically, but his head's not screwed on sufficiently well to be worth bothering with.
Munster & Ireland hero tbh. He's had some utterly incredible games for both over the years.
The real reason is that there's no alternative. You're not picking Goode or Parks, Hook is injured and Jones was on the pitch already (having an excellent game, incidentally). Cipriani is the best out-half around these parts technically, but his head's not screwed on sufficiently well to be worth bothering with.
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Sigh. It was NOT a poor call from the ref. He didn't see the incident, and could only go off the touch judge's report, who said "at least a yellow card". If Bryce Lawrence had told him it was "worthy of a red card" he probably would have taken that action. But that's not what he was told. Besides, it's a massive call to send someone off in the first 30 seconds of a game. The commentators.... British, were they?
Yarpies on my broadcast and the silence was deafening when they showed the replay
Also it's irrelevant when the incident occurred
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PhoenixFire
International Coach
Well blame the touch judge then. Surely it's pretty clear whether someone is gouging or not? I mean, the touch judge either saw the incident or he didn't. If he wasn't sure that it was gouging, then he shouldn't have given anything, but if he had seen it he should have told the ref to send Burger off.
