[2024 TRC] Australia vs New Zealand - 21/09/24

[Alex Anghel]

The Boks with 5 or 6 first choice players out beat them twice.

Both those games could have easily gone either way, not to mention that NZ missed some key players as well, either from being unavailable as playing abroad or simply injured.

If SA managed to dodge the bullet twice and get two scrappy wins (with the referee's help in the first contest) against a building side, I seriously doubt Ireland or France would roll over NZ.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Both those games could have easily gone either way, not to mention that NZ missed some key players as well, either from being unavailable as playing abroad or simply injured.

If SA managed to dodge the bullet twice and get two scrappy wins (with the referee's help in the first contest) against a building side, I seriously doubt Ireland or France would roll over NZ.

who are you thinking about Richie Mo'unga? if so then hes far from a game winning at international level

seen a comment going around that i have not fact checked....but apparently the AB's have not score in the final 20min this season...thats criminal

 

[Alex Anghel]

seen a comment going around that i have not fact checked....but apparently the AB's have not score in the final 20min this season...thats criminal

Yes, that's true...it's mainly a mental issue, because they cannot close the games out earlier, despite the many chances they create and put themselves under unnecessary pressure.

After they were 21 - 0 up in the 16th minute, I immediately thought of the legendary 2000 Bledisloe and how it ended, with a Jonah Lomu sensational escape...we weren't too ar from that script, I believe...