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[Bledisloe 3] Australia v New Zealand in Brisbane 18/10/14

Great work from Blacks at the line out......must admit that Aussies are playing with an intensity and speed I have not seen from them which, added to some poor passing options from the Blacks, is making for an exciting game!!!
 
Ritchie up to his usual tricks. Defo not a cheat though ;)
EDIT: Love to see a hotstepping sleek handed hooker.
 
Brilliant individual try.

Must feel bad to be dummied and stepped by a hooker ;)
 
Brilliant try! Mckenzie must be wondering how they can possibly be behind .
 
97 caps as captain..............some achievement and guess we will never see that again!
I dont know why people find calling a backrow a cheat is an insult! I always laughed at how people got up in arms about it. OF COURSE HE IS! It's a very good attribute of his game.
 
It's looking bad for England and Wales come the world cup. This Aussie side is looking very dangerous. Looks like the SH may be pulling away from the NH at this rate and could be an SH final if they retain this form.
 
I dont know why people find calling a backrow a cheat is an insult!

Whoa....I was admiring his achievement not commenting on his ethics! Why does anyone consider calling any professional rugby player a cheat as being insulting..............they are trained to take every advantage legal or illegal..............

Do not think I have heard Cooper's name mentioned in this game?
 
All blacks need to take individual responsibility for man on man tackles.Wallabies likely to tire. Hansen needs to throw some tea cups around in the Changing room! Aka Alex ferguson style .
 
Way too many missed tackles, dropped passes and errors in the breakdown.
 
Beautiful rugby match so far. Thanks both teams!

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Whoa....I was admiring his achievement not commenting on his ethics! Why does anyone consider calling any professional rugby player a cheat as being insulting..............they are trained to take every advantage legal or illegal..............

Do not think I have heard Cooper's name mentioned in this game?

To be fair, he isn't on the field ;)
 
Almost didn't tune in for this one. Glad I did, some game out there right now- nearly as entertaining as the Ellis Park test. Had a hunch that the Wallabies would be up for this one.
 
Aussie tries coming from weak defence and positioning round the ruck. Thats not going to go down well
 
Do the AB's realize they are meant to be playing rugby tonight? They don't appear to. Our "run from everywhere" tactic is playing right into the Wallabies hands, but the biggest issue is our line speed on defense. The Wallabies are making ridiculously easy meters every time they get the ball. I wish we had Ryan Crotty to bring on at halftime - Fekitoa is looking a bit lost to be honest....

It has certainly been an entertaining game so far, but the basic errors (from both sides) are pretty frustrating....

I thought you only had 1 minutes to take the conversion from the time the try was awarded? Why isn't this enforced? Foley took almost 2 minutes for his last kick!
 
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