Summer Tours 2018

irishbucsfan

Ben Smith is just amazing. Its a shame he looks so boring or else he'd probably go down as one of the best outside backs of the professional era

dregin

Disgraceful attempt at a tackle from Plisson on Smith. This lad is getting a post match bollocking.

ScrubsfanChris

French lineout is a travesty

kuang1

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Ben Smith is just amazing. Its a shame he looks so boring or else he'd probably go down as one of the best outside backs of the professional era

You know exactly what you're doing there.

awec

There’s the half century

accensi0n

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Ben Smith is just amazing. Its a shame he looks so boring or else he'd probably go down as one of the best outside backs of the professional era

I always imagine him as fresh faced and get surprised by close ups where he looks about 40.

kuang1

Jesus this ref has had a mare.

Great power there

ScrubsfanChris

How is that missed? Clearly hits the ground again.

When even the NZ commentary team say you’re favorable to the All Blacks then you know you’re having a nightmare.

Del.Monte

kuang1 wrote: »

Jesus this ref has had a mare.

Ah yes - the Ref.

irishbucsfan

Obviously should have been disallowed but there you go.

Hopefully that gets the officiating shocker out of the way and the rest of the days' games will remain untainted!

dregin

kuang1 wrote: »

Jesus this ref has had a mare.

In his defence, his touch judges (greetings to John Lacey from awec) and TMO have done absolutely nothing to help.

kuang1

kuang1 wrote: »

Jesus this ref has had a mare.

I know, poor calls on both sides.

Bridge93

Del.Monte wrote: »

Ah yes - the Ref.

The ref having a mare and the result can be mutually exclusive you know. He's been a disaster

Squidgy Black

Del.Monte wrote: »

Ah yes - the Ref.

All Blacks would have won regardless. Nobody's making excuses or laying the blame etc.

But Pearce genuinely had a bad game and missed some fairly big calls by not going to the TMO before making his decision.

irishbucsfan

Looking at that tackle again, I'd say Tu'ungafasi will be very lucky not to be cited.

ScrubsfanChris

Del.Monte wrote: »

Ah yes - the Ref.

He did though. The score is irrelevant, IMO the ABs would have won anyway, he and his assistants made some very poor decisions in this game.

Buer

It wasn't a yellow but the complaining is a bit much. NZ had upped it after half time and were utterly dominant in the period leading to the card.

They were still going to win comfortably regardless of the officiating.

kuang1

Not making excuses for Pearce, but the ABs are definitely the hardest team to ref because of their pace of play.
But as already stated, he should have utilised his 3 assistants a hell of a lot more.

I reckon if every call was correctly made in that game it could have shaved 20 points off the AB's total, but added nothing to France's.

Del.Monte

Agree, the Ref could have done far better but the result was never in doubt. Hard one to take for all the NZ haters on Boards.

irishbucsfan

Buer wrote: »

It wasn't a yellow but the complaining is a bit much. NZ had upped it after half time and were utterly dominant in the period leading to the card.

They were still going to win comfortably regardless of the officiating.

Very likely the ABs would have won, but the turning point was the yellow card. Kiwi commentators and Sean Fitzpatrick saying the exact same thing on the televisual device.

irishbucsfan

Del.Monte wrote: »

Agree, the Ref could have done far better but the result was never in doubt. Hard one to take for all the NZ haters on Boards.

:pac:

Don't be so precious!

ScrubsfanChris

Buer wrote: »

It wasn't a yellow but the complaining is a bit much. NZ had upped it after half time and were utterly dominant in the period leading to the card.

They were still going to win comfortably regardless of the officiating.

The “complaining” is about the ref making some bad big decisions.
Not ref costing France the game.

mangobob

mangobob wrote: »

France marginally ahead on the scoreboard but NZ way ahead on the field. They just look so dangerous. Only a matter of time now before the dam breaks.

mangobob wrote: »

The dam has well and truly burst. This could be 50+.

Well it didn't take Nostradamus to get those predictions right

So impressive from the All Blacks. Congrats to all our resident Kiwis. Your boys did you proud again.

Bridge93

I don't think a single person has said the decisions have cost France the game.

Squidgy Black

Del.Monte wrote: »

Agree, the Ref could have done far better but the result was never in doubt. Hard one to take for all the NZ haters on Boards.

Nobody's said otherwise. At all......

kuang1

mangobob wrote: »

Well it didn't take Nostradamus to get those predictions right

So impressive from the All Blacks. Congrats to all our resident Kiwis. Your boys did you proud again.

I'm smelling a paddypower docket in your other hand.

irishbucsfan

kuang1 wrote: »

I'm smelling a paddypower docket in your other hand.

What does it smell like?

Guy:Incognito

Wtf happened? Had to go out at half time.

Can't trust the French to do anything

kuang1

irishbucsfan wrote: »

What does it smell like?

I'd be banned if I answered truthfully.

Yeah_Right

The whinging about the ref on here is hilarious. You weren't complaining when the ref handed the Lions the series last year.

Squidgy Black

Yeah_Right wrote: »

The whinging about the ref on here is hilarious. You weren't complaining when the ref handed the Lions the series last year.

Again, not whinging about the ref saying it affected the result, just saying he had a bad performance for both sides.

SlickRic

Buer wrote: »

It wasn't a yellow but the complaining is a bit much. NZ had upped it after half time and were utterly dominant in the period leading to the card.

They were still going to win comfortably regardless of the officiating.

I've heard 'the All Blacks would have won anyway' for years now. It's no excuse.

I'll also leave this here. No yellow.

https://twitter.com/theblitzdefence/status/1005376322393268225?s=19

Yeah_Right

SlickRic wrote: »

I've heard 'the All Blacks would have won anyway' for years now. It's no excuse.

I'll also leave this here. No yellow.

https://twitter.com/theblitzdefence/status/1005376322393268225?s=19

Like I said, whinging.

Why would that be a yellow? Ball carrier was dropping and then there's a head clash.

Just because you hate the All Blacks doesn't mean there's a conspiracy to help them win.

irishbucsfan

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Like I said, whinging.

Why would that be a yellow? Ball carrier was dropping and then there's a head clash.

Just because you hate the All Blacks doesn't mean there's a conspiracy to help them win.

Now now, ,the Kiwi commentators and Sean Fitzpatrick all were saying the exact same thing.

Dog Botherer

I mean there’s a pretty fair case for two cards there, yellow and red. Cane is high to the head but wraps, and the prop just smashes his shoulder into Grosso’s (who is in hospital with concussion btw) head.

If it was anyone other than the ABs I’d say the prop would definitely be looking at a citing and a few weeks on the sidelines but it’s probably only about a 50/50 chance.

Neil3030

Strange that we seem to disproportionately 'whinge' about New Zealand players isn't it?

SlickRic

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Like I said, whinging.

Why would that be a yellow? Ball carrier was dropping and then there's a head clash.

Just because you hate the All Blacks doesn't mean there's a conspiracy to help them win.

Who hates them?
Who said it's a conspiracy?

They got lenient calls. It seems to happen often. If it is happening, it's due to their stature and success, and the pressure that puts on referees. They're only human.

Also, because they're so fúcking brilliant, they are clinical in how they take advantage. Every time.

Guy:Incognito

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Like I said, whinging.

Why would that be a yellow? Ball carrier was dropping and then there's a head clash.

Just because you hate the All Blacks doesn't mean there's a conspiracy to help them win.

A shoulder to the face is not a head clash.

irishbucsfan

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Like I said, whinging.

Why would that be a yellow? Ball carrier was dropping and then there's a head clash.

Just because you hate the All Blacks doesn't mean there's a conspiracy to help them win.

For the same reason SBW was sent off.

As pointed out on twitter by a BBC reporter, almost the exact same tackle led to a yellow and a red in a Sarries match last year.

This was the aberration.

irishbucsfan

irishbucsfan wrote: »

For the same reason SBW was sent off.

As pointed out on twitter by a BBC reporter, almost the exact same tackle led to a yellow and a red in a Sarries match last year.

This was the aberration.

I thought SBW used no arms, which is why he got a red?

irishbucsfan

Basil3 wrote: »

I thought SBW used no arms, which is why he got a red?

18 was shoulder to head. If its first contact then you're looking at a possible red. But probably could argue he used his arms.

Still think he'd be cited most weeks.

Bridge93

Who do we think wins the next one? Can see SA edging it by 3 or 4

irishbucsfan

Bridge93 wrote: »

Who do we think wins the next one? Can see SA edging it by 3 or 4

Pretty hard to say really, who knows where SA are at!

Buer

Yeah_Right wrote: »

The whinging about the ref on here is hilarious. You weren't complaining when the ref handed the Lions the series last year.

Hey. We had a deal.

ScrubsfanChris

What a kick! Only 61 meters out

awec

That was embarrassingly bad defending by South Africa

Kiwi_knock

SA making Brown look like Lomu

ScrubsfanChris

Everyone’s favorite player Mike Brown in the corner. Very poor tackling

awec

Long day ahead for the boks