Great game
.This year is our year.
Results so far in the tri nations
All Blacks 26-21 over the Boks in durban,was looking like the Boks had us at 21-9 but the ABs starting moving the ball around and taking quick lineouts ,ran the bigger and less agile Bok pack off their feet and totally dominated the last 20 mins.Great win because the last 3/4 years we have struggled over there.
Australia 20-15 over the ABs in melbourne.1 week later .Not enough time to recover from the hell game a week earlier.We looked like we were cruising at 15-6 up but the boys ran out of steam.Stirling Mortlock carved up our makeshift midfield(mauger and macallister at 13 missed a lot of tackles )Mortlock set up the winning try which annoyed me.The Wallabies are a dangerous team,maybe we made the mistake of underestimating how good they are.Gregan and Larkham still have it and will hurt any team.I think the Aussie scrum still sucks but the ref was strange.Gregan is a master at duping the ref.Not putting the ball in while his team is getting pushed back at engagement is a freekick but the ref was in his pocket.
ABs 33 Bok b team 6.
Actually was a crap game until last 15 mins where the Abs ran in 3 tries.Our backline dropped a lot of pill,was frustrating to watch.Jake White resting the top 20 players makes a mockery of test rugby,but his b team sure know how to tackle.The defense of the Boks was very hard to break until Henry brought on fresh legs.I think our forward pack is very strong apart from the odd shonky lineout.Our loosies are awesome,our scrum is the best,but the rotation policy is hurting the cohesiveness of our backline.We are favourites for the World Cup and so it should be.But the Boks and Aussies can beat us.
Tommorow the Wallabies come to eden park where the Abs havent lost at home since 2003 and havent lost at eden park since 1994.
My prediction
PAIN.
