The Champions of the Rugby, of 2023 at least.

[J Dory]

Teams out, McKenzie get's the 10 jumper.

New Zealand: 15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Emoni Narawa, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Damian McKenzie, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Sam Cane (c), 6 Shannon Frizell, 5 Josh Lord, 4 Scott Barrett, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ethan de Groot
Replacements: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18 Nepo Laulala, 19 Tupou Vaa’i, 20 Dalton Papali’i, 21 Finlay Christie, 22 Richie Mo’unga, 23 Braydon Ennor

[J Dory]

Impressive looking Boks team.

[morepork]

Yeah, nice return for Eddie Jones.

[J Dory]

dmac pretty impressive in the 10 jersey, running hard at the line and distributing in the hit, not something barrett or mounga do

[morepork]

I missed it and am looking for a replay. I like the sound of that type of distribution. Was J Barrett onto that shit?

p.s. Warriors won too. I know how many fans there are on here...

[Puja]

Yeah, nice return for Eddie Jones.

I'm torn. On the one hand, a strong Australia is good for the global game and I don't want them to disappear as a force, which is entirely possible if they fuck up this next 5 year period. On the other, Eddie Jones's smugness and self-satisfaction being hammered solidly into the ground would be rather satisfying.

Puja

[J Dory]

I missed it and am looking for a replay. I like the sound of that type of distribution. Was J Barrett onto that shit?

p.s. Warriors won too. I know how many fans there are on here...

Go warriors, only saw the highlights but .... Bam! Early days for the abs, lots of good stuff, Jordie voted man of the match by the argintine press.

[paddy no 11]

Sam cane up for dickhead of the year again

[monkey]

Sam cane up for dickhead of the year again

yup. wtf was he thinking?

[Banquo]

Sam cane up for dickhead of the year again

what did he do? I fast forwarded after NZ were 31-0 up.

[Banquo]

I missed it and am looking for a replay. I like the sound of that type of distribution. Was J Barrett onto that shit?

p.s. Warriors won too. I know how many fans there are on here...

Go warriors, only saw the highlights but .... Bam! Early days for the abs, lots of good stuff, Jordie voted man of the match by the argintine press.

Yep, Barrett and Ioane seem to be turning into a decent pairing, and mixing Mackenzie and Barrett B seems a better bet than Mo'n'Beau

[morepork]

Sam cane up for dickhead of the year again

what did he do? I fast forwarded after NZ were 31-0 up.

He kicked his foot out tripped up a spectator than ran onto the pitch at the end of the game. A metaphor for the stupid penalties he gives away at the wrong time. Cynical and fucking stupid. He probably like torturing puppies.

[morepork]

Thank God Sam's Cane is here to protect us from Invaders.

[Mikey Brown]

I can’t tell if you’re being serious. Are people actually taking issue with Cane tripping up a person who’d run on to the pitch to disrupt* the game?

[J Dory]

Game was over I believe, however the guy was being chased by security, but yeah, storm in a teacup if you ask me.

[Which Tyler]

I can’t tell if you’re being serious. Are people actually taking issue with Cane tripping up a person who’d run on to the pitch to disrupt* the game?

More that he did such a bad job of it, and made himself look a tit in the process.

[Puja]

Sam cane up for dickhead of the year again

what did he do? I fast forwarded after NZ were 31-0 up.

I got curious and googled after reading some of the more sensationalist reporting on it.

Thank God Sam's Cane is here to protect us from Invaders.

I'm not saying it could've been another Inejiro Asanuma or Monica Seles moment, but you've got some rando running around on the pitch:
Who is he? Who knows.
Where'd he come from? Could be anywhere.
Is he stashing something in his pockets? Maybe.
What's he fixing to do? Beats the hell out of me.

Maybe don't go rushing around on the field like a dipshit?

I would agree with you that it is very much a play-stupid-games-win-stupid-prizes moment for the pitch invader and I've got very little sympathy for any hurt that the dipshit may have sustained, but it is a touch sociopathic for Cane's first instinct to be swinging a boot hard through the shins of the person running by. Didn't exactly stop the guy either, just seemed to be lashing out to hurt him.

I won't judge him on a one-off reaction in the moment, but it was a bit of a nasty action to opt for.

Puja

[J Dory]

I missed it and am looking for a replay. I like the sound of that type of distribution. Was J Barrett onto that shit?

p.s. Warriors won too. I know how many fans there are on here...

Go warriors, only saw the highlights but .... Bam! Early days for the abs, lots of good stuff, Jordie voted man of the match by the argintine press.

Seems we're not the only warriors fans MP.

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/11 ... 726240.jpg

[J Dory]

Teams for ABs v Boks....

New Zealand: 15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Mark Telea, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Sam Cane (c), 6 Shannon Frizell, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Ethan de Groot
Replacements: 16 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17 Tamaiti Williams, 18 Nepo Laulala, 19 Tupou Vaa’i, 20 Dalton Papali’i, 21 Finlay Christie, 22 Braydon Ennor, 23 Caleb Clarke

South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Franco Mostert, 6 Kwagga Smith, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth (c), 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Replacements: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 21 Duane Vermeulen, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Manie Libbok

[morepork]

There are are some old war horses in that Bok team. No prizes for guessing math their tactics.

Not convinced about Caleb Clarke. Gotta be better wingers out there Shirley? Cane shouldn't be El Capitan. Why no DMac?

[morepork]

Yeah. Tidy. Nosferatu/Retallick killing it. BB at fullback shades of his Unner Twenny self.

[Banquo]

Yeah. Tidy. Nosferatu/Retallick killing it. BB at fullback shades of his Unner Twenny self.

That first five minutes was something else.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Good to see Eddie Jones has taken giving away stupid penalties from England to Australia.

[Cameo]

Yeah. Tidy. Nosferatu/Retallick killing it. BB at fullback shades of his Unner Twenny self.

That first five minutes was something else.

Yeah, it was. Brutal but ambitious with Frizzel and Jordan to the fore.

Second half, SA got some joy by piling bodies into the breakdown but all in all NZ will be delighted with their first two games of the season.

[J Dory]

Yeah. Tidy. Nosferatu/Retallick killing it. BB at fullback shades of his Unner Twenny self.

That first five minutes was something else.

Wasn't it. Great test, the swing in momentum when the Boks brought on the big beef and started bullying the break down, ABs coming back again. Loved it.