Official Tri-Nations 2009 Thread

Who will take it? SA or NZ?

  • SA

    Votes: 71 89.9%

  • NZ

    Votes: 7 8.9%

  • Unsure

    Votes: 1 1.3%
  • Total voters
    79
BrendanD said:
I've got about 5-10mb left on my data bundle and surfing the low bandwidth MyBB site on my phone to minimise bandwidth usage.
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Just out of interest to you and perhaps others, you must try the mobile version of some of the news websites. I got them saved as bookmarks on my phone as they use very little data.

http://m.24.com
http://m.iol.co.za

You can also direct your bookmark straight to the mobile sports pages of those sites.

keo.co.za also redirects to the mobile site when I browse it on my phone which uses very little data and gives you all the latest rugby gossip and news. Planet rugby also has a mobile site.
 
Idiots:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10592304

All Blacks coach Graham Henry says kick-focused international rugby is a "poor product" and has proposed a rule change where players can claim a mark anywhere on the field.
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So if you're Kiwi or Aussie and your team keeps losing what do you do? You propose rule changes! Of cause! Why can't the rest of the rugby world see that?

What annoys me the most is that SA had scored the most tries in the tournament before today's game!
 
ROFL :D

After what henry said the All Blacks won BECAUSE of Carter's kicking boot....

When will people learn that in test rugby you take any points you can when they present themself?
 
And the Aussies lost because they wanted to play running rugby instead of going for a drop goal in the last few minutes.
 
alf101 said:
And the Aussies lost because they wanted to play running rugby instead of going for a drop goal in the last few minutes.
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Well that and 2 bad calls that lead in effect to 3 points and stopped their assualt on the AB's try line.
 
how come Matt the Git is allowed to take one of our guys out with an illegal move and nothing happens and also in yesterdays game another one of those convicts takes the legs out from under an All Black player whilst in the air?

These dirty players need an a$$ whipping next time they play.
 
Devill said:
Lol, thought they would then rather let the Aussies win :p:D
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Nope.
Aussies have been whingeing about all things South African lately.
fcsk them.:p

Waiting for them to lose the Ashes...
They whinged about Trott. :)

Hope we get 50+ in a try spree against them on Saturday. :)
 
Anyone know what happened with the Bok armband disciplinary hearing? Suddenly gone all quiet. Reckon after the Matt the Git flying arm non-citing the IRB realised our boys had grounds for complaint?

Strange how silent it's been...
 
The punishment, which included a £1 000 pound fine for team captain John Smit and £10 000 for the South African Rugby Union, was announced on Monday by the International Rugby Board.
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Stupid twits ..........
 
I feel for Frans, he was just finding his feet at Fullback and now he gets benched ...... not to mention poor old Ruan being told to make himself a Flyhalf by the very same guy who is now putting him at Fullback :rolleyes: Then also, do we really need to be experimenting with the Tri-Nations trophy in sight? It could work wonders but it could backfire splendidly.
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
I feel for Frans, he was just finding his feet at Fullback and now he gets benched ...... not to mention poor old Ruan being told to make himself a Flyhalf by the very same guy who is now putting him at Fullback :rolleyes: Then also, do we really need to be experimenting with the Tri-Nations trophy in sight? It could work wonders but it could backfire splendidly.
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I'm guessing they have done a post match analysis and have found we wasted alot of attacking ball through frans not passing. Ruan just might fix that problem. But yeah, this is one of those if it works genius, if not you're an idiot, moves.

We will have to wait and see. I do like Pdiv taking a tough stance on overseas based players. Sure if a player is indispensable, then let him play, but if not, local players should always get the nod. Its the only way our stars will stay in the super 14.
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
I feel for Frans, he was just finding his feet at Fullback and now he gets benched ...... not to mention poor old Ruan being told to make himself a Flyhalf by the very same guy who is now putting him at Fullback :rolleyes: Then also, do we really need to be experimenting with the Tri-Nations trophy in sight? It could work wonders but it could backfire splendidly.
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Aaargh! I hate to agree rugby with M_H but...agreed.

I think Frans is fantastic - a real asset and I am sorry he had a bad S14 run. He also got treated rather unfairly by fans and media at the time as well, if you ask me. I see him coming off the bench in the first 30...
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
I feel for Frans, he was just finding his feet at Fullback and now he gets benched ...... not to mention poor old Ruan being told to make himself a Flyhalf by the very same guy who is now putting him at Fullback :rolleyes: Then also, do we really need to be experimenting with the Tri-Nations trophy in sight? It could work wonders but it could backfire splendidly.
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So how do you think a team ever finds their perfect balance without trying something new?

The way you talk we should never ever try anybody anywhere else and just take the safe root. I for one hope it works because ruan is a great player just morne is better.

So we will see, thus far who are we to question pdv? 3 out 3 games won at home so give him a chance to prove his worth.
 
Killa, you never experiment on the crux of an important event ......... and to infer that I'm against trying something new is just being pissy. Look what happened in the 3rd test against the Lions - were you happy at that experiment when we could have historically given the Lions a whitewash? I doubt it ;)

There is always a time and place to shake things up .... now isn't one of those times.
 
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