Northsea80 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I'd say so. I'm pleased there isn't another pro12 side in the same group. Hopefully this is the season Glasgow make a bit of an impact in Europe. I think the reason the welsh and Irish press are often dismissive of Glasgow despite form in the past 3 or 4 seasons is because they haven't made any headway in European competition. Fancy a trip down to Bath for the away tie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Hopefully this is the season Glasgow make a bit of an impact in Europe. I think the reason the welsh and Irish press are often dismissive of Glasgow despite form in the past 3 or 4 seasons is because they haven't made any headway in European competition. Fancy a trip down to Bath for the away tie. I think it more to do with the fact they are Scottish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Game V Canada is on BT Sports 2 at 7pm Saturday 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiDB Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 No surprises with the All Blacks selection for the second test. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_AUFC Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I thought Carter was back? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I thought Carter was back?he has not played this year yet due to him taking a break to be fit for the world cup 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiDB Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I thought Carter was back? He plays his first game of rugby this year on Saturday... for his local Southbridge club in a regional division one play-off match.. Should add a few to the usual crowd of one man and his dog. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_AUFC Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Ahh thanks for clearing that up. Seems hardly fair on the opposition, drafting in arguably one of the best Fly halfs of all time for one game! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Thats how it works in NZ though, you are a member of a local club first, then you get selected for your region in the ITM cup if your good enough, then the regions at ITM level combine the best players for the superleague squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiDB Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I've just sat down at the Forsyth Barr stadium for the second test What a stadium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I've just sat down at the Forsyth Barr stadium for the second test What a stadium. You're probably closer to the Water of Leith than if you were at Murrayfield. Great try stopping tackle from Ben Smith.All Blacks very lucky to go in at HT 6-10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiDB Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 You're probably closer to the Water of Leith than if you were at Murrayfield. Great try stopping tackle from Ben Smith.All Blacks very lucky to go in at HT 6-10. Strange game so far, big improvement needed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Strange game so far, big improvement needed.Nice looking ground. Eden park is the only Kiwi ground i have been in 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Australia go from putting 50 past France last week to beating them 6-0 last night! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Terrible performance from Scotland yesterday. I thought we were absolutely disgraceful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) Terrible performance from Scotland yesterday. I thought we were absolutely disgraceful. Didn't see it but have read a few scathing reports online, last week and this don't seem to augur very well for the Southern Hemisphere legs of the summer tour. Edited June 15, 2014 by peasy23 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 There are to be lots of planned changes to the squad between last night and the Argentina/SA games. Just as well, since we picked up a lot of injuries. We weren't great last night, but I'd stop well short of disgraceful. A tough game against a team who are constantly improving, and who were well up for it. Winning that game was the most important thing. We made plenty of line breaks, but the support didn't quite get there to allow us to finish them. Russell started poorly, but grew in confidence, Lamont played well in the centre, making a huge amount of ground, and Blair Cowan was outstanding at the breakdown, after replacing Strokosch, who seemed to have picked up a neck injury. Big negatives - Lawson was awful at the lineout, and butchered two opportunities to put Maitland in for a free score. Visser was good going forward, but utter toilet when it was kicked to him, and worse when the wingers ran at him - his defence and positioning are simply not good enough at that level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 There are to be lots of planned changes to the squad between last night and the Argentina/SA games. Just as well, since we picked up a lot of injuries. We weren't great last night, but I'd stop well short of disgraceful. A tough game against a team who are constantly improving, and who were well up for it. Winning that game was the most important thing. We made plenty of line breaks, but the support didn't quite get there to allow us to finish them. Russell started poorly, but grew in confidence, Lamont played well in the centre, making a huge amount of ground, and Blair Cowan was outstanding at the breakdown, after replacing Strokosch, who seemed to have picked up a neck injury. Big negatives - Lawson was awful at the lineout, and butchered two opportunities to put Maitland in for a free score. Visser was good going forward, but utter toilet when it was kicked to him, and worse when the wingers ran at him - his defence and positioning are simply not good enough at that level. Yeah... I definitely think I went too far last night. But I still thought we were really bad and could quite easily have lost. If the ref hadn't spotted the infringement by the Canadian that led him to be sent off then Canada had a reasonably easy penalty to take the lead again, with very little time remaining. Remember that this is a Canada side that just lost to Japan as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeko Green Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Think the lesson here is don't streak at an All Blacks game.... http://youtu.be/oUZ_1kHXj6M 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiDB Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Think the lesson here is don't streak at an All Blacks game.... He's in the papers today saying he feels a bit sore but nothing too major. He's more worried about the fact his girlfriend isn't talking to him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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