Crusaders in Christchurch: Rebels set sights on ‘hardest task in our game’

Didn't seem to do a lot wrong on review, he agreed to what less than half a dozen points? And most irrelevant.

You last statement is irrelevant also.

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

OJohn 21 minutes ago

Phil Waugh is only interested in the Tahs, the Tahs and the Tahs. He was the captain of the Tahs when player power stabbed their coach Ewen McKenzie in the back. He's a selfish Tah and a nasty piece of work.

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

OJohn 23 minutes ago

Dave Wessels was and so was Kevin Foote. Trying to bore Australians to death. Was never going to succeed. Erasmus is very different. A free thinker.

JW 23 minutes ago

Yea, I think SA would have been just as gracious, if not more. Worthy point.

JW 26 minutes ago

And sometimes it's even the inverse, where the side with 14 starts playing better.

This was hypothesized after SBW red against the Lions and winning the game for instance.

Which also might be a more respectful way to put, rather than you suggesting the Springboks aren't a very good team for nearly "f-ed it up".

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

OJohn 26 minutes ago

Australian rugby needs to learn to do it by itself, not with nefarious outside influence. It is very important for Australian rugby's self confidence, which taken a beating from kiwi coaches and constantly being told, mainly by obnoxious kiwis, we are never good enough.

And their coaches have made sure of that with ridiculous selections and gameplans, like kick the ball back to the All Blacks all the time, suckers !

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

Mitch 29 minutes ago

South African coaches still have the stigma in Australia of being 10 man rugby merchants even though that's not true for Johan Ackerman, Franco Smith. I think even Jake White has moved away from that style. Rassie's Boks are more adventurous this year than people would have expected.

JW 29 minutes ago

That's not the truth at all, you're in fairtale territory. The only difference between those to types of teams, is luck.

That lie has been found out, with those teams previously sharing the kudos for working on discipline, now some of being the worst. It is simply a poor indignation of the quality, and easyness, of refereeing. Even the judiciary panel called Sam Cane, a liar.

One thing I will say to any South African readers, after watching a replay of the Final again to see how many tackles Frizell made, was that I viewed Frizells takedown of Bongi incorrectly. It having reviewed during that period, I had failed to watch the live footage, I had only analyzed the replays. Previously, I tried to defend Frizell for pulling out of the neck roll and, instead, accidentally falling on Bongi's leg. The angle that I saw live made be look closer and indeed, Frizell was indeed trying to level him off. As Bongi himself said afterwards "thank god for my NECK", because otherwise Frizells full weight would have done a lot more damage I'd imagine (which I think was his own point).

So previously I had critized the review officer for giving Cane a (incorrect) red card because he couldn't/didn't give one to Frizell. Now I can understand more where he was coming from. So mainly, I'd just like to apologize to and SAn's who I had tried to defend that situation of only deserving of a penalty for (if that), when in fact it was more deserving of a red than Sam Canes tackle imo.

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

OJohn 30 minutes ago

He took a bunch of nobodies essentially, from a country that wasn't that interested in rugby prior, to world domination so yes.

Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

OJohn 33 minutes ago

McKenzie got us to within 3 points of bringing the Bledisloe Cup back after only 16 months of taking over an utter shambles of a Wallaby team left by Deans. It was an extraordinary effort really. The Tah players blew it.