All Blacks Getting Used to Losing? Murray Mexted on Fourth Straight Defeat to Springboks
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Legendary All Blacks loose forward Murray Mexted joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport, offering his thoughts on New Zealand's 18-12 defeat to South Africa in Cape Town. The Springboks have now won four straight against the Kiwis, which last happened way back in 1949 - a year in which the All Blacks lost all six tests they played.
Mexted and Devlin talk about New Zealand's failure to take control of the match in Cape Town when they had opportunities to, the performance of the loose forwards, whether or not All Black fans are becoming too used to losing, and more.
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The nonsensical waffling here is top tier😂
Shocking interview, talked a lot and said nothing, just a general whine.
Dear SA viewers - please don't accept this waffle as the sentiment of the average NZ fan. We do NOT all blame the ref. In fact, we tend to be hard on the boys. This is moaning NONSENSE.
Dear SA viewers FO. We missed 2 straight in front kicks. Thats the ball game. The RWC final was the same, we missed 2 standard kicks and lose by a point. They kick their points. We were and are better than them. We just need to kick our bloody penalties and conversions. We need Buck Shelford to stand behind the kicker to shout at him "Get your bloody act together kicker or i'll kick your fn butt"
@@Albert_Br😂😂😂😂😂
Kiwi here. The Bokke won - congrats - because they were a better team.
Dont blame the NZ fans.Your pundits(some)is crybabies
The most important question here is… did Murray actually watch the game…. 😂
No..watching the barmaid
We saffas have many years experience practicing our excuses. It is nice seeing the Kiwis practicing this fine art a bit.
Ummm, ref was fine. Lost fair and square
Mexted's comments had nothing alluding to "fair & square", only about game flow being hindered by pedantic refereeing, which affected both sides & had a stop/start affect.
@@stephenbaylis6743 Listen to him again carefully. Mexted is essentially blaming the "biased" and "intimidated" ref for the loss and fact that AB did not score any tries. Absolute nonsense. He was blowing the boks way more at the breakdown and blew the the Bok scrumhalf for going over 5 seconds, while the AB scrumhalf went over 5 seconds on at least 2 occasions with nothing.
@@stephenbaylis6743he literally said the ref favoured South Africa you fucking moron
@@nicobr00no he’s not. At no point did he blame the referee for the result. I thought the referee was pretty good, much more fair than the first game, and had no impact on the final result. However, I understand where Mexted is coming from, but he definitely was not blaming the referee for the loss. In fact, Mexted goes onto explain why he thought the All Blacks lost, and none of it was attributed to the referee.
@@ducksmadhe quite clearly said he thought the ref was disgraceful and that he had given in to pressure from all and sundry to look for more mistakes from the AB’s.
Mex must have been on the double gins again... if anything that ref favoured ABs...come on mex sober up, rewatch the game qnd accept your loss without blaming the ref..
@@at7512 shockers these guys R gonna end up looking & sounding like golem! PRECIOUS !
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You don’t think it’s fair that Bok tacklers are not permitted to touch ground or it’s “not rolling away”?
Umm he’s not blaming the referee for the result. Mexted went onto explain where the All Blacks went wrong and none of it was due to the referee.
@@ducksmad He's delusional. It's not the amateur era anymore where most teams would show up with a few lads from the pub.
Rugby is played all over the world, not just in New Zealand, to expect the rules to change to suit New Zealand, implied by numerous pundits shortly after the RWC and many time since, is arrogant and beyond belief. The All Blacks have lost their aura of invincibility, other teams respect them, but they don't fear them like they used to. Super Rugby isn't the same tournament as it was, and the comp and the ABs miss playing the Saffas .
The bokke have benefitted by playing in the URC. They are exposed to different styles of play, different refereeing and conditions which can only benefit them. allowing their players to play in other leagues around the world also increases their, the teams, IP and ultimately helps the team be successful. It does complicate things from a management POV but Rassie has found a solution. The Bokke are where they are in terms of depth, experience and the confidence they're playing with because of the way they went about rebuilding their team and structures. They sacrificed so results, the 2nd test against Wales is one example, where they made wholesale changes to give younger players experience and ended up losing. The rugby public understood the plan Rassie had and bought into it. What's stopping New Zealand and Australia from doing the same.
The all-Black's fans need to accept that their team isn't always going to win. We all want our team to win every game. but the reality is that that isn't going to happen. At the moment anyone of the top 5 or 6 teams can beat anyone on a given day. That's what we want, we want rugby to be competitive, sometimes a close low scoring game is just as exciting if not more so than a high scoring free for all, look at the RWC Ireland vs SA game.
World Rugby has in fact since RWC 2015 (when host nation England were shockingly eliminated in the pools) pursued a deliberate policy of massaging the rules of the international game - including redefining the breakdown, shifting the offside line, and generally closing down the field of play - to more resemble the traditional style of European club rugby; ie. heavy footed, defensive, set-piece oriented and light on open running attack. The aim was, ultimately, to allow a Northern Hemisphere nation (preferably England or France, whose financial might within the sport has never translated to accumulation of World Cup titles) to finally win another World Cup, and break the Southern Hemisphere stranglehold on the tournament. These moves have largely backfired, as those same rule changes have proven uniquely well suited to the traditional strengths of South African rugby, helping them to back-to-back world titles and a series win over the B&I Lions just in the last 5 years. Now you see the wheel turning again, with more rules changes designed to speed up the game, and penalize teams who deliberately attempt to slow the pace (ie. South Africa) becoming implemented. You begin to wonder if World Rugby will ever arrive at a version of the sport they'll be happy with.
Over the years the rules have been changed to blunt New Zealand teams abilities to dominate. What ever happened to the art of rucking? The Northern Hemisphere killed that aspect of the game. Now players lie all over the ball like beached whales. I agree with you Super Rugby sucks the sooner we get rid of it the better. ABs don't need the Saffas. What we need, is to rebuild our own domestic competition have our all blacks play in said competition and bring back the tough competitive games we once had a bloody long time ago.
The thing that stands out to this old bugger, is that the ABs played bloody well and lost to a Springbok outfit that didn't. And yet the Springboks still won. It could've been far worse.imo.
The All Blacks hardly played well. Poor hands, especially under the high ball, lack of deep kicks to the corner when given a penalty, kicks out on a full, easy kicks at goal missed. They played okay but far from their potential.
Murray Mexted plays down the significance of the Springboks bomb squad.
It was just as tragic from 2010 to 2016 when refs only did things in favor of the ABs
Ha ha still salty about that,how pathetic
Win or lose there is nothing more salty than a SA rugby supporter 😂😂😂
theres a huge difference cards werent handed out like candy then massive difference and prove to us the ref favouring NZ its just an excuse SA wouldve been lucky to win 1 or 2 of the last 4 tests if they werent gifted cards and penalties only the officials are making them look good
Continuous playing outside the rules to win games in the old days by All Blacks makes them cheats. They are battling to adapt to play within the rules nowadays because they know they will get caught out most times by cameras and TMO's and refs.
The cheek of it the SA refs were shocking before neutral refs isnt it a coincidence that since neutral refs SA record is rubbish?.
All Blacks dominated the breakdowns, had the upper hand in the lineouts overall, and had decent parity at scrum time most of the time. Ref made errors both ways. Our locks are NOT 2.6m Mex 😂....2.06 is very different. Was a close game and could have gone either way just like all those times you beat the Boks by close margins. All Blacks will get better and will beat the Boks again. The sooner you focus on getting that 1% better and stop crying about the refs and the airplanes & the rude fans the faster you will get there.
Hahahaha well the whining ain’t gonna stop, truth be told NZ playing base is shrinking , on top of that the islanders are returning to play for their home nations,,,, just look at the Ardie Savia situation, He should have continued to be captain the guy that has carried the forward pack & he has now decided to play is rugby for manu pasific with his brother & Tana,,,,,, so I think when u then add in the poor leadership from the top- ceo & raelene castle(DAM?) & very small budget which they just had to dig into & pay out a coach,,,'!, might be time to get someone with a school leavers certificate 4 a change ?
Excellent
Mexted is delusional. RG Synman wasn't even playing. I doubt the boks line struggles to much longer when they're down to a 7th choice lock.
"I find it very hard to believe that the Boks scored the only two tries in the game." When you live in the past and just can't help letting out those burps of arrogance as the world slips past you.
Spend less time choreographing the Haka and concentrate on the rugby boys.
That's what i say
Too bloody right, and Razor must not be so parochial in selection.
Murray keeps saying the two best teams in the world. Aren't Ireland ranked above them?
🤣ouch
Ireland are ranked above the All Blacks so if by ‘them’ you only mean the AB’s then yes you are correct sir.
Ireland are above the Abs and will put a big slappy on this Abs team at the end of the year
Yes, the two best teams in the world already played and it was more competitive. But don't be harsh, a lot of these old guard are still living in the 90s.
The ref was good, Mexted is being unfair. And even if he was the AB's had the whistle go their way since Fitzpatrick's day. These NZ pundits really need to learn humility. They're soiling this great rivalry now.
During Fitzpatricks playing days the play should of been blown up so many times and yet they got away with it so many times.
Fitzpatrick was the referee back then, when he retired he passed the whistle to Richie
@@boerieroll 100% true.
The real issues is when you gotten away with it for so many years. You will believe the refs is unfair now. At the end of the day, ABs was the brand that bring more eyes to the sports. These days Ireland, France and Boks is performing and increasing support, ref are now blowing the rules to ABs. This is why they are becoming cry babies.
@@JohnMichaels-fs7bi well said 👏👏👏
Mr Mexted wants his Anzac Refs to Ref against the Boks eg Bryce Lawrence. We remembered the Reffs names dont you worry Mr Mexted.
The biggest issue long term I see is not the players or coaches... Look at the bigger picture... (1) You have be able to pick overseas based Players (2) Super rugby needs a full revamp. You need to expose your players to a varied opposition / conditions / stadiums etc. (3) NZ allowed their star players to dominate positions instead of brining in new talent early and allowing those players to gain experience (this would have also given your older players more longevity) (4) NZ Rugby needs to adapt better to the new refereeing style and rules
So when NZ lose to South Africa it's because of the ref or altitude! Got it 🤣😂🤣😂 Literally this biased for SA ref gave the ABs the first penalty almost immediately after the first kickoff no warning just tells the scrumhalf you took too long. But okay.
Mexted didn’t blame the referee for the result…
@@ducksmad It was hard to figure out what he was blaming because he was rambling on about any old shite.
@@Camcolito lol I had no trouble following him 🤷♂️
so its not the bomd squad any more.or suzie!
its now the ref
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Mex is another🤡
Haha as if Saffas haven’t been guilty in that regard , especially the coach! Pot Kettle!
Where did he blame the referee on the result. Mexted discussed where the ABs went wrong but at no point did he say they lost due to the referee.
@@ducksmad Listen again ..he spoke 💩about the ref!!!!
@@ianjacobs2998 I heard him the first time. He didn’t like the referee, but again, he didn’t blame the referee on the result. He actually did discuss where the ABs fell short, none were to blamed on the referee.
Wow. How unique. Blame the referee. It really is time for ABs to look internally for reasons for losing. The ostrich syndrome will be your downfall along with ongoing discipline issues.
The AB's didn't blame anyone.
Murray Mexted was interviewed - not the All Blacks😂
Where did he blame the referee for the result? He discussed where the ABs went wrong but at no point did he say it was because of the referee.
The question is the Boks missed 37 tackles..too many handling errors, how on earth did the Boks win?? How did the All blacks fail to score a try??
Don’t agree with Mr Murray -
Did he watch the game - The Boks had more penalties against them then the All Blacks scoring tries by die Boks was purely them taking their chances come Murray sharpen your assessment a bit Damian could’ve also won the game but dropped the ball- except losing for a while Marty 😅
Could have got us one in front with 10 to go, that’s not winning the game, look at the last ranfurly shield game, was in the bag , then it wasn’t, ball in play after the full time penalty kick 3 , win by 2, that’s winning the game with a kick. We had a 10 point lead first game lost by 8 or so, sth Africa’s missed 10 points or more off the boot both games. We just aren’t good enough at the moment.
Just calm down. New coach. Needs time to find his feet. Just calm down.
NZ press is almost as bad as the UK...couldn't believe some of the questions asked by NZ reporters after the game..Razor looked rattled and actually lashed out a bit..
@sakabula2357 yip I saw that too. Thought those questions were offside. It was an epic game . Both games were well matched. Didn't warrant such cynical questions
Its a simple solution for the All Blacks...listen carefully NZ...pick everyone that is available..whether they are playing at home or in another country ...then you will start beating the Springboks..
Restricting your selection process to NZ based
players only is hurting the AB's...
That's four different refs for the four losses against the boks and all of them are bad according to New zealan pundits, take it like a man you playing at a level were you can't select your players ,playing abroad and this has harmed you selection strength,
Remember when Bismarck got a red for tackling Dan Carter but we had to always just accept it, remember when we got carded for fun, what did everyone say, you can't blame the Ref, so fuck everyone who has a problem with the Refs now!!!
The are crying because their competitive edge "dirty play or dark arts" is not longer working.
Spot on, no more Josh Kronfeld, Richie Macaw
Well said buddy. Let them stew in their own despair and limitless excuses. 👍
JK almost died when he had to praise us slightly 😂😂😂😂
I agree with your overall sentiment, but leading with your forearm into someone's throat has no place in rugby.
As an AB and rugby fan, I've enormous respect for South Africa 🇿🇦 NZ will enjoy, embrace & rise to this great challenge in World Rugby. Kolisi and Co bring the ruckus!!
I’m not sure if Mex was watched the same game we did. The ABs dominated the lineouts and breakdowns.
And I’m not sure what he is going on about the ref. I don’t think he made any calls that are worthy of getting that angry about. It was more player mistakes and both sides.
How many true world-class players are in this current AB squad? Corey Taylor, Ardie Savea, Beaudiene Barrett, Will Jordan?
Scott Barrett was becoming world class as a blindside flanker , now he's wasted at lock 😮
None that's a fact Ardie is close but not this year
Ardie must overcome his WC loss. He is just a shadow of what he was last year
@@davie-d4e Good point. He could be carrying niggling injuries as well.
NZ complaining about refs…. One week “too little referee intervention”, the next week “too much referee intervention”. Just accept that you are not good enough at the moment. The ref is not going to turn an average AB’s team into world champions again. You are losing because you are playing against better teams.
He sounds like sir JK stop blaming the refs. You lost so just accept it, this tipe of commentary that make people lose respect for the AB
Just like you lot when you lose...you all blame the ref constantly...lol
@@paulhenry2011 So it's bad if SA blame the ref but okay if NZ do it?
You're taking Mexted's words way out of context? Where did he blamr the ref for the AB's losing?
He said the ref screwed the flow. The only guys responsible for losing are the AB's. Just not good enough. No need to twist words.
@@stephenbaylis6743 Listen to the first few minutes again. In not so many words he is basically blaming the "intimidated" and "biased" ref for the loss and fact that the AB's had no tries.
@@FilmDecoded000 never said that. I said both sides complain about the ref when their team loses..fans do that is.. plenty of comments prove that..pathetic
Well said Murray
Saffas put serious pressure on the officials
Its been happening for years
Even the replays on the big screens are bias towards the saffas
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Where do I sign, so Murray Mexted replaces JK on the breakdown.
@@etienneholmes5556 can you imagine Mex and JK on the same podcast with Matt Williams... a circus for sure...
Part of the problem for the ABs is being displayed here, with Mexted's " . . two best teams in the world . . ." comment. Some New Zealanders can't seem to understand that there has been a levelling of standards at the top, and that there are now 4-5 teams who can consistently beat each other on any given day. The cosy duopoly of SA & NZ (with the occasional nod to Australia) no longer exists, and NZ needs to readjust their mindset. 'First among Equals' is a realistic ambition, 100% dominance may not be.
The referee are under bomb squad pressure 🤫🤫🤫🤫
I agree about the referees, especially the British. They don't allow the game to flow and just busy dishing out cards for the slightest infringement.
The ref bashing is par for the course now with NZers... There is no Springbok lock that is 2.6 meters tall - that is 8 foot 6 inches!!
Also that 'altitude' excuse is UTTER NONSENSE. The Boks are just as affected by it as ABs. Not all the Boks players are FROM an area of altitude and even if they are, they dont spend all year playing and living there. Most of them live and play abroad. They have to aclimatise to it just like us. Mex makes me sick with the excuses. Can't we just congratulate a better team?
Cape town is sea level not altitude 🤦
@@gameadadams5338 Yes I know but Mex was using that excuse in this interview for the previous weeks test loss
in Jo-Burg
The second loss was definitely on the coaching team. Can’t expect to finish teams off or finsih faster and stronger if you don’t even use the bench let alone late.
Inexperience is showing more off the field than on.
Wow. This is sad. Blaming the referee and not willing to admit that were outplayed. Needs to show more respect to the sport and accept your losses.
Ok Murray. 2 things. Firstly, both sides were being pinged by a trigger happy ref and secondly, most of our Boks don't play at altitude. I can think of Kurt Lee, Nortje and one or 2 others that play at the Bulls or Lions. Altitude is a factor for both teams.
Even Murray Mexted is a typical NZ wincher
Kiwi here. The All blacks did ok . They would have taken a lot from the two games.we weren't that far away.We will be back no fear about that.time to give young players more time on field against Aussie
ABs 3rd best team...probably ever since overseas players were not allowed to play...years and years and years now...brass decisions?
Coming from a Bok supporter, AB Wallace Sititi is in my opinion a rising star, not dissimilar to the find we have in Feinberg Mngomezulu. He is an exciting prospect.
Man luv mex but I thought the reffing wasnt to bad at all or was consistent for both teams.The boks were just to good for 80 minutes and actually i thought they didnt play to well but were still able to win the 2 tests so big up to them and we need to get better on and off the field!!
Sad that a great All Black has to resort to blaming a referee. A team that has always been seen as the flag bearer of our sport when they were dominant is proving to not be as gracious when times get tough.
The agony and the ecstasy of SA v NZ.What a privilege to have experienced it since 1960.
Refs play a big part but cant blame them for everything, the All Black were in the game but need to go to another level mentally physically
I feel there positive there just got to finish our opportunities and we will be ok
Which opportunities were those? And on that note, if SA too theirs, this would have been bloody. You know we were only about 60% right? Hopefully next time we meet, we will be better. And hopefully so are you. Are you putting the Eden Park record on the line next year?😂😂
Referees, altitude, height difference, the curvature of the Earth, etc, etc, etc and so on so forth.
Dont forget those "20kgs"
I've found most Kiwis to be very respectful, congratulatory, and gracious in victory and defeat. So to hear this whining from Murray Mexted is disappointing.
Unbelievable that's four losses against the boks and each time it's the ref ,really I think the all blacks need to adopt a policy that they can select players ,playing overseas instead of blaming the ref ,I found the ref to be nothing short of brilliant
Or a policy where they can bring Bryce Lawrence back from retirement
The ABs had Aussie refs when playing the Boks, and the Aussies had New Zealand refs when playing the Boks. Guess who got favoured?
Whenever the AB loose, the rev gets blamed!😡 Dissapointing really from a team with such a great history. The future will not be as bright, if they don’t except they are not that special anymore. Other teams caught up.
Agreed. As a SAFFA the ref did not allow the game to flow. That favoured the Springboks.
When you kick at every time don’t blame ref for not scoring a try. McKenzie kicking from 55m at sea level 🤦♂️ refs fault 😂
Selective memory MEX...that what YOU'VE got!!!
Get Muzza back on the TV. He's still the man for rugby commentary 👍🏾💯🇳🇿
NZ again blaming the ref when they lose .Sorry state of affairs,that's the main crises facing NZ rugby.
some kiwis are blaming the ref....they cant blame the coach as alot of our media are so obssesed with the guy.now with the biggest points scored against the abs in their proud history,3 losses the guy and those who hyped him are in trouble.
Rugby doesn't have a ref problem. It's got a HD TV problem with high frame rate replays. Reffing the game with the laws while under such scrutiny is going to be impossible. Period. Unless the detailed, slow motion replays are changed, but NO ref can be 100% accurate in real time.
That being said NZ did not loose because of the ref.
ABs floundering...all teams have cycles
All NZ needs to do is allow their international players to play for the AB's, get rid of Damian McKenzie, and learn how to stack and manage a bench like SA does.
Didn’t expect MM to have a whine at the ref. ABs lived off ref blowing Springboks, and ABs whining in last 20 was too much including bloody water boy, and TJP should have been set down. Tense game. One team one by 4 points, at home. Reason enough.
Mexted never mentions he would have dropped Vaa'i who was off the field in the last 15 of the first test and was one of the very best in the second test. What does he say about Vaa'i now, the one who robbed so many of Saffers' line out balls?
Ive been saying the same thing as Murray, the referee does not want to responsible for the spring bok's losing, hell get torn apart, and of course all probsports are subject to fixing
Mexted whinning,whinning and more whinning.😂😂😂😂😂😂
An AB supporter complaining about the referee? What happened, did you get so used to the refs favouring you that when its neutral you feel slighted? Thought Talea was lucky to stay on after taking Pollard out in the air as did Justin Marshall
Well said again Murray. Spot on as usual. Mr mexted and mr Marshall best and honest commentators in new Zealand. Well done boys!
Bok fan here, hugely respectful and always sh!t scared to play the AB's but this was a train smash of an interview. Mexted was a great player, but is he getting senile?
News to MM: “Brings two tests from 2 best teams in the world.” That’s where the numbers and results expose the bias which you fairly admit. Ireland are No.2 and probably would have beaten NZ playing in CPT last Saturday.
Its a game of margins. ABs still very competitive. Boks lost 4 lineouts , and gave plenty of turnovers.
Springboks were simply better than us.We have the talent to win.
Selections were poor.Mex is 100% right about height in the line outs.
McKenzie is not international flyhalf.Perenara was terrible yet again.
Harry Plummer should start against Australia.Wallace Sititi is the eight we need.
Savea should be the open side.Scott Barrett at blindside.Vaai and Darry the locks.
Best team won - we’re literally starting over with new coach and blooding in players. Time is our friend
The All Blacks decline coincides with the watered down Super Rugby competition they now find themselves in. If they do not have a competitive tournament which allows all players the opportunity to hone their skills, I’m afraid the decline will continue. The immediate change that would allow a positive impact is allowing foreign based players to be eligible for selection.
Bitterpis 😢😮😅😅😅😅
did he say the boks had a 2.6 and 2.3 meter tall lock or is that just my imagination 4:55
Yea but he clearly meant 2.06 and 2.03
😂😂
I must say, this is a lot of crap. Mexted is trying to jump on the attractive rugby bandwagon, saying how great Super Rugby is and how crap or boring, international rugby is. Heard it all before from that Aussie former Scottish coach, how's record wasn't very good for Scotland anyway, so should rather keep quiet. From what I have heard, the general feeling from NZ is that we played well and deserved to win. Yes, there are dodgy RSA and NZ fans who moan and gloat and simply cannot contain themselves but for the most part, we are very respectful of each other's teams as this has been earned over more than 100 years. This was a close series and could have gone either way. I think blaming the ref, takes away from what both teams, players and management, have accomplished. I say thank you to the ABs for keeping us on the edge of our seats in the two games and thank you to the Boks for showing us that you are prepared to risk it all and try to play many different styles but can still secure wins against top class opposition.
It either gets more worse, or it gets bearable. Way before it even gets close to better or good👍😮
I would be interested to hear MM take on Sean Fitzpatrick on his “way” with referees?
I know that Mexted does not represent New Zealand supporters. I know that us South Africans have a tag of ref blaming. I have always found that interesting, as in my experience most losing teams complain about calls. I always thought Mexted was an intelligent rugby brain and one of the greats, always liked him. This was just hard to listen to, very disappointing.
& Estabeti scored a try but 4 some reason ???? I can’t work it out !
We need more of our brown boys who are being poached from NRL scouts at a early age!!! We are being dominated in the forward packs and we habe monster kiwi forwards playing rugby league in Australia right now!!! Examples are Nelson asofa solomona,Moses leota,jared waereahagraves,jason taumalolo,jarrad fissher harris,spencer leniu,adam fonua blake and many more who all started playing union and got scooped up at a young age by Australian scouts for thr NRL and if you watch league you will know how physically dominate those big boys are. The typical "farm boys" seem to only run sideways and kick the ball these days so we need more of our rugged city boys.
I love it when the NZ fans and pundits whine about losing. The rest of the world suffered decades of every call going the ABs way .
No problem with the ref dont blame the ref
And now it is Boks Players' size to blame for the losses!! 😨😇
The Ref made mistakes against both teams. He loved his whistle. The first penalty against our Scrumhalf was ridiculous. The Ref blew him up on 4 seconds when he has 5 seconds to clear. It was a ridiculous call.
As a SA living in NZ, I have lost all respect for NZ rugby in general. After the last years WC copious amount of copium, they are taking it next level. Everything and anything they talk about rugby is with a NZ slant. The game is too slow, too boring, too much scrums, not enough scrums, too much tmo, not enough tmo. Whoa. You fellows sounds like us! 😂😂😂
Easy to blame the ref when youre losing. Im pretty sure that was your usual take when you was still good at rugga. My, how the mighty have fallen. Told you, fans including pundits are the same the world over. And yet we wear the labels.
Anyway, as you were... Good luck up North. Ireland, France and England coming up. Sure the ref will decide the outcome again. 😂😂😂
Same here mate, but let them be as they simply delay their "come-back " as long as they're stuck in their 1st gear of denial.
Why don't you go back to SA?
Don't blame the ref, he gave NZ plenty penalties at the breakdown and was very harsh on our no 9 to use the ball
Nothing wrong with the ref my friend. Lost, not good enough... That's the bottom line
Not sure how he can say the ref was bad and it was all about him. All Black's just have to accept they aren't what they used to be.
Our Boks gave you every chance to win it, but this iteration of the ABs are just a bit of it. Boks always feels confident coming back from wherever now.
Breakdowns were won by ABs because Boks with Tony Ball have loose forwards in the tramlines. Boks need to employ Marx from the begining and perhaps a prop who is good on the ground if they want to employ that strategy.
Great series all round. Both teams wanted to play and high intensity led to high errors. Look forward to ABs putting the record on the line next year at Eden Park.
Lineout success
SA-13/16
NZ-10/12
What's Mex on?
The All Blacks didnt adapt to the refs interpretation of the breakdown laws and set piece. In the first 11mins, South Africa stopped contesting at the breakdown and fan into defense in their 22m. This is to avoid penalties against them. The All Blacks use to be good at adapting to the refrees interpretation. But we're trying to play an open game without earning our way upfront.
❤ I LOVE THE ALL BLACKS!! ME BOKKE!! SHAME ON X-GREATS TOO BLAME REF! LOOK THE SCOREBOARD!❤😂
I dont think the ref was great but wont blame him for a loss. When teams are under pressure they make mistakes and the ref pings them for it, nothing as diabolical as suggested. AB's played well, Boks have a far more experienced players and coaches and that is the difference
Maybe world rugby should be petitioned to limit the length of locks seeing as certain people already petitioned to ban scrums after the world cup hey?
Bullshit ref theory mate. Refs were fair up to a point but overlooked a few AB infringements and what should have been yellow cards
Loved Megs back in the day but this was painful to listen to. Pretty much disagreed with all his views.