Sharpie your an inspiration shame about most of the rest

[SNOB]

Sharpie was great some of the others really need to look at them selves and admit that they are not good enough. TPN exit stage left or right now!
My 8 nephews words. "Whose that fat man in 1 who just stands around"
"Why do they keep kicking"
" why's drew coming on HBs ok and Drew hasn't played for ages"
"When we play we're told to carry the ball in two hands"
Even as an 8 yr old, who's not supposed to be playing to win, he was disappointed that we didn't win but he did take my $5 because the Wallabys didn't lose by more than 20 pts.
Deans keeps his job for another two months.

[GIGS20]

By matching the AllBlacks, deans has probably earned the right to have a losing spring tour.

At least that's what the rugby club will be saying.

[Elf1]

By matching the AllBlacks, deans has probably earned the right to have a losing spring tour..

Pigs bum he does They win or he just goes directly back to NZud.

[travelling_gerry]

Dan Carter misses drop-goal after siren as Wallabies and All Blacks play out tryless 18-all draw

By Jim Morton
AAP
October 20, 201211:01PM

Kiwi-turned-Australian radar boot Mike Harris kicked the Wallabies to arguably the most honourable draw in their Test history on Saturday night by denying the All Blacks a Bledisloe whitewash at Suncorp Stadium.

Harris slotted five penalty goals from as many attempts and coolly kicked the final three-pointer in the thrilling dying minutes as the Wallabies drew 18-l8 with the world champions.


In a nail-biting finish where the result could have gone either way, All Blacks maestro Dan Carter narrowly missed a match-winning field goal four minutes after the hooter sounded.

It denied New Zealand a record-equalling 17th straight Test win.

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans was proud his team held the All Blacks tryless, was rapt by the immense effort but wasn't celebrating the result.

"I suspect (the players) will be frustrated because it's a game there they know they could have won," he said.


"We're not happy with the outcome but I imagine the All Blacks aren't either."

While Deans denied he was sweating when Carter lined up his last-gasp drop goal, which missed by a foot at most, Sharpe admitted he was gravely worried.

"I thought 'oh shit'," the 112-Test veteran said.

Beale was unsure whether he pulled the right rein by foregoing a drop-goal attempt at the death after multiple phases but Sharpe backed his decision to allow the forwards to rumble ahead in the hope of a penalty close to the sticks.

All Blacks mentor Steve Hansen lamented a poor performance by his side but paid tribute to the character they showed to almost pull a win out of the bag.

"We're really, really disappointed - too many avoidable penalties and too many avoidable mistakes," Hansen said.

"It was probably one of the ugliest games of rugby that I've been involved in."

Despite being a tryless affair, the sell-out 51,888 crowd was captivated by the ebbs and flows of an encounter both sides looked set to clinch at different times.

The injury-ravaged Wallabies, 13-point underdogs, had threatened to produce one of the biggest upsets in Australian Test history when they led 15-6 after 50 minutes.

But the momentum turned viciously as flanker Michael Hooper was sin-binned and Carter kicked four straight penalties to grab a three-point lead with 10 minutes left.

While Auckland product and former New Zealand Under-20 playmaker Harris, playing his first trans-Tasman Test for Australia, levelled the scores with five minutes left, Australia desperately tried to seal the result.

They set up for a field goal of their own through countless pick-and-drives in the All Blacks quarter but Kurtley Beale never got the chance for a heroic attempt as prop Sekope Kepu was penalised for leaving his feet.

Expected to be easy meat for a full-strength Kiwi outfit eying a record-equalling streak, Australia aimed up in a stirring first-half effort.

It was a night where almost everything rolled the right way for the Wallabies, who were far more proactive than the first two Bledisloe Tests, in the first 50 minutes.

Carter missed two penalty attempts he'd normally bury, the All Blacks wasted gilt-edged attacking opportunities through poor handling and the Wallabies won the breakdown battle.

But their inability to punish the All Blacks early in the second half when prop Tony Woodcock was sin-binned was a telling sign.

Kiwi No.8 Kieran Read was a justified man-of-the-match while Beale was Australia's most dangerous player and skipper Nathan Sharpe starred in his final match on home soil.

In a sometimes heated clash, Richie McCaw was singled out for special treatment from Wallabies flanker Scott Higginbotham, who could be in trouble post-match after kneeing and head-butting the All Blacks skipper.


Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wa...#ixzz29sqnbPth

[travelling_gerry]

Wallabies forward Scott Higginbotham has been cited twice over his confrontation with All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw in Saturday night's 18-18 draw in Brisbane.


Higginbotham's "cheap shot" on McCaw infuriated the All Blacks, who are bewildered by the lack of protection for their skipper.


Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wa...#ixzz29srA6Q4B

[travelling_gerry]

[sandgroperrugby]

Wallabies forward Scott Higginbotham has been cited twice over his confrontation with All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw in Saturday night's 18-18 draw in Brisbane.


Higginbotham's "cheap shot" on McCaw infuriated the All Blacks, who are bewildered by the lack of protection for their skipper.


Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wa...#ixzz29srA6Q4B

Stupid thugby 3 weeks at least for deliberate cheap shots

[Alison]

Wallabies forward Scott Higginbotham has been cited twice over his confrontation with All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw in Saturday night's 18-18 draw in Brisbane.


Higginbotham's "cheap shot" on McCaw infuriated the All Blacks, who are bewildered by the lack of protection for their skipper.


Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wa...#ixzz29srA6Q4B

Pot. Kettle. Black.

[sittingbison]

I know this is a broken record, but pretty much EVERY ruck there was a kiwi lying on the wrong side making NO attempt to roll away. There could have been 20 more penalties, or a dozen yellow cards. It's getting beyond a joke.

A warning, a yellow, a red. Problem solved. Ref needs to show some authority given no raking out now.
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[theforceguy]

Wallabies forward Scott Higginbotham has been cited twice over his confrontation with All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw in Saturday night's 18-18 draw in Brisbane.


Higginbotham's "cheap shot" on McCaw infuriated the All Blacks, who are bewildered by the lack of protection for their skipper.


Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wa...#ixzz29srA6Q4B

I thought Scott had a blinder of a game He was hugely to blame for the lack of rithm in the All Black team. It is about time someone takes it to McCaw

[brokendown gunfighter]

with the knee and head?

[GIGS20]

the head butt will be crititcised, but it looks like a question of intent. its not impossible given the situation that it was unintentional...
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[Jules]

It was an edge of the seat match when it was supposed to be an all blacks white wash! There were many mistakes but I'm proud of the wallabies for everything that's been happening off field with injuries etc they achieved a draw! Well done wallabies!!
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[no.8]

GF yes I'm back! One player who nobody has mentioned or indeed be discussed in the news who I think needs praise is Nick Cummins. It difficult to stamp your mark on the game from the wing (unless you are David Campese freakish) but that big hit that HB put on (I think) Conrad Smith in first half was to me a trigger moment. A combination of copious amounts of beer, being overawed by the atmosphere and a oned fan of his, but I thought he was bloody brilliant and was little disappointed when he was replaced by a "plump" looking Drew Mitchell. You may disagree if you want, I don't really mind...
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[Talisman7]

the head butt will be crititcised, but it looks like a question of intent. its not impossible given the situation that it was unintentional...
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Unintentional! Are you serious? Once again a cheap shot merchant has a crack at McCaw simply because he is the best and most effective player running around in world rugby.

Higginbotham is not fit to be in the same stadium as McCaw. I hope the punishment fits the crime but doubt if it will. The judiciary has shown itself to be a joke this year as evidenced by the headbut on Sharpe and Greyling's attack on McCaw.