No thread for this yet (surprisingly). Looking forward to the game tomorrow. A few young blokes like Savea, Romano, Cruden and Retallick have big opportunities to impress. Hope we play a running game and keep in away from their forwards as much as we can. ABs by 30 if we can do that I reckon.
Weather is set to be gale force winds and plenty of rain in Wellington tomorrow night. Gives the Argies a sniff, I reckon.
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Glad I didn't go to this one tbh. Argentina making a good fist of this, but the conditions really suit their game. Too many simple handling errors from NZ, but the Argies showing great urgency at the breakdown. Decent reffing so far. Only glaring error a forward pass that is touchie territory.
Impressive half from Argentina I thought. Obviously our blokes still making too many mistakes. Argies could be in with a shout here if things go their way, though would still be very surprising to see it actually happen.
Couple of home town calls for the ABs. Great tackling by the Argies - good commitment - poor back play by them though (having an overlap and a fellow cutting back towards the forwards, having the ball in the 22 and doing a grubber kick into touch etc) Still expect the ABS to run away with this in the last 20 minutes.
Our lights at home nearly went off just before that - flickered on and off for a bit. Probably an interruption in the power supply due to the gale force winds. Just enough to knock the floodlights out.
