As much as Offside McCaw and his Globetrotters annoy me, just 2mins of the second semi reminded me how much I can't stand the Wallabies. I'll be rooting for the ABs next week.Pumas seemed to have been caught cold which is a bit of a surprise. Perhaps they still don't feel they belong in the top tier and the occasion has got to them.
I managed to avoid hearing about today's game as well and watched it when I got back in from the NFL. Good effort by the Argies but the Aussies were comfortably the better team overall. Pocock was superb.
But I really like where Argentina are going with their rugby. Hope they stick with flinging the ball around, and keep on having a monster scrum.
Quote from: UK Redsox on October 25, 2015, 10:22:22 PMI managed to avoid hearing about today's game as well and watched it when I got back in from the NFL. Good effort by the Argies but the Aussies were comfortably the better team overall. Pocock was superb.Speaking of which, how does he do what he does so often, and do it legally? Or are they always clever enough to pile enough bodies in between him and the ref so he can't really see how he does it? But I really like where Argentina are going with their rugby. Hope they stick with flinging the ball around, and keep on having a monster scrum.
This is why it frustrates me when people call macaw the best 7 ever, or other such platitudes, he's not even the best in this world cup but he is very good at bending the rules just enough to get an advantage but not get pinged for it. That's not a huge problem, plenty of 7s try it, but I'd love it if just once a ref didn't put up with it. I reckon yellow within the first 15 and red before half time.
Quote from: paul_e on October 27, 2015, 10:56:18 AMThis is why it frustrates me when people call macaw the best 7 ever, or other such platitudes, he's not even the best in this world cup but he is very good at bending the rules just enough to get an advantage but not get pinged for it. That's not a huge problem, plenty of 7s try it, but I'd love it if just once a ref didn't put up with it. I reckon yellow within the first 15 and red before half time.The Ref on Saturday pinged McCaw for offside in the first few minutes of the semi