Comments on: Rugby Championship 2018: Round 2 Predictions

By: Don P

Don P — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 12:58:49 +0000

Barrett had another disallowed due to a fwd pass.
Jones of the S Times didn’t rate Barrett after the Lions’ tour. Why would he? I mean Barrett’s only x2 been WR player of the yr & scored over 30 AB tries… so far. Anyway, if interested, it’ll be on Sky Catch up.. @ yr local maybe?

By: Pablito

Pablito — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 10:41:23 +0000

Not seen any of the match yet but 4 tries to Barrett! Wow

By: Don P

Don P — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 07:14:45 +0000

Oops. Accidentally gave myself 1as well. Ah well, what the heck..

By: Don P

Don P — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 07:11:29 +0000

Gave Pabloto & Gary a thumbs up because, to paraphrase John Pullen, ‘.. @ least ‘they’ turned up! Well done, proper rugby boys.

By: gary

gary — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:35:42 +0000

Can see the all blacks hammering austrailia here
52 – 14

In the other game it could honestly go either way. probably safer to call SA but just depends what argentina shows up

By: Pablito

Pablito — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:11:58 +0000

Only seen the highlights of the Aus NZ game. Pretty impressive stuff from the ABs.

Aus defence may have been sieve-like (did I read something like 40 missed tackles?) and their set-piece non-existent, but the ABs were ruthless and efficient in capitalising on it.

Can’t see Aus turning that around in a week. ABs by 25+ but could be a real blowout

By: Don P

Don P — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:25:37 +0000

Nearly got stampeded in the rush for anything SH again.

Oz didn’t look that ordinary in the 1st 1/2 last week when they kept NZ out for nearly 40 mins. However, the AB’s are mostly more efficient than other teams when they have possession. This showed in the 2nd spell, although Oz had no luck, like Folau’s injury leaving a gap in defence or Barrett’s dribbled try which might have bounced sideways, but their line out losses were disastrous.

However, @ home I can only see the AB’s getting better after their 1st blow out. Oz will also surely improve, especially @ line out. They’ll have to. If they can get & keep some pill, they could make it awkward for NZ, but I just don’t see any areas where the AB’s will be dominated. With a near 1st choice team again, I can only see NZ again running away with it once more, particularly by the last 1/4. Hard to argue with 28.

SA put the acid on Argentina last week, again, especially later in the 2nd 1/2. Argentina have to win this 1 as it’ll likely present them with 1 of possibly 2 chances for wins in the tournament. They’ll need to be more creative with ball in hand & certainly not kick it away. They must also win more possession than SA, who might well kick it out wide again. If they at least get parity ball, they could sneak it in a close 1 @ home. However, if the squander possession, SA will likely prevail & which, in the end, i think will happen anyway. SA by 10?