Better Rugby Rules

Spring Time in NZ…

September in NZ is spring time, and the cold bleak dark weather roles away, the arrival of warm sun shine wakens kiwis to outdoor pursuits like fishing, hunting, snow skiing, long black coffees at the cafe. The ABs had three weeks off and that’s what they were doing, so to come back to test match rugby with full engines blasting took 40 minutes of warming up. The second half was where the ABs banked their pay cheque this week. Well done ABs !

Some of the ABs were puffing quite hard, Hore and Nonu looked short of a game especially. But once again Carter, McCaw and Woodcock all proved they are the worlds best ! Carter slotted two very important goals which secured the win, that’s a huge improvement from the RWC 2007.

The Aussies brought their ‘A’ game and it showed, Deans will have this team as serious RWC contenders in 3 years. The players are getting more confident (yes they look better at home). Deans is starting to get the team believing in themselves. They Aussies played with some good smarts, but like any tight game the odd missed tackle decides the outcome.

Onto end of year tour, it will be interesting how we and the Aussies rate up north by Xmas.