Mace says...

You Welsh are a joke!!!!, just like the words of your defence coach and pathetic performances of 59 years, even without Dan Carter you still couldnt even produce anything, everyone thinks the welsh played better in the second half when reality is our All Blacks played like S@$T!!! Even with 14 men you were still pathetic. Your men were dropping like flies and the reserve bench cleaned out it looked like Gatland was about to kit out. Great game from Cruden and nice shot from Hore!!! Thompson was hard done by, he should of put abit more force into it, its great to see some thuggery mixed in there the way the games being ruined by idiots these days, its just what we wanna see. Just like getting rid of the shoulder charge in league both games are being pu@$yfied, what next? get rid of tackling?

Posted 20:43 24th November 2012

jonesrp says...

If you look at the tripe dished up by South Africa and Australia this weekend then you realise that maybe there isn`t a big divide in the game after all...just one team that is out on its own...again. So not much changes. One great side, the rest all talking themselves up.

Posted 20:19 24th November 2012

rugbybutten says...

C Joubert was back in wc final mode, look after the ABs some awful first half decisions.

In all my comments on this website I have never criticised a ref even after the WC final debacle but this was just plain unfair. I fully understand and appreciate that NO ref can see everything or be right on everything but bloody hell give a team a chance. Wales still would not have won but the 1st 13 points were not right ( inc the fwd pass ). The AB tactic of deliberately seriosly injuring players early in the game really should be a thing of the past in this professional era. It used to be semi accepted that the ABs would try and ruin the career of a rugby player in the first few minutes of a game but surely this cannot continue.

And before you jump on my back ( and give me a kick if you are an AB) ..I am a huge fan of AB rugby, I am a distant but keen Napier Hawkes Bay fan... but don't alienate your biggest fan base... the rest of the rugby world.

Posted 20:17 24th November 2012

runnrugby says...

Although the Welsh played better in the second half there was less pressure to perform knowing the game was over before half time. Under pressure Wales lacked the clinical play early on with poor descisions and mistakes at crucial times costing them. But you could also say the same about the ABs taking their foot off the throttle, less pressure to perform knowing the game was over at half time lol

Posted 20:14 24th November 2012

StunTheMullet says...

@ carpelone - Why didn't that Wales player get penalised and yellow carded for running across back of the All Black ruck?

Posted 20:11 24th November 2012

jmanngod says...

to all those ranting abut wales playing against 14 ABs... just imagine how sick you'd all feel now after being thumped by only 14 players! At least against 15 ABs the thrashing was expected. After the horrible mess the IRB made with Thompson (i.e. wasting his time with their misguided appeal) they'll probably to something stupid now. A week for Hore's inaccuracy would be about right. Hell just use Grayling as an example.

Posted 20:03 24th November 2012

Sincero says...

If Wales are now in the third tier that is then hilarious. Anyone know of someone good at stitching sides together?

Posted 19:59 24th November 2012

mew2000 says...

Andrew hore you plonker!! HE deserves a ban of some length , I can't believe he did that and what was he thinking? I am an ab supporter but what he did was STUPID!!! Wonder who they get for back-up hooker if kevvie isn't better?

Posted 19:57 24th November 2012

damo says...

Joubert was pathetic and his lines man, missed forward pass for NZ try 1st half and also gave pen for Warbutton winning ball on the deck for not releasing and he wasn't the tackler add the missed punch on Davies which should have been a red for Hore.

Seems NZ play dirty its missed but any smaller nation play dirty they get red straight away, Heaslip vs NZ!!!!!

Joubert was the most one directional ref ever seen should be taken off such big games!

Posted 19:41 24th November 2012

Euskadi says...

Carpelone - whats your opinion of Cruden now? 7/7 kicks, his pass lead to the Romano try, tactically astute, only mistake was the knock on from the A. Smith breakout, was the next best on the field (according to the Welsh commentators) to McCaw.

Andrew Hore - that was thuggish and silly. Thats worth a significant ban. If that had've been picked up the ABs could have played with 14 men for the entire match.

Posted 19:33 24th November 2012