Life must be good ...
when the All Blacks beat the Springboks by the not inconsiderable margin of 18 points and all we can say is it was a muddling performance and express concerns over rotation and lineouts.
FFS, while the Springboks aren't exactly at the top of their game, they are still not a bad side - we beat them and STILL we can't be satisfied. New Zealand will drop a game in the Tri Nations (probably in South Africa, hopefully not next week) and I fear what the public/media will think then.
There is one problem with the All Blacks. Dan Carter. Seriously. He is SOOOO good and we run the danger of being over-reliant on him. While he gave away 7 points in the opening minute he was responsible for the 35 we got in the other 79 minutes. While we express our lament at lineouts and rotation, the real concern is how would a Carter-less AB's perform? Not very well IMO.
And whie talking about good times, cashed in a poker tournament at the Casino during the weekend - 3rd out of 30 runners and picking up $650. Out of the 4 tourneys I've played up there, cashed twice, not to mention 4th in a 180 player tourney online during the week (US$280). God help the poker world when I actually learn how to play the game properly.
But the best bit of the weekend tournament was busting out a guy who obviously was a good player and I later learnt he had won the NZ Poker Champs last year. My first big scalp - who's next :-)
FFS, while the Springboks aren't exactly at the top of their game, they are still not a bad side - we beat them and STILL we can't be satisfied. New Zealand will drop a game in the Tri Nations (probably in South Africa, hopefully not next week) and I fear what the public/media will think then.
There is one problem with the All Blacks. Dan Carter. Seriously. He is SOOOO good and we run the danger of being over-reliant on him. While he gave away 7 points in the opening minute he was responsible for the 35 we got in the other 79 minutes. While we express our lament at lineouts and rotation, the real concern is how would a Carter-less AB's perform? Not very well IMO.
And whie talking about good times, cashed in a poker tournament at the Casino during the weekend - 3rd out of 30 runners and picking up $650. Out of the 4 tourneys I've played up there, cashed twice, not to mention 4th in a 180 player tourney online during the week (US$280). God help the poker world when I actually learn how to play the game properly.
But the best bit of the weekend tournament was busting out a guy who obviously was a good player and I later learnt he had won the NZ Poker Champs last year. My first big scalp - who's next :-)
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