SOME of his violations...not all.
And didn't Richie sook up like a girly boy when he did get caught
. McCaw is a legend, the best All Black since Fitzy for conning the refs and I sometimes wish he was on our side. However, he's getting older and slower and even though the World Cup is in UnZud, many of the referees will be Northern Hemisphere based and won't take kindly to his coming in from the side or being off his feet at almost every breakdown. Pocock is getting better and better each game and last night matched McCaw for most of the game
without cheating. By W/C time he'll be Wallabies captain and the best #7 in the game.
As far as NZ being a third string side, that may be right but those players are as good as those they replaced. The Aussie pack is still going through a trial and error period and was a third string outfit when you consider that forwards Shepherdson, Baxter,Frier, Faainga, Alexander, Horwill, Palu, Polata-Nau, Daley and Higginbotham, Edmonds
(and probably more I can't remember) are all out injured or unavailable. The Wallabies have used 9 different front rowers including four different hookers this season so the final combo is obviously still in the design stage. With some luck the injured forwards will be back in the player pool before long, just strengthening the depth in time for next September. Don't for one minute underestimate 'Dingo' Deans grand plan. He was hired to win Australia a World Cup and we're still 363 days away from that goal. He has a young talented side and will soon have depth not seen since the Wallabies dominance of the 90's. This is a side in the making, not a good but aging team hoping to stay on the boil for one more year, look how the Saffies have faded since the last World Cup to see what can happen. I think All Blacks fans have more to worry about than they realise.
