Bledisloe Cup in danger due to lack of The Beard

There are 3 reasons why The All Blacks lost to Australia in the first Bledisloe Cup game.

1) A complete lack of The Beard*

2) A lack of basic mongrel

3) A ref who was scared that everytime there was a scrum there was going to be a repeat of the Hillsborough Disaster

Let us take nothing away from the Aussies tho, who did in fact deserve to win. Much as it puckers my butthole to say it. They played smarter football, worrying about winning rather than how they won.

An interesting quote I heard during the week made mention of the fact that who thinks they can play a non-centre against Stirling Mortlock and get away with it? And indeed that proved to be the case, as Stirling tore us a new one in midfield.

Once again the Wallaby forwards were saved from the realities of life by a ref who didn't want to be known as the man who let 8 Aussies die. A shame really, as it blunted one of the few weapons we were (nearly) able to bring to bear.

The All Blacks need to start playing ruthless rugby. Field position boys, field position.