{"id":28360,"date":"2025-09-19T12:48:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/?p=28360"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:48:39","slug":"aisle-be-back-flushing-the-dunny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/2025\/09\/19\/aisle-be-back-flushing-the-dunny\/","title":{"rendered":"Aisle be Back: Flushing the Dunny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>South African fans celebrate the second test in Wellington last weekend.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box,\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box img.wp-post-image{max-height:250px; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wpls-wrap wpls-logo-showcase-slider-wrp wpls-logo-clearfix wpls-design-1 \" data-conf=\"{&quot;slides_column&quot;:4,&quot;slides_scroll&quot;:1,&quot;dots&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay_interval&quot;:3000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;rtl&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:800,&quot;center_mode&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-showcase logo_showcase wpls-logo-slider  sliderimage_hide_border \" id=\"wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roblawmax.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/rmax24.jpg?fit=220%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geeksonwheels.co.nz\/locations\/wellington-computer-repair\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/images.jpg?fit=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thecallcentre.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TCC-Logo-400x260-1.jpg?fit=400%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.partnersfinance.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/part2.jpg?fit=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>By Kevin McCarthy<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may or may not work somewhere that people gather to do the daily newspaper quiz.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a Rugby Championship 2025 version.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Which team blew a lead at halftime and lost at home in a historic result.<\/li>\n<li>Which team in losing, scored no second half points and conceded five tries in the second 40.<\/li>\n<li>Which team successfully has flushed the dunny and moved on.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And the answers are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>South Africa and New Zealand;\u00a0 2)\u00a0 South Africa, New Zealand; 3) South Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Sorry to remind you, as you wallow in the disturbing Wellington second half, where the All Blacks suffered a record defeat, coughing up 43 points, including a veritable late avalanche.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, it\u2019s the first time I had to turn the TV off on the All Blacks \u2013 and that was only when they\u2019d conceded 24 points!<\/p>\n<p>Then I got over it. And what helped was to watch the opening match of the first round of the championship. Where a slick Bok attack ran up a 22-nil early lead, and then never looked like scoring again as Australia scored 38 unanswered points.<\/p>\n<p>Sound familiar? I don\u2019t know how the home fans greeted that result. I don\u2019t imagine they gathered in a friendly kumbaya.<\/p>\n<p>The Boks reverted to their more conservative template and eked out a hard won second round victory against the Wallabies.<\/p>\n<p>The next two rounds, you know well.\u00a0 Eden Park defended, and Wellington ruthlessly pillaged.<\/p>\n<p>Blame it on near term amnesia, but the Boks have not in the balance had a great championship. However, a scintillating second half display has been enough to wipe the memory banks, having people raving about the new-style Boks that actually run the ball.<\/p>\n<p>So, in three games, the Springboks have both expunged their bad vibes and rewritten their season. The All Blacks however will probably carry the scars a lot longer, even into 2027.<\/p>\n<p>I would venture we should be hitting the dunny button as well, because that collapse can\u2019t be allowed to haunt the team. Fix the scrum, fix the lineout, fix the aerial game,\u00a0 fix the backline mix, fix the leadership. You choose your favourite.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t, however, hit the panic button and jettison players as a kneejerk.\u00a0 They\u2019re ones on the field, but Scott Robertson and his coaches need to broaden their horizons about how their All Blacks cope with adversity and different opposition game plans.<\/p>\n<p>If they can\u2019t, then the knives will begin to sharpen.<\/p>\n<p>++++++<\/p>\n<p>On to things much more exciting \u2013 the <strong>Black Ferns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The semis as you will know are starting this Saturday, 6am New Zealand time.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand play Canada \u2013 England the next day play France.<\/p>\n<p>Neither of these matches are foregone conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>Time to bring back the good vibes from the Eden Park world cup final, because this is going to be like Everest for the Ferns to scale.<\/p>\n<p>But they said that last time, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-2 .wpls-fix-box,\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-2 .wpls-fix-box img.wp-post-image{max-height:250px; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wpls-wrap wpls-logo-showcase-slider-wrp wpls-logo-clearfix wpls-design-1 \" data-conf=\"{&quot;slides_column&quot;:4,&quot;slides_scroll&quot;:1,&quot;dots&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay_interval&quot;:3000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;rtl&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:800,&quot;center_mode&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-showcase logo_showcase wpls-logo-slider  sliderimage_hide_border \" id=\"wpls-logo-showcase-slider-2\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roblawmax.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/rmax24.jpg?fit=220%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geeksonwheels.co.nz\/locations\/wellington-computer-repair\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/images.jpg?fit=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thecallcentre.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TCC-Logo-400x260-1.jpg?fit=400%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.partnersfinance.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/part2.jpg?fit=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African fans celebrate the second test in Wellington last weekend.\u00a0 By Kevin McCarthy You may or may not work somewhere that people gather to do the daily newspaper quiz. 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