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VIDEO: Cheika gives brutally frank assessment of Retallick incident
By Ian Cameron
A frustrated Michael Cheika has responded to questions regarding the officiating of the game, suggesting that Ned Hanigan is lucky not have sustained a serious neck injury.
The Wallaby's head-coach prefaced his answer by saying: "I've to thread lightly here my friend."
"It's clear to everyone, it's Retallick's picked up one of our blokes up and put him on his head. Categorically, he's got his arm through his legs, he's picked him up. Then it's a free pass."
"It's clear, the guy can't end up on his head any other way. But then it's a freebie. Just as well he didn't break his neck."
Cheika was also asked a bizarre question about New Zealand broadband speeds and whether they gave the All Blacks an advantage.
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Wow, there is a lot of “could have” and “ should have” in this waist of time dribble. I love the deportation in this story to search for a glimpse at a silver lining. Here are the facts, NZ was a badly coached and undisciplined shadow of their former glory. They never took the lead in a game they were never going to win.
Go to commentsGOTTA MAKE ‘THE GEORGE’ HAPPEN!!!! That’s a great idea! A trans Tasman midget battle on ANZAC Day. I don’t think the ABs Wallabies game should be a one off winner takes all though, just the first match with the other two later in the year with the RC. Reason being, no one will ever shut up about how aussies couldn’t win it when it was a 3 match series.
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