GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Sport
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
80 year old pub-dweller Keith Kilgarry has labelled the All Blacks 34-32 win over France “much less comfortable than I would have liked”, but was notably relaxed about not seeing a try-filled walkover (this time).
Kilgarry ordered a pint of Tui at Upper Hutt’s “The Tote” as he gave reporters’ his assessment.
“Some good moments of attacking play but the defence wasn’t up to scratch. We kept letting them back in way too easily. I’ll let them off this time just to let this new rooster get his feet under the desk,” he said, referring to new coach Dave Rennie.
“I expect more tries from now on, particularly against Italy. And they’d better not let them score any.”
Like many men of his vintage, Keith is not happy with the current state of international rugby, where there are several teams that can beat the All Blacks. He longs for the days of South Africa and Australia giving us problems, but literally no one else.
“They just don’t breed ‘em like they used to. There needs to be less time spent on doing their hair and choosing weird-coloured boots and more time practicing their tackling,” said the old boy, getting up from his chair and enduring the pain of his left hip, which was due to be replaced.
Keith now hopes for a nice relaxing test against Italy, where he can sit comfortably in his lazy boy chair and watch the All Blacks win 45-9.
More to come.
