{"id":115572,"date":"2021-08-13T07:31:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T07:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=115572"},"modified":"2021-08-13T10:58:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T10:58:52","slug":"hooper-responds-to-all-blacks-stars-cheap-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=115572","title":{"rendered":"Hooper responds to All Blacks star&#039;s cheap shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He was angry at the time, but Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has shrugged off All Blacks star Brodie Retallick&#x27;s brutal cleanout from the first Bledisloe Cup Test.<\/p>\n<p>Lesser acts have earned yellow cards but Hooper&#x27;s plea to Kiwi referee Paul Williams fell on deaf ears in <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/bledisloe-cup-2021-live-updates-wallabies-all-blacks-game-1-rugby-union-scores-kick-off-time-latest-news-results-video-highlights-eden-park-auckland\/96d9155c-80f8-4e36-9e00-800372e75c4f\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"New Zealand&#x27;s 33-25 victory at Eden Park.\">New Zealand&#x27;s 33-25 victory at Eden Park.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The stage is set for a spicy rematch on Saturday in Auckland after the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/wallabies-team-named-for-bledisloe-cup-second-test-vs-all-blacks\/22100e92-fb1a-4a83-99a9-1506134d7aa2\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Wallabies recalled firebrand flanker Lachlan Swinton\">Wallabies recalled firebrand flanker Lachlan Swinton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/wallabies-vs-all-blacks-bledisloe-cup-2021-dave-rennie-australia-rugby-news\/db9359ae-f393-4602-9b09-6a22fe1d14c0\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"winger Andrew Kellaway po.ked the bear with the All Blacks &quot;aura has worn off&quot; comments.\">winger Andrew Kellaway poked the bear with the All Blacks &quot;aura has worn off&quot; comments.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stan.com.au\/sport?utm_source=wwos&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=rugby_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Watch every match of the Bledisloe Cup and The Rugby Championship with live, ad-free and on-demand coverage starting this Saturday 7 August\u00a0on\u00a0Stan Sport\"><strong><em>Watch every match of the Bledisloe Cup and The Rugby Championship with live, ad-free and on-demand coverage on Stan Sport<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6267291642001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/08\/374219\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"Hooper&#x27;s classy touch for centurion\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cks5y28zw000e0hqdka4thjpi\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;He got me good!&quot; Hooper exclaimed when asked about the Retallick incident today.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#x27;s what I said to him out there \u2013 &#x27;I didn&#x27;t miss playing you.&#x27;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It had been a while since I ran up against Brodie. But that&#x27;s Test match footy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/wallabies-team-named-for-bledisloe-cup-second-test-vs-all-blacks\/22100e92-fb1a-4a83-99a9-1506134d7aa2\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Wallabies ring changes for must win Bledisloe\"><strong>Wallabies ring changes for must win Bledisloe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/all-blacks-bledisloe-cup-team-vs-wallabies-second-test-news-2021\/0750401c-e0f6-45f6-aac1-cfe7e52740f3\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"All Blacks injury blow forces backline\"><strong>All Blacks injury blow forces backline reshuffle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/australian-rugby-news-sonny-bill-williams-wallabies-giteau-law-rugby-heaven\/c51a5fff-c605-4e09-ba5c-0bdeb10845e8\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sonny Bill&#x27;s radical fix for Australian rugby\"><strong>Sonny Bill&#x27;s radical fix for Australian rugby<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"3a33984c-bb96-45b3-bdf3-32cd6b081f82\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/3a33984c-bb96-45b3-bdf3-32cd6b081f82\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1120\" data-height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;There&#x27;s a lot of that stuff that&#x27;s missed and over the attrition of the game that stuff adds up and wears you down. Both teams, I&#x27;m sure, will be putting it out there tomorrow.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Hooper followed coach Dave Rennie&#x27;s line that the Wallabies &quot;respect but don&#x27;t fear&quot; the All Blacks, who haven&#x27;t lost to Australia at Eden Park since 1986.<\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies must win to keep the series alive heading into the final cup clash in Perth in August 28.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6267291355001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/08\/374220\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"Sonny Bill&#x27;s offloading masterclass\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cks5ya5z5000a0imy5dvyao1g\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;re going out there to impose our game on them and it&#x27;s Australia vs New Zealand rugby,&quot; Hooper said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;A lot&#x27;s been made of that (aura) issue but it always is in these kind of weeks.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Hooper said the Wallabies were determined to play well for &quot;our people&quot; as much of Australia grapples with the deadly Delta strain of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6266910507001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/08\/373637\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"All Blacks denied insane try\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cks1i42y2002b0hlo6ixzi7po\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;re feeling greatly supported away from home. It&#x27;s been tough for us. Every person, staff and players on the team has their challenges like everyone else in the world at the moment, we&#x27;re just a little cross section of that.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2gb.com\/podcast\/wide-world-of-sports-full-show-august-12\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"All Blacks legend Andrew Mehrtens told Wide World of Sports radio\">All Blacks legend Andrew Mehrtens told Wide World of Sports radio<\/a> that Swinton&#x27;s selection made Australia&#x27;s intentions crystal clear for Saturday&#x27;s second Test.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We know Swinton doesn&#x27;t take a backward step,&quot; Mehrtens said.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6266738639001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/08\/373498\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"Bizarre history of Bledisloe Cup\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckrzsip0200260io09lub36c6\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I mean a guy who comes in for his first Test and gets red carded pretty early, you know what his intentions are.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s going to bring a little bit of steel, a little bit of fire and they need to physically front up against the All Blacks so that&#x27;ll be helpful.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"fdd0619a-5fa3-49ca-a849-9f3f52ab8920\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/fdd0619a-5fa3-49ca-a849-9f3f52ab8920\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1080\" data-height=\"1350\" \/><img data-id=\"a76a4501-f68c-46b7-8257-370579af2d20\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a76a4501-f68c-46b7-8257-370579af2d20\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1080\" data-height=\"1350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by\u00a0clicking here!\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>He was angry at the time, but Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has shrugged off All Blacks star Brodie Retallick&#x27;s brutal cleanout from the first Bledisloe <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=115572\" title=\"Hooper responds to All Blacks star&#039;s cheap shot\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115572"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115574,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115572\/revisions\/115574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}