England vs All Blacks

[Damo]

NZ lineout was the difference in the end.

Worrying signs that we aren't taking our try scoring chances like we were even earlier this season.

[akan004]

@chris said in England vs All Blacks:

@steven-harris yep will do but I really wanted to smash their lights out

We are still vulnerable against a good kicking team and the rain was a leveller of course.

[Stargazer]

No more starts for SBW, please.

[Tordah]

@derm-mccrum said in England vs All Blacks:

Congrats NZ.

Big commiserations England, you deserved to win that.,

Can't agree, England offered very little in attack from 25 mins on (din't score a single point from then on), lost more of their lineouts than they actually won (in the 2nd half for sure) and has Owen Farrell

[JC]

And Matt Todd retains his perfect record, never lost in black

[kiwiinmelb]

I think the positive to take out of this was the comeback , in conditions we didn’t want when weighing up our strengths compared to theirs

[sparky]

Retallick and Scott Barrett were outstanding.

[Steven Harris]

On the plus side fellas,we did keep them scoreless for the last hour..!

[Rembrandt]

we'll take that! Quite a few options for mom
Retallick, Big Karl, Crotty, Goodhue, DMac, S Barrett, thought Beaudy was very solid too

[Chris]

@akan004 all true brother but just wanted to spank them to prove a point

[SynicBast]

I'm so glad we overrate Brodie as much as we do...imagine if he lived up to his rating.

[Stargazer]

I kind of feel that age is catching up on SBW and A Smith, but especially SBW. Following NMS in his tracks ...

[Machpants]

Yeah first ab at weather game for a while, and we got our first drop goal since...?

[ACT Crusader]

@sparky said in England vs All Blacks:

Take the win. Flush the dunny and move on.

Nah. Celebrate fellas. Plenty of young guys in our team that haven’t played England at Twickers and won before.

What I enjoyed was that this test was unlike anything we’ve dealt with this year - conditions, opposition tactics etc - so a great learning for the team.

[Salacious Crumb]

I never smoke cigarettes inside the house (not even the ‘11 Final, which I watched from outside chain-smoking). Today i puffed two in the last 10 minutes. I think I’ll step outside for the relief-cigarette now.

[Derm McCrum]

@chris said in England vs All Blacks:

@akan004 all true brother but just wanted to spank them to prove a point

About what?

[booboo]

@rembrandt said in England vs All Blacks:

we'll take that! Quite a few options for mom
Retallick, Big Karl, Crotty, Goodhue, DMac, S Barrett, thought Beaudy was very solid too

Ardie by a mile

[rotated]

The trend continues though, in playing for all the marbles in a highly anticipated game between 2004-2015 the ABs always brought an immaculate performance. This cycle; they've either wilted or farted out something like this.

The defense was horrible particularly in the first 20 and last 20. Skill execution was off. Lucky, lucky, lucky.

Thank god the scrum and lineout functioned well otherwise we would have got done like 2012.

That game along with many others this season combined with the selectors inability to move on core players (Smith, Barrett, SBW) does not bode well for winning three finals games on consecutive weekends next October.

[No Quarter]

Well, that non-try excepted England didn't score any points for the final 60 odd minutes of the game. So we did tighten up in that regard.

We really needed to capitalise on our chances early in the 2nd half. England did well to slow things down, as noted on here it became a very stop-start affair.

I do feel a bit dirty about the non-try, players are 5cm offside at nearly every ruck. The chargedown meant they had to check it but not convinced there was enough evidence to overturn the decision.

DMac was awesome in the first half. Ardie good throughout. Brodie went into beast mode in the 2nd, which proved the difference. What a player.

Outscored 2 tries to 1. Beauden nailed a droppie. I think the word surreal gets over used but is probably apt here.

[JC]

@booboo said in England vs All Blacks:

@rembrandt said in England vs All Blacks:

we'll take that! Quite a few options for mom
Retallick, Big Karl, Crotty, Goodhue, DMac, S Barrett, thought Beaudy was very solid too

Ardie by a mile

We’re not talking about height