All Blacks vs Springboks II
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@berniescorner said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@act-crusader You taking the piss?
Of that I am sure! ACT Crusader meant to say "I wouldn’t pick one non-Crusader in a combined AB/Bok side"
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@billy-tell said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
I wouldn’t necessarily be surprised if blackadder overtakes ioane. These last 2 tests really weren’t Akiras finest hour. Blackadder is a very handy line out option too.
He has a big motor that is for sure
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@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@billy-tell said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
I wouldn’t necessarily be surprised if blackadder overtakes ioane. These last 2 tests really weren’t Akiras finest hour. Blackadder is a very handy line out option too.
He has a big motor that is for sure
Very different players which is good. I'd be happy to rotate 6s for different types of games rather than wear one out (Kaino perhaps a little?)
To me Dalton and Blackadder are quite similar but at least one of them should be on the field. If a fit and inform Cane returns that just adds more options. 8 is still a mystery, I like both Luke J and Sotutu but either may be works in progress.. -
@billy-tell said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
I wouldn’t necessarily be surprised if blackadder overtakes ioane. These last 2 tests really weren’t Akiras finest hour. Blackadder is a very handy line out option too.
Not really in competition. Blackadder for me a 7/utility, so Paps the comparator. Akira was ABs best line out forward from 36-66. More the issue of 8, but Ardie was good there in last 20.
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The ref shat the bed last night. We need consistency for the whole match. Some refs become reluctant to award a final penalty unless something really obvious happens. Last night we saw the opposite, the ref looked for penalties in the closing moments. What he let pass during the match, suddenly became penalties in the last 5 for both teams. Panicked!
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@old-samurai-jack I haven't gone back to look, did Vermuelen even get his hands on the ball for that penultimate penalty?
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@old-samurai-jack I haven't gone back to look, did Vermuelen even get his hands on the ball for that penultimate penalty?
Not sure but I thought the offside penalty under the sticks was marginal. Reserve scrummie Jantjies kinda double pumped and Ofa went on the pick up as he is entitled to do.
In saying that Ofa is kind of a liability. He should start or not make the 23 at all.
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@frye said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
In saying that Ofa is kind of a liability. He should start or not make the 23 at all.
Other than Taukieaho, do we have a front rower that's not a liability?
Bower had a good game.
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Jordie was outstanding but he has to work on his technique when catching the high ball. He mistimed his jump and jumped too early when the Boks did their first kick chase in the 2nd minute I believe and as a result had to lift his non landing leg, as he did in Perth. Luckily for him there wasn't a Bok player near him or it could have been a red again.
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Tough watches :
Weber battling against three Springbok forwards with Moody and Retallick watching the scene only five meters away and doing nothing.
Aumua's LO throw straight into Kitshoff's hands.
Ref wrongly penalizing Beauden Barrett inside the Boks 22 when the ABs were leading 20 to 11. This was a key moment IMO.
ABs scrum.
ABs lineout.
ABs last two minutes.
ABs bench (with the notable exception of Blackadder who was adequate).
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