Bledisloe #2
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@Yeetyaah said in Bledisloe #2:
Ah okay. I thought it'd be points difference or something. Cheers fellas.
It comes down to how many boundaries hit
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@canefan said in Bledisloe #2:
@Yeetyaah said in Bledisloe #2:
@Duluth Laumape to 12 and ALB to 13.
Laumape had a very good game last night, he's earned a chance. I wonder if Hansen will channel his inner Gary Stead and pick Sonny
I thought he was as average as everyone else and he really needed to play his hard and straight bashing style and didn't.
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@Nepia said in Bledisloe #2:
@canefan said in Bledisloe #2:
@Yeetyaah said in Bledisloe #2:
@Duluth Laumape to 12 and ALB to 13.
Laumape had a very good game last night, he's earned a chance. I wonder if Hansen will channel his inner Gary Stead and pick Sonny
I thought he was as average as everyone else and he really needed to play his hard and straight bashing style and didn't.
At least he fronted up on D at a time when we were leaking like a sieve. Shag knows what he gets with Sonny. At the same time I can see him playing Sonny if he is the more solid option in a game we really want to win
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@canefan said in Bledisloe #2:
@Nepia said in Bledisloe #2:
@canefan said in Bledisloe #2:
@Yeetyaah said in Bledisloe #2:
@Duluth Laumape to 12 and ALB to 13.
Laumape had a very good game last night, he's earned a chance. I wonder if Hansen will channel his inner Gary Stead and pick Sonny
I thought he was as average as everyone else and he really needed to play his hard and straight bashing style and didn't.
At least he fronted up on D at a time when we were leaking like a sieve. Shag knows what he gets with Sonny. At the same time I can see him playing Sonny if he is the more solid option in a game we really want to win
Agree with that.
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@Billy-Tell said in [Bledisloe #2]
We've lost to Australia and still done fine in the RWC (2011, 2015). We've also thrashed Australia and got knocked out of the RWC (2003). I'm all for not showing a complete hand, but winning with a little bit of style would be reassuring, given our only other match before SA in Japan is Tonga.
The year in question is 1991. That's what it looks like to me. A tiring team, and coaches without a clue about how to arrest the slide.
So we'll scrape a win, and the over-optimistic will think we're back on track.
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@canefan said in Bledisloe #2:
At least he fronted up on D at a time when we were leaking like a sieve. Shag knows what he gets with Sonny. At the same time I can see him playing Sonny if he is the more solid option in a game we really want to win
I think SBW was always going to play at Eden Park once he was sent back to play for C-M. ALB and Laumape have spent the most time together in these 3 tests, which probably means SBW starts.
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@Hooroo said in Bledisloe #2:
One of the things that I kept swearing at was ALB crabbing for then BB straightening it up (well too) lumape and ALB should be straightening it up releasing BB to carve up.
I thought him doing that was a reflection of how shit the ball was that he was getting, he was often well behind the advantage line with an advancing defensive line so he crabbed to look for a hole.
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@Nepia said in Bledisloe #2:
@Hooroo said in Bledisloe #2:
One of the things that I kept swearing at was ALB crabbing for then BB straightening it up (well too) lumape and ALB should be straightening it up releasing BB to carve up.
I thought him doing that was a reflection of how shit the ball was that he was getting, he was often well behind the advantage line with an advancing defensive line so he crabbed to look for a hole.
Obviously he was but he still should have just straightened it up as we always ended up
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To be fair to ALB, he wasn't getting good ball a lot of the time when the AB backline was under a lot of pressure (much of the time). That sort of thing happens when you muck about with the 10-13 positions game after game after game.
Thought he did some outstanding tidying up and linking work, particularly in the 2nd half
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Thinking Bled 2 and it's all a bit ying and yang.
Thought we played pretty well for much of the 2nd half. There were periods where we looked snappy, fluid and mistake-free. Reminded me of 2015. Read and Ioane look to be getting back into form as well.
But the ABs seem to have lost the ability to bounce back after a loss or a poor, narrow win. You wonder if there's something not quite right with the team's collective mindset.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe #2:
@Duluth Hopefully it's a grade 1 strain only, we can't afford to lose anymore of our starting 15 to injury.
My understanding is that the higher the hamstring strain the trickier it can be get right.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Bledisloe #2:
@akan004 said in Bledisloe #2:
@Duluth Hopefully it's a grade 1 strain only, we can't afford to lose anymore of our starting 15 to injury.
My understanding is that the higher the hamstring strain the trickier it can be get right.
Great, more good news.😕
