All Blacks vs Springboks I
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About 90% of the team was off tonight. Wasn’t helped by the Boks negativity with stoppages and box kicks.
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@canes4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
About 90% of the team was off tonight. Wasn’t helped by the Boks negativity with stoppages and box kicks.
We didn't cope with the intensity. Will be better next week
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@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
@broughie He had a rest, last week. His game today was mostly a result of the bad passes from TJP and BB. He was very good on defence, something that is often overlooked.
Yeah, rough to blame havili TOO much when it’s taking five or six minutes to get through tj and bb, the rush defence was on him every time
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So here's my 'Dave playing the long game' theory.
Step 1: Rennie kicks off his first year going all out against the ABs to see if he can figure them out. Finishes up with a win in his last game.
Step 2: bait NZ into keeping Foster on until after the next RWC. Two games at Eden Park? no way he's winning the Bledisloe back this year, but he can still come out of the series with a net gain and shackle the ABs with a clearly inept coach.
Step 3: World Champs come to town. Time to pull out the big guns (literally - Kerevi) and see if he can knock off the current world cup holders. Step 3 complete. Twice.
Clearly well on our way to a third RWC title.
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@machpants I think Smith was a one-game only captain for his 100th?
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@nta said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
ultimately the ABs' loose style of play is predicated upon breaking a few tackles and getting some ruck or knock-on turnover.
Oh and usually much better support play than we saw tonight. Gotta say your spacing on attack was fucked - might as well just have kicked it downfield.
No drop-behind passing, no scissors or switches, no short kicks. What the fuck was Beaugan doing? Guy was absent and looked like a rabbit in the headlights.
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Absolutely pathetic performance from the ABs. I honestly can’t remember a worse performance across 80min. So glad we already extended the contract of the coach who got them up for the big occasion.
Hopefully that is George Bridge’s last test. Ben Blair mk2.
He was meant to be the high ball guy. If he can’t do that, what does he do?ABs Very lucky Boks showed no interest in playing rugby. Even doing that they should have won. Those who said they were going to be easy beats are looking pretty stupid right now.
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If there’s one thing that came out of tonights game for the All Blacks Jordie Barrett is your number 1 fullback moving forward.
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@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
@machpants I think Smith was a one-game only captain for his 100th?
He’s been captain for the landers loads so wouldn’t be hugely out of the blue
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@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
@machpants I think Smith was a one-game only captain for his 100th?
Nope next in line, then out
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@steven-harris said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
If there’s one thing that came out of tonights game for the All Blacks Jordie Barrett is your number 1 fullback moving forward.
Not even a debateand a few other things:
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Points are gold in Tests. Take the 3.
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Quinn looks like he's got a bit about him. Well played sir.
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Mauling against the Bokke is brave, but stupid
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THe threshold for PT is pretty high ... must have been pretty close
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@pukunui said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:
Absolutely pathetic performance from the ABs. I honestly can’t remember a worse performance across 80min. So glad we already extended the contract of the coach who got them up for the big occasion.
Hopefully that is George Bridge’s last test. Ben Blair mk2.
He was meant to be the high ball guy. If he can’t do that, what does he do?ABs Very lucky Boks showed no interest in playing rugby. Even doing that they should have won. Those who said they were going to be easy beats are looking pretty stupid right now.
Short memory, Argentina 1 2020. Much worse and we lost that
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@kiwiwomble I wasn’t blaming him just saying he was off.
