All Blacks v England
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Can’t say about the wider view for sure as I have spent the afternoon in the safety of home/pub/curry house, but initially I was internally screaming for Smith to kick it dead and take the draw but on reflection I feel it highlighted where England are currently, which is having very fragile confidence. Same as me currently as an England fan. I also see parallels here with NZ at the moment, in that if things go your way early doors then the confidence grows but if the reverse happens the confidence levels plummet.
As a case in point, the early interception try (which I feel was looked for and had Joe Schmidt’s finerprints all over it), rocked England badly. I really think that made NZ grow an extra leg and left England looking for the zimmer frame and it took quite a while for England’s psyche to regain any confidence.
Overall I’m just a little disappointed, as I feel that with a tweaked selection and a bit more common sense in the replacement selection, we really could have won. I feel we have a much better team just waiting to be picked.
Selection conclusions for England:- Billy V and Jack Nowell should not wear white again. Farrell or Smith, not Farrell and Smith. Tuilagi at 12 or on the bench. A couple of wingers with pace or power or preferably both.
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@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
We lost control of the game when the bench came on they were shit.
Saying we looked tired Fucking hell we had pretty much 8 fresh players on for the last 10.We need to look at different bench players to close out the games.
Havili and Frizzel are not the right players to have on the bench. Both are found wanting at this level anyway, not sure why we thought they'd be adequate to come on at the end of a big test. That was poor selection but for some reason the coaches love those two players despite repeatedly poor performances.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
We lost control of the game when the bench came on they were shit.
Saying we looked tired Fucking hell we had pretty much 8 fresh players on for the last 10.We need to look at different bench players to close out the games.
Havili and Frizzel are not the right players to have on the bench. Both are found wanting at this level anyway, not sure why we thought they'd be adequate to come on at the end of a big test. That was poor selection but for some reason the coaches love those two players despite repeatedly poor performances.
No impact. The most concerning thing going forward is that we may have the cattle in the squad to compete with anyone, but if the tactics and selections are wrong we will be left frustrated
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
We lost control of the game when the bench came on they were shit.
Saying we looked tired Fucking hell we had pretty much 8 fresh players on for the last 10.We need to look at different bench players to close out the games.
Havili and Frizzel are not the right players to have on the bench. Both are found wanting at this level anyway, not sure why we thought they'd be adequate to come on at the end of a big test. That was poor selection but for some reason the coaches love those two players despite repeatedly poor performances.
Laulau as well,TJ even ALB was shit again.
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@Chris that bench I'd say both props, SF, Havili and ALB in the same 8 was always playing with fire, very little impact or spark at all, TJ was an odd call too, but you'd have expected a bit more game sense from him at the least, and he had been playing bloody well to earn a recall.
Hopefully a few players have good super rugby and push out some of these fringe players that aren't offering much off the bench, let alone pushing for a start.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris that bench I'd say both props, SF, Havili and ALB in the same 8 was always playing with fire, very little impact or spark at all, TJ was an odd call too, but you'd have expected a bit more game sense from him at the least, and he had been playing bloody well to earn a recall.
Hopefully a few players have good super rugby and push out some of these fringe players that aren't offering much off the bench, let alone pushing for a start.
agree the starting 15 plus ST we look Ok.
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Very disappointing (more on that later) but I'd just say that the performance last night shows that we most certainly do have the cattle. What is lacking is the leadership, structure and right selections (what was even the point of having Havili there). As frustrating as that is at least we can say that there have been some vast improvements.
Oh yeah, JB at 12 🖕
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@Chris said in All Blacks v England:
agree the starting 15 plus ST we look Ok.
To make the best use of the hookers, Taukei'aho should be starting. Then you can bring on the Crusaders front row in the 2nd half.
Savea isn't a natural 7 anymore, so there needs to be proper openside cover in the reserves rather than moving him. Who is wearing the 19 and 20 jerseys should change when everyone is available again (assuming Barrett stays at 6).
Hopefully when Jordan is back we see a more balanced bench in the no.22 and 23 jerseys.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks v England:
At least the things we’ve learnt from the Northern Tour leading into next year is that Papali’i is better than Cane, Jordie is our 12, Will Jordan needs to start at fullback next year, and our starting front row needs to continue developing together through to the WC.
The question is whether Foster has enough balls to drop Cane and Barrett from the top 15, I guess time will tell.
Foster has not dropped a single long-time starter in his entire AB head coaching career that I can recall. That does not inspire confidence that he will start now.
I'm impressed that some here think the NH tour showed good improvements. We were within a score of losing to Japan (I know they are getting better, but we usually field a full "B" outfit against them and win by plenty). We had a decent win against a fairly hapless Welsh side, but couldn't put away Scotland. Then that collapse against England. I don't see much upwards trajectory.
Our selections are better, thanks to some lucky injuries -- let's face it, if Havili hadn't been injured he's still be starting -- and the forwards have played well in parts. But mentally we remain frail.
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So it’s pretty much confirmed that we don’t have a ten in either BB or RM that can drive us around the park, and make 65mins of forward dominance pay.
Do we start looking at DMac and Perofeta from the bench as ten subs to see if they can do it?
We stick with RM at ten then we have very little chance at winning a World Cup. And as a bonus, be a team that lose from anywhere.
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Perenaras injury did look bad, possibly hard for him to get back to WC contention if he is going to be needing surgery.
Still a lot of work to do, at 22-6 we should have put 40+ on them. Still the Irish and French have been looking a little bit more vulnerable in places recently so things may be bit more of an even playing field next year
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@Nepia said in All Blacks v England:
@Damo said in All Blacks v England:
BB's stupid drop goal did not help but it was the defence out wide that let us down.
Huh? If he missed the kick we likely would have gone for the penalty anyway.
It was a dumb play and he's done it many times before. It's a free play when on advantage, go for maximum points.
We were up by 16 at that stage, taking the dropkick meant England still had to score 3 tries to win it. Surely the better option was to take it outside the 3 try margin by scoring a try. Even if nothing eventuated from it we would have then gone back to the penalty and more importantly killed off a couple of minutes.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks v England:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v England:
@Damo said in All Blacks v England:
BB's stupid drop goal did not help but it was the defence out wide that let us down.
Huh? If he missed the kick we likely would have gone for the penalty anyway.
It was a dumb play and he's done it many times before. It's a free play when on advantage, go for maximum points.
We were up by 16 at that stage, taking the dropkick meant England still had to score 3 tries to win it. Surely the better option was to take it outside the 3 try margin by scoring a try. Even if nothing eventuated from it we would have then gone back to the penalty and more importantly killed off a couple of minutes.
Surely not. Take the 3 points. Then you are just seeking 3 more points to make the game safe.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v England:
For all the improvements we have made, our defence is still pretty shit, leaking 22 points in the 2nd half is a shocker!
A recent record?
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@ARHS said in All Blacks v England:
@akan004 said in All Blacks v England:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v England:
@Damo said in All Blacks v England:
BB's stupid drop goal did not help but it was the defence out wide that let us down.
Huh? If he missed the kick we likely would have gone for the penalty anyway.
It was a dumb play and he's done it many times before. It's a free play when on advantage, go for maximum points.
We were up by 16 at that stage, taking the dropkick meant England still had to score 3 tries to win it. Surely the better option was to take it outside the 3 try margin by scoring a try. Even if nothing eventuated from it we would have then gone back to the penalty and more importantly killed off a couple of minutes.
Surely not. Take the 3 points. Then you are just seeking 3 more points to make the game safe.
It's a free play though. What do you have to lose by attempting to score a try? If you don't score you still get the penalty and then can go for the 3, and you would have killed a few minutes in doing so.
Whitelock may have even decided to go to the corner, BB took that option away from him by going for the drop kick. Poor game management imo.
