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@DaGrubster said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
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If Aaron Smith couldn’t out pass a rush defense there really is no way any halfback can do that on his own.Agreed. But a halfback can make it impossible for the rest of the team to achieve it.
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@mariner4life said in AFL 2024:
@antipodean said in AFL 2024:
I think the important aspect to concentrate on is Richmond will be one of the few teams this year to beat the eventual flag winner.
we beat you by 20 goals?
- The Swans played us once.
- I thought you supported the Lions?
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I think the important aspect to concentrate on is Richmond will be one of the few teams this year to beat the eventual flag winner.
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@darylmitchell said in All Blacks 2024:
You clearly don't know Razor then, his first move if he'd gotten the job over Foster 4 years ago was to install Jordan as the starting fullback & Whitelock as his captain.
That concerns me because his play at fullback had gaping holes in performance. The type that spells ruin in Test language.
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@SBW1 said in All Blacks 2024:
I suspect he will be working behind the scenes in camp.
In what capacity? Giving Holland, Hansen and MacDonald some pointers?
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I'm surprised WR hasn't adopted the solution of permitting goal posts to be moved. Only last week while warming up with some touch footy, one of our players munted himself colliding with a post. Then new grounds and improvements could slowly get them out of the way. As it is you can't score against the base of them anymore and there'd be the benefit of not having as many penalties attempted from over halfway.
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Moving this conversation to a (IMO) more appropriate thread
@Winger said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@Winger said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
He played reasonably well against Fiji
So one rating was 9/10. Another 8/10. Don't agree with all rating but maybe you need to understand centre play better. Or watch more closely
Given I played at centre more than any other position I feel I understand it well enough.
Again for the slow: **It was a game destined to make the All Blacks look competent when contrasted against the England series * . The team that played against England would've revelled in the acres of time and space afforded them by Fiji's defence. *
But maybe you need to understand rugby better, or watch more closely.
Can sort of agree with this (but that wasn't the issue). But what about Reece. And even in a game like this players can still show the skills they have that others lack. Like Proctor and his distribution and decision making skills compared to Reiko. Maybe these skills will desert Proctor in a tight match but I hope to starts so we can see
I think Proctor will definitely get more opportunities given we have as many Tests as we do SR rounds these days. And it's categorically a Good Thing™ that we have unearthed two very good centres currently in form for the All Blacks. The difficulty in determining form in this little experiment is replicability and changing important controls. Can Proctor play as well again when confronted by a disciplined rush defence while outside Jordie? How well can Rieko look against a Drua level defence outside ALB?
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@Winger said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
He played reasonably well against Fiji
So one rating was 9/10. Another 8/10. Don't agree with all rating but maybe you need to understand centre play better. Or watch more closely
Given I played at centre more than any other position I feel I understand it well enough.
Again for the slow: It was a game destined to make the All Blacks look competent when contrasted against the England series. The team that played against England would've revelled in the acres of time and space afforded them by Fiji's defence.
But maybe you need to understand rugby better, or watch more closely.
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I think Ardie moving to MP is a brilliant move that actually benefits MP and the Canes.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@reprobate said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Tosi made almost as many tackles as Blackadder, Blackadder accounts for almost 20% of missed tackles.
Yeah he had a great game.
Or, attempted more tackles than anyone else - despite lacking match fitness and 'couldn't keep up', 'struggled with the pace'.
Meanwhile Proctor misses 3 and is the messiah who needs to urgently replace one of our best players from the WC (and I say that as a long time Ioane doubter).Read into those stats all you like but a couple of those misses weren't necessarily one on one misses. Proctor put himself into a few situations where, because of his high work rate off the ball he made a couple lunges on the next player out after covering the guy he was marking up on. Maybe he shouldn't have made those attempts and let the player who was meant to be covering those guys take the hit, but that's the sort of player Proctor is, he always pushes hard.
He's the best defensive centre in NZ and that's the biggest reason he's been picked.
He got easily stepped and beaten in the last play of the game.
What, the last play where he managed to nab back possession anyway? You’re really knit picking his performance.
The last scrum he was stepped and beaten on the inside. If it wasn't for ALB cleaning up, Fiji were on their way to the try line.
It think it was quite refreshing to have a centre
actually executing the core skills of a centre.from the Canes.Fixed.
How about focusing on the 98% of things he did well. I remember the play, Proctor was pushing out and the Fijian player stepped in so therefore he becomes ALB’s man. ALB actually missed him if you want to get technical.
LOL It's ALB's fault he didn't cover two men while Proctor got done like a dinner. I suppose it's easy to be considered a defensive genius when every tackle you miss was someone else's fault.
The Fijian player passed back inside and that’s when the play broke down.
After ALB got a hand to it which is where the knock on call came from.
Face it mate, you’re trying to poke holes in Proctor’s solid debut performance because you know Ioane has pressure on him. If Ioane fails to perform Proctor will happily take his spot.
I'm happy that the All Blacks have competition for spots. I'm happy for Proctor to make his case. If he plays well enough I'm even happy for him to be rewarded appropriately.
I'm just getting sick of the delusions and rampant bias. He played reasonably well against Fiji and you're trying to pretend that should be the basis for him replacing Ioane who played against England ffs.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@reprobate said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Tosi made almost as many tackles as Blackadder, Blackadder accounts for almost 20% of missed tackles.
Yeah he had a great game.
Or, attempted more tackles than anyone else - despite lacking match fitness and 'couldn't keep up', 'struggled with the pace'.
Meanwhile Proctor misses 3 and is the messiah who needs to urgently replace one of our best players from the WC (and I say that as a long time Ioane doubter).Read into those stats all you like but a couple of those misses weren't necessarily one on one misses. Proctor put himself into a few situations where, because of his high work rate off the ball he made a couple lunges on the next player out after covering the guy he was marking up on. Maybe he shouldn't have made those attempts and let the player who was meant to be covering those guys take the hit, but that's the sort of player Proctor is, he always pushes hard.
He's the best defensive centre in NZ and that's the biggest reason he's been picked.
He got easily stepped and beaten in the last play of the game.
What, the last play where he managed to nab back possession anyway? You’re really knit picking his performance.
The last scrum he was stepped and beaten on the inside. If it wasn't for ALB cleaning up, Fiji were on their way to the try line.
It think it was quite refreshing to have a centre
actually executing the core skills of a centre.from the Canes.Fixed.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@reprobate said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Tosi made almost as many tackles as Blackadder, Blackadder accounts for almost 20% of missed tackles.
Yeah he had a great game.
Or, attempted more tackles than anyone else - despite lacking match fitness and 'couldn't keep up', 'struggled with the pace'.
Meanwhile Proctor misses 3 and is the messiah who needs to urgently replace one of our best players from the WC (and I say that as a long time Ioane doubter).Read into those stats all you like but a couple of those misses weren't necessarily one on one misses. Proctor put himself into a few situations where, because of his high work rate off the ball he made a couple lunges on the next player out after covering the guy he was marking up on. Maybe he shouldn't have made those attempts and let the player who was meant to be covering those guys take the hit, but that's the sort of player Proctor is, he always pushes hard.
He's the best defensive centre in NZ and that's the biggest reason he's been picked.
He got easily stepped and beaten in the last play of the game.
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Tier 2 dog fight and WR development programme showing benefits as plucky Wallabies win by two scores.
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It's amazing how shit these clowns can be.
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The only thing you can really take from a game like this is players who shit the bed or look ineffective.
And I don't agree with Marshall that Ethan looked good. Busy yes.
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@Chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@Chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Shit pass Clarke
Fiji hand touched it champ
No fucking excuse
If the Fijian didn't manage to get finger tips to it, it would've been a brilliant pass to ALB.
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Why with a scrum in that position does the 8 decide to make no metres on attack and wipe out the space the backline had?
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