MotM vs Australia III
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Coles, Read, Kaino. Thought they played consistently well for the entire match. The latter 2 made some huge hits in defence.
Savea did some good stuff of course but plenty of shit as well. Todd had a good game but he did miss that tackle that led to the Aus try.
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Todd, Kaino, Coles
If Savea is in the running for MOTM then Kaino gets a point easy. Savea was on target to be this year's Lauaki/Rodney in Rustenburg before that final 20 minutes.
I voted for one Cantab, I think I may have hit my head cheering when Savea ran in his try.
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Ben Smith , Todd and Coles. Ben Smith has to be in the All Black great category now, he is a treasure. Todd I think booked his touring ticket, can't leave him behind now. Savea was dreadful in the first half but two sensational tries and an assist in the second I made up for it but not enough to earn a vote imho.
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Todd, Kaino, Crotty
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Todd, Kaino and Coles.
Todd was excellent, got about and defence was huge in the second spell and was a nuisance at the breakdown.
Kaino was Kaino, as was Coles, man he is fast.
What to do with Julian, large parts he was rubbish, but had a couple of moments that I don't think anyone else could have done either, freakish.
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Todd, Perenara - easy
Smith, because no Smith no tries for Savea.
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@cgrant said in MotM vs Australia III:
@Unco
ALB missed too many tackles to be named IMO.
I went for Coles, Todd and J. Savea.A fair point, probably should've given that vote to Crotty, but then Savea made a shit-ton of mistakes too and yet he's getting heaps of votes.
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@DMX said in MotM vs Australia III:
Ben Smith , Todd and Coles. Ben Smith has to be in the All Black great category now, he is a treasure.
Be interesting who gets the World Player of the Year award. Not sure whether a raft of AB contenders could take one-another out, but It would be between Ben Smith, Dane Coles and Beauden Barrett for me - and right now, I've probably got Ben edging it.
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@Unco said in MotM vs Australia III:
@cgrant said in MotM vs Australia III:
@Unco
ALB missed too many tackles to be named IMO.
I went for Coles, Todd and J. Savea.A fair point, probably should've given that vote to Crotty, but then Savea made a shit-ton of mistakes too and yet he's getting heaps of votes.
Crotty had his fair share of errors.. Missed tackles plus the knock on that led to Savea's try.. Our defence was poor.. Basically everyone missed a tackle.. Even Read made a bad read on Foles..
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@Chris-B. said in MotM vs Australia III:
@DMX said in MotM vs Australia III:
Ben Smith , Todd and Coles. Ben Smith has to be in the All Black great category now, he is a treasure.
Be interesting who gets the World Player of the Year award. Not sure whether a raft of AB contenders could take one-another out, but It would be between Ben Smith, Dane Coles and Beauden Barrett for me - and right now, I've probably got Ben edging it.
I would've had Barrett, although one thing Coles might have over the others is captaining his super side to victory...
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@Bones said in MotM vs Australia III:
@Chris-B. said in MotM vs Australia III:
@DMX said in MotM vs Australia III:
Ben Smith , Todd and Coles. Ben Smith has to be in the All Black great category now, he is a treasure.
Be interesting who gets the World Player of the Year award. Not sure whether a raft of AB contenders could take one-another out, but It would be between Ben Smith, Dane Coles and Beauden Barrett for me - and right now, I've probably got Ben edging it.
I would've had Barrett, although one thing Coles might have over the others is captaining his super side to victory...
General play, I'd probably agree. I guess I'm holding Beaudy's goal kicking a bit against him. Someone's doubtless got stats for it - but, I doubt he's at 70% for the ABs or the whole year.
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We probably didn't have a standout performer for 80 this match or even 70.
Probably Ben Smith comes close, but he made a mistake or two. But overall he was our best and most consistent performer.
Todd, Crotty, Savea did a lot of good things but like everyone there were errors.
Some interesting stats, we missed 24 tackles which is high. But OZ had a mountain of possession and they missed 20 tackles of their own.
International 2016 Round 1: New Zealand vs Wallabies (37 - 10)
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After a relaxed re-watch, I change my votes and go for Coles, TJP and Smith as they were consistent. Todd missed that tackle on Arnold and Savea was not good enough in the first half.
Worst performances were Barrett's because of his goalkicking, and Cruden's because of his kicking from hand.
