All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1
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Haven't read the thread yet.
Williams had some good moments and credit to his defence, but hold onto the fucken ball you numbnuts. Put severe pressure on the ABs with turnovers at times.
Cruden was pretty lacklustre.
A Smith was there for his passing - really disappointing to see him completely wreck a couple of crucial opportunities with super shit passing.
ALB looked quite lost at times.
Locks and loosies were brilliant.
Taylor needs to sort his throwing, those were 2 big lineouts before he got yanked.
Peyper with some odd calls around the tackle. What the fuck was that when McGrath is crawling along the ground after being tackled twice and then the ABs get penalised? Otherwise well reffed.
I wonder if the NH media will stop with the rubbish around scrum dominance now?
Overall, thought the ABs played pretty ordinary, which is comforting - we can improve a lot.
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Davies talking about "not slowing it down enough" (paraphrasing) - that's a failure of a strategy. NH teams have been trying that for a decade and consistently losing. They did that as well as they could, but if they wanted to win they needed to take those good chances they got. Execution on attack has to be the focus. Execution in defence always. You can never rely on slowing it down in New Zealand.
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Davies talking about "not slowing it down enough" (paraphrasing) - that's a failure of a strategy. NH teams have been trying that for a decade and consistently losing. They did that as well as they could, but if they wanted to win they needed to take those good chances they got. Execution on attack has to be the focus. Execution in defence always. You can never rely on slowing it down in New Zealand.
This 1,000,000%
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@canefan said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Rust blown out now. We will smash them next week
Check your arrogance Kiwi.
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Hansen does it to me every time. I question the selections, yet he almost always proves me wrong. His gambles paid off except perhaps for Crotty who was good but always seems to struggle to go 80. Bones right outstanding from locks and loosies, brought more physicallity than Lions. At the breakdown I thought the clearing was excellent , very few turnovers lost and great decisions in contact (SBW possibly a couple of exceptions). Nevermind the great individual performances but ABs just a much better team than Lions or any of the other NZ teams who have played them.
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Great game. Forwards dominated in tight giving a big fuck you to the Lions forwards fluffers.
Thought the ref was pretty good overall. A couple of funny calls but overall pretty good.
Dagg the pick of the backs. BB goal kicking was very nice to watch. Has he changed his technique? Didn't seem to stab it as much as usual.
Lineout and kick chase defence were probably the low points. Hopefully B Smith is ok for next week.
I think the ABs can improve a hell of a lot from tonights performance. Fix that kick chase and the lineout and you are in a much better place. Not sure what the lions can do. They made plenty of breaks but they look confused when they get into space. That forward running game the ABs used tonight isn't going to be easy to counter.
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I hope the guys down on A Smith are taking the piss after tonight
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@mariner4life He was good initially, but faltered. Honetly, I feel more confident in TJP starting. Smith's passing was inconsistent at times.
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I thought we lost a lot of shape and structure with the injuries ,
Mainly because of beaudy moving away from the ball I think ,I think he has matured as a first receiver , not so sure I like him moving back these days
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Oh and when you are up by 15 and have an easy shot at goal take the fucking 3.
Pushing it to 18 forces them to score 3 tries not 2 plus a penalty. No point going for the try when there are no bonus points.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@rotated said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Does Cruden have some link to Hawkes Bay? Smithy pumping his tires for his performance today big time.
Smithy is from the Poo.
Actually, he was born in Nelson.
