All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1
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@Crucial said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
The Sunday Times was interesting reading this morning. Most of the comment was pretty accurate (even from the Walrus). Good to see though that they still see the failings only as momentary lapses rather than a product of the way we play our domestic rugby e.g. NZ players wold be awake to quick taps and going wide when in front of the posts because we are willing to take risks to gain rewards. That split second where NH players have to think about it because failure would mean a pissed off club owner makes a big difference.
Anyway, it took about 4 reasonable articles before Jones finally managed a stupid dig. This one at Peyper, saying he was a 'walking, whistling disaster area yesterday'.
I have't watched the game closely again but fail to recall how this was the case. I didn't see any blatent 'hemisphere interpretation' things that undermined the Lions any errors he made were spread. I couldn't work out why Sexton was having such a big cry and make direct accusations of bias (for which he should get sanctioned IMO).
Can anyone help me out? I'm no big fan of Peyper but can't see how his performance yesterday was worthy of that comment.
Edit: credit where it is due to a good article by Stuart Barnes. If anyone has cut and paste abilities for the Times others here may wish to read it
@Crucial. If it's time to get indignant about Jones I saw one of his columns quoted in an article in Stuff where his excuse was the Lions were "thrown together". Aah here:
It was a thrown-together Lions side against a machine, and the Lions gave it everything.
What's been Sexton's whinge?
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@Crucial reading on a bit I see your reference to Sexton was an on field incident. I don't recall it. What did he say?
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@SammyC said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Anyway, can't wait to watch a replay.
Thought Cane was bloody awesome, feel for Ryan Crotty who was playing really well before he went off.
Loved it how we took them in through the middle.
Is Retallick the best rugby player in the country?
You misspelled "observable universe"
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had a bit of a re-watch, a few points on the lions who i mostly ignored in celebration mode:
the lions really should have had a try in the first few minutes, and 3 by halftime. different looking game and pressures if they had converted chances.
murray and/or daly butchered that chance early on. daly was unmarked (but possibly too flat) and murray didn't throw the pass and took the ruck. by the time daly got the ball dagg was able to stop him with a great tackle, but he would have had no chance if the pass had been given earlier.
sexton was horrible when he came on. giving away penalties, hospital passes, losing the ball, mistake after mistake. sure chasing the game by then, but he is just not the man for that job.
watson is very quick on his feet. i think the lions would get some good value out of him on the pick and go, the way habana used to for the boks.
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I still think the NH are really missing the things and areas that make the ABs so good. They went into this game pretty much ignoring the ABs mid year form and considering a fatigued EOYT. Games 2,3,4 of the year are generally the ABs at their best and unlike what Gatland said the step up from Super rugby is wide. I also think if the pundits are lauding the Lions for their ball in hand game they will play right into the ABs hands, its the kind of game the ABs want the lions to play and there is no ways that they will have the players to back it up over 160 minutes. In my opinion they missed the try scoring chances simply because they do not have the skills to execute consistently under pressure. I cannot imagine the Lions finishing any of the AB try scoring chances but I can imagine the ABs converting all of the Lions chances.
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@DMX said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
I still think the NH are really missing the things and areas that make the ABs so good. In my opinion they missed the try scoring chances simply because they do not have the skills to execute consistently under pressure. I cannot imagine the Lions finishing any of the AB try scoring chances but I can imagine the ABs converting all of the Lions chances.
Said the exact thing to my mates.
"It's all about the top two inches" has become the go to phrase to explain winners from losers. Making the right decision at the right time.
I agree and I'd add it's the speed of thought as well.
And those quick fire decisions can be learned and developed like any skill.
Man for man the ABs and Lions aren't 15 or more points different.
But in a match scenario where time on the ball is becoming more and more compressed, all the ABs have significantly more experience of considering, making and executing decisions under time & physical pressure through practice and match play over their Lions counterparts.
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@Crucial most of the whinging is handily contained in this thread, the poster called Hong Kong is actually a ref and points out the twat posting the last gif is actually showing an example of good reffing. He might as well piss in the wind of course .
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I think the English have suffered a similar fate in recent years, they want to play a more expansive game, get themselves into the positions but are unable to finish because the style is not natural, thier traditional way is to play the percentages, not roll the dice.
I coach my sons U12 team and only this year have we taught them exit strategies, 6 games in we have used it twice, rarely kick for touch, and are currently undefeated. First instinct is to run, and in doing so you are always looking for space, and developing it at this age means when you have a better rugby brain you can weigh the odds better but instincts still give you the natural edge.
Most other teams are the same, there are the odd team that tries to play more conservatively, but if they kick it to us, we run it back.
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Crucial reading on a bit I see your reference to Sexton was an on field incident. I don't recall it. What did he say?
First Peyper told him to stop waving his arms at him then when there was a defensive knock on toward the end of the game Sexton got in his face and demanded a penalty. Thats when you could hear Peyper telling him he isn't the ref. From other reports he was heard telling Peyper 'you give them everything and us nothing'
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
I think the English have suffered a similar fate in recent years, they want to play a more expansive game, get themselves into the positions but are unable to finish because the style is not natural, thier traditional way is to play the percentages, not roll the dice.
I coach my sons U12 team and only this year have we taught them exit strategies, 6 games in we have used it twice, rarely kick for touch, and are currently undefeated. First instinct is to run, and in doing so you are always looking for space, and developing it at this age means when you have a better rugby brain you can weigh the odds better but instincts still give you the natural edge.
Most other teams are the same, there are the odd team that tries to play more conservatively, but if they kick it to us, we run it back.
There is a hesitation to decide whether a risk is worth taking whereas our players take the risk but prepare themselves to cover it going tits up. That helps us shift from D to A and back again
The NH teams will never have those instincts unless they play that way from a young age. Erring on risk aversion won't get you there.
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@jegga said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Crucial most of the whinging is handily contained in this thread, the poster called Hong Kong is actually a ref and points out the twat posting the last gif is actually showing an example of good reffing. He might as well piss in the wind of course .
Holy shit, are adults not allowed to post there?
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@Crucial said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
First Peyper told him to stop waving his arms at him then when there was a defensive knock on toward the end of the game Sexton got in his face and demanded a penalty. Thats when you could hear Peyper telling him he isn't the ref. From other reports he was heard telling Peyper 'you give them everything and us nothing'
Someone needs to tell Sexton this isn't soccer.And just to complete the story, it was one of the ARs who told Peyper that Red no.22 was waving his arms in the air and mouthing off so he needed to speak to him.
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The best 10 performance ive seen from someone in the Lions squad this month is by far and away Finn Russell against the Aussies. I know the Lions like to play off 9 (and the ABs did this a lot on the weekend too) but the Lions need to find a way to generate points to win these tests and Russell's playmaking ability at 10 would only help. Farrell isn't an out and out 10 and Sexton has been hot and cold.
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@KiwiMurph Farrell is an out an out 10. He plays there week in and week out for his club. He's played there a lot for England at all levels as well. It's just that Percentage Eddie feels that we lack a ball playing 12 and we have Ford, who is a more expansive 10 than Farrell.
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@Catogrande Fair enough. I perhaps should have re-worded it. My point is that he is somewhat limited in his game at 10 from an attacking point of view.
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Shag just let rip a bit on devlins show in reply to gatlands negative comments
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