Bledisloe I

[jegga]

@Pot-Hale said in Bledisloe I:

@MiketheSnow said in Bledisloe I:

@MiketheSnow said in Bledisloe I:

ABs lots to little

Could have been a lot lotser and a little littler, but by christ that was a thrashing.

Don't expect anyone to get close to the ABs this Championship regardless of who plays and where they play in black.

Huge gulf.

Yes - for all the shrieking and queen-like dramatics on here, NZ fans don't seem to know how lucky they are.

A lot of my posts over the weekend were alcohol fuelled, as an Irishman I'm sure you can relate.

[chimoaus]

@Rocky-Rockbottom said in Bledisloe I:

Aus put up 28-0 in 25 mins.

I know it was over at that point but surely that stat is a concern. The fact we have been outscored in the last 3 games in the 2nd half must give the coaches cause for concern.

Its just hard to understand how you can score such beautiful tries and dominate 54-6 then just fall apart completely. At work today I'm getting "did you see the Wallabies scored 34 points vs the All Blacks."

[Stargazer]

@Rocky-Rockbottom said in Bledisloe I:

Just watching a replay, AB’s 54-6 up after about 48 mins when Franks and Crotty were subbed….

AB’s didn’t score again. In the remaining 30 minutes. Wft’s happened to that last 10 mins, supreme fitness, pile it on palava. Getting run down on the scoreboard in the clutch these days

Aus put up 28-0 in 25 mins.

Wouldn’t mind seeing the AB’s missed tackle stats. ALB & SWB combo not flash.

Source: ESPN

[Nepia]

So the Herald was saying that Sam Cane made 10 more tackles than any other player on the park. Pretty impressive, but going by those stats he had lots of opportunity in the 2nd half.

[Stargazer]

TC= turnovers conceded, T=tackles, MT=missed tackles, LW=line-outs won

[Bovidae]

IIRC Aussie had missed 27 tackles in the 1st half, so only 3 misses in the 2nd half. It helps when you have most of the ball.

[taniwharugby]

Jeez, Sam Cane needs to pull finger, he didn't win a single lineout, all he does is tackles!

[Bovidae]

@taniwharugby Neither did our locks and Read based on those stats.

LW must be lineouts thrown in - unless Taylor is super quick.

[taniwharugby]

@Bovidae haha yep and TJP and Ioane won one too, must be if you throw in and win...

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae said in Bledisloe I:

@taniwharugby Neither did our locks and Read based on those stats.

LW must be lineouts thrown in - unless Taylor is super quick.

This is from the SANZAAR website:

TW=throws won, LW=line-outs won, L-S=line-out steals

[chimoaus]

Big concerns there are the replacement stats - Tackles 27 made 9 Missed. So 27/36 is 75%

Harris, Crockett, Savea, TJ, ALB Tackles 14 made 8 Missed. So 14/22 is 64%

[reprobate]

the biggest things which confirm my bias in those stats are:
crotty is excellent, and doesn't make errors;
sbw turns the ball over too often (same as dmac who is getting rubbished for it);
barrett gets a free pass on here;
harris is not really where he needs to be yet, coles missing is huge;
sam whitelock might be a bit tired.

[Crucial]

@reprobate said in Bledisloe I:

the biggest things which confirm my bias in those stats are:
crotty is excellent, and doesn't make errors;
sbw turns the ball over too often (same as dmac who is getting rubbished for it);
barrett gets a free pass on here;
harris is not really where he needs to be yet, coles missing is huge;
sam whitelock might be a bit tired.

Moody is pretty accurate too going by those stats, but then I don't read too much into front row tackle stats. They usually consist of opposition forwards running 1 metre straight into them.

[Bones]

@Crucial I thought Moody had a brilliant game and was very visible - made some great tackles in hairy situations and was busy at the breakdown. Was basically Brodie-lite.

[Bovidae]

Yep, Moody and Cane made some very important covering tackles after Wallaby players had breached the line.

[Stargazer]

Bledisloe Cup: Concussion concerns rise again as Sonny Bill Williams wasn not checked after head knock

 SANZAAR are investigating how All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams suffered an apparent head knock in the opening Bledisloe Cup match and stayed on the field without being checked for concussion.

Footage of Williams suffering an apparent head knock in the 2nd minute has circulated on social media since the game.

The Kiwi centre made a tackle on Wallabies lock Rory Arnold and subsequently had giant New Zealand lock Brodie Rettalick and Aussie rival Adam Coleman fall on him.

Williams appeared very unsteady on his feet when he got up and slowly made his way back to the Kiwi line.

Lack of balance is an indicator to medical staff of potential concussion but SBW was not sent for a HIA.

A SANZAAR spokesman confirmed to News Corp Australia they were looking into the matter after being made aware of footage via social media.

They will discuss Williams' case with the match day doctor, who was appointed by the hosts and the ARU, as per SANZAAR regulations.

[Salacious Crumb]

Yep he looked woozy, staggered, had enough sense (instinct?) to get into defensive position at fringe of ruck but no speed or strength in the tackle and was bowled over. Concussion.

[nzzp]

@Salacious-Crumb said in Bledisloe I:

Yep he looked woozy, staggered, had enough sense (instinct?) to get into defensive position at fringe of ruck but no speed or strength in the tackle and was bowled over. Concussion.

When I saw it live, I thought he'd been winded. Didn't look concussion like (at the time)

[taniwharugby]

think I heard he was tested at half time and supposedly passed?

[akan004]

@Salacious-Crumb I think a lot of people missed the incident, including the AB coaches. I missed it too until my brother told me about it.