Bledisloe 3
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That's been your game plan the last few years tho. Don't play with the ball, let the opposition fuck up and cut loose on turnover.
If the opposition defend well (e.g. Lions), that kind of goes to pot.
The territory game wasn't the wrong idea on Saturday, just you didn't do it well enough.
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@nta I think some of the ball in hand attack on the weekend deserves criticism.
Playing more off 9 (like in Lions Test 1), pick and goes etc were not used
Fancy backline moves were used (which led directly to Hodge's opening try) when the conditions called for keep it simple stupid.
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@kiwimurph I agree, but again: you've not really been doing this of late.
ABs have tended toward fast-strike counter attack rather than long build ups. Probably not as much first-phase attack scoring simply because you're not getting as many scrum/lineout opportunities inside an opposition 22. You sure most of your points from up field, so that's a contributing factor.
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@nta our kicking/territory game was shite!
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@taniwharugby actually it started brilliantly. The short kicks and territory had the Wallabies scrambling.
The uncontested up and under is where it started to fall apart. By the time you tried to hold the ball in the second half it was too late. Your forwards were getting tired.
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@kiwimurph said in BLEDISLOE 3:
Fancy backline moves were used (which led directly to Hodge's opening try) when the conditions called for keep it simple stupid.
The problem wasn't a fancy backline move; it was Sopoaga throwing a panicked ball because he was pressured.
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@antipodean yep Genia read it like a book... Once he realised Smith was too far away, that is
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@antipodean said in BLEDISLOE 3:
@kiwimurph said in BLEDISLOE 3:
Fancy backline moves were used (which led directly to Hodge's opening try) when the conditions called for keep it simple stupid.
The problem wasn't a fancy backline move; it was Sopoaga throwing a panicked ball because he was pressured.
The reason Sopoaga was under pressure was because the ABs tried a move where Aaron Smith got the ball on the right hand side of the scrum and threw it back left across the scrum to Sopoaga. A fancy move that wasn't required - trying to be too cute.
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@kiwimurph said in BLEDISLOE 3:
@antipodean said in BLEDISLOE 3:
@kiwimurph said in BLEDISLOE 3:
Fancy backline moves were used (which led directly to Hodge's opening try) when the conditions called for keep it simple stupid.
The problem wasn't a fancy backline move; it was Sopoaga throwing a panicked ball because he was pressured.
The reason Sopoaga was under pressure was because the ABs tried a move where Aaron Smith got the ball on the right hand side of the scrum and threw it back left across the scrum to Sopoaga. A fancy move that wasn't required - trying to be too cute.
And a better player would have taken the tackle rather than hurl the ball away in a blind panic.
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@antipodean I'm not disputing that. But as I originally stated - the KISS principle there would have avoided that whole situation.
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@antipodean said in BLEDISLOE 3:
@kiwimurph said in BLEDISLOE 3:
@antipodean said in BLEDISLOE 3:
@kiwimurph said in BLEDISLOE 3:
Fancy backline moves were used (which led directly to Hodge's opening try) when the conditions called for keep it simple stupid.
The problem wasn't a fancy backline move; it was Sopoaga throwing a panicked ball because he was pressured.
The reason Sopoaga was under pressure was because the ABs tried a move where Aaron Smith got the ball on the right hand side of the scrum and threw it back left across the scrum to Sopoaga. A fancy move that wasn't required - trying to be too cute.
And a better player would have taken the tackle rather than hurl the ball away in a blind panic.
Sopoaga probably would have on other occasions too - even Carter threw a few silly intercepts and we can all agree (some Canes fans aside maybe) that he is the best of the better players.
