MOTM v Wales
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One issue about going for turnovers is that it usually comes at a cost in penalties when you get it wrong. We were vulnerable to teams playing negatively, but kicking those penalties.
Now the strategy is to make teams attack us if they want to win. We then have a game of movement, which we prefer.
Wales attacked for long periods on the weekend and we didn't give them soft three pointers -- they had to earn any penalties. It's been years, since anyone strangled us the way France did in the missing RWC.
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Wait, SBW had a good game? Seriously?
I thought it was his worst of the year. All he did in the first half was drop the ball, throw shit passes, and make a bad rwad for their first try. Oh snd gave away the penalty for their first 3 pointer. I'm astounded.
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The level Cane is playing at is seriously not far below McCaw at the moment. He has been massively influential in every test this year. Dominant tackle after dominant tackle, he's an absolute fucking warrior.
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Also, Naholo gets some flak on here but he is an absolute class finisher. That's the sort of finishing that has set us apart from NH teams this year, and his two tries were both not easy and bloody critical.
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@mariner4life said in MOTM v Wales:
Oh snd gave away the penalty for their first 3 pointer. I'm astounded.
You'll find that was a prop.
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@antipodean Nope, that was definitely SBW. The Welsh guy did everything - including slapping his lower back/butt - to attract the ref's attention to him entering the ruck from the side.
Edited: Still think it was really marginal. The Welsh player basically moved SBW more to side and then starting milking the penalty.
Hames gave away the second penalty though.
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Whitelock, Taylor, Crotty
Cane and Ioane were okay.
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@stargazer said in MOTM v Wales:
@antipodean Nope, that was definitely SBW. The Welsh guy did everything - including slapping his lower back/butt - to attract the ref's attention to him entering the ruck from the side.
Edited: Still think it was really marginal. The Welsh player basically moved SBW more to side and then starting milking the penalty.
Hames gave away the second penalty though.
Correct. I called it wrongly as Laulala at the time but on second viewing it was SBW. My main point was the irony of AWJ being in between the AB’s hindmost foot and the tryline, on his knees, when he was slapping Sonny’s butt. Blame SBW if you want but it must be hard not to join a ruck from the side when there’s a 2m lump parked in the way
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@jc said in MOTM v Wales:
@stargazer said in MOTM v Wales:
@antipodean Nope, that was definitely SBW. The Welsh guy did everything - including slapping his lower back/butt - to attract the ref's attention to him entering the ruck from the side.
Edited: Still think it was really marginal. The Welsh player basically moved SBW more to side and then starting milking the penalty.
Hames gave away the second penalty though.
Correct. I called it wrongly as Laulala at the time but on second viewing it was SBW. My main point was the irony of AWJ being in between the AB’s hindmost foot and the tryline, on his knees, when he was slapping Sonny’s butt. Blame SBW if you want but it must be hard not to join a ruck from the side when there’s a 2m lump parked in the way
Watching I thought it was SBW but Barnes said "12 OK 3 was sealing ball off with his legs Penalty Wales"
The 2 Sams and Rieko.
Not going to discount Whitelock because of the card. It looked OK to me at the time although Barnes did explain penalty well but I figured Cane could easily have been carded as well and no way could you possibly discount him as one of the top 3 so following that (twisted) logic....
Ioane scored two, created the bust that led to Naholo's first, was looking for work. What more could he do?
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@dk when you go back and tally up all the results
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@taniwharugby said in MOTM v Wales:
@dk when you go back and tally up all the results
If you rely on me to do the tally up, then I'm naming myself in every position
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@dk I'm expecting to see @ACT-Crusader named at no8
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Pinched this from reddit:
Sam Cane - Defensive Highlights (Wales vs. All Blacks)
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