Bledisloe #1
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@sparky said in Bledisloe #1:
@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe #1:
Ben Smith looking shit on the wing...again....
Sad to see such a great old war horse play so poorly, but he was utter shite this evening. Time to put in the younger guys who are faster and hungry for success.
Yep he got caught in no mans’s land A couple of times on D, including for their first try
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@Stargazer said in Bledisloe #1:
@junior Laumape fanboy?
Not especially but he’s the only midfielder in the squad who can consistently get us over the gain line or even looks like he’s not afraid of physical contact
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@junior Laumape was the major positive today. Busy in defence. Ran hard and caused problems to the Wallaby defence.
I don't see him as the starting 12 but he is very effective impact from the bench. Looks like he has the inside track to be the 4th midfielder alongside Crotty, ALB and Goodhue. Over to you, SBW.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe #1:
his defence as well but still rate him above Perry
In case anyone has doubts about the validity of S Barrett's Red Card:
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@sparky Thought Furlong destroyed him in the first two scrums but Big Karl came back really well and had the upper hand in the next few. But he fell off a few tackles in that game however, and really needs to work on his defence. I am not so optimistic about our propping stocks, we have props who are decent scrumagers (Franks and Moody) but can't do much else, or others who might be good around the field but aren't great scrumagers (Ofa, Moli, Angus). Also, surely it's time to start Laulala ahead of Franks now.
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So I we going to bring in another lock and go with our hybrid policy. Couple of those Wellington locks looked impressive this year. I thought Read had a good game tonight and one of his better games in a while. We need more from our forwards but not sure from where. I think the games where the cantabs lost they were dominated in the forwards. They were just a superior “team” unit that allowed them to win. We can not rely on this core unit to suffice at international level. Changes at props are needed. Reece is not good enough at international level. Too small and his success was a matter of him playing in a good team at super rugby level. I guess we have to have a 15 wing hybrid so that rules out Naholo so you get stuck with less pace and a pure winger. Not sure the 10 15 combo is that bad. We were just beaten in the forwards.
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@Jaguares4real who cares? We shouldn’t be doing that stupid shit in the first place. I would be more concerned about his overall refereeing skills and not picking up on forward passes etc.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe #1:
@sparky Thought Furlong destroyed him in the first two scrums but Big Karl came back really well and had the upper hand in the next few. But he fell off a few tackles in that game however, and really needs to work on his defence. I am not so optimistic about our propping stocks, we have props who are decent scrumagers (Franks and Moody) but can't do much else, or others who might be good around the field but aren't great scrumagers (Ofa, Moli, Angus). Also, surely it's time to start Laulala ahead of Franks now.
One of those scrums Furlong got a way with early push before the bind. Arguably ought to have been penalty to ABs. Agreed that by halftime Karl had squared the ledger.
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@broughie said in Bledisloe #1:
@Jaguares4real who cares? We shouldn’t be doing that stupid shit in the first place. I would be more concerned about his overall refereeing skills and not picking up on forward passes etc.
Totally. A hopeless ref who has a terrible habit of guessing. Shouldn't be let anywhere near knockout stages.
