RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool B)
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There is certainly a lottery aspect to the cards in the World Cup and certainly puts the ABs at a disadvantage because every other team has an incentive to play closer to the edge against the number one team and it also makes it makes for the ABs tactic of absorbing pressure for phases ever more dangerous. In the long run ABs can benefit from tackling having to take place lower and the offload game will be crucial. In the short-term the reffing will decide a lot but I have already noticed more tackles around the legs with players attacking the ball after the tackle.
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@DMX said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool
:There is certainly a lottery aspect to the cards in the World Cup and certainly puts the ABs at a disadvantage because every other team has an incentive to play closer to the edge against the number one team and it also makes it makes for the ABs tactic of absorbing pressure for phases ever more dangerous. In the long run ABs can benefit from tackling having to take place lower and the offload game will be crucial. In the short-term the reffing will decide a lot but I have already noticed more tackles around the legs with players attacking the ball after the tackle.
Coaches and players are kidding themselves if they are spending anytime trying to harness the new guidelines as a strategy. Obviously they need to be adjusting their tackling techniques accordingly (or learning one in the case of Farrell) but this is about one step removed from using the dark arts to try and engineer scrum penalties - even if you can theoretically do it there is every chance they will go the other way anyway.
I hope the ABs are spending more time focusing on unforced yellow/red cards while under pressure. Of their last five RWC knockout games they've conceded three totally avoidable cards and then two from three in the Lions series.
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My point is a red card is far more damaging to the All Blacks that any other team because they always walk in as favorites in 15 aside game. I think if you are the opposition you can play right up to the edge and take your chances, for the All Blacks you have to be more conservative and do as much as possible to avoid red cards. It puts ABs at tactical disadvantage until everyone starts tackling much lower then advantage back to ABs.
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That first half was not good for the soul! Especially the first minute or two when Brodie made three tackles in a row and ended up landing on his shoulder. I was watching through my fingers.
And then they say "Retallick has gone off" I thought he was done as I didn't realise he was only getting 30 mins.
The second half happened and I was able to put that all behind.
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@booboo said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool
:@jegga said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool
:Anyone else need a quiet day at work tomorrow? I may have made too sure I stayed hydrated watching that .
Holiday here in Qld
GFYs
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All of TSF 'overreacting' in the first half...
Ta'avao confirmed Hansen didn't hold back in his halftime chat with some strong messages.
"One hundred percent and he had every right to be," Ta'avao said. "And the boys probably, although we were aware of that, we needed it. It sort of showed; the boys came out firing in the second half.
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@booboo said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool
:More to the point, has Twitter melted down over any photoshopped stills of our blatant cheating as yet?
It's coming, every ruck and tackle has to be analyzed so a hint of wrong doing can be found, then complain that the AB's get away with everything and how unfair life is.
Anyway.... thought Jordie went well at 10, better than I thought. ALB superb as we are used to now.
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@Darren said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool
:Would have loved to be a fly on the wall for the halftime chat.
Not if Shag was throwing stuff at the wall said fly was occupying.
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"Taylor said that while the All Blacks don't do specific training drills on how to defend against someone who dives low before contact, they do try to tackle under the ball. "
You'd fucking hope they start looking at it now! Potentially game losing event
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@Rembrandt said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool
:@taniwharugby said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool
:@Machpants maybe he meant Goodhue outshone by his mid-field partner?
It's 'stuff.co.nz' so remember it's bizarro world. Either the Namibian centre did awesome or ALB.
To be fair, after looking like he had concrete boots early on, I thought Goodhue was pretty decent in the second half. High work rate, involved in a lot of linking plays. He's on the right trajectory.
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@Marty yeah when you look at his runs/metres, tackles, off loads, he got through some work, more than I thought he had done on first viewing.
Will be interesting to see where the coaches go with the mid-field, as you get the feeling they have been wanting the SBW-Goodhue one, but the Crotty-ALB one put out the best performance of the year so far, while the ALB-Goodhue one is the one they would dearly love to work as this will be our combo next year...and then the SBW-Crotty one has numbers on the board.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool
:@Marty yeah when you look at his runs/metres, tackles, off loads, he got through some work, more than I thought he had done on first viewing.
Will be interesting to see where the coaches go with the mid-field, as you get the feeling they have been wanting the SBW-Goodhue one, but the Crotty-ALB one put out the best performance of the year so far, while the ALB-Goodhue one is the one they would dearly love to work as this will be our combo next year...and then the SBW-Crotty one has numbers on the board.
On that analysis I reckon they will go for SBW/ALB
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haha
After this TV1 news went to another clip with Reece saying that he expects when they get to the Hotel TJ will be telling the wingers thats how they need to do it.
