AB MotM V England

broughie

What’s the point of this thread?

taniwharugby

Goodhue, Reece, Savea.

Kirwan

Only voted for Savea, everyone else was equally rubbish.

hydro11

I'm shocked to see Reece getting votes. How many times did the ball get kicked over his head? That compounded our territorial issues. One great tackle but also a really bad intercept.

Only Ardie really deserves a vote.

Bovidae

Ardie made his tackles but I thought he was ineffectual in the 1st half and never competed at the breakdown.

Kirwan

@Bovidae said in AB MotM V England:

Ardie made his tackles but I thought he was ineffectual in the 1st half and never competed at the breakdown.

Except for the turnovers he got.

hydro11

@Bovidae said in AB MotM V England:

Ardie made his tackles but I thought he was ineffectual in the 1st half and never competed at the breakdown.

Partly that's because no one else was fronting up and he got cleaned out every time.

Bovidae

@Kirwan said in AB MotM V England:

@Bovidae said in AB MotM V England:

Ardie made his tackles but I thought he was ineffectual in the 1st half and never competed at the breakdown.

Except for the turnovers he got.

He got 1 turnover but that was in the 2nd half wasn't it?

I just thought the ABs were too passive and never looked to compete, unlike Curry and Underhill.

broughie

@Bovidae He was just as ineffectual as the AB’s when we lost to Oz in Perth. Being dominated in the forwards tends to create these scenarios.

Kirwan

@Bovidae said in AB MotM V England:

@Kirwan said in AB MotM V England:

@Bovidae said in AB MotM V England:

Ardie made his tackles but I thought he was ineffectual in the 1st half and never competed at the breakdown.

Except for the turnovers he got.

He got 1 turnover but that was in the 2nd half wasn't it?

I just thought the ABs were too passive and never looked to compete, unlike Curry and Underhill.

He was the only one being physical, he was let down by his team mates. Even then he still got turnovers

cgrant

The All Blacks did not compete in the rucks during the first half. Savea started to try to compete during the second half but he was often left on his own. Where were the locks and the props ?

ARHS

I thought Savea, Reece and Retallick were our most combative and effective players last night

booboo

I could only think of Reece

Nevorian

I thought Todd ran the water pretty well

Old Samurai Jack

A. Smith was a workhorse I thought. He was taking on the big boys when our big guys were missing.

Paekakboyz

Goodhue was our best and I'd have subbed ALB instead of him. Reece created some chances and looked likely, yes he had some defensive lapses but... ah, our whole team was pretty ave on that front.

Nepia

Damn, this one is hard, and I'm not going to do my second watch to help decide (even the Perth match was rewatchable). I think Goodhue was good and then there were a bunch who tried hard but for whatever reason were mostly ineffectual - BBBR, Whitelock, ALB, Reece. There was one group of rucks where Cane made three tackles in a row as expected, but he was too late on and gave up a penalty. I've seen Coles and SBW cop some flack on various threads but they were definitely in the trying box and they both made some inroads.

I'm going to have to leave this a few days to see whether I can muster up the courage to rewatch.

Magpie_in_aus

Jordie Barett. I noticed him every time the play came near him. Really had a big impact on the game...

BartMan

@Kirwan ditto.

Jonty lean

@BartMan should of had Ben Smith bender

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AB MotM V England