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Not direct Aura, but mentioned sideways. But it is a good point, mostly
'The All Blacks have proven nothing': The truth behind New Zealand's Bledisloe Cup II victory
The All Blacks have proven nothing and frightened no-one.
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@Machpants jesus that's a dumpster fire of a negative article.
If you make all your tackles, you'll probably win. FFS. His arguments don't stand up - we've lost to Ireland, Eng and SA recently, but only occasionally. The SA game in the RWC was a great example - both 2019 and 2015 I'd say. We got beaten up in the forwards, but did enough to win both times. It takes some magic, but That's. What. Really. Good. Teams. Do.
HE's also coneniently ignoring that missed tackles often happen because of the stretching and putting people into space... which pulls defenders around, etc.
I'm triggered. Muppet.
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@Machpants Who is this Hamish Bidwell clown?
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@antipodean said in Aura watch:
@Machpants Who is this Hamish Bidwell clown?
A CLown, But he's right, if the teams miss tackles vs the ABs they lose. I was hoping for more rage, but want to thank @nzzp for biting!
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@ARHS said in Aura watch:
That was an awful article. The level of rugby journalism has sunk a lot. I wish they could convert the in depth knowledge of the best analysts like on 1014 to written media for hardcore fans.
Sounds like someone hasn't been reading much Stephen Jones or @taniwharugby s good mate Chris Rattue.
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@Machpants said in Aura watch:
Not direct Aura, but mentioned sideways. But it is a good point, mostly
'The All Blacks have proven nothing': The truth behind New Zealand's Bledisloe Cup II victory
The All Blacks have proven nothing and frightened no-one.
These sort of stories bore me.
To take a quote:
If you can tackle the All Blacks, you will beat them. End of story.
Let's just change that slightly to
If you can score more points than the All Blacks, you will beat them. End of story.
The point being is that the All Blacks over 117 years of Test rugby have a 77% winning record.
They're not invincible, but by crikey they're damned hard to beat.
No other team has a record that comes close.
Boks are 63%
Poms 56%
Frogs 54%
Wins 53%
Wales 52%
(Stats from http://www.lassen.co.nz/pickandgo.php and do not count draws as half)And growing up in the 70s and early 80s a win in a Test match was a win a Test match.
You didn't have to win by 50+ to be considered successful, just win.
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@nzzp said in Aura watch:
@Machpants jesus that's a dumpster fire of a negative article.
If you make all your tackles, you'll probably win. FFS. His arguments don't stand up - we've lost to Ireland, Eng and SA recently, but only occasionally. The SA game in the RWC was a great example - both 2019 and 2015 I'd say. We got beaten up in the forwards, but did enough to win both times. It takes some magic, but That's. What. Really. Good. Teams. Do.
HE's also coneniently ignoring that missed tackles often happen because of the stretching and putting people into space... which pulls defenders around, etc.
I'm triggered. Muppet.
BTW I only got about five paragraphs in before I gave up on the dipshut fluffybunny
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I haven’t read the article but I know it’s rubbish. In this case, this Fernism rings true...
