All Blacks vs Springboks I

Derpus

So here's my 'Dave playing the long game' theory.

Step 1: Rennie kicks off his first year going all out against the ABs to see if he can figure them out. Finishes up with a win in his last game.

Step 2: bait NZ into keeping Foster on until after the next RWC. Two games at Eden Park? no way he's winning the Bledisloe back this year, but he can still come out of the series with a net gain and shackle the ABs with a clearly inept coach.

Step 3: World Champs come to town. Time to pull out the big guns (literally - Kerevi) and see if he can knock off the current world cup holders. Step 3 complete. Twice.

Clearly well on our way to a third RWC title.

Stargazer

@machpants I think Smith was a one-game only captain for his 100th?

chimoaus

As mentioned earlier our set piece was poor, we lost a number of lineouts and our scrum was pinged a number of times. It can't be that bad two weeks and a row.

NTA

@nta said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

ultimately the ABs' loose style of play is predicated upon breaking a few tackles and getting some ruck or knock-on turnover.

Oh and usually much better support play than we saw tonight. Gotta say your spacing on attack was fucked - might as well just have kicked it downfield.

No drop-behind passing, no scissors or switches, no short kicks. What the fuck was Beaugan doing? Guy was absent and looked like a rabbit in the headlights.

pukunui

Absolutely pathetic performance from the ABs. I honestly can’t remember a worse performance across 80min. So glad we already extended the contract of the coach who got them up for the big occasion.

Hopefully that is George Bridge’s last test. Ben Blair mk2.
He was meant to be the high ball guy. If he can’t do that, what does he do?

ABs Very lucky Boks showed no interest in playing rugby. Even doing that they should have won. Those who said they were going to be easy beats are looking pretty stupid right now.

Steven Harris

If there’s one thing that came out of tonights game for the All Blacks Jordie Barrett is your number 1 fullback moving forward.
Not even a debate

broughie

@stargazer part may have been TJP but also there was not much space. He is still learning 2nd five whereas Tupea has played it all along. Tupea is starting to grow on me.

Kiwiwomble

@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@machpants I think Smith was a one-game only captain for his 100th?

He’s been captain for the landers loads so wouldn’t be hugely out of the blue

Chris

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

We really missed Whitelock and Aaron tonight. That backline tonight was truly turgid.

And Mounga

Machpants

@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@machpants I think Smith was a one-game only captain for his 100th?

Nope next in line, then out

Hooroo

Bizarrely, Bridge catching the ball would have stopped this being so close. That howler was the reason for such an awful game

nzzp

@steven-harris said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

If there’s one thing that came out of tonights game for the All Blacks Jordie Barrett is your number 1 fullback moving forward.
Not even a debate

and a few other things:

Points are gold in Tests. Take the 3.
Quinn looks like he's got a bit about him. Well played sir.
Mauling against the Bokke is brave, but stupid
THe threshold for PT is pretty high ... must have been pretty close

Tim

Just a reminder that unavailable were Smith, Whitelock, Mounga, Papalii, and Jacobson.

Chris

Put in Smith, Whitelock and Mounga and we would have gotten a better performance.

Machpants

@pukunui said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Absolutely pathetic performance from the ABs. I honestly can’t remember a worse performance across 80min. So glad we already extended the contract of the coach who got them up for the big occasion.

Hopefully that is George Bridge’s last test. Ben Blair mk2.
He was meant to be the high ball guy. If he can’t do that, what does he do?

ABs Very lucky Boks showed no interest in playing rugby. Even doing that they should have won. Those who said they were going to be easy beats are looking pretty stupid right now.

Short memory, Argentina 1 2020. Much worse and we lost that

broughie

@kiwiwomble I wasn’t blaming him just saying he was off.

chimoaus

@tim and ALB.

Chris

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@pukunui said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Absolutely pathetic performance from the ABs. I honestly can’t remember a worse performance across 80min. So glad we already extended the contract of the coach who got them up for the big occasion.

Hopefully that is George Bridge’s last test. Ben Blair mk2.
He was meant to be the high ball guy. If he can’t do that, what does he do?

ABs Very lucky Boks showed no interest in playing rugby. Even doing that they should have won. Those who said they were going to be easy beats are looking pretty stupid right now.

Short memory, Argentina 1 2020. Much worse and we lost that

And England WC when it really counted,
Same game plans against us and we don’t cope well.

Machpants

@chris said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Put in Smith, Whitelock and Mounga and we would have gotten a better performance.

Sure but there was still so many unforced individual errors. Would've still been there

chimoaus

I'm confident next week will be much better.

The Silver Fern

All Blacks vs Springboks I