All Blacks MOTM v Springboks II

@canes4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Springboks II:

@canefan yeah, to be fair it’s not his fault Cane, Smith, Whitelock and Coles are in NZ.

No, but he can learn from last week. Might as well have selected a mute.

Just one 'take the 3' would've been enough

antipodean

I'll tell you who isn't getting votes.

Laulala
Taylor
Retallick
SBarrett
Jacobson
Havili
Ofa
Aumua

Tim

Jordie Barrett
Weber

Canes4life

@kirwan if we are on the subject of learnings then Akira obviously didn’t learn from last week aswell. He went missing again in a game you’d expect him to perform in.

Tim

@canes4life no he didn't. He played his line.

Kirwan

@canes4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Springboks II:

@kirwan if we are on the subject of learnings then Akira obviously didn’t learn from last week aswell. He went missing again in a game you’d expect him to perform in.

Not true. He made one glaring error with the missed tackle.

Otherwise he fixed his issue last week with his handling in this game. Tackles his heart out, did great work in the maul, took line outs (leading to a try)

And FFS he was moving bodies at the ruck. He did his job.

Canes4life

@kirwan yeah maybe take your blue tinted glasses off. He was a turn-style on defence tonight. I remember three times he just put his arm out and let the Boks run right through him. Not the performance you’d expect from a guy that’s meant to be our most physical loose forward.

Victor Meldrew

Easiest poll for weeks: JB, Brad Weber and Ardie. Sevu Reece deserves a mention.

Machpants

@kirwan said in All Blacks MOTM v Springboks II:

@canes4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Springboks II:

@kirwan if we are on the subject of learnings then Akira obviously didn’t learn from last week aswell. He went missing again in a game you’d expect him to perform in.

Not true. He made one glaring error with the missed tackle.

Otherwise he fixed his issue last week with his handling in this game. Tackles his heart out, did great work in the maul, took line outs (leading to a try)

And FFS he was moving bodies at the ruck. He did his job.

Runs /metres
A Ioane 4 /5
A Savea 7 /32
L Jacobson 4 /7
Tackles /missed
A Ioane 6 /2
A Savea 11 /0
L Jacobson 10 /0

Canes4life

@machpants that’s some performance from Ardie.

bayimports

Personally I thought both Ioanes were rocks and diamonds today, both with errors and key plays, surprised by all the hate, if anything reiko probably should have been copping more grief than his brother.. in saying that I would still want them both on the park next time ..they are game breakers

Tim

@canes4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Springboks II:

I remember three times he just put his arm out

LOL, this is pure fantasy. Tell us about how great some Wellington highschool kids are.

Victor Meldrew

@kirwan

Akira was a step up from last week in handling, but didn't think he was that good today. Hopefully the last 2 games are just a bit of dip and don't show he has problems against bigger, more physical teams, because when he plays well, he's bloody awesome.

canefan

@machpants said in All Blacks MOTM v Springboks II:

@kirwan said in All Blacks MOTM v Springboks II:

@canes4life said in All Blacks MOTM v Springboks II:

@kirwan if we are on the subject of learnings then Akira obviously didn’t learn from last week aswell. He went missing again in a game you’d expect him to perform in.

Not true. He made one glaring error with the missed tackle.

Otherwise he fixed his issue last week with his handling in this game. Tackles his heart out, did great work in the maul, took line outs (leading to a try)

And FFS he was moving bodies at the ruck. He did his job.

Runs /metres
A Ioane 4 /5
A Savea 7 /32
L Jacobson 4 /7
Tackles /missed
A Ioane 6 /2
A Savea 11 /0
L Jacobson 10 /0

Not to mention Ardie's turnovers

The Silver Fern

All Blacks MOTM v Springboks II