All Blacks vs Springboks II
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Terrific display by Boks forwards. Their lineout was the winning of the game. But I thought a few of our guys were well off their game. Thought Akira was missing for the tackle or clean out quite a few times so was quite surprised they took Jacobson off as he seemed more accurate and involved. Felt that was a tactical error. Neither of our hookers had a happy match either. Savea very competitive but I felt he could have imposed himself more on the ref. And poor tactical call not to kick to the corner when time nearly up.
Has Beauden's punting length and accuracy dropped off a bit? Weber gave him great service tonite so no excuses there. He and Reece were pretty good and constructive.
Anyways Bok reserve front row locks and loosies won them the match. And we shot ourselves in the foot with lineout errors and catch and pass inaccuracies. Congrats SA -
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Havili/ALB midfield lacks a ball carrier. We really could do with a physical 12.
Definitely lacked penetration
To me ALB and Havili are the same type of player. Not the ideal partnership.
Laumape couldn't nail it down. We need to find that power player
The thing with ALB and Havili is they both like to run sideways to find space. You add DMAC to that combination and good luck to the loose forwards.
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Biggest disappointment for me over these last 2 tests has been the round the field work of our props or lack of , when you compare it to the boks despite them slowing it down , even the Wallabies props against the boks were more prominent.
Our wingers in the main over the 2 tests did not provide the impact I thought they would ..
One guy who despite playing against the Boks for the first time whom I thought was very good was Ethan Blackadder..
Special mention for Archie Savea in terms of his toughness, but his captaincy I thought at times was poor .
The one player who cemented his spot moving forward was Jordie Barrett, our best player over the 2 tests in my opinion ..
Not much else to say but a deserved win to the Boks -
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Havili/ALB midfield lacks a ball carrier. We really could do with a physical 12.
Definitely lacked penetration
To me ALB and Havili are the same type of player. Not the ideal partnership.
Laumape couldn't nail it down. We need to find that power player
Also if you have selected those players you probably needed to have a different play book for Boks.
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@rancid-schnitzel Bullshit! Was wondering which direction the usual crap was going to go. Boks won on a better forward pack. Get over it.
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@old-samurai-jack said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@rancid-schnitzel Bullshit! Was wondering which direction the usual crap was going to go. Boks won on a better forward pack. Get over it.
Um what? What part offended you so much?
Seriously dude. I just wrote on the best player thread that we were beaten up. -
@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Set piece poor again.
Set piece was bad again. Retallick and Taylor not in great form. Not convinced by Bower & Laulala around the field. Plus Ofa hasn’t returned from injury very well
Not too worried about things like the midfield etc. A lot of the other issues flow on from the tight five.
Looking forward to Whitelock getting back
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@duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Set piece poor again.
Set piece was bad again. Retallick and Taylor not in great form. Not convinced by Bower & Laulala around the field. Plus Ofa hasn’t returned from injury very well
Not too worried about things like the midfield etc. A lot of the other issues flow on from the tight five.
Looking forward to Whitelock getting back
How much rugby has Ofa played in recent years. Doesn’t even start for Blues?
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@duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Set piece poor again.
Set piece was bad again. Retallick and Taylor not in great form. Not convinced by Bower & Laulala around the field. Plus Ofa hasn’t returned from injury very well
Not too worried about things like the midfield etc. A lot of the other issues flow on from the tight five.
Looking forward to Whitelock getting back
Yes started up front and it flowed back from there,
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@nevorian said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
We lost the game as soon as we started talking about Grand Slams
Any links? First I’ve heard that.
The loss we had to have 😉
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Interesting thing that there were four distinct periods.
First 15: to and fro
Second 20 ABs on top.
Third 25 Boks dominated (14 unanswered points)
Last 20 ABs on top.
Big impact from bench. From 35 to 60 where Boks were best, and we were at our worst.
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What a fantastic game of rugby. Absolute chaos. Cross field kick in your own 10m? Fuck it, why not.
Thought the Springboks deserved it - forwards just dominated the ABs in every facet - honourable mention to Ardie Savea who was huge.
Most enjoyable game I've seen in years. Had everything. Physicality, mad skills. Hell the Boks even ran it.
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Interesting thing that there were four distinct periods.
First 15: to and fro
Second 20 ABs on top.
Third 25 Boks dominated (14 unanswered points)
Last 20 ABs on top.
Big impact from bench. From 35 to 60 where Boks were best, and we were at our worst.
Will be focus of my rewatch.No thanks….😉
The only test match I have missed in the last 25 years is the 99 semi and to this day I have not watched it. I have seen the odd highlight here or there but I refuse to sit down and put myself through it.
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Foster's team with no ability too deal with this shit.
Been there long before Foster took over. Thought there were signs of improvement but the last 2 games have exposed that thought
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@victor-meldrew the thing is he was in Shag's coaching side too before becoming head coach and they told us what the problems were (relatively accurately I thought) but have not fixed them.
