All Blacks vs Springboks II
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@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.
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Pat T continues to disappoint.
In some ways, he's become an analogy for the team. Good for short periods but goes AWOL when things aren't going well
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@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.
Judge him on current performances by all means, but I don't think he can take the blame for Hansen's problems any more than a completely new coaching set-up could expect a get-out-of-jail card for a string of crap performances
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@victor-meldrew ok!
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Watched the highlights and knew the result before going through this thread.
Been having a right old chuckle.
Some great rugby from both sides with NZ looking dare I say it very Englandesque
No plan B
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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
Cane coming back too which should bolster the senior player leadership group. It is hard to accept that we are far from optimal right now. Lacking a little in quality, experience, leadership, tactics, execution and discipline and that can't be remedied overnight. But the players are learning hard lessons, and we kept all cups in the trophy cabinet for another year. The NH tour will be a good chance to try and develop the group
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@victor-meldrew ABs aren't as bad as some on here make out, nor as good as some would like them to be. They do seem to be in the mix for the title of best team based on current performances.
You guys had a period of prolonged test match success from mid-2000s through to just after 2015 WC win. But even the great side that was created in that period suffered some losses, most notably to SA.
ABs are better than they were last year. Forwards need some refinement and set piece, especially lineout, needs work. I seem to recall similar things being said about ABs post-2003 world cup when Henry took over.
Foster may not be everyone's cup of tea, but judgement should be made after EOYT to see if the AB gameplan evolves, which he and his coaching team has shown some signs of doing this year. The way the current laws are being applied by refs appears to suit the bigger, more powerful teams, so having a strong set piece is vital. ABs did have one of the best lineouts in recent years, so it is interesting to see it regress as far as it has. Whitelock will shore this up when he returns, but it needs more work. Bok lineout is v good, but they don't have a Matfield in there, which is what should bother the AB coaches the most IMO.
ABs have won all but one game this year, and that loss was a 2 point loss against the current world champions on neutral ground. ABs were dire against England in semi in 2019. The game wasn't close. 2 years on, even if opposing teams have some semblance of territorial and possession dominance like Boks have had, the ABs haven't looked like they did for long periods in that England game - lost. They have hung in there, and more often than not, struck when opportunities have been presented. I'd say that is progress at least 2 years out from the next world cup.
A 5-1 record in the rugby championship suggests you're on the right path 😊. You'll flog a number of teams if they don't turn up. It is what happens in the close games that will show if this AB vintage can step up like previous ones have.
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@mikethesnow I'd disagree. In the last 15 mins ABs won 3 penalties by playing in the right areas of the pitch. The problem was that between minutes 40 to 60 they played in the wrong areas. AB lineout woes compounded this. They coughed up possession and allowed pressure to come back on them.
ABs with a functioning lineout ends in a v different territorial game IMO.
Small margins. Boks managed game badly in last mins last week and lost. ABs did likewise this week and lost. All square on aggregate 😬.
Let's see what our teams up north can do on EOYT to gauge where ABs and Boks are in world pecking order. It may be that they are both ahead (with Wallabies catching them up).
