All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour
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@reprobate which is fucking worrying that Smith is so important to this team and the drop off to the next cab is so vast.
They really need to identify 2 or 3 behind TJ/Webber and start working with them to get them up to speed faster (Christie already a foot in the door, and Fakatava should come into play, plus another)
Although Smith works hard on his fitness and his game, at some point he will start to drop back and we need to be ready for that.
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OK, last 10, which took 14 in real time because of 'injuries'.
Key was 70-75:30.
From kick off Havili takes and goes into contact. From about 22 TJP kicks high, infield and to about 35 out. WTF!!!
We need to be playing down their end. Irish run left and right. AB defence good with some good tackling from all the bench front row, and Akira monstering a couple of times. Ends in scrum near our 22.
Ardie breaks, good swerve from Havili and pass to Rieko, who is wrapped up. O'Mahoney latches on, although initially on toes so probably not supporting weight. Looks like Lowe may not have released. Result penalty from halfway. That three points is pennies from heaven for Irish. All came down to crazy 'exit' by TJP.
With six to go Irish field kickoff around 22 and kick to halfway and close to touch (TJP N.B.). ABs swing wide well and make ground but Reece passes 2m behind the supporting Rieko. 👿
At lineout, Irish hooker baulks and Akira taps free kick and makes it to around 38m out. To Lomax/RM to Havili on halfway. He weighs up the options and...
chips it to Irish fullback who runs it back to our 10m mark and ball knocked on.That chip was the nail in our coffin, after a minute lost on scrum reset. In the penultimate 5 minutes ABs were starting to get going and Irish were starting to leave gaps. I'd be inclined to think we'd have scored at least a try if we'd been patient and kept focus on playing in their half.
Last 4 minutes we were in our half trying to score miracle try. Not really a surprise that didn't work.
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@no-quarter said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
If Foster says the backs were poor then that starts with the service they were getting from TJP all game. I said before the match that the last thing we need against an organised rush defense is TJP's loopy inaccurate passing (obviously) yet they not only started him but they kept him on the full 80.
If Smith starts against the French the ABs will be significantly better.
All true. But for me the elephant in the room is the team carried on with TJP's loopy passing instead of doing something different like, you know, telling TJP not to throw loopy passes and maybe keep it in the forwards to gain some control.
There was enough experience across the park and they should have seen and acted on the problems.
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@pakman said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
OK, last 10, which took 14 in real time because of 'injuries'.
Key was 70-75:30.
From kick off Havili takes and goes into contact. From about 22 TJP kicks high, infield and to about 35 out. WTF!!!
We need to be playing down their end. Irish run left and right. AB defence good with some good tackling from all the bench front row, and Akira monstering a couple of times. Ends in scrum near our 22.
Ardie breaks, good swerve from Havili and pass to Rieko, who is wrapped up. O'Mahoney latches on, although initially on toes so probably not supporting weight. Looks like Lowe may not have released. Result penalty from halfway. That three points is pennies from heaven for Irish. All came down to crazy 'exit' by TJP.
With six to go Irish field kickoff around 22 and kick to halfway and close to touch (TJP N.B.). ABs swing wide well and make ground but Reece passes 2m behind the supporting Rieko. 👿
At lineout, Irish hooker baulks and Akira taps free kick and makes it to around 38m out. To Lomax/RM to Havili on halfway. He weighs up the options and...
chips it to Irish fullback who runs it back to our 10m mark and ball knocked on.That chip was the nail in our coffin, after a minute lost on scrum reset. In the penultimate 5 minutes ABs were starting to get going and Irish were starting to leave gaps. I'd be inclined to think we'd have scored at least a try if we'd been patient and kept focus on playing in their half.
Last 4 minutes we were in our half trying to score miracle try. Not really a surprise that didn't work.
There is no doubt the game was there to be won despite the horrible possession and territory stats. It started to go wrong when whitelock timidly chose 3 points, which stop left Ireland in front. We needed irekand to be playing catch up not us. But yeah that tjp clearance was awful. He was crap all match on attack imo.
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Why defending was easier for Ireland than the All Blacks
Ireland utilised their numbers in defence far more efficiently than the All Blacks.
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@tim said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
Why defending was easier for Ireland than the All Blacks
Ireland utilised their numbers in defence far more efficiently than the All Blacks.
Paywalled past the opening para.
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@crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@tim said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
Why defending was easier for Ireland than the All Blacks
Ireland utilised their numbers in defence far more efficiently than the All Blacks.
Paywalled past the opening para.
Key points - NZ defence was not numbering up correctly, and gave Ireland a ton of opportunity.Ireland can count and smothered the fuck out of us.
"The comments of New Zealand’s head coach in the aftermath do make you wonder whether he really sees a problem. Most coaches operate on the understanding that more time spent in possession of the ball tends to exhaust the defence more than the offence and takes its toll in the second period."
New Zealand supporters will need some convincing that the head coach of the All Blacks has the right remedies to the ailments evident in their third loss in the last five games against Ireland. If Ian Foster truly believes that Ireland tired more from their glut of possession than the All Blacks did from making more than 200 tackles in the game, there are some underlying issues indeed.
‘Fozzy’ and his support staff challenged the men in green to keep the ball and use it effectively, and Ireland not only picked up the gauntlet, they used it as a fist to belabour their opponents. They counted all of the cards on the table and knew they could play to width and exploit the bigger line spacings, without taking undue risk. There are some serious questions to answer as New Zealand move on to Paris for a climactic finish to their end of year tour against France.
Delusional
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@machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@tim said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
Why defending was easier for Ireland than the All Blacks
Ireland utilised their numbers in defence far more efficiently than the All Blacks.
Paywalled past the opening para.
Key points - NZ defence was not numbering up correctly, and gave Ireland a ton of opportunity.Ireland can count and smothered the fuck out of us.
"The comments of New Zealand’s head coach in the aftermath do make you wonder whether he really sees a problem. Most coaches operate on the understanding that more time spent in possession of the ball tends to exhaust the defence more than the offence and takes its toll in the second period."
New Zealand supporters will need some convincing that the head coach of the All Blacks has the right remedies to the ailments evident in their third loss in the last five games against Ireland. If Ian Foster truly believes that Ireland tired more from their glut of possession than the All Blacks did from making more than 200 tackles in the game, there are some underlying issues indeed.
‘Fozzy’ and his support staff challenged the men in green to keep the ball and use it effectively, and Ireland not only picked up the gauntlet, they used it as a fist to belabour their opponents. They counted all of the cards on the table and knew they could play to width and exploit the bigger line spacings, without taking undue risk. There are some serious questions to answer as New Zealand move on to Paris for a climactic finish to their end of year tour against France.
Delusional
The Foster Circus keeps confusing everyone, even themselves.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@act-crusader
Yep. No substitute for experience, on,-field leadership and consistency in selection.Arguably the player with the biggest negative impact on the team was our highly experienced, consistently selected half back, who they presumably didn't sub because of all the leadership he was providing.
There's no substitute for good decision making, skill and consistency in execution, and cool heads under pressure. Experience can, but does not always provide that.But it didn't seem to come from Mounga Jordie or Rieko the 3 senior backs left after BB and ALB went off early on. Maybe TJs experience was the best they had left when nobody was engineering the plays effectively behind him to exploit any Irish gaps. I thought he gave it everything but Weber may have been a better option if available.
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@machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@tim said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
Why defending was easier for Ireland than the All Blacks
Ireland utilised their numbers in defence far more efficiently than the All Blacks.
Paywalled past the opening para.
Key points - NZ defence was not numbering up correctly, and gave Ireland a ton of opportunity.Ireland can count and smothered the fuck out of us.
"The comments of New Zealand’s head coach in the aftermath do make you wonder whether he really sees a problem. Most coaches operate on the understanding that more time spent in possession of the ball tends to exhaust the defence more than the offence and takes its toll in the second period."
New Zealand supporters will need some convincing that the head coach of the All Blacks has the right remedies to the ailments evident in their third loss in the last five games against Ireland. If Ian Foster truly believes that Ireland tired more from their glut of possession than the All Blacks did from making more than 200 tackles in the game, there are some underlying issues indeed.
‘Fozzy’ and his support staff challenged the men in green to keep the ball and use it effectively, and Ireland not only picked up the gauntlet, they used it as a fist to belabour their opponents. They counted all of the cards on the table and knew they could play to width and exploit the bigger line spacings, without taking undue risk. There are some serious questions to answer as New Zealand move on to Paris for a climactic finish to their end of year tour against France.
Delusional
What article doesn’t touch on was that ABs had prepared for aerial Irish attack, but Sefton was astute enough to read that was well defended.
Irish alignment left acres of space behind (at least in these photo’s) so crying out for some territorial kicking to get Irish to vary things. Whereas trying to fire ball wide off slow ball through backline reinforced with loosies was low probability play.
Irish attacks were very lateral, and few line breaks, so not hugely effective per se. More a case that holding for multiple phases could be expected to lead to gaps, which happened a few times.
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Ireland have some genuine world class players m. Starting with furlong. Watching the Argentina match here. Lavanini with a red card. Some things never change.
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Ireland with a refreshed team with Carbery, Casey, Timoney, O'Toole, Baird, Baloucounne, and Sheehan starting or finishing the match well against Argentina.
53-7 with Arg looking to get last score. Held up over the line and that's it.
Great result. Commiserations Argentina .
Good Autumn series.
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@billy-tell said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
Ireland have some genuine world class players m. Starting with furlong. Watching the Argentina match here. Lavanini with a red card. Some things never change.
Is he the most carded player in history?
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@antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@billy-tell said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
Ireland have some genuine world class players m. Starting with furlong. Watching the Argentina match here. Lavanini with a red card. Some things never change.
Is he the most carded player in history?
not according to April 2021 link below.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@billy-tell said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
Ireland have some genuine world class players m. Starting with furlong. Watching the Argentina match here. Lavanini with a red card. Some things never change.
Is he the most carded player in history?
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@kiwimurph said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
@billy-tell said in All Blacks v Ireland, 2021 NH Tour:
Ireland have some genuine world class players m. Starting with furlong. Watching the Argentina match here. Lavanini with a red card. Some things never change.
Is he the most carded player in history?
he can now officially change his name to "Leave it! Ninny!"
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