All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Just saw the replay of Ardie's try. The Irish defender was sweating on the outside pass, he totally made the correct call to run it in
It was an excellent decision. I thought he would pass it and we would fluff it, but sometimes it’s better to go yourself.
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That's a good win in the end.
Ireland were really good for the first 15 or so mins of each half, then seemed to run out of puff a bit and we were very clinical capitalising on that. At home, and when they are fresher, they keep that intensity up for most of the match. So we still need to find a way to counter that; at times there they were making easy metres up the middle causing us all sorts of problems.
For us, I'd like to see us play a lot tighter to begin tests, the frantic play from the outset tends to put us under a lot of pressure when the opposition is fired up and laying into us. We need a game plan where we weather the storm effectively, then up the pace of the game when we think we can exploit them, instead if trying to play at a million miles an hour from the outset. Just need to be a bit smarter, when we click nobody can stay with us but it's hard for everything to click in the first 10 - 15 minutes.
Still though, hard to complain about that when it's the first test of the season, we should only improve from here on out.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
I think our big work on is Beaudy, and the other kickers. Exits and kicking for position
They really don't trust Mo'unga though do they, even when they sub him on they leave Beauden out there
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
We had to do far too much defence. A lot of that was self inflicted. As good as we played we need to cut down the error rate, definitely agree that our field kicking has to be much better
Compared to recent performances, I though the error-rate was impressively low.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
For us, I'd like to see us play a lot tighter to begin tests, the frantic play from the outset tends to out us under a lot of pressure when the opposition is fired up and laying into us.
Great point. It's almost as though they are hoping for a quick try or two to loosen the game up. Doesn't always come off...
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
I think our big work on is Beaudy, and the other kickers. Exits and kicking for position
They really don't trust Mo'unga though do they, even when they sub him on they leave Beauden out there
He and Barrett just don't look comfortable out there together do they?
Dmac and Barrett together looked much better when we saw it.
Would be hard to leave out Mo'unga on form, of course.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
We had to do far too much defence. A lot of that was self inflicted. As good as we played we need to cut down the error rate, definitely agree that our field kicking has to be much better
Compared to recent performances, I though the error-rate was impressively low.
Especially considering the poor design of our jersey's collar
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Can I hate the Irish team for their "soccer" antics and pressuring the ref?
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
I think our big work on is Beaudy, and the other kickers. Exits and kicking for position
They really don't trust Mo'unga though do they, even when they sub him on they leave Beauden out there
I think it says more about Beaudie. He’s an 80 minute player and has always been versatile. Plus he’s our backline senior player along with Aaron.
Halfback is a tougher position to get optimum for 80 minutes, especially with the pace we are playing at.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Can I hate the Irish team for their "soccer" antics and pressuring the ref?
Totally
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Can I hate the Irish team for their "soccer" antics and pressuring the ref?
They should be better than that. Begging for YCs is poor form
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Can I hate the Irish team for their "soccer" antics and pressuring the ref?
They should be better than that. Begging for YCs is poor form
So who thinks the second test will be really close? I do
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@Duluth said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Savea,Scott Barrett,Bower,ST all good with ball in hand
For me Papali'i needs to start.So does Taukei'aho
Yeah I wouldn't disagree with that either.
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@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
It was pleasing to see some of our Forwards constantly getting over the advantage line big improvement there.
Savea,Scott Barrett,Bower,ST all good with ball in hand
For me Papali'i needs to start.Sadly with cane as Captain that would leave us with 3 7s. And I think we will see that next week. But Hopefully dog roll and Sam as locks, Brodie was lacking impact
