All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
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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
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I get that Papalii is quality, but fuck Cane is criminally underrated. I thought he was his usual awesome self tonight, coming up with some big tackles and got through a lot of work on d, what more do people want from him? The guy is a beast at this level and we're very lucky to have him and Papalii to choose from.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@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
Not me
Even bigger margin
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@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
Not me
Even bigger margin
Not how it normally works, but I like your style
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@gt12 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Would be hard to leave out Mo'unga on form, of course.
Especially based on Beauden tonight. BB had the service of a very good A Smith performance, but was pretty much anonymous except for stinking up his kicking game.
Also, did that Auckland pommy ginger Kirsty pass to Mo'unga once?
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@Canerbry said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@gt12 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Would be hard to leave out Mo'unga on form, of course.
Especially based on Beauden tonight. BB had the service of a very good A Smith performance, but was pretty much anonymous except for stinking up his kicking game.
Also, did that Auckland pommy ginger Kirsty pass to Mo'unga once?
Why do you think the coaches use Mo'unga that way? They subbed him on but used him as a second play maker while Beauden continued to run the ship. For me, if they sub Mo'unga on then it has to be for Beauden so he can run the ship but it doesn't look like they trust him to do that? Mo'unga is a fantastic SR player but it really doesn't look like the coaches think he has what it takes at test level right now
