All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
The whinging in the replies to that tweet are absolutely delicious
It seems to be a national characteristic.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@kev I don't even believe your shoulder to shoulder claim based on that footage, as @chris-b states we need to see more footage.
I'm not going to G&GR it because I'm too lazy, but if you pause it at 20 seconds it's shoulder hitting head.
It’s a graze, then the shoulder hits the shoulder and the guy goes backward.
So understand all the points about risk with head contact. You can see the ABs have worked really hard - everyone crouching, arms low, trying to do the right thing.
What Scott Barrett gets criticised for quite rightly is when he has got it wrong. But the thing that makes him good is he looking to be dominant and putting himself in situations to do so.Just in this situation, I think close to the line it’s incredibly tough - lots of shoulder to shoulder stuff.
Away from the line, in general tackle situations with guys with time, generally up right and moving with a lot more momentum then fair call.
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@Toddy said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@kev said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
further to my Scott Barrett point, check this out - right at the end of the game
https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/comments/vpno6v/scott_owes_the_nz_tv_directors_a_beer_they_saw/
Again Shoulder to Shoulder. SB is making his move as soon as the player picks up the ball - both in a crouched position. If you were to replay every contact close the the line you would so a lot of this. It’s rugby.
I think Red Barrett was saved by the Irish dude ducking his head. Ducking his head to avoid the shoulder that is. He could've taken one for his team and had Red Barrett sent off and sitting on the sidelines for a few weeks.
Your right, if he hadn’t ducked then I think Scott would have had an issue. He was early and in from the side. Still stuff to work on for him.
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@kev said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Toddy said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@kev said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
further to my Scott Barrett point, check this out - right at the end of the game
https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/comments/vpno6v/scott_owes_the_nz_tv_directors_a_beer_they_saw/
Again Shoulder to Shoulder. SB is making his move as soon as the player picks up the ball - both in a crouched position. If you were to replay every contact close the the line you would so a lot of this. It’s rugby.
I think Red Barrett was saved by the Irish dude ducking his head. Ducking his head to avoid the shoulder that is. He could've taken one for his team and had Red Barrett sent off and sitting on the sidelines for a few weeks.
Your right, if he hadn’t ducked then I think Scott would have had an issue. He was early and in from the side. Still stuff to work on for him.
Just like his brothers before him, needs to work on stamping out the brain farts. Otherwise generally played well
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
How come last year or two we have been underpowered in the forwards playing SA, France, Ireland with the bulk of the forwards the same as today. Taylor, Ofa, SW, BBBR, Sam C, Ardie, ScoBa.
This time they were great. Loved the error free play and ball retention.Sam Whitelock deserves a knighthood
Think we should bring in a next gen prop to give experience Newell, Norris
It’s called sport 😉
Sometimes it’s your night and sometimes it’s not.
Sure I want it to be our night every night, but I’m not 15yo anymore where I think it’s an injustice or some world shattering event when it’s not.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Sure I want it to be our night every night, but I’m not 15yo anymore where I think it’s an injustice or some world shattering event when it’s not.
Where's the fun in that?
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@kev Yeah - next RWC is going to be interesting in a crap-shoot sort of way.
To win, you're probably going to have to play hard, dominate the collisions - but, that runs greater risk of something going horribly wrong and playing 60 minutes with 14 men. But, if you button off a bit and lose the collisions - if something doesn't go wrong for the opposition you're going to find yourself on the plane home.
Having a few little oompa-loompas in the team, who will attract high shots from giant locks might be a valuable commodity!
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
How come last year or two we have been underpowered in the forwards playing SA, France, Ireland with the bulk of the forwards the same as today. Taylor, Ofa, SW, BBBR, Sam C, Ardie, ScoBa.
This time they were great. Loved the error free play and ball retention.Sam Whitelock deserves a knighthood
Think we should bring in a next gen prop to give experience Newell, Norris
It’s called sport 😉
Sometimes it’s your night and sometimes it’s not.
Sure I want it to be our night every night, but I’m not 15yo anymore where I think it’s an injustice or some world shattering event when it’s not.
Maybe the players and coaches were mentally and physically tired after a stressful covid19 affected season. We never really fired on the NHEOYT and the coaches weren't able to flip the script. Last night we played like a team that had a point to prove. Hopefully they can follow up next weekend
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
How come last year or two we have been underpowered in the forwards playing SA, France, Ireland with the bulk of the forwards the same as today. Taylor, Ofa, SW, BBBR, Sam C, Ardie, ScoBa.
This time they were great. Loved the error free play and ball retention.Sam Whitelock deserves a knighthood
Think we should bring in a next gen prop to give experience Newell, Norris
It’s called sport 😉
Sometimes it’s your night and sometimes it’s not.
Sure I want it to be our night every night, but I’m not 15yo anymore where I think it’s an injustice or some world shattering event when it’s not.
I’ve said it many times I’m convinced the northern hemisphere tour was an aberration given the challenges, very long tour away from home, mental/physical fatigue, being cooped up in hotels in nth hemisphere due to COVID restrictions etc.
I actually think it made the squad stronger, more resilient and it was proven in the disrupted lead up.
I reckon we’ll clean sweep the Irish. We’re at our most vulnerable in the first test of the July series and historically only gotten stronger as combinations improve.
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@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Sure I want it to be our night every night, but I’m not 15yo anymore where I think it’s an injustice or some world shattering event when it’s not.
Where's the fun in that?
Spent too much on the psychologist after the 95 RWC loss to go back now 😀
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Having a few little oompa-loompas in the team, who will attract high shots from giant locks might be a valuable commodity!
DMac the saviour
Didn’t he get red carded?
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Hopefully they can follow up next weekend
thats the key isnt it, in how we respond to this first outing....sure we know the Irish will respond and no doubt be better for the hitout, but so will we, so need to prove that the past 2 covid disrupted seasons were blips and the ABs are building again....albeit with a bunch of players who may or may not make next years RWC
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Goodhue and Havili will be rueing getting Covid and giving Tupaea a chance to start with another season of SR under his belt. Tupaea really has to start again next week after being one of our best last night and combining well with Rieko
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@No-Quarter Yep, he didn't put a foot wrong and made every post a winner. I can only see Jordan being a change this week in the starting backline.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Goodhue and Havili will be rueing getting Covid and giving Tupaea a chance to start with another season of SR under his belt. Tupaea really has to start again next week after being one of our best last night and combining well with Rieko
how many tests to the RWC? We have to know our top midfield and play it consistently. And loosies ... and halves. Got to get combinations working in time for next year
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assume it was covered earlier in the thread, but why did our coaching box have masks, but the Irish not?
How good was it seeing our props working as they did, and we contested lineouts, sure a couple on our line the game was already ours, but so good seeing them put someone in the air and disrupt!
