All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test
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@Canes4life Wide pass to a flat standing forward from a ruck that gets picked off straight away - does my head in.
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@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Canes4life Wide pass to a flat standing forward from a ruck that gets picked off straight away - does my head in.
First half was a clear example of this. Rieko made 20 odd metres from a scrum inside ABs 22.
Next phase Aaron Smith biffs it to Brodie who gets picked off and penalised for holding on.
There is no way that should be happening one phase after getting so far over the advantage line.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Canes4life Wide pass to a flat standing forward from a ruck that gets picked off straight away - does my head in.
First half was a clear example of this. Rieko made 20 odd metres from a scrum inside ABs 22.
Next phase Aaron Smith biffs it to Brodie who gets picked off and penalised for holding on.
There is no way that should be happening one phase after getting so far over the advantage line.
was at game i said at time ireland were never on side
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@KiwiMurph bodies in motion gets used alot, just not by us.
It reminds me of when I was coaching U14s and trying to get them to take the ball at pace, and line speed on defence (crucial for when you have a smaller guy defending the larger one, cut down his space and options)
Yet so much of our play is passive, waiting for the ball, waiting for the defence, by contrast the rush defence that we cant break, and clearly not even replicate.
I have tried not to be too hard or critical of Fozzie and his team, cos, well it is no doubt a tougher job than Gats portrayed it as when he said anyone could do it, but by the same token, there appears little actual coaching, innovation or learning.
@booboo mentioned above taking a tap kick at penalty time that we did last night, was that thought out as a tactic, replicated from what the Irish did last week, or just a team and leader devoid of ideas?
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Teams that have made the final or even won it have had varied success in the year or two leading up.
England in 07 were dreadful - lost 36-0 against SA in the pool phase, but were a dragging foot away from winning the final. Knockout rugby is weird.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@booboo mentioned above taking a tap kick at penalty time that we did last night, was that thought out as a tactic, replicated from what the Irish did last week, or just a team and leader devoid of ideas?
Where is our innovation? We just seem to play the same, decrepit gameplan. There was a time when it felt like we led the world in innovative thinking about Rugby, but now it's just risnse and repeat with braindead tactics.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@booboo mentioned above taking a tap kick at penalty time that we did last night, was that thought out as a tactic, replicated from what the Irish did last week, or just a team and leader devoid of ideas?
I had actually been thinking about the tap close to the line as a tactic for a while now. How often do we see the attacking team penalised at the scrum when they take that option? Enough to cause me some frustration. From memory the ABs got pinged last week didn't they?
Would an old fashioned wall at a tap be legal nowadays?
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Razor has a clear way he gets the Saders to play. Everyone seems to be very sure of their roles and they all function harmoniously as part of the wider team. These are things you can't say about the ABs right now. Things we need
Talking sense bro
Called leadership
Desperate times, desperate measures. Re man the bridge, intro some Crusaders props, start Samisoni, intro a young lock from the bench, Whitelock captain . Dont mind a few losses but this chaotic non progression is insane
Where's Razor -
Paps 7. He's good in that space!
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@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@booboo mentioned above taking a tap kick at penalty time that we did last night, was that thought out as a tactic, replicated from what the Irish did last week, or just a team and leader devoid of ideas?
Where is our innovation? We just seem to play the same, decrepit gameplan. There was a time when it felt like we led the world in innovative thinking about Rugby, but now it's just risnse and repeat with braindead tactics.
Not to worry, Winnie the Pooh has announced a new approach called being more "3 dimensional". I'll be at the ground next Sat and look forward to seeing wtf that looks like.
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@Chris-B lack or performance I.e results. Happens all the time in professional sport and other high performance environments such investment management when a fund manager consistently under performs.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Teams that have made the final or even won it have had varied success in the year or two leading up.
England in 07 were dreadful - lost 36-0 against SA in the pool phase, but were a dragging foot away from winning the final. Knockout rugby is weird.
There’s many examples, England were dominant for the latter part of 02 and all of 03 and yet it took extra time to squeak past a Wallabies team that we had put 50 on just a couple of months earlier.
For all our dominance and depth in 09-10, we won a RWC against a plucky French side that hadn’t won much, and by 1 point!
The Boks 2019…
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@The-Docter said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Chris-B lack or performance I.e results. Happens all the time in professional sport and other high performance environments such investment management when a fund manager consistently under performs.
I was meaning how do they get sacked (the process), not why.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Razor has a clear way he gets the Saders to play. Everyone seems to be very sure of their roles and they all function harmoniously as part of the wider team. These are things you can't say about the ABs right now. Things we need
Talking sense bro
Called leadership
Desperate times, desperate measures. Re man the bridge, intro some Crusaders props, start Samisoni, intro a young lock from the bench, Whitelock captain . Dont mind a few losses but this chaotic non progression is insane
Where's RazorAsleep by the pool (not that I'm stalking or anything... 🧐)
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@broughie said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Victor-Meldrew but go with your gut instinct. Can Foster and co deliver the goods.? If not get rid of him sooner than later. If the next guy can’t change things at least we know we don’t have the cattle.
Same reason a doctor doesn't rely on gut instinct before he performs an operation. You need to understand the problem first, then get the right guy with the right skills to fix the problem.
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@Steve said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Hi Folks,
Im new to these pastures.
Here is my two cents for what its worth.
Peyper got all 3 big calls wrong for me.
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Ofa should have been a yellow and penalty try.
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Leicesters was fine for me. Rugby incident. Tiddlywinks etc. To suggest there was intent is disingenuous
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The head clash red is an absolutely farcical call. People paying 150 odd dollars to watch a game see it reduced to that nonsense and then Ardie Savea is collateral damage in the ensuing mess. They are ruining the sport with this garbage. SBW on Anthony Watson is a red.....this isn't.
LF looks a bit slow. I think Clarke can do everything LF can do but has more gas. Rieko isn't a centres arsehole but has improved to be fair. 3 years on from RWC 2019 we still don't know the starting front row, back row, or centres. You could make a case for only Whitelock, Jordan and Aaron Smith being nailed on. Although in Jordans case he should be the fullback.
The team is in fucking rag order. The culture looks shite too. From all the social media its all basketball jerseys, slang and shite haircuts. They all need a boot up the fucking hole.
Grace and Blackadder will become mainstays in the not too distant future. Vaii needs a chance to start instead of one of the veterans.
Id have had Romano as the stop gap over Tuipolutu today . PT is a joke of a player....powder puff.
ST should be starting hooker. Makes Mealamu esque hard yards with footwork before contact.
Mo'unga got absolutely rag dolled out there a few times today. He looked like a boy against men.
Laumape would be useful to have around the last few years.
My silk purse out of a sows ear backline......
- Smith
- Barrett
- Clarke
- Jordie
- Rieko
- Reece
- Jordan
The Irish are a very functional team but pretty blunt. More perspiration than inspiration. They know their jobs and do them well to be fair.
Not sure about their attacking lines though...lazy runners and shepherding/obstruction all over the place. Sexton is passing the ball to players behind a wall of green shirts.
As an aside they (the Irish) are turning into a pretty classless bunch. Sexton wants a conference with the ref on every call. Even going back to the previous encounters such as the Autumn game where Coles was heard saying "jeez he's a mouthy fluffybunny" about Sexton on the ref mic.
O'Mahony hit a player late after Aki's try last week. Today he started a schmozzle and was the one doing all the mouthing. Sexton gave Cane a spray last week after Ringrose gave him a rib tickler and today after Porters try Sexton was down shouting haaaaaaaaaa in Aaron Smiths face. There is also a lot of South Africa-esque rest taking place between play. Feigning injury etc. O'Mahony main culprit. Todays game took over 2 hours.I agree with all of this. Someone needs to find Reiko Ioanes barber, knock him out, revive him and knock him out again for good measure. Just an awful do.
Things have improved though, Patrick Tuipulotu didn’t come on the field with pink hair at least.
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Judging by the past two weeks, this upcoming. RWC is going to be fantastic - any Top ten team can beat any other on their day. They just have to solve the accidental head clash issue.
On topic: Ireland deserved winners. Played with the intensity we were used from the ABs in the early 2010s,just lacked AB clinicality
