All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test
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it's a shit sledge because we all are. Every single player to ever pull on a boot
you didn't sound so fucking tough crying at the ref last week Peter.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
it's a shit sledge because we all are. Every single player to ever pull on a boot
you didn't sound so fucking tough crying at the ref last week Peter.
If the sledge is true, the schoolyard response should've been delivered; "true, but I'm still better than you"
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‘Highlander’ on The Roar sums up the situation nicely:
“This All Black side is playing with zero control, everything looks hurried, trying to score every time they get the ball and not playing the longer game of building pressure until your opposition cracks.
“We all saw in the Super Rugby Pacific final which model works the best. The Razor Robertson constrictor model choked the very life out of the hit-and-run Blues side, but at international level, the All Black coaching team chooses to ignore basic tenets and revert to the Helter Skelter model as their default. It may well work on occasion, but it sure is not the way to be a consistently successful international rugby team.
“If a board of directors were analysing the performance of their CEO and executive management team, now would be the time to take serious action. We have a Rugby World Cup only 16 matches away so now is the time for root-and-branch cuts in the coaching, strategy and playing staff of this All Black organisation.”
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@booboo said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
THis made me laugh, good sledge
“Who do you think you are? You’re a shit Richie McCaw pal,” O’Mahony to Cane
Kinda like Stuart McGill (hypothetically) being told you're a shit Shane Warne, or Mark Waugh being told he's not the best cricketer in his family.
Not the worst insult to receive.
I looking forwad to see who isn't a shit Richie McCaw
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Crazy-Horse i think the argument is he may have seen his support was being tackled and not passed, in which case you cant "punish" ireland for playing to the whistle, you have to boil it down to first principles,
tackled without the ball ? yes.....if that tackler wasn't there is there a clear overlap and no cover? yes
This
Sexton went to pass and then held and took the tackle
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@antipodean POM is an awesome player
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The result next weekend is irrelevant. No improvement, no growth in 3 years. No plan. A board meeting is necessary.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@antipodean POM is an awesome player
Cane is betterer.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Sam should have retorted that at least he has played in a RWC final and has the winners medal to prove it.
Yeah nah I'd ignore it
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What is worrying , the criticisms directed towards the ABs ,
Seem to be very similar to the crtiticisms towards the Chiefs under Foster ,
the way i remember it , it was nearly always about lack of structure and gameplan
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@kiwiinmelb what worries me is these are supposed to be the best and most experienced played in the country and theyre not coming up with something better on the pitch
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@kev said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@pakman said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
World Rugby may ask Jaco Peyper to change his tune on several controversial decisions in Ireland’s win over All Blacks
Does the recipient have to end up with broken bones or a severe concussion for it to warrant a red card? Answer on a postcard to World Rugby
I read that with disbelief. LF jumped to charge the ball down so the words around targeting the player by AR are just wrong. You wonder if these guys have ever played any contact sport. Everyone I have ever known braces for contact which involves protecting your chest. To the uniformed that looks like leading with a shoulder but that is just stupid. The trouble is all of this ends up about the result not the action. I have more issue with LF’s yellow card than AT’s red. AT had a responsibility to get low as tackler. No intent but still poor technique. For all their bending at the hip at scrum time some props seem to struggle to get this right when tackling - a learned skill. LF was trying to charge a ball down but with two guys running at each other. If he had caught the ball and the Irishman had taken his feet out while he was in the air, who would have been sent off?
The onus always seems to be on the defender when these incidents occur. Shouldn’t there also be some responsibility of the attacking player to try and make the situation safer?
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Chris-B you have to wonder if Fozzie is genuinely concerned with things, or if he is happy with how we are tracking, then add in NZR.
If we lose this weekend, the blow torch surely goes on full, and the other thing, if we lose again, playing poor rugby, will stadiums keep selling out, that will hit NZR, and also does brand damage when we play Aus and cant even sell a stadium out.
Is Wellington sold out yet?
I'm sure he's concerned, but he probably doesn't have the full set of tools to fix it. Someone pointed out that he's had a unique set of circumstances to deal with - with covid, etc (to which I'd add the advent of the crazy card game) - and that is true, but, I still think I've seen enough. The mediocrity in results correlates pretty strongly with what some of the Chiefs' supporters were warning about when he was appointed.
This coming weekend will be pretty interesting. Then we've got the retaining the Bledisloe hurdle, then the Jaapies at home hurdle and then EOYT.
Pretty sure the axe won't fall until after TRC and probably after the EOYT.
I'd actually bet against it falling at all, but really execution should only be stayed if NZR genuinely believe Fozzie is the best man for the job (or it's going to cost millions and millions to axe him).
Crowdfunding might work
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Then, when it was apparent this tactic wasn't working, and the scoreboard became an issue, we started trying to play a bit. But that's when it got ugly. It looked honestly like the players had nothing to fall back on. We just didn't seem to know how we were going to play. Seriously disjointed, off-the-cuff play right from the beginning of every set of phases. It was not pretty
This. Pretty much since 2017.
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Crazy-Horse i think the argument is he may have seen his support was being tackled and not passed, in which case you cant "punish" ireland for playing to the whistle, you have to boil it down to first principles,
tackled without the ball ? yes.....if that tackler wasn't there is there a clear overlap and no cover? yes
But how does the ref determine that player who didn’t pass would have?
Some of this stuff is just ridiculous.
I can imagine some coach in NH dreaming up plays just to try and buy a card.
I ALWAYS start from position if wanting to see 15 on 15. But recognise deliberate cheating can thwart teams. So accept the OCCASIONAL card is justified.
My gut tells me that the TMO role has gotten far too powerful. Maybe let the three on field make the calls and only bring TMO into things on request, and in post match review for foul play!
