All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship
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@taniwharugby What a good defence does is keep you in games even if your attack isn't clicking.
Our defence isn't keeping us in the grind because we give up early tries so are on the back foot immediately.
We then continue to leak points.
Good defence can also frustrate teams and lead to errors which create counter attack opportunities.
England's attack wasn't working on the weekend either but they held Australia to 17 points and won the series.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
Good defence can also frustrate teams and lead to errors which create counter attack opportunities.
yep, and then as confidence builds, passes start to stick...all intertwined!
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the other damning part for the ABs is, our game is set up to punish poor kicking and turnovers. We can't generate any fucking turnovers because we cannot win a collision in defense, we are constantly scrambling. Ireland not only kept the ball, they consistently got quick ball when they wanted it.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
I think the biggest issue right now, is our defence.
It's a huge issue. Although for me it's the second worst behind the general play of the tight forwards
Coventry or Ryan & Ellison or McGrath could make an impact
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@mariner4life We seemed to have a little more success in test 1 (i.e. when Schmidt was involved) with counter rucking to generate turnovers, something the Blues under Schmidt also did.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life We seemed to have a little more success in test 1 (i.e. when Schmidt was involved) with counter rucking to generate turnovers, something the Blues under Schmidt also did.
We also defended well in test 1?
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When's the squad named? The first game is only two and a half weeks away.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life We seemed to have a little more success in test 1 (i.e. when Schmidt was involved) with counter rucking to generate turnovers, something the Blues under Schmidt also did.
We also defended well in test 1?
well, we scrambled on our line, but there was some damning signs in hindsight that we sort of ignored while gazing giddily at the 42 points
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@antipodean said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
When's the squad named? The first game is only two and a half weeks away.
was just wondering that, and you imagine they will leave at least a week before hand
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@Kiwiwomble reckon Fozzie will wanna go early, get away from all the noise here...
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@antipodean said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
When's the squad named? The first game is only two and a half weeks away.
The word is tomorrow.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life We seemed to have a little more success in test 1 (i.e. when Schmidt was involved) with counter rucking to generate turnovers, something the Blues under Schmidt also did.
We also defended well in test 1?
well, we scrambled on our line, but there was some damning signs in hindsight that we sort of ignored while gazing giddily at the 42 points
Not me and @Bones. We warned ya! You fluffybunnies really should take more notice of what we 'say'.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life We seemed to have a little more success in test 1 (i.e. when Schmidt was involved) with counter rucking to generate turnovers, something the Blues under Schmidt also did.
We also defended well in test 1?
well, we scrambled on our line, but there was some damning signs in hindsight that we sort of ignored while gazing giddily at the 42 points
Not me and @Bones. We warned ya! You fluffybunnies really should take more notice of what we 'say'.
i went back and read my post, and while i was a bit giddy, i did highlight how easily they picked us apart when they managed to settle.
turns out they got themselves very fucking settled
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@antipodean said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
When's the squad named? The first game is only two and a half weeks away.
After the coach is named. Hopefully.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks squad - The Rugby Championship:
@mariner4life We seemed to have a little more success in test 1 (i.e. when Schmidt was involved) with counter rucking to generate turnovers, something the Blues under Schmidt also did.
We also defended well in test 1?
well, we scrambled on our line, but there was some damning signs in hindsight that we sort of ignored while gazing giddily at the 42 points
Not me and @Bones. We warned ya! You fluffybunnies really should take more notice of what we 'say'.
You are succinct but with @Bones there is a bit of "static."
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@broughie while our props did do a bit more of the grunt work around the park, coupled with Taylor being off his game, we are generally leaving the load on our locks and loosies, and our aging locks dont need the extra load.
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@MN5 Yup been a Tuipulotu fan forever and thought 2020 was gonna be his breakout year in black, but like a lot of others in the environment, he didn't make the step up. He used to be a good 20 min option, but I can't even say that he's that anymore.
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@mariner4life Just usual provincial bias that clouds people's judgements on here even if they swear they don't do it.
