Will Jordan's try scoring
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@Frank said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
not meaning to hijack the thread too much but was also surprised how MANY Ben Smith had, considering the large gap he had after his first test, 84...bloody legend
One of the greatest ever ABs.
Our best ever fullback along with Cullen
Complete player.I reckon Ben Smith should've been the World Rugby Player of the year at some point.
For a while, he played whole seasons barely making an error.
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@Frank said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
not meaning to hijack the thread too much but was also surprised how MANY Ben Smith had, considering the large gap he had after his first test, 84...bloody legend
One of the greatest ever ABs.
Our best ever fullback along with Cullen
Complete player.See I thought he was more dangerous as a winger than fullback because of the way he used the sideline to his advantage.
Quite liked his work as a centre too but only really saw it when Snakey was rested for that 2013 EOYT.
Class player and smart (other than that card at the RWC 😉)
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@Chris-B Joe Rok and Rupeni are two of the best wingers I’ve seen play because when they ran with ball in hand you just thought they would get there and score. And if they didn’t make it, something would be set up for a team mate more often than not.
Jordan is the same.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Chris-B Joe Rok and Rupeni are two of the best wingers I’ve seen play because when they ran with ball in hand you just thought they would get there and score. And if they didn’t make it, something would be set up for a team mate more often than not.
Jordan is the same.
I'm in the minority, but I think Jordan's linking work is still pretty shoddy. But having lost all faith in the coaching, I wouldn't be surprised to see a turn around in this aspect under a different regime.
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@Bones linking once he has ball in hand? as in looking for support? i can see that, conversely he is amazing at timing a run to receive the ball from someone else, you never see him having to slow a run or have a ball drop in front of him, always right there are the right time....and then runs away from everyone
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@ACT-Crusader said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Chris-B Joe Rok and Rupeni are two of the best wingers I’ve seen play because when they ran with ball in hand you just thought they would get there and score. And if they didn’t make it, something would be set up for a team mate more often than not.
Jordan is the same.
I reckon my footy career would have been quite a bit more fun if I'd had the speed, size and skills of any of those three!
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@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Bones linking once he has ball in hand? as in looking for support? i can see that, conversely he is amazing at timing a run to receive the ball from someone else, you never see him having to slow a run or have a ball drop in front of him, always right there are the right time....and then runs away from everyone
Yeah that, on your converse I point you to last year, when to me he seemed to put a lot of ball down - no idea where the blame lies for that though, as potentially it's just teammates not being used to him. It was evident (to me) in the crusaders and ABs last year, but he improved hugely this year for the saders, so I was hoping to see a massive jump this year for the ABs - covid and coaching getting in the way though.
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@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@MN5 Jane definitely stood out to me too
Apparently @Bones marked him in a club game once.
Shocked even at club level they let players carry crayons onto the field.
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@Bones said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
I'm in the minority, but I think Jordan's linking work is still pretty shoddy. But having lost all faith in the coaching, I wouldn't be surprised to see a turn around in this aspect under a different regime.
You are not wrong but it is a team malaise.
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@nostrildamus said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@MN5 said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@MN5 Jane definitely stood out to me too
Apparently @Bones marked him in a club game once.
Shocked even at club level they let players carry crayons onto the field.
No crayons to carry if I've eaten them all.
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@Chris-B said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Frank said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
not meaning to hijack the thread too much but was also surprised how MANY Ben Smith had, considering the large gap he had after his first test, 84...bloody legend
One of the greatest ever ABs.
Our best ever fullback along with Cullen
Complete player.I reckon Ben Smith should've been the World Rugby Player of the year at some point.
For a while, he played whole seasons barely making an error.
He was too consistent to stand out, sadly. For them that is. One of my fave ABs, nearly invariably made ground.
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@Chris-B said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Frank said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
@Kiwiwomble said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
not meaning to hijack the thread too much but was also surprised how MANY Ben Smith had, considering the large gap he had after his first test, 84...bloody legend
One of the greatest ever ABs.
Our best ever fullback along with Cullen
Complete player.I reckon Ben Smith should've been the World Rugby Player of the year at some point.
For a while, he played whole seasons barely making an error.
Chris I've never agreed with you more! 🙂
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George Bridge 12
-12 tries? Where are the highlights? I assume the video will be longer to account for the change in speed from Jordan?
PS great to see that https://www.allblacks.com/playerprofiles/george-bridge/ employs mums to write bios:"His dynamic skills and pace" -
@nostrildamus I'll forever remember Bridgey's qaurtet in Josh ioanes only Test
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@Chris-B said in Will Jordan's try scoring:
15 test
Sitiveni Sivivatu had 18 tries in his first 15 tests (three of those matches and four of those tries were for the Pacific Islanders).
In his first 15 tests for the ABs, he managed 16 tries.
He scored 26 tries in his first 26 tests but they started to dry up pretty quickly after that (six tries in his remaining 22 tests).
