Springboks v All Blacks I
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@ACT-Crusader said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@African-Monkey said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
We're not doing that badly out there. Our attack is still a bit disjointed but the forwards are working very hard despite the usual criticism's.
i can see some of the attack structure and it’s better, just our execution is off.
Even when we’ve had good ball both Smith and Beaudie have been careless.
A lot of play has broken down around smith and Barrett.
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Reiko and Caleb caught watching in poor positions in that high kick that led to the try. I thought it was a knock on though.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
Reiko and Caleb caught watching in poor positions in that high kick that led to the try. I thought it was a knock on though.
Yeah I'm surprised they didn't check to make sure SA player didn't touch it
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Some better stuff at set piece and defence. On attack however I’m confused and the players also look confused. A number of times with fast ball we lacked guys in right position or who seemed surprised to receive it. We look good when running hard close to Ruck, we seem to get over advantage line. Too often we get to shape and look to shift making us easy prey for rush. I think that’s difference between us and others - they go wide only when it’s a chance, we just go as a matter of fact. The one time we did create space Havilli drops it! Tough old game. As Like to see Clarke n Jordan off wings looking for work.
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@Yeetyaah said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@BerniesCorner said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
Where's Razor
Probably in bed?
He should be like us he has seen this shit before.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
Reiko and Caleb caught watching in poor positions in that high kick that led to the try. I thought it was a knock on though.
Yeah I was wondering about the knock on at the time, especially when the broadcaster did not show too many, if any, replays of the jump for the ball.
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@broughie said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
Since Cane Is MIA would the coaches be smart enough to bring on another loosie? Or would that be an admission that Cane was the wrong choice in the first place.
He's not even playing that bad. Sure he's not in the refs ear about all the bullshit happening but he's playing fine.
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@98blueandgold said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
Some better stuff at set piece and defence. On attack however I’m confused and the players also look confused. A number of times with fast ball we lacked guys in right position or who seemed surprised to receive it. We look good when running hard close to Ruck, we seem to get over advantage line. Too often we get to shape and look to shift making us easy prey for rush. I think that’s difference between us and others - they go wide only when it’s a chance, we just go as a matter of fact. The one time we did create space Havilli drops it! Tough old game. As Like to see Clarke n Jordan off wings looking for work.
Foster has the attack job now so am not surprised they are confused.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@ACT-Crusader said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
Reiko and Caleb caught watching in poor positions in that high kick that led to the try. I thought it was a knock on though.
Yeah I was wondering about the knock on at the time, especially when the broadcaster did not show too many, if any, replays of the jump for the ball.
Home advantage
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So we got no change from the ref for the first 30mins, and a lot of SAs penalties were scrum penalties which were not exactly convincing calls from Angus. That gave them a BIG leg up. We then worked our way back into the game after that.
On attack ST and Akira have been strong with ball in hand, but we are firing it to them 1 or 2 wide out from the ruck which leaves us open to turnovers when they make ground. We need to use them close in around the ruck with 2 forwards in tail to clean out and give us quick ball. We do that then Beauden and the backline will have a shit load more space.
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@Yeetyaah said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@broughie said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
Since Cane Is MIA would the coaches be smart enough to bring on another loosie? Or would that be an admission that Cane was the wrong choice in the first place.
He's not even playing that bad. Sure he's not in the refs ear about all the bullshit happening but he's playing fine.
The thing with Cane these days is that he only plays one end - if he puts a couple of decent shots on amd wins a breakdown penalty then we say he's had a great game. But whatever happened to providing some link play, a couple of carries up the middle, heck, even beating a guy?
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@broughie Feel like I'm watching a different game. He's working hard out there cleaning out rucks and rolling his sleeves up on defence.
There's just no pleasing some people on here lol. People criticising the same people unfairly because they want there local boys out there, be honest guys, deep down some of you guys want us to lose haha.
Come on boys!
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Pluses:
Midfield defence has been good
Scrum has been OK after it settled down
Lineout is fine
More composure under pressure
We are only 7 points adriftNegatives:
Lack of precision
Not great under the high ball.
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@No-Quarter said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
So we got no change from the ref for the first 30mins, and a lot of SAs penalties were scrum penalties which were not exactly convincing calls from Angus. That gave them a BIG leg up. We then worked our way back into the game after that.
On attack ST and Akira have been strong with ball in hand, but we are firing it to them 1 or 2 wide out from the ruck which leaves us open to turnovers when they make ground. We need to use them close in around the ruck with 2 forwards in tail to clean out and give us quick ball. We do that then Beauden and the backline will have a shit load more space.
That sounds like a tactical game plan.
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@African-Monkey Cane is always the scapegoat tbh, he's had some shit performances recently but anything goes wrong it's his fault.
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Another poor exit. At all levels we are terrible at that.
