Springboks v All Blacks 2
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@Tim said in Springboks v All Blacks 2:
@mariner4life The good bok front row got a scrum penalty first pop. Think ratings would look different if they had started the same pack as last week ...
Just an insanely stupid tactic.
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@Tim said in Springboks v All Blacks 2:
@mariner4life The good bok front row got a scrum penalty first pop. Think ratings would look different if they had started the same pack as last week ...
On scrum penalties, the one late in the second half where we got penalised, the ref missed the first Bok front rower that stood up and as Bower pushed forward he went up as well. Very harsh penalty against us.
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@mariner4life said in Springboks v All Blacks 2:
That's a good win, and anyone not giving the coach and thr captain credit for it have given up all semblance of objectivity
Absolutely not. Although I have never been bagging Cane anyway, so I don't have to stop.
Your position appears to be that our season has been so far, by game: 1) excellent, 2) dire, 3) even more dire, 4) even direr yet, 5) excellent no worries at all, anywhere, we're good to go.
I'm not buying that any of our problems have been fixed, except by accident (BB being sore) and the injection of a good forwards coach (forced onto the head coach).
We're still playing two open-side flankers, a centre at wing, a terrible reserve hooker and an unreliable 2nd five. We still struggle with exit plays, drop the ball a lot, kick the ball poorly in general play and leak very soft tries.
Foster does this. His teams look excellent with the wind behind their sails and when things go well. Then suddenly, at the first sign of stormy weather, the boat goes down.
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@Chester-Draws said in Springboks v All Blacks 2:
@mariner4life said in Springboks v All Blacks 2:
That's a good win, and anyone not giving the coach and thr captain credit for it have given up all semblance of objectivity
Absolutely not. Although I have never been bagging Cane anyway, so I don't have to stop.
Your position appears to be that our season has been so far, by game: 1) excellent, 2) dire, 3) even more dire, 4) even direr yet, 5) excellent no worries at all, anywhere, we're good to go.
I'm not buying that any of our problems have been fixed, except by accident (BB being sore) and the injection of a good forwards coach (forced onto the head coach).
We're still playing two open-side flankers, a centre at wing, a terrible reserve hooker and an unreliable 2nd five. We still struggle with exit plays, drop the ball a lot, kick the ball poorly in general play and leak very soft tries.
Foster does this. His teams look excellent with the wind behind their sails and when things go well. Then suddenly, at the first sign of stormy weather, the boat goes down.
that's it in a nutshell for me. we have a two year body of work to look back on. don't be fooled by today. even a blind squirrel finds the odd nut.
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@mariner4life said in Springboks v All Blacks 2:
There are some miserable pricks on here
One too many words
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@ACT-Crusader Yeah, looks like the Bok tighthead went backwards and folded in, but he penalised Bower for not going straight first. Very harsh!
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I watched the repeat broadcast after the Aussie Argie match and heard the f++king score. Didn't see this one coming. And if I hadn't known the score the last 15 minutes would have been nerve racking. Esp after the yellow card
As a Canes supporter it was good to see all three Canes player step up. JB was much better than last week and should stop the critics for now. Lomax was surprising good. And Savea had another great game
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@chimoaus Not that surprising tbh. Winning two Tests in South Africa shouldn't be considered a given, and Argentina are rapidly improving so the opportunity to get a win at home against Oz isn't unlikely.
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Just watched SAs first try. All set up by our terrible play in our own 25. Started well, no box kick, Moounga passed onto haviili who should have punted for the line. But he does that stupid pop kick. Before that we had been much improved in terms of cohesion, pattern and execution. Richie was a significant upgrade from BB
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@antipodean said in Springboks v All Blacks 2:
@chimoaus Not that surprising tbh. Winning two Tests in South Africa shouldn't be considered a given, and Argentina are rapidly improving so the opportunity to get a win at home against Oz isn't unlikely.
Also the Arg/Oz games a bit more free flowing, hence the bonus points.
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@antipodean said in Springboks v All Blacks 2:
@chimoaus Not that surprising tbh. Winning two Tests in South Africa shouldn't be considered a given, and Argentina are rapidly improving so the opportunity to get a win at home against Oz isn't unlikely.
I'm not sure many would have picked it midweek given nobody gave the AB's a chance and I doubt many people picked the drubbing Australia would get. I am happy for it to be close and look forward to the next rounds.
