Bledisloe 1

Tim

Rewatched the first half. Havili going off really messed up our backline. Sotutu was bloody good. Retallick shouldn't be on the field. His carrying and defence are weak. Tight five not very good. Barrett should be at lock.

The maul splintering before Valentini's try was not good.

booboo

@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe 1:

@booboo given the kick was going out, no matter what, the forwards paying attention was irrelevant, just a distraction to his delaying tactics.

Ironically they were likely discussing the lineout call so they walk straight in and throw rather than all the pre lineout bs we usually see...or maybe they had a call and woulda play acted another call, slowly.

Definitely the latter. And they'd have got away with it.

taniwharugby

@booboo if it wasn't for that pesky ref!

ARHS

@Tim. I saw the total opposite. Sotutu push and grab tackling. Retallick full of commitment.

booboo

Just tracking through the spider cam to look at the aftermath of Kellway's try and conversion/TMO thingame. And just watched the cross kick to Caleb Clarke.

When he is tackled some Aussie just flops into the back of the breakdown on our side.

Blatant. Will check out the broadcast bid again shortly.

Edit: ignore. CC had already knocked the ball on. Not sure if player had the right to dive on the ball in that situation though.

Frye

@ARHS said in Bledisloe 1:

@Tim. I saw the total opposite. Sotutu push and grab tackling. Retallick full of commitment.

I think he was very good apart from a couple of mistakes. We were 20 points up for a reason. Silly to suggest we got bossed in the loose with that kind of scoreboard dominance (and certainly dominance that was evident on the field for periods as well).

Tim

@Frye Sotutu's kick chase, tackle, and counter-ruck turnover at the start of the second half were top notch plays. That setup Taukei'aho's try.

booboo

That spider cam is informative.

Whitelock approaches ref, points to big screen.

Ref asks Foley to wait. Twice. No whistle.

Foley ignores him and kicks it.

Ref wanders off and does nothing. Whistles kick over.

Random Frog.

Tim

Soututu's kick at 43:30 sure wasn't flash though!

booboo

@booboo said in Bledisloe 1:

Just tracking through the spider cam to look at the aftermath of Kellway's try and conversion/TMO thingame. And just watched the cross kick to Caleb Clarke.

When he is tackled some Aussie just flops into the back of the breakdown on our side.

Blatant. Will check out the broadcast bid again shortly.

Edit: ignore. CC had already knocked the ball on. Not sure if player had the right to dive on the ball in that situation though.

See my edit.

Tim

Papalii was hitting a shit-ton of rucks early in the second half, and was a menace for Australia's breakdown.

Duluth

@Tim said in Bledisloe 1:

Rewatched the first half. Havili going off really messed up our backline. Sotutu was bloody good. Retallick shouldn't be on the field. His carrying and defence are weak. Tight five not very good. Barrett should be at lock.

The disruption of losing two 12's was massive.

As for playing 3 locks.. if you do that, the last person you want to get a YC is your openside. That left us with 3 locks and Sotutu as the only specialist loosie for 10mins. The Aussie trio took the upper hand from then on

Tim

@Duluth Kind of remarkable that we didn't concede points when Papalii was off. Sotutu's scrambling defence was a huge part of that.

Tim

It's noticeable with Retallick that his body position is often too high. Hard to be effective with those mechanics.

taniwharugby

@booboo I think CC needed to kick that upfield toward the posts, RI was flying, don't think anyone woulda beat him except the ball, was a big momentum shift in the game that moment.

Tim

@Duluth said in Bledisloe 1:

As for playing 3 locks.. if you do that, the last person you want to get a YC is your openside. That left us with 3 locks and Sotutu as the only specialist loosie for 10mins. The Aussie trio took the upper hand from then on

This really bit us in the ass with Cane going off early. After 60 minutes we looked a bit gassed, had one less forward sub, and the replacement front row were a big step down.

Tim

Didn't look like Foketi was supporting his body weight at the end. Should have been a penalty the other way.

Tim

Foley was claiming that time was off at the end. Not sure if he really thought that, or was making an excuse?

Tim

Here's one for your slack chat:

https://i.imgur.com/mIxmlZO.jpg

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Bledisloe 1