All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II
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@NTA said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@NTA said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
And the scrum disintegrating...
Which in retrospect was a bit harsh on the wobs - ofa driving up and in wasn't penalised on a couple of occasions.
And White putting an arm across a falling already tackled Jordan late in the game was missed as well. And there was something strange happening to Whitelock on the ground..
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@gt12 said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@His-Bobness That is why he is probably trying to change rules to allow offshore selection. RM will be the first he calls on if he gets it through.
Mo’unga is simply not good enough for that treatment. It would be the fastest way of scaring off Dmac, Perofeta, Cameron etc. If Razor can’t live within his means, he’s not good enough for the job
Before Robertson is tried and convicted, where is the evidence he is trying to change the rules? The only comment I have seen from him was something along the lines of wondering if the rules should be revisited. Doesn't mean he thinks they should be changed. Pretty sensible if you ask me. All laws/restrictions should be revised from time to time to see if they still suit.
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@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
. Thought Leicester played himself onto the plane, whereas Stevenson did not do enough. Jordan will remain at 14, he wasn't that flash at 15.
I got the feeling that Stevenson and Jordan swapped positions in the second half, I'd need a proper re watch to check.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@gt12 said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@SBW1 said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@His-Bobness That is why he is probably trying to change rules to allow offshore selection. RM will be the first he calls on if he gets it through.
Mo’unga is simply not good enough for that treatment. It would be the fastest way of scaring off Dmac, Perofeta, Cameron etc. If Razor can’t live within his means, he’s not good enough for the job
Before Robertson is tried and convicted, where is the evidence he is trying to change the rules? The only comment I have seen from him was something along the lines of wondering if the rules should be revisited. Doesn't mean he thinks they should be changed. Pretty sensible if you ask me. All laws/restrictions should be revised from time to time to see if they still suit.
I've never seen people raise the suggestion of review of existing structures when they support the status quo.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
There were a lot of missed tackles by the midfield backs in both teams in this game. ALB was the best of them, only missing one tackle.
Ennor only missed one tackle also.
Kerevi missed 4 tackles. Ouch.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Thought Cane was a bit off the pace tonight, even fell off a few tackles. Ardie picked up the slack and was on fire.
Savea, Cane and Finau all missed the same number of tackles (2 each). It’s just that Cane’s two misses led to Aussie break outs.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Ennor only missed one tackle also
Of how many?
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Ennor 5 tackles, 1 missed
ALB 6 tackles, 1 missedPetaia 4 tackles, 2 missed
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@ACT-Crusader Sorry is this from ESPN or elsewhere? How about McLeod?
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@NTA said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Savea getting a turnover from an offside position is unhelpful.
Our ruck security was not helped by bad decisions on the pick n go. No support.
And the scrum disintegrating....
Well, I wondered if Eddie had passed on some old tricks at scrum time. Looked like Bell had slightly pulled back rather than taking weight causing Nepo to overextend. He clearly thought the penalty ought to have gone other way. And Williams seemed amused by way ref had wool pulled over his eyes at first scrum.
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@His-Bobness said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I do agree with what someone else was saying that DMac was probably under instructions to stand deeper to accommodate Christie’s laboured clearance. That didn’t excuse his poor non-contestable kicks, but that pairing was a disaster. Webber - who has an established combination with DMac - should be on the plane ahead of Christie. The only possible argument against it is that Brad is on his way overseas, but so is half of the rest of the existing team. The biggest problem in the first half, though, was the starting front row. Williams’ penalties opened the door for the Wallabies, while Laulala was back to his sloppy worst. That they couldn’t get ascendancy over an Australian front row down to its third or fourth choice props speaks volumes. It was also a bad day at the office for usually excellent Sam T at hooker. So nothing much went right in the first 40 minutes. But as Mike Snow says above, the fact that the senior contingent steadied the ship so calmly in the second half was testament to their resilience and bodes well for the crunch games ahead. Foster rolled the selection dice on this one and nearly came a cropper.
Bell is arguably first choice Aussie LH. The real questions were on other side.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
. Thought Leicester played himself onto the plane, whereas Stevenson did not do enough. Jordan will remain at 14, he wasn't that flash at 15.
I got the feeling that Stevenson and Jordan swapped positions in the second half, I'd need a proper re watch to check.
I don’t recall that, but was saying to Pakman Jr. around 65 that I’d like to see it.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
There were a lot of missed tackles by the midfield backs in both teams in this game. ALB was the best of them, only missing one tackle.
Ennor only missed one tackle also.
Kerevi missed 4 tackles. Ouch.
Yeah, he played less than 40 mins so I don't include him. LF wasn't great either for a big guy.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@sparky Great to see how busy Finau was (17), only beaten in the tackle count by Cane (19). Taukeiaho was busy too eh (15).
Tackling seemed a lot easier in second half. Wobblies were rampaging in first 30.
