All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kev SB's cleanout wasn't too different to Perth, and we know how that ended up.
You can’t have it both ways. We want guys hitting rucks and clearing bodies. He is our best by a long way. Sure he got it wrong because he had moved to side. But wasn’t dirty. He is the best NZ forward.
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
One consequence of today. Unless Foster wins the World Cup, I can’t see him getting the big European pay day for his next gig that he’s opening for. It will be a consultancy in Japan or another Super Rugby job at best.
Or Australia
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I'm watching delayed. It's half time.
If thr Barretts weren't good at rugby, they would be concreters. They are dumb as fuck.
Jordie? Dumb. Scott? Worse than dumb
This first half is showing a lot of players reverting to 2022 deadshit level
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I'm watching delayed. It's half time.
If thr Barretts weren't good at rugby, they would be concreters. They are dumb as fuck.
Jordie? Dumb. Scott? Worse than dumb
This first half is showing a lot of players reverting to 2022 deadshit level
Just wait till you watch the start of the 2nd.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I'm watching delayed. It's half time.
If thr Barretts weren't good at rugby, they would be concreters. They are dumb as fuck.
Jordie? Dumb. Scott? Worse than dumb
This first half is showing a lot of players reverting to 2022 deadshit level
Just stop now if you know what is good for you.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I'm watching delayed. It's half time.
If thr Barretts weren't good at rugby, they would be concreters. They are dumb as fuck.
Jordie? Dumb. Scott? Worse than dumb
This first half is showing a lot of players reverting to 2022 deadshit level
Just wait till you watch the start of the 2nd.
In the first half I could at least see a hint of a silver lining with our grit in defence to hang in there
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Without reading what everyone else has said:
Turned up to a pub in Malaga after ~10 minutes had already been played.
ABs slow to respond to refereeing the defensive side. Putting themselves under unnecessary pressure gifting the SAs opportunities. Jacobson clearly not a blindside's arsehole at Test level.
Ridiculous interpretation to gift a red card for Scott's cleanout at the ruck.
Too many loose passes without looking hurt us. To compound this our set piece looked remarkably dreadful.
Ultimately from the perspective of a supporter surrounded by Irish, Australian and South African supporters; this was an astonishing failure. The only saving grace is that we've a fortnight to address the glaring issues, namely:
- Inability to defend without giving up penalties.
- Weakness at the set-piece, especially the lineout.
- Passing without looking.
I don't see this as the fixture that permits us to win a fourth WC, but it may be enough to permit us to get beyond a quarter final.
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Stopped watching after the RC. I'd seen this film before. If everything goes 100% right then this team can beat anyone, but are royally fůcked otherwise. Whatever happened to booting the shit out the ball when camped on your line? To win the RWC you have at least one game that's a trench warfare grind fest. I cannot see this team winning a game like that.
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@Chris said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
B Barrett poor
D Coles poor
A Smith poorThey were all fucking poor
Ryan poor
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Stopped watching after the RC. I'd seen this film before. If everything goes 100% right then this team can beat anyone, but are royally fůcked otherwise. Whatever happened to booting the shit out the ball when camped on your line? To win the RWC you have at least one game that's a trench warfare grind fest. I cannot see this team winning a game like that.
Look at the 2015 semi as a case in point.
A Whitelock line out steal and a Carter drop goal won the game. And that was our team of GOATS.
This rabble are going to have to go on a mighty ducks style tear to get this over the line.
Without digging out any of them in particular you can see the team is devoid of thinkers.
There are too many loose canons in that team.
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Quick stat look shows we only won 66% (10/15) of our lineouts. Fuuuuck.
We tackled at 83%. Won't win like that.
Apparently, 554 metres run for SA and 474 for us, why so close? 98 for Roigard making that looking much better than it should do.
DeGroot conceded 5 penalties. Ouch.
ALB stat line: 1 pass, 2 runs, No metres, 1 turnover, no tackles made, 1 tackle missed. Not exactly the impact we are looking for from the bench. Sadly, I don' think there are other options that provide enough cover.
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