RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks
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@Windows97 we chose to change the game plan after 40 minutes. it would be interesting to see the respective kick stats for the first half.
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@Kiwiwomble said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
have i missed something? didn't Telea score in the second half?
My bad. I just focussed on the ineffective period and kinda blanked out that bit. Still 18-nil to finish.
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@Windows97 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@nostrildamus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
This is such an uplifting thread.
Poster A: The current ABs are crap.
Poster B: You forget, they have been crap before.Well the positives are...
- The game-plan worked for 40 minutes
- We have a lot of injured players to come back into the team - who will make a difference.
- We beat a lot a defenders and created opportunities (didn't capitalize on them unfortunately).
There are positives we can work on but man, two games in a row where our forward pack sort of disappeared. I am certain we can recover and beat Boks/Ireland in the qtrs but I'm not so confident we can win 3 big games in a row.
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@Windows97 said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
@nostrildamus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
This is such an uplifting thread.
Poster A: The current ABs are crap.
Poster B: You forget, they have been crap before.Well the positives are...
- The game-plan worked for 40 minutes
i mean...did it?...we were losing at half time
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@Kiwiwomble Look I'm trying to find positives here!!
Lets just say it was considerably better than the game plan we had in the second half
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@Kiwiwomble I think an ounce more luck we would have been leading at the break, and we should have been leading beyond 1 score, but werent, then turned some switch on or another off about 15 minutes later, and boom, well doen France.
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I think the difference in coaching ability to respond to what on the field was evident in the second half..it can't just be the players available.
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@nostrildamus fozzie will only make enact pre made decisions or when force to do something different by injury...we've seen it his whole tenure, players playing poorly staying on when players playing well are subbed
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@taniwharugby said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@Kiwiwomble I think an ounce more luck we would have been leading at the break, and we should have been leading beyond 1 score, but werent, then turned some switch on or another off about 15 minutes later, and boom, well doen France.
As I keep saying, the turning point was kicking for goal when we had France absolutely phucked off their feet. Hell they should have scored even without the penalty. Basically all France did was kick the ball long after an ABs mistake and wait for them to run it back. Mistakes kept piling up, they got offside with the ref and boom, another Foster 1st.
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Well I really think I have to rethink my opinion of a player, Jacobson I have called for to be there when needed, I still think he has real hard shoulder at tackle, but isn't probably hard enough in other parts of game.(I think it was why Vai'i was tried at 6) If you got him and Papali'i on field together there none who hammers hard at breakdown etc. I think Papali'i is nowhere near hard enough, and said it before. He to me is ok at 7 with a couple of hard nuts with him, but I not a huge fan. He the kind of player that probably has good stats, but how often do we see him making dominant tackles etc? Just an opinion, I think we need someone doing dirty work, why I prefer Cane, and why I believe Blackadder is coming as replacement. I wouldn't be surprised if Cane got injured, they will consider Blackadder at 7, he has played there enough.
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G’day mate, whatever people think of Jabobsen - he is still a loose forward and picked to perform as one.
Whoever thought Vaai was up to playing as a 6 in this match really needs to be questioned.
We have had a problem at 6 since Kaino retired and have had c.70 test matches in that time to find 2 suitable players who can do the job.
I know Frizzell was injured but to get to the point we’re we have to put a young inexperienced light lock (who plays 10kgs lighter than he actually is) in our starting lineup show we have completely squandered a chance develop quality and depth in a know problem position.
If Jacobsen can’t be trusted and we have to play the above player then I really question the point of bringing him in the first place.
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@TheMojoman said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
@Windows97 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
@nostrildamus said in RWC: France v All Blacks:
This is such an uplifting thread.
Poster A: The current ABs are crap.
Poster B: You forget, they have been crap before.Well the positives are...
- The game-plan worked for 40 minutes
- We have a lot of injured players to come back into the team - who will make a difference.
- We beat a lot a defenders and created opportunities (didn't capitalize on them unfortunately).
There are positives we can work on but man, two games in a row where our forward pack sort of disappeared. I am certain we can recover and beat Boks/Ireland in the qtrs but I'm not so confident we can win 3 big games in a row.
I'm going to (perhaps wishfully) give Fozzie a bit of credit for taking a professional approach to this RWC.
He let very few of his ABs play any significant time in the NPC. Most of our guys hadn't played any proper rugby for three or four weeks prior to the Jaapie game - and we looked it.
We looked better vs France, but still a fair way off the pace. Well short of the sort of physical effort we put in vs SA in the Rugby Championship.
Losing to France is a bit like losing to one of the top teams in Round 8 of Super Rugby - it's not going to have much bearing on outcomes five weeks hence.
We have to win three hard games - I reckon the stats suggest (and unfortunately for Fozzie's redemption) that each of NZ, Ireland, SA and France has about a 20% chance of winning the whole thing - with the remaining 20% shared between the rest.
I doubt anything significant has changed as a result of the France game. Pretty sure Fozzie had it on his list of "nice to have's", but he won't be losing sleep over that.
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@Chris-B I also think the Beauden/Mo'unga combo looked very promising in that first 40. Both were kicking well, and regularly winning kicking duels with the French, which is not something we've seen a lot from them.
Injuries have hurt us to date, but we have a series of easy games now to build some form and fitness into the quarter final, which is the match we have been targeting for a very long time. I'm still super amped for this comp and our chances!
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@No-Quarter said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
Injuries have hurt us to date, but we have a series of easy games now to build some form and fitness into the quarter final, which is the match we have been targeting for a very long time. I'm still super amped for this comp and our chances!
I reckon that's the plan.
It might not work, but it's a good one.
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Two loses with record margins for two games in a row and are they are repeating failings at an alarming rate discipline, poor set-piece,basic errors, aimless kicking, aimless attack play.
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@Chris-B said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
I reckon that's the plan.
It might not work, but
it's a good one.thats the one we gotFIFY
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@Chris-B said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
@No-Quarter said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
Injuries have hurt us to date, but we have a series of easy games now to build some form and fitness into the quarter final, which is the match we have been targeting for a very long time. I'm still super amped for this comp and our chances!
I reckon that's the plan.
It might not work, but it's a good one.
is no one else really nervous with the idea of targeting a QF as the expense of pool games, thats very much all our eggs in one basket and this team hasnt exactly convinced me they can win games just because they want to
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@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
@Chris-B said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
@No-Quarter said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
Injuries have hurt us to date, but we have a series of easy games now to build some form and fitness into the quarter final, which is the match we have been targeting for a very long time. I'm still super amped for this comp and our chances!
I reckon that's the plan.
It might not work, but it's a good one.
is no one else really nervous with the idea of targeting a QF as the expense of pool games, thats very much all our eggs in one basket and this team hasnt exactly convinced me they can win games just because they want to
Well you have to target QF, as that is it , you lose you out as we (well and all teams) have found in past.
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@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
@Chris-B said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
@No-Quarter said in RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks:
Injuries have hurt us to date, but we have a series of easy games now to build some form and fitness into the quarter final, which is the match we have been targeting for a very long time. I'm still super amped for this comp and our chances!
I reckon that's the plan.
It might not work, but it's a good one.
is no one else really nervous with the idea of targeting a QF as the expense of pool games, thats very much all our eggs in one basket and this team hasnt exactly convinced me they can win games just because they want to
Not even slightly - it's what I would do.
Fozzie's sole job is to win the World Cup. The best chance IMO is to solely target the play-offs, and use the pool games to build up. If that means losing to France, I'm prepared to wear it.
I refuse to entertain any prospect of losing to Italy - that's massive wet blanketry!
