RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia
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@Machpants said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@taniwharugby said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Stargazer said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
That will have kept him up-to-speed with team tactics.
er, I think anyone that has watch AB rugby since 2017 knows those tactics
Thankfully Shag has joined the team, to show them how to 2015 properly
Edit: and the forwards are really, really going to front up now. Really really true blue scouts honour. From now on. Very much 'the diet starts tomorrow' type of statement, imo.
Tho I respect Ryan for saying valuable lessons, rather than learnings
Certainly a statement Hansen and Foster would appear to live by
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Iād play everyone who didnāt play against France. I donāt think the ābestā XV should be starting this one either.
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@Chris said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
4 1/2 weeks to a QF,the best team needs some game time together we already have 4 players from our top side not playing for a few weeks.
Get them out there and get some sort of game going, as you said some cohesion and sort out the things that are contributing to these big 2nd half falling off a cliff BS performances.I thought the team looked great in Argentina with DMAC at ten. It certainly passed the eye test for me.
Even Beaudy scored!
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@Steve said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Chris said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
4 1/2 weeks to a QF,the best team needs some game time together we already have 4 players from our top side not playing for a few weeks.
Get them out there and get some sort of game going, as you said some cohesion and sort out the things that are contributing to these big 2nd half falling off a cliff BS performances.I thought the team looked great in Argentina with DMAC at ten. It certainly passed the eye test for me.
Even Beaudy scored!
Then it didn't look so good in Dunedin...
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@Machpants as long as Shag doesnāt teach them how to do a 2019.
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A 6 at lock, a lock at 6, such a wonderful symmetry about it.
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@Machpants said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Thankfully Shag has joined the team, to show them how to
2015 properlyfuck up the forward selection like he did in 2019.FIFY.
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@Victor-Meldrew Only thing is, Barrett at 6 isn't a stupid idea (if Whitelock and Retallick are both fit and have energy to burn), especially with the way the game has evolved. Even Eddie Jones is picking a big backrow.
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The big decision is around more game time for the A Team or giving the second stringers a run.
Happy doing that with the backs to some extent (DMac, Roigard, Caleb C etc) but think the A Team forwards need another run as much as possible so Ryan can sort out their shit after the performances in the last 2 games.
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@Victor-Meldrew Agree with you. Barrett was picked to attack England's lineout, as NZ had done in in Nov 2018 when they dismantled it in a come from behind win.
Eddie had tricks up his sleeve though and out coached Hansen.
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@stodders said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Eddie had tricks up his sleeve though and out coached Hansen.
Hansen: "Just to let you all know, we're coming for England's lineout"
Jones: "Hold my beer"
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@Victor-Meldrew A team will play against Italy. So the question is, how much do they need to play against Namibia and Uruguay.
All Blacks play this Saturday, then have 2 full weeks off before Italy. 2 weeks is a long time! Enough time to get rusty.
Personally, i'd let them loose against Namibia for 50 mins under strict instructions to follow the plan and not to go all Harlem Globetrotters. They then have 14 days to recover before Italy.
Italy have 9 days between playing Uruguay and NZ. If they choose to rest players against Uruguay, it will be 3 weeks between games for their main players. That's a long time.
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I worry about 6/7/8 when there's injury. As long as we have 3 of Cane, Paps, Ardie & Frizzell in action we seem to do OK-ish. Vaa'i at 6 didn't work so poss. throw Blackadder in the mix for game time with 2 of the above named 4. Know bugger all about front row stuff but I'd stick with the same 3 as France in case Lomax doesn't get fit to iron out any kinks They'll probably have Vaa'i in the 15 at lock.
The breaks are long, but it gives time for Ryan and the players to sort out what's gone wrong in the last 2 games and for everyone else to understand the basics of chip kicks. Oh, and time for everyone to watch the England/Argie game at least 3 times...
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Iād play everyone who didnāt play against France. I donāt think the ābestā XV should be starting this one either.
and then leave the A team to plan on the back of two games a few weeks apart when they're not playing well?
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@stodders said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Victor-Meldrew A team will play against Italy. So the question is, how much do they need to play against Namibia and Uruguay.
All Blacks play this Saturday, then have 2 full weeks off before Italy. 2 weeks is a long time! Enough time to get rusty.
Personally, i'd let them loose against Namibia for 50 mins under strict instructions to follow the plan and not to go all Harlem Globetrotters. They then have 14 days to recover before Italy.
Italy have 9 days between playing Uruguay and NZ. If they choose to rest players against Uruguay, it will be 3 weeks between games for their main players. That's a long time.
Agree. Foster stuffed the opportunity to rest and rotate when he lost a shit load of games. Best available must start with a specific game plan and then maybe bring in the subs a little later but the team just had to play together.
