RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia
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@Steve well we made it to France!
So EDG gets 3 weeks with 1 off for participation at tackle school...
The consistency of the cards, citing and judiciary is a joke.
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@taniwharugby And Taofifenua walks away scot free....
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@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@MN5 said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
at least we’re not going on a “journey” though
true that, a journey implies direction
There is direction
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@kidcalder said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Clarke must be one of the slowest international wingers
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@gt12 said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Tim said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@gt12 Three awful games in a row.
Our props, overall, are a long way away from being a WC group.
EDG has the skill but lacks brains and consistency, Newell and Williams aren’t ready, Ofa and Laulala are defensive liabilities.
None of them can really carry for shit.
Tamaiti's carrying is his forte.
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i have to admit i never really think of clarke as a speedster, faster than most maybe just because he's an outside back...but i dont remember him actually beating guys with out and out speed, i assume must be more we're not paying to put him in space and or defence good and stopping him
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@pakman said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@gt12 said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Tim said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@gt12 Three awful games in a row.
Our props, overall, are a long way away from being a WC group.
EDG has the skill but lacks brains and consistency, Newell and Williams aren’t ready, Ofa and Laulala are defensive liabilities.
None of them can really carry for shit.
Tamaiti's carrying is his forte.
To say de Groot lacks brains is just lazy, because he looks like a dumb bogan from Southland. That was his first career red, and I believe he only has one career yellow.
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@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
i have to admit i never really think of clarke as a speedster, faster than most maybe just because he's an outside back...
Clarke has an athletics background, which makes his balance issues even more puzzling. I wonder if he has bulked up too much as he definitely isn't that quick now?
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@Bovidae said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
i have to admit i never really think of clarke as a speedster, faster than most maybe just because he's an outside back...
Clarke has an athletics background, which makes his balance issues even more puzzling. I wonder if he has bulked up too much as he definitely isn't that quick now?
Just had a quick look at SR videos and Clarke was still quick during SR this year. Lots of initial acceleration. That's why I raised the injury thing.. he has had issues with his calf previously
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@Canes4life said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@canefan yeah we need x-factor. It’s not a coincidence that the guys I’ve mentioned were the best players in Super aswell. We need to run teams off their feet instead of playing into the hands of other teams by kicking.
Kicking down the centre keeps the ball in play and the fatties moving. Running straight into the rush isn't going to get there.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Jailbreak7 said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Dan54 I agree. You have to think how much does a WC in 2023 mean for some of these older guys, who have already been there and won a WC. Mentioned in the ABs v France thread how both locks look spent, but who the hell would we replace either of them with?
I think the real question is what has happened to the forwards since the first two games of this years RC?
Either Cane and Frizzell are absolutely key to success or something has gone badly wrong in tactics, training or attitude in the last 3-4 games.
It seems to correlate to more and more time under Foster...
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@Bovidae said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
i have to admit i never really think of clarke as a speedster, faster than most maybe just because he's an outside back...
Clarke has an athletics background, which makes his balance issues even more puzzling. I wonder if he has bulked up too much as he definitely isn't that quick now?
As in sprinting? Because they generally only run in a straight line eh...
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@Bones said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Bovidae said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Kiwiwomble said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
i have to admit i never really think of clarke as a speedster, faster than most maybe just because he's an outside back...
Clarke has an athletics background, which makes his balance issues even more puzzling. I wonder if he has bulked up too much as he definitely isn't that quick now?
As in sprinting? Because they generally only run in a straight line eh...
sometimes they throw things or jump over things though.
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@Bones said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Clarke has an athletics background, which makes his balance issues even more puzzling. I wonder if he has bulked up too much as he definitely isn't that quick now?
As in sprinting? Because they generally only run in a straight line eh...
yes I think 100 m sprints. Don't know if he was involved in other events. But I think he was fast in the Auckland school champs, 10.7 seconds fast over 100m.
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@nostrildamus said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Bones said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Clarke has an athletics background, which makes his balance issues even more puzzling. I wonder if he has bulked up too much as he definitely isn't that quick now?
As in sprinting? Because they generally only run in a straight line eh...
yes I think 100 m sprints. Don't know if he was involved in other events. But I think he was fast in the Auckland school champs, 10.7 seconds fast over 100m.
That would make him in the top 10 players in the world of all time that records are kept for,
Equal with Lomu at no 8 in the list.
He doesn’t look that quick anymore.
