RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay
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Up to minute 53 - McKenzie just made it 43-0.
Uruguay's defence has been good but the fatigue is chiming in just as the ABs start to click.
ABs reminded me of a park footy side with talented players: nobody comes to training so the first half is like a warm up, then everyone remembers how to rugby and they finish strong.
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Stargazer said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Conclusion: the RM-Dmac combo is far superior to any combo that includes BB.
Dunno. I'm a big DMac fan and find BB has fallen off a cliff, form wise but that combo starting a game makes me nervous for some reason.
The Mo'unga-Beauden combo makes me nervous no matter how many times it is trotted out.
BB is making me nervous every time he plays nowadays.
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Stargazer said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Conclusion: the RM-Dmac combo is far superior to any combo that includes BB.
Dunno. I'm a big DMac fan and find BB has fallen off a cliff, form wise but that combo starting a game makes me nervous for some reason.
The Mo'unga-Beauden combo makes me nervous no matter how many times it is trotted out.
Neither impresses me TBF, but RM & DMac has a higher flakiness potential for me.
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McKenzie should be at 15 instead of him. It’s crazy we are persisting with BB starting
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I’m far more worried about our forward play than our 15-10 combo. I’m very doubtful our front 8 have three big games in them against the likes of Ireland and SA.
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@sparky said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
I’ve been working and missed the game. What was the ABs’ performance like?
As expected.
Not clinical. Slow to start. Screwed by TMO early. Battled in some breakdowns. Once on top generally able to find space and score. Good with ball in hand. Need to protect ball at breakdown as per.
Result as required.
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@gt12 said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Damo said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Samisoni appears to have lost his mojo. Last year he would have battered over the line from that chance
Another example of a lack of rugby.
He's had more rugby than Colesy hasn't he? Sami has seemed to have drifted off a bit this year, he wasn't really dominant in super, there wasn't a huge difference when he played for Chiefs when Slater etc played I didn't think.
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@NTA said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Up to minute 53 - McKenzie just made it 43-0.
Uruguay's defence has been good but the fatigue is chiming in just as the ABs start to click.
ABs reminded me of a park footy side with talented players: nobody comes to training so the first half is like a warm up, then everyone remembers how to rugby and they finish strong.
Nice analogy but it ignores
If not for a couple of fine line errors we put on early points
And
How well Uruguay started the game. They played with an intensity they were never going to be able to keep up. Threw numbers at the ruck on both sides of the ball, made their tackles and were able to keep possession for long periods.
It emptied their tank though and that's where we took over. -
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@Darth-Sader said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
I’m far more worried about our forward play than our 15-10 combo. I’m very doubtful our front 8 have three big games in them against the likes of Ireland and SA.
Sadly yeah, you are probably on the money,
I’m guessing If or when we get put out, the main talking point will be around how we got outplayed up front
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
@Darth-Sader said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
I’m far more worried about our forward play than our 15-10 combo. I’m very doubtful our front 8 have three big games in them against the likes of Ireland and SA.
Sadly yeah, you are probably on the money,
I’m guessing If or when we get put out, the main talking point will be around how we got outplayed up front
I suspect it will also have something to do with BB chip kicks.
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so for those who couldn't watch the match and were foolishly following this thread for the score and overall comments, did any loosies play well? Did EB do anything well?
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Lomax injury sounds medial, does not look good.
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@Stargazer said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Jermaine Ainsley started both games for ABs XV, this year...
playing against Ireland is good experience to have.. and won Highlanders Forward of the Year I believe! To think he could have ended up playing for the Wallabies...
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@mariner4life said in RWC Week 5: All Blacks v Uruguay:
Nice analogy but it ignores
If not for a couple of fine line errors we put on early points
Yeah, but you didn't, right?
Sliding doors of course. Score that first try and it could have been 100. Or Uruguay could have had 2 tries and you could have stopped at 66. 🤣
EDIT: To support my blather somewhat further - a lot of the Uruguay starting lineup started their pool games, so they had better cohesion to start. ABs made changes and did not have the same level of cohesion.
