All Blacks vs England I
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks vs England I:
Good to get a win to start the year. We're never at our best to start the season off and will be much better for the run. It's tough coming together so soon after the end of the domestic season against a tough physical England side who gave it to us.
Man Razor looked like a nervous wreck up there. Welcome to international rugby.
Well said bro.
Both teams did some pretty good stuff out there but it was a defensive style of game.
Beaudie’s kicking in behind was a good tactic to try and turn the English around. DMac’s kicking was far easier for England to manage.
Great to get a win and congrats to the ABs. Razor and the new coaching staff will be pleased that we fought it out, but will no doubt be looking forward to showing where there is opportunity to improve.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks vs England I:
Tele'a has not had a good night - his stepping hasn't created room for himself or anyone else. His lack of pace has been a problem too.
He is a number of players that will be lucky if they start next week
DMac started off ok but was a bit shit in the 2nd half
ChristIe can get the ball away quickly but why doesn't he do it more often
Reiko showed once again he isn't a centreThe backline needs a lot of adjusting. Clarke would be one option as the current back three is unbalanced.
Personally I would prefer Plummer at 1st even if he is quite limited but hes not even in the team.
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Our lineout could have done with a lineout specialist, or maybe they thought Finau would have it covered. Our backline was scratchy.
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@Winger said in All Blacks vs England I:
Personally I would prefer Plummer at 1st even if he is quite limited but hes not even in the team.
Yeh this is the sort of game I think suits Plummer.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks vs England I:
That George Furbank is fucking handy.
MoM for me. Some of his defensive stuff was unbelievable.
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs England I:
Well done NZ
I called England winning the series 2-0 a month or so back and they should have been going to Eden Park 1 ahead with their tails up
The door should have been shut with 20 mins to go
NZ didn't panic, played the long game knowing England can't score from deep, and got tighter and more precise as the match wore on
Thoroughly deserved their win
NZ will now win the series 2-0
Comfortably
I think you're over rating England based on their ability to stay close. They had a period after half time. Other than that I felt ABs were on top.
Delete the 2 mins before the break, and Damo's time out and England were Comfortably behind.
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LOL Does JK ever say anything bad about players? Thinks DMac had a really good game.
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:
Robertson might want to ask Cotter for some advice about robust, test-level rugby tactics.
Nah we’ve Wayne ‘Magic’ Smith.
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@ACT-Crusader To be fair, no matter his other qualities, he was an absolutely terrible AB head coach whose team was the epitome of soft-as-shite Southern Hemisphere basketball rugby.
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs England I:
Our best - Scott Barrett, Reece, Taylor - all Cantabrians as it happens.
Taylor was average in that second half. Jordie was very good. Perenara was solid in that first half. Aumua and Newell very good off the bench.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks vs England I:
LOL Does JK ever say anything bad about players? Thinks DMac had a really good game.
There's a reason he was a dud coach
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Officiating team were excellent I thought
Quick, decisive calls which for the most part were correct. Incorrect/marginal calls went for/against both sides
Game flowed well
No cards. Well done players
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@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs England I:
@booboo England were very good IMO. How many points did they miss from Smith 12?
England were ok.
But I'm picking we were 60-40 better.
Could have lost, and it wouldn't have been a robbery. But we were better and deserved the Dub.
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:
@ACT-Crusader To be fair, no matter his other qualities, he was an absolutely terrible AB head coach whose team was the epitome of soft-as-shite Southern Hemisphere basketball rugby.
And yeah that was 23+ years ago. He’s learned a thing or 3 about test rugby since those soft days
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs England I:
Our best - Scott Barrett, Reece, Taylor - all Cantabrians as it happens.
Taylor was average in that second half. Jordie was very good. Perenara was solid in that first half. Aumua and Newell very good off the bench.
I wonder why some rate Taylor so highly
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Am I the only one who thought Christie was alright off the bench? Thought he controlled things and helped us close the game out well.
Just because he doesn't possess Aaron Smith's pass doesn't mean he didn't play well in other areas.
