All Blacks vs England 2
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If there was a decent Hurricanes lineout forward he would be talking about it more
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There were a few things happening with the lineout (other than the couple of complete shockers by Taylor where the throw barely went past head height or past 2) that I’d normally look past because with Whitelock and Retallick we had bail out options even against teams that like to attack opposition ball (like England). But we don’t have those now so we need to get it pinpoint and not muck around with the shuffling, calls and lifting.
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@ACT-Crusader I fucking despiiiiise that two formation lineout where they go to a usual formation, compress, and then expand again. I firmly believe your put yourselves under unnecessary pressure.
Identify the mismatch, call, quick feet and lift. Lineouts are basic. -
On the bright side a lineout is easier to fix than a scrum. We have a scrum
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:
On the bright side a lineout is easier to fix than a scrum. We have a scrum
But very often a shit line out can be a momentum killer
See D Lake for Wales
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:
On the bright side a lineout is easier to fix than a scrum. We have a scrum
But very often a shit line out can be a momentum killer
See D Lake for Wales
I would rather have a ropey scrum than a fucked lineout.
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A ropey scrum is a penalty magnet.
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I would rather both were functioning competently.
The lineout completely killed any momentum we had in the 1st half and were the main reason for us going in behind at halftime.
Lineouts are best when simple, quick and varied.
It’s not as if the English lineout is incredibly tall.
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Most games now have more lineouts than scrums.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Most games now have more lineouts than scrums.
And you can often get away with having a lesser scrum and still get FK / penalties as shown by the refs guessing after a few collapses.
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@gt12 said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Most games now have more lineouts than scrums.
And you can often get away with having a lesser scrum and still get FK / penalties as shown by the refs guessing after a few collapses.
Yep and also you cannot now re-scrum on a FK taking away the scrumming purely for a penalty option. A good idea IMO.
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Someone posted an interesting article on Itoje and in it the writer remarked how Scotty could have complained more about some of his lineout tactics. I'll have to go back and watch again.
The article got the height wrong (I don't think the English locks were much taller if at all, Itoje is definitely quick though) but it made an interesting point about the distinctions between 4 and 5 and how Patty and Scott are best in the same position. -
Stats
Lineouts - NZ 10/13; Eng 18/20
Scrums - NZ 4/4; Eng 7/11
Tackles - NZ 127/143 (89%); Eng 119/148 (80%)
Penalties - NZ 6; Eng 11
Rucks won - NZ 68/68 (100%); Eng 83/87 (95%) -
Watching the game I’d have thought the penalty count would have had a wider gap. Just goes to show how emotional you get watching
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Stats
Lineouts - NZ 10/13; Eng 18/20
Scrums - NZ 4/4; Eng 7/11
Tackles - NZ 127/143 (89%); Eng 119/148 (80%)
Penalties - NZ 6; Eng 11
Rucks won - NZ 68/68 (100%); Eng 83/87 (95%)We really won 10 out of 13 lineouts?
Seemed a lot worse during the game -
@Darren said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Stats
Lineouts - NZ 10/13; Eng 18/20
Scrums - NZ 4/4; Eng 7/11
Tackles - NZ 127/143 (89%); Eng 119/148 (80%)
Penalties - NZ 6; Eng 11
Rucks won - NZ 68/68 (100%); Eng 83/87 (95%)We really won 10 out of 13 lineouts?
Seemed a lot worse during the gameYeah weird eh, thought the amount of scrums seemed lopsided too but I'm guessing the ABs tend to try and play out the advantage. Puts paid to the fact ABs didn't make many handling errors though.
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@Darren I think it seemed worse in that some line-outs were technically won but were still piss-poor?
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@Catogrande said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Darren I think it seemed worse in that some line-outs were technically won but were still piss-poor?
Yeah at least a couple were disrupted still.
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@Bones Tuipulotu getting taken out in the air by Itoje and Savea losing the ball trying to feed it to Christie in the first half come to mind.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Bones Tuipulotu falling on his arse
getting taken out in the air by Itojewhile Itoje looks on and Savea losing the ball trying to feed it to Christie in the first half come to mind.Sorted.
