All Blacks v Argentina II
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Following rewatch, not sure I'd change the starting pack. Maybe switch EDG and Ofa to provide more set piece punch off bench.
Ratima and Clarke to start. Reece out, and TJS bench. Lots of permuations between Jordie/ALB/Rieko/Beaudy/ Eel and Will. Hard to pick starters versus bench.
Newell/Other Ofa/EDG/Aumua/Cane/ANother for forwards bench.
ANother could be Finau/IWL or Lord, but highly reluctant to end up with Vaa'i and him locking at end.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
just to say that maybe we dont have a vintage batch of loose forwards knocking around.
I think this is the key. We have a bunch of loose forwards similar to what Razor was a player actually - solid depth/placeholder loosies - but in no danger of pushing for a world XV.
That's interesting, it could well be that we just don't have the best players.
While that may be the foremost reason, my current opinion is that we don't have the players we can select playing as a team as well as they can be.The fact our u 20s get bullied now , almost regularly, suggests our production line is no longer the thing to save us .
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@Duluth said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Codie starts about 5m behind Blackadder and winds up 20m in front
Good example Jet/Steve
Hahaha so that's who it is @Jet Blackadder sized hole in the squad, I shed a tear when Fletcher Newell's dad flew all the way to SA for his debut hahaha makes sense now.
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Will post it here because linesout throwing has been a topic of conversation, but this goes out to all the hookers out there
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@Frank Funny, I noticed that at the time and it made me wonder. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t it Kapa o Pango twice against Eng?
I had assumed that after getting mugged by ‘Tina twice in recent years that they were up there with Ireland on top of the list of ‘I’d rather die than lose to these blokes.’
Did nobody remember Matera’s ‘I play for my country’ line?
I don’t think the choice of haka is insignificant.
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@game_film said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Frank
I don’t think the choice of haka is insignificant.Well if it is, then that's a pretty shit idea. What better way to tell the players that this is an easy game and they can chuck it around without earning the right first?
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
Well 19-8 would hardly change the facts, would it?
Dalton is usually a big tackler, that's true and the major strength of his game - but De Groot made more in that game.
The ineffective myth doesn't become true by a couple of people saying it lots of times. I'd say a flanker only making 8 tackles in a game in which we conceded 38 points is ineffective. -
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
Well 19-8 would hardly change the facts, would it?
Dalton is usually a big tackler, that's true and the major strength of his game - but De Groot made more in that game.
The ineffective myth doesn't become true by a couple of people saying it lots of times. I'd say a flanker only making 8 tackles in a game in which we conceded 38 points is ineffective.Yeah, just trying to inject a little light humour into the situation. Clearly failing it for you...
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Because Ethan played 80 and Papali'i played 60 and a lot of the Pumas possession came in the last quarter.
The ABs still had 55% possession over the game which means less tackling but the Pumas had 80% possession in the last 10 minutes.
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@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Because Ethan played 80 and Papali'i played 60 and a lot of the Pumas possession came in the last quarter.
The ABs still had 55% possession over the game which means less tackling but the Pumas had 80% possession in the last 10 minutes.
I wonder what EBs quarter by quarter tackle numbers were?
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0.5 x 70 + 0.8 x 10 = 43 minutes of tackling for 20 tackles for EB.
0.5 x 60 = 30 minutes of tackling for 8 tackles for DP.
It's minor mitigation, but it's still not close.
I wouldn't have selected Blackadder initially, but I do think he's been the best of a poor bunch so far. I can admit that I was wrong, but others seem to want to find any negative they can and ignore the good with him, while ignoring the worse performance of others. It's got kinda weird. -
Not sure but Blackadder missed that tackle off the scrum near our line after the dodgy passing from our guys - which eventually led to a try.
Contrast to Papali'i who nailed two guys in a row off an earlier scrum.
Blackadder looks like a guy confused and off the pace at times in between doing some good things. He basically looks like a guy who's played bugger all rugby in recent years which of course - he is.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
Well 19-8 would hardly change the facts, would it?
Dalton is usually a big tackler, that's true and the major strength of his game - but De Groot made more in that game.
The ineffective myth doesn't become true by a couple of people saying it lots of times. I'd say a flanker only making 8 tackles in a game in which we conceded 38 points is ineffective.Yeah if Ryan favourite frizzle, 1 tackle 1 missed, is the bar, 8 is awesome for a abs flanker !
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@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Not sure but Blackadder missed that tackle off the scrum near our line.
Contrast to Papali'i who nailed two guys in a row off an earlier scrum.
Blackadder looks like a guy confused and off the pace at times in between doing some good things. He basically looks like a guy who's played bugger all rugby in recent years which of course - he is.
Just curious, that would add weight to the overall numbers
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@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Not sure but Blackadder missed that tackle off the scrum near our line after the dodgy passing from our guys - which eventually led to a try.
Contrast to Papali'i who nailed two guys in a row off an earlier scrum.
Blackadder looks like a guy confused and off the pace at times in between doing some good things. He basically looks like a guy who's played bugger all rugby in recent years which of course - he is.
The guy making 20 tackles is the one off the pace?
