Springboks vs All Blacks 2
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@akan004 said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
What was the point of our box kicks from Ratima, when our wingers were merely going for a slow jog after them? Clarke was definitely missed today. I hope we never see Reece and Talea in black again.
I think that was maybe the worst collective AB back 3 performance I have ever seen. All useless under the high ball, barely effective in attack, constantly doing something dumb. Just horrible.
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Tough loss. Thought your youngsters up front fronted up big time. Vaa’i, Sititi and Williams all excellent. Taylor had the best game I’ve seen from him. Ardie was a menace too - pity about the maul drop.
The losing of that game was your outside back selections. Both wings had mares under the highball and should’ve been victimized in defence if our centres and WLR were any bloody use.
Still, you were within a gnat’s ball hair of winning that game. Which is annoyingly impressive given where you are in your team’s development cycle and the sometimes frustratingly clumsy pressure the boks’ applied.
For us though, it’s sweet to finally steal a few of these matches from the ABs at the death. Very sweet.
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@kpkanz said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
It also looks like our attack shape is really coming along now where we are back to making easy ground ball in hand and more importantly..we're doing it with very simple plays that are relatively low risk and match our players skill set.
Don't want to be a Jeremiah, but did we ever look like scoring a try? Did we get within 1m of the Boks try-line?
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@MiketheSnow not that fair - ball carrier wasn’t looking to pass to him and Cortez was mainly interested in running a blocking line on Wiese
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@KiwiMurph said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Reece and Telea were garbage in Argie test 1
It's not a surprise they sucked again today.
Telea has gone backwards faster than Caleb Clarke has improved. Wonder if we'll see Reiko on the wing and Proctor at 13 if Clarke is till injured.
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@Smuts said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@MiketheSnow not that fair - ball carrier wasn’t looking to pass to him and Cortez was mainly interested in running a blocking line on Wiese
The ball carrier was close though
As close as any AB today
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Wonder if we'll see Reiko on the wing and Proctor at 13 if Clarke is till injured
We should see it if Clarke is fit. Need 2 wingers.
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@BerniesCorner said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Some guys have done really well Williams Taylor Lomax Vaai Cane Sititi Ratima
But collectively, the team lost it's head in the last 20minutes - again.
That's why I'm so frustrated.
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I have to say again - and until today I defended him - Ioane looked much more dangerous on the wing.
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And yes DMac has not kicked on, literally.
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Does anyone else think Scott Barrett is not back to peak form?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@BerniesCorner said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Some guys have done really well Williams Taylor Lomax Vaai Cane Sititi Ratima
But collectively, the team lost it's head in the last 20minutes - again.
That's why I'm so frustrated.
Again some of the subs were lesser players.
Malcolm Marx made a serious difference too -
@nostrildamus Time for change need a passer
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@BerniesCorner said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
@BerniesCorner said in Springboks vs All Blacks 2:
Some guys have done really well Williams Taylor Lomax Vaai Cane Sititi Ratima
But collectively, the team lost it's head in the last 20minutes - again.
That's why I'm so frustrated.
Again some of the subs were lesser players.
Malcolm Marx made a serious difference tooExactly.
Make a difference.
We need players who make an impact.
We have bench players who come on and add fuck all. The likes of Ofa and Jacobson come to mind.
Either that or they are actually worse than that (think Perenara, Beauden, Finau last week etc)
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