All Blacks 2024
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Taylor spends all his time out on the wing. Savea is very rarely on the wing.
BTW I'm not arguing that Savea should be retained at 8. I'm saying he's not been as bad as some are claiming and Cane has been a lot worse.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks 2024:
@brodean said in All Blacks 2024:
From the All Blacks Savea is ranked 19th for turnovers conceded per carry.
Do they split out players who turned over the ball because the cleaners weren't fast or accurate enough from the players that just spilt it cold in the tackle..?
When Akira Ioane turned the ball over it was because he ran away from his support or didn't stay on his feet long enough but when Ethan Blackadder turned the ball over it was because the support runners/cleaners weren't quick enough.
There's all kinds of double standards for favourites.
Savea does whats needed to retain the ball. He runs the ball closer to the middle than what Taylor does.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2024:
A perfect example is the weekend when the AB's tight five were completely ineffective making metres up the middle until William's came on.
I agree Savea made a shitload off those carries and was ineffective as was Degroot.
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Total Impacts Per 80 Minutes 2025
(Impacts) tries + try assists + clean breaks + offloads + defenders beaten + turnovers won + dominant tacklesForwards
8.16 Sititi
6.39 Savea
5.19 Aumua
4.75 Finau
3.74 Darry
3.46 TaylorThat's top 6. Some how Savea has done nothing while Taylor has done it all.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2024:
Total Impacts Per 80 Minutes 2025
(Impacts) tries + try assists + clean breaks + offloads + defenders beaten + turnovers won + dominant tacklesForwards
8.16 Sititi
6.39 Savea
5.19 Aumua
4.75 Finau
3.74 Darry
3.46 TaylorThat's top 6. Some how Savea has done nothing while Taylor has done it all.
And somehow Finau and Aumua who have been average are there.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2024:
Total Impacts Per 80 Minutes 2025
(Impacts) tries + try assists + clean breaks + offloads + defenders beaten + turnovers won + dominant tacklesForwards
8.16 Sititi
6.39 Savea
5.19 Aumua
4.75 Finau
3.74 Darry
3.46 TaylorThat's top 6. Some how Savea has done nothing while Taylor has done it all.
how many straight lineout has savea thrown? its almost as if different roles have different criteria
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I don't recall Savea throwing into the lineout.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2024:
Total Impacts Per 80 Minutes 2025
(Impacts) tries + try assists + clean breaks + offloads + defenders beaten + turnovers won + dominant tacklesForwards
8.16 Sititi
6.39 Savea
5.19 Aumua
4.75 Finau
3.74 Darry
3.46 TaylorThat's top 6. Some how Savea has done nothing while Taylor has done it all.
Breakdown impact per tackle and the impact per metres gain in which area of the field running against tight forwards or inside backs etc
You can quote stats all you like it doesn’t show up on a spreadsheet how it relates to the game situation.
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Lineout throwing was never the comparison with Savea. Stop changing the goal posts.
The claim was that Taylor was doing more with his carries than Savea because he was making more metres but Taylor is actually actually having less impact even though he's making more metres.
The other claim was Savea has been in poor form and lacking impact but he's the 2nd most impactful attack/defense forward.
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@brodean i never said it was, i only said those that were happy with taylor have other things effecting their impression of if he'd had a good game
the claim was actually the Taylor got over the advantage line...and meters gained doesnt seem to be one of the criteria for impacts per 80 min
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I'm not claiming it's a bible but you should be able to get an indication and support of an idea in stats but there isn't any indication in these stats that support the negative comments about Savea . There is nothing to suggest that Savea has been poor, dropping the ball more than others, and lacking impact. There's plenty to support that for Sam Cane.
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Taylor was only brought up in relation to Savea to prove that Savea was ineffective.
I'm very happy with Taylor's form. He's in career best form. I'm not bagging him. I'm saying open running is his strength and not close in running.
However we should start Williams over De Groot to have a better balance in the tight forwards for close in runners because De Groot, Lomax, Barrett and Vaa'i are pretty ineffective in that area.
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2024:
I'm not claiming it's a bible but you should be able to get an indication and support of an idea in stats but there isn't any indication in these stats that support the negative comments about Savea . There is nothing to suggest that Savea has been poor, dropping the ball more than others, and lacking impact. There's plenty to support that for Sam Cane.
Cane has been poor for me no doubt but Savea has too .
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@brodean said in All Blacks 2024:
Top 5 dominant tackles per 80 minutes this season:
1.77 Luke Jacobson
1.76 Ofa Tu'ungafasi
1.75 Patrick Tuipulotu
1.4 Sam Darry
1.36 Samipeni FinauWallace Sititi has been great but he isn't in the top 10 for dominant tackles which is something we've come to expect from a blindside.
If LJ at 7 and WS at 6 the former provides the hard shoulder. Can’t see any reason why they couldn’t alternate at scrum time depending on field position.
