All Blacks v Japan
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@booboo said in All Blacks v Japan:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Japan:
A double for Ruben Love. He should have been in the ABs at the start of the year.
For who?
Perofeta obviously
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def plenty to work on around decision making, particularly when to throw an off-load or kick passes, then there are the unforced errors, makes you wonder if the fitness levels are where they need ot be with such poor decisions as the game wears on
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Man I want to see Love and Jordan together but Love at 15 and Jordan on the wing.
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@sparky said in All Blacks v Japan:
@booboo Ahead of Perofeta. Easily our second best attacking fullback behind Jordan and the best under the high ball.
Love has "it".
Same as Roigard.
They pass the eye test.
Love could be thrown in at 10 or FB and he wouldnt let you down. Classy.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Japan:
Man I want to see Love and Jordan together but Love at 15 and Jordan on the wing.
We need that effervescence in the team.
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Positives:
- Roigard's 1st Test since injury and he went OK
- Aumua (except esrly throwing)
- DMac's defence
- Telea showing some form
- Pat T's breakdown work
- Wallace confirming he's starting XV material
Negatives
- Poor defence
- Lack of focus - particularity in second half
- Scrum didn't dominate
- Poor kick options - esp.DMAC
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No Mils, TJ isn’t better than Roigard ffs.
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so we haven't gotten rid of that final 20 curse, we were told that they'd fixed it in the final bledisloe...
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@darylmitchell said in All Blacks v Japan:
so we haven't gotten rid of that final 20 curse, we were told that they'd fixed it in the final bledisloe...
2 tries?
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v Japan:
A lot of praise for Love for scoring two pretty regulation tries...
Don't disagree that he's a talent but if everyone had the same expectations for Tele'a and Reece then they would have been blown away by some of the things they did today.
My biggest pain with the ABs atm is persisting with guys that are clearly past it. We need to move on from Cane, Perenara, Havili etc. There is clearly enough talent for us to cope so why not build for the future.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Japan:
Positives:
- Roigard's 1st Test since injury and he went OK
- Aumua (except esrly throwing)
- DMac's defence
- Telea showing some form
- Pat T's breakdown work
- Wallace confirming he's starting XV material
Negatives
- Poor defence
- Lack of focus - particularity in second half
- Scrum didn't dominate
- Poor kick options - esp.DMAC
Agree with most of that, buggered if I know what the defence coach is doing! It's not bad tackling, but just not being set in a defence pattern.
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@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:
A load of tries there for Kirsty and Goldie to wax lyrical over, the week before we get our arses handed to us over 3 consecutive weekends.
Before they hyperventilate with excitement, can someone tell them it's only Japan, they are ranked 14th in the world and coached by a guy on a sinecure?