All Blacks v Japan
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@sparky said in All Blacks v Japan:
I've said before, I'll say it again, I don't know why Sky Sports NZ subscribers ain't in open revolt about the inane horse shit they are served up.
Agreed, it seems to be getting worse every year.
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Mitchell Santner could probably play 10 pretty well 😉
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Japan:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Japan:
All in all a bit of an average game, I know not top team etc, but a combination of a real crap field and not a lot of connection in either team left me thinking it not a test I'll remember for a long time.
Did you and @Bones enjoy the game together?
Hey now, I'm not always negative.
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@sparky said in All Blacks v Japan:
@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?
tick for vocab.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Japan:
@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.
Seriously: did I missed something? Defence was pretty much impregnable from where I sat.
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Haven’t seen the game but by the sounds of the comments, my neurotic hate for Dmac can continue
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@sparky said in All Blacks v Japan:
I've said before, I'll say it again, I don't know why Sky Sports NZ subscribers ain't in open revolt about the inane horse shit they are served up.
Cos we don't watch it. This no revolt, as they talk amongst themselves blowing smoke up average players arses
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@booboo said in All Blacks v Japan:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Japan:
@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.
Seriously: did I missed something? Defence was pretty much impregnable from where I sat.
I thought the first quarter/half was really poor. Far too many holes were opening up and some of the tackling was ineffective. Reckon we'd have shipped a couple of tries and least against better opposition like England.
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We smacked them on the scoreboard because we have way better players. A lot of our tries came from Japan missing like 5 or 6 regulation tackles. We didn't really play with great structure to get go forward and then open holes in their defense. Other than a couple of very late tries, we were also poor again in the 2nd 40, which has happened in every single game bar Wallabies 2. Even the good win against Argentina we fell off the pace in the 2nd half. That's a real concern at the moment, we can't afford to be that bad against the top sides.
That said, opposition like Japan in their current form can bring you down to their level, so it's difficult to take too much out of it. England is going to be very interesting.
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First Japanese try was a thing of beauty
Feyi-Waboso for England will be licking his lips
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@sparky said in All Blacks v Japan:
The whole thing had an end of season Barbarians "let throw the ball around" feel to it.
Get ready for the intensity to be turned from 1 to 10 for the next three weeks.
The next 3 weeks will be a different sport.
Dublin on a Friday night, with a pissed up after work crowd, the RWC quarters, Ioane-gate fresh in the memory.
We are in for a hiding.
