Springboks v All Blacks
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And that game made me realise: I'm fine with ABs being "boringly dominant". Blood pressure is cool with enjoying the close hard-fought games between sides where I only have a slight preference for the winner.
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@akan004 said in Springboks v All Blacks:
SBW was not good at all. I rate the guy but his performances this year have been underwhelming to say the least.
Was also disappointed with Scott Barrett. He fell off a lot of tackles and PT was a huge step up off the bench. For the Boks, Marx and Estebeth were unbelievably good. Marx just put in the best performance from a forward in a test match I think I have ever seen.
No, he didn't. According to the match stats, he only missed 2 tackles.
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@mimic said in Springboks v All Blacks:
I thought SBW was huge on defence. Saw him make a few cover tackles..
In attack, I was worried every time they passed him the ballYes, on attack SBW was poor, but he made 22 tackles (the most of all players!) and missed only one. Source: ESPN
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@stargazer said in Springboks v All Blacks:
@mimic said in Springboks v All Blacks:
I thought SBW was huge on defence. Saw him make a few cover tackles..
In attack, I was worried every time they passed him the ballYes, on attack SBW was poor, but he made 22 tackles (the most of all players!) and missed only one. Source: ESPN
Which would be bloody grand if he wasn't the one turning the ball over forcing everyone to have to make those extra tackles.
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I hope South Africa can learn to play that way every week!!! Great to have a test.
In saying that they lost, let's reflect how good ABs were to win that with all adversity with players out inj etc as well as handling errors!
Can't fault any ABs, all played there part, DMAC, never thought he would stand up to this type of test but proven wrong and happy for it.
All the SBW hate, get over it! He did his job, his d with Crotty has been amazing. On attack he is not going to make every offload stick but in the greater scheme he attracts players and opens space which doesn't show on stats. -
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@98blueandgold I'm pretty sure Williams' job isn't to turn over the ball every second touch.
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My concern with sbw , he seems to be out of sync with the rest of the backline lately ,
Initially it was his X factor in attack which was his strength , more recently , he resembles a forward standing in the backline
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Marx was outstanding, but reckon as usual Marshall prone to hyperbole claiming it was the most complete performance ever.
Great to see a solid Bok team!
Red card was a joke, yellow yes, although at that point in game effectively the same thing, except he now has a Visit to the judiciary.
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@taniwharugby said in Springboks v All Blacks:
Marx was outstanding, but reckon as usual Marshall prone to hyperbole claiming it was the most complete performance ever.
Great to see a solid Bok team!
Red card was a joke, yellow yes, although at that point in game effectively the same thing, except he now has a Visit to the judiciary.
Contact with head meant it had to be red.
As for Marx a lot of his 'moments' at the breakdown were only good because he had the support of the ref. His running etc was great but in another game he would have been pinged off the park -
@crucial doesnt always happen though does it, however that rule is supposed to be ruled.
Same as lifting tackles, they looks at the resultant potential injury (or lack of) on the landing as a factor in determining the colour of the card, regardless of how bad the lift was.
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@justanotherfan said in Springboks v All Blacks:
This game will be remembered for the TMO decision and red card. It went on for extra 10 mins in one half. Bok fans said if we win by 1 point it is a win. If we lose by 1 point it is a still a fucking loss. What a turnaround from their worst loss in history. Overall I am proud enough to say a great passionate game of rugby. Boks could have won if they had started with some other 1st choice players.
And the ABs could have won by more with Moody, Frank's, Retallick, Smith and full 80 Barrett and Skudder.
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@crucial said in Springboks v All Blacks:
@stargazer said in Springboks v All Blacks:
BB is having a good game thus far; try Crotty?
I think BB is terrible. He is shoveling on an passing to no one
What an absurd comment. I hope you were drunk when you wrote it.
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If I was a SA I'd be gutted. They really played well today, their pack and defence was outstanding. Best game I've ever seen from Etzbeth, and Marx was outstanding.
For NZ, Havili has taken to test rugby like a duck to water, and that was another decent game from DMac. Gutted for NMS, guy has had no luck with injuries.
For a while there, I thought we had run out of ideas. It was asking for TJP to change things up but TKB was actually pretty decent when he came on.
Harsh red.
