Bledisloe I
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Hansen is paying what I consider lip service to Laumape but I don't think for a second that he'll do anything other than retain the combination that wound up playing most of the test last night. I said earlier in the thread that ALB at 12 with Goodhue could be our long term combination but this may just happen sooner than I thought should they continue to play like that.
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Apparently, Rieko is not "in doubt" but "ruled out".
"He's been knocked out [Crotty] so he won't play next week," Hansen said. Nor does the coach expect winger Rieko Ioane to back up after succumbing to a hamstring injury early in the second half.Surely that bit about Crotty is an understatement? Give the guy a decent rest, let his head recover from this latest knock and don't let him play for the rest of the year. Then he can get back (hopefully) to Super Rugby and the ABs in 2019.
And Rieko already rule out. Wonder whether they'll call up someone as injury cover, and if so, who. Or will they just go with Naholo on the left wing and Nehe on the right?
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Highlight of the match for me - Franks for the first time in his career goes through the tackler rather than dropping at his feet. Is so shocked that after being tackled he literally holds the ball up in the air and presses it into the waiting arms of the nearest wallaby.
Watching that first half was tough, but taking it in context with the second half I reckon it's easy to see great tactics at play. Our skills have really regressed since Byrne left though, that's the worrying bit.
I can see why Mounga is still sitting in the wings. That's quite the high pressure game plan to run, Barrett's experience carries that well. A newbie might not cope so well.
Naholo lucky and oddly I thought he was a bit cake, just not a good decision maker at the moment.
Oh and Harris. Why?
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@stargazer I guess the only positive is thus far, he obviously hasnt suffered the ongoing symptoms the likes of Ngatai did despite numerous knocks, but the simple fact he keeps taking these knocks to the head, however innocuous is very concerning for his long term wellbeing.
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe I:
@crucial have been plenty of other examples where the tacklee has contributed to the tip and the tackler ends up with a YC.
He put his fate in the hands of the ref and got away with it, this time
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I think the Aussies have to stick with Pocock/Hooper. It gives them something different. Ireland struggled to deal with it big time. They have two locks in their team, no reason they should be losing so much set piece ball. They didn't really play badly last night. Just conceded too many penalties. We win games without ball and field position so when you give it to us, you lose by 25.
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@shark They might have tried both, but Moody certainly had a couple of games there. Wasn't a roaring success and wasn't persisted with.
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@bones said in Bledisloe I:
Highlight of the match for me - Franks for the first time in his career goes through the tackler rather than dropping at his feet. Is so shocked that after being tackled he literally holds the ball up in the air and presses it into the waiting arms of the nearest wallaby.
Watching that first half was tough, but taking it in context with the second half I reckon it's easy to see great tactics at play. Our skills have really regressed since Byrne left though, that's the worrying bit.
I can see why Mounga is still sitting in the wings. That's quite the high pressure game plan to run, Barrett's experience carries that well. A newbie might not cope so well.
Naholo lucky and oddly I thought he was a bit cake, just not a good decision maker at the moment.
Oh and Harris. Why?
We might have to have a reverse argument re: Naholo. Might be your expectations were high and mine low, but I thought he was excellent. He has strengths and weaknesses but he did way more good than bad last night, I threw him a vote in the MOTM thread given how many points he created/scored.
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@no-quarter said in Bledisloe I:
@bones said in Bledisloe I:
Highlight of the match for me - Franks for the first time in his career goes through the tackler rather than dropping at his feet. Is so shocked that after being tackled he literally holds the ball up in the air and presses it into the waiting arms of the nearest wallaby.
Watching that first half was tough, but taking it in context with the second half I reckon it's easy to see great tactics at play. Our skills have really regressed since Byrne left though, that's the worrying bit.
I can see why Mounga is still sitting in the wings. That's quite the high pressure game plan to run, Barrett's experience carries that well. A newbie might not cope so well.
Naholo lucky and oddly I thought he was a bit cake, just not a good decision maker at the moment.
Oh and Harris. Why?
We might have to have a reverse argument re: Naholo. Might be your expectations were high and mine low, but I thought he was excellent. He has strengths and weaknesses but he did way more good than bad last night, I threw him a vote in the MOTM thread given how many points he created/scored.
Yeah I was disappointed in his basic errors. Dying with the ball. He tries to get involved in too many breakdowns, mostly ineffective. Needs to be more patient.
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@crucial said in Bledisloe I:
Naholo shouldn't be considered lucky because the ref made a sensible call.
As Peyper said 'I don't think the tackler was solely the cause'. Folau was happy to flip to try and get the ball away and went with the momentum.Naholo was lucky because the tackle occurred 2 metres from AR Wayne Barnes. Genuinely was hoping for a yellow as a best case when I spotted that on the first replay.
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Watching a replay , at the time I was frustrated during that first half ,
But watching again , our defence was sound , the handling errors were a result of us trying to up the tempo against an aggressive defence,
With the benefit of hindsight it paid off in the end
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@stargazer said in Bledisloe I:
And Rieko already rule out. Wonder whether they'll call up someone as injury cover, and if so, who. Or will they just go with Naholo on the left wing and Nehe on the the right?
Or just play Nehe on the left wing.
He played left wing yesterday for the Turbos.
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@kiwiinmelb said in Bledisloe I:
Watching a replay , at the time I was frustrated during that first half ,
But watching again , our defence was sound , the handling errors were a result of us trying to up the tempo against an aggressive defence,
With the benefit of hindsight it paid off in the end
It must have been disheartening for the Orcs. They played an excellent first half and still we ran over them at the end of the 80 minutes. The contest was basically over by the 65th minute
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@kiwimurph possibly Naholo to 11, BFA to 14 and JB to 15.
