All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson
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Pretty good win. Nice to see us close it out too. Reinforces that messages to the rest of World rugby that you have to play 80 (or 83) to beat us.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Dmac , despite his haters , starting to look the goods as an impact weapon
He has had some flakey moments when he first appeared in the ABs, but lately so many flashes of brilliance, conjuring something up from barely anything, seems to pick the exact right moments to join the line in attack
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Dmac , despite his haters , starting to look the goods as an impact weapon
He causes havoc. He’s great at fullback in the last 30, just need to keep him away from 10
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@kiwiinmelb He's great to have whether starting or off the bench. Fantastic performances from Perenara, Frizzell and ALB.
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@stargazer said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
The Argies look stronger than the Wallabies and I can't wait to see how they go against each other next week. This was a good test for the newbies and I think all of them went well.
Yeah, been thinking that myself... you gotta think it's Argentina vs Cheika's job
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@kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Dmac , despite his haters , starting to look the goods as an impact weapon
He causes havoc. He’s great at fullback in the last 30, just need to keep him away from 10
This. You can love watching him as an impact sub at fullback while getting nervous about him as a starting 10 in a key AB’s game - without being a “hater”
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I like Creevy as a captain. Nice words in his interview. Very understated.
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@derm-mccrum said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
I like Creevy as a captain. Nice words in his interview. Very understated.
Yeah - although I'm not sure if he's not understanding, or just deliberately ignoring, the condescension in some of those questions.
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I haven't watched a minute of it, but
Giving up that many points at home is unacceptable.
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Cracking match.
Goodhue is there until he's injured.
BB can rest easy. Mo was good but not good enough.
Read is colossal.
With Eddie Jones putting all his eggs on Billy V, he's forgotten how important a line out jumping & winning back rower is. Especially if your best lock goes off early.
Oz should be worried. Based on that performance Arg could be looking at a 2nd place finish this Championship.
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@kruse said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@derm-mccrum said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
I like Creevy as a captain. Nice words in his interview. Very understated.
Yeah - although I'm not sure if he's not understanding, or just deliberately ignoring, the condescension in some of those questions.
Indeed. The interviewer was a bit ‘pat-on-the-head’ with his comments about them nearly managing to do things.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Frizzle not bad but said the same about FFSFFifita this time last year and he's currently spending his Saturdays face down crying in a bog puddle at the Paekakariki Rec Centre.
RIP NMS AB career. Gets intercept then immediately thinks shit, thats right I got no pace now so gives the fucker straight back. He was like a lost little boy from the Make A Wish foundation
Fifita's AB can be summarised in a single run to the line. More was seen from Frizzell then the entirety of Fifita's displays to date. I doubt Fifita ever makes an AB squad again.
NMS might want to think about a switch to centre because, yeah, he is now too slow for an international wing.
Best players tonight were all backs: TJP, ALB and JG.
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@billy-tell Karl T has the scrum thing going ok too
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@taniwharugby If the ball is available (i.e. on the ground and ready to be played) then I think the ref is entitled to say that any player not on his feet must let the ball go. I think the law could be clarified slightly, but I think the ref is correct to say the ball should come out.
IF the ball WAS on the ground then I am OK with that call, though I admit the law is not entirely clear on this subject.
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Good game to watch. I much prefer this Argie team to the negative, niggly, diving teams from previous years. Subbing your best player at 50 mins can't help though. At least there were no brain explosions from Johnathon Thurston's taller, more argentinia brother in the 5 jersey.
Think people here are being pretty harsh on Mounga. A few mistakes but actually played a pretty mature game and kicked his goals well.
Ardie played close to his best game in Black.
Frizzel was actually pretty impressive for someone so raw. Big dude too. Already looks more of a test 6 than Fifita.
TTT looked good in his cameo.
TJP had one of his better games i thought.
Karl T great in the scrums again.
ALB and Goodhue were good in midfield. Strong but controlled. Great to see.
Now for the bad. Harris WTF. The first thing on the list of hooker must haves is being able to throw the ball into the lineout. Consistently terrible.
NMS has lost his pace. It sux because he was awesome in 2015. Made some poor decisions too.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
I haven't watched a minute of it, but
Giving up that many points at home is unacceptable.
That doesn’t take into account the opposition, the Argies were good for the points they scored. Best wingers on the field we’re not wearing black.
