NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition
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@nta said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
@jegga you keep forcing her to ride peasants, she'll leave you one day.
Where’s she going to go? No one else can keep her in the style to which she has become accustomed. So occasionally she has to slum it, is that so bad?
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@bovidae said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
Goodhue was sent to Japan rather than to London as originally reported. That must mean he will be available to play Japan.
That would be a hell of a turnaround given he had glandular fever.
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@no-quarter said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
Both of you are correct. I'm torn between them at the moment. TJPs running and defensive game are the best of any halfback in the world, but his passing is not up to standard. A Smith has the best pass I have ever seen, which is such a massive advantage for us when he's playing, but the other parts of his game have regressed.
If only we could merge the two of them...
Right now I prefer TJP, especially if we are playing SA or Ireland, with A Smith off the bench to up the ante in the last 20.
Agree. I think too with the very physical, bust it up the guts tactics the ABs will face against England and Ireland it will be better to have TJP's physical presence to take some of the heat off in the early exchanges. Then bring little dude on to ramp shit up in the last 20-30.
Shame we can't get the perfect combo of pass and size. But TTT certainly looks like a good prospect.
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@nta said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
@jegga said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
Where’s the aura at? Any updates?
No points for Aura - fighting this pack of cripples doesn't count any more.
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After watching a replay of the test it was interesting to see how little Aust kicked deep, which negated any counter-attacking opportunities for DMac and co. There were a couple of kicks down the sidelines that went in goal but apart from the kick behind when BB was caught on the goal line they obviously had a tactic of keeping the ball in hand. I expect England and Ireland to kick more which will provide those opportunities to attack.
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@bovidae said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
After watching a replay of the test it was interesting to see how little Aust kicked deep, which negated any counter-attacking opportunities for DMac and co. There were a couple of kicks down the sidelines that went in goal but apart from the kick behind when BB was caught on the goal line they obviously had a tactic of keeping the ball in hand. I expect England and Ireland to kick more which will provide those opportunities to attack.
I’d be surprised if they kicked much. Historically they may have but they would be crazy to do so. Ireland have the attacking game to play with the ball.
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Box kicking is a big part of Murray's arsenal but maybe less now with him not there. But I still expect Ireland to put the ball in the air and challenge, something Aust didn't do (the Folau midfield catch aside). England will kick more than Aust did, and use their wingers to chase.
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@bovidae said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
After watching a replay of the test
Fark, you're keen. I struggled to maintain interest through the game - it seemed both sides were playing a very limited gameplan and not showing much at all.
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@machpants said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
Genia said. "There were a couple of opportunities where they scored off the intercept and I missed Rieko on the short side but you take those 14 points out of it and I thought we defended really well."
One word Will.
Hannigan.
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@act-crusader said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
@bovidae said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
After watching a replay of the test it was interesting to see how little Aust kicked deep, which negated any counter-attacking opportunities for DMac and co. There were a couple of kicks down the sidelines that went in goal but apart from the kick behind when BB was caught on the goal line they obviously had a tactic of keeping the ball in hand. I expect England and Ireland to kick more which will provide those opportunities to attack.
I’d be surprised if they kicked much. Historically they may have but they would be crazy to do so. Ireland have the attacking game to play with the ball.
My recollection of Ireland against Australia, was one out runners , forwards and backs together , tucking the ball under the arm , very rarely passing , hitting it hard , trying to get over the gain line , over and over and over monotonous like , for long long periods
I’m expecting them to do this and try to make us defend for long periods and starve us of possession
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@nzzp said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
@bovidae said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
After watching a replay of the test
Fark, you're keen. I struggled to maintain interest through the game - it seemed both sides were playing a very limited gameplan and not showing much at all.
I was just focusing on a couple of things. Kicking being one of them.
The Wallabies breached the AB defensive line numerous times (something McLeod will need to rectify) but the scrambling defence was very good. Desperation tackles from the likes of Savea, Taylor, DMac, Ioane and BB.
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I got hard reading this, his ability to interpret what he sees correctly is probably why he’s so terrible at reversing a car.
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@jegga said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
I got hard reading this, his ability to interpret what he sees correctly is probably why he’s so terrible at reversing a car.
Can’t be easy going from player in a golden era of Australian Rugby to comments man during the current rabble.
Seeing them get their asses handed to them from a team that at times doesn’t get out of 3rd gear but still can win by 20 points. -
@machpants said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
Genia said. "There were a couple of opportunities where they scored off the intercept and I missed Rieko on the short side but you take those 14 points out of it and I thought we defended really well."
Good to see "Comical Eddie" Jones influence still lingers in the Wallabies...
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@machpants said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
Genia said. "There were a couple of opportunities where they scored off the intercept and I missed Rieko on the short side but you take those 14 points out of it and I thought we defended really well."
Apart from the times our defence was shit I thought we defended well .
Yeah ok mate.
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@nepia said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
This thread is lacking discussion on how many more points than the Wallabies Akira would have scored if only he was selected by that coaching team who clearly can't afford Sky.
Be fair, at least there hasn't been any mention of Charlie Ngatai as the answer to our midfield problems.
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@nepia said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
This thread is lacking discussion on how many more points than the Wallabies Akira would have scored if only he was selected by that coaching team who clearly can't afford Sky.
The answer is ALL, we would have won by all the points more
