NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition
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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
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@tim don’t know why more teams would not use this move simplistic in its Activation,but I guess you still need a bit power backed up with a bit of pace to finish
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@steven-harris said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
@tim don’t know why more teams would not use this move simplistic in its Activation,but I guess you still need a bit power backed up with a bit of pace to finish
👍You only need the two fastest men in world rugby.
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Yep I enjoyed that too.
It's so recognisable that feeling of seeing a move comes off and just being stoked.
Heard one of them said it had never gone that well in training.
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2nd try of the arvo that only comes off because our scrum is absolutely dominant, and yet the props can't get any love in the voting
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@mariner4life said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
2nd try of the arvo that only comes off because our scrum is absolutely dominant, and yet the props can't get any love in the voting
against Australia, it's hard to cover yourself in glory as a prop. You do your job, and the fancy pants show ponies get the plaudits.
ever 'twas thus
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@nzzp said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
@tim Ioane did a lot there - straight past Genia, and then sucked in two defenders. Sweet as try, loved it!
Edit: thanks for the updated link!
The hard straight line he ran committed defenders and left space, in particular unguarded space, for BB.
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@davesofthunder said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
Yep I enjoyed that too.
It's so recognisable that feeling of seeing a move comes off and just being stoked.
Heard one of them said it had never gone that well in training.
Possibly because in training they were against smarter defenders?
That is a really interesting move to watch frame by frame.At the start not a single Wallaby was watching the blind side. Maybe there was a call from Genia, but watch Hannigan.
He only has eyes for the play on the openside even though he can do fuck all to help if the ball goes that way. He should be trusting his team mates to clean that up and be looking at the blindside setup to position himself should the ball be recycled and come that way.
SBWs line and timing attracts a lot of attention meaning slow reaction when the ball goes to BB. Genia is first to notice and react, and is actually very switched on. Trouble is that Reiko is able to be well in motion with the ball and easily gets around him.
After that, as mentioned, Reiko does really well to back himself to get the ball past the next defenders before passing. That made a huge difference. -
@nzzp said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
@mariner4life said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
2nd try of the arvo that only comes off because our scrum is absolutely dominant, and yet the props can't get any love in the voting
against Australia, it's hard to cover yourself in glory as a prop. You do your job, and the fancy pants show ponies get the plaudits.
ever 'twas thus
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@crucial think it was Dempsey on by that stage. He moves toward the open, sees the change, but then suddenly Squires is just enough in his way that he's no chance of getting there. It's a good line, then two shit tackle attempts and pace does the rest.
Dempsey would have had to stay on the blind the whole time to be in a position to get there, but the switch makes the space, and that's the execution the Wallabies don't have
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@nta said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
@crucial think it was Dempsey on by that stage. He moves toward the open, sees the change, but then suddenly Squires is just enough in his way that he's no chance of getting there. It's a good line, then two shit tackle attempts and pace does the rest.
Dempsey would have had to stay on the blind the whole time to be in a position to get there, but the switch makes the space, and that's the execution the Wallabies don't have
My bad then. Just assumed it was Hannigan.
Watch him come up from the scrum though. He had no intention to look at anything but the openside.This could have been because Genia called it open but I would still expect a blindside flanker to be awake to any possibility down his side either in the first phase, or in prep for the second.
My point was that maybe the move didn't come off that well in training because the opposing 6 was more awake. He wouldn't even have to make a tackle, just get in the line of Reiko's run enough that the cover (Genia) had a split second longer to get in place.
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@crucial Like Nick mentioned earlier, Squire actually obstructed Dempsey. It was done very subtly (and brilliantly) but was enough to ensure he couldn't plug the gap. Am not sure if Dempsey would have been quick enough to get to Reiko even if Squire had not blocked him but it was definitely an obstruction.
