Reds v Crusaders
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Good to get a win in QLD on a humid night.
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There aren't a million coaches working the ABs. Indeed there are school sides in England that have more coaches working with them than the ABs have.
Obviously a million voices in the players' heads would be a mistake. But a specialist goalkicking coach could help Barrett and Mo'unga. Neil Jenkins does wonders for the Welsh kickers. They never seem to miss a kick.
All the major international teams in Northern Hemisphere have specialist goalkicking coaches. Or do you think the ABs have nothing to learn from those side?
The Third Lions test in 2017 and the Wellington game against the Boks last year were the warning. I would hate to see the All Blacks lose a RWC knockout game by a point because of poor goalkicking.
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Winza win etc, less than perfect performance in accuracy and of course Richie's boot which for some reason gives Kirwanker a hardon. Looked like they thought the game was in the bag after the first quarter.
Reds did very well to stay within 10 points, fought well and stayed in it.
Apart from HIA gate, it was very nice to not notice the referee.
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@hydro11 said in Reds v Crusaders:
Man I hate that yellow card. Player doing nothing wrong trying to get back into a defensive line and a halfback cynically exploiting it (and getting rewarded for it).
Why is it always assumed that the halfback's pass wasn't going to find the supporting player?
This one, the "catcher" was in position with his hands ready. Similarly with Aaron Smith in a test last year, the ball was going straight to Scott Barrett.
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@Siam said in Reds v Crusaders:
@hydro11 said in Reds v Crusaders:
Man I hate that yellow card. Player doing nothing wrong trying to get back into a defensive line and a halfback cynically exploiting it (and getting rewarded for it).
Why is it always assumed that the halfback's pass wasn't going to find the supporting player?
This one, the "catcher" was in position with his hands ready. Similarly with Aaron Smith in a test last year, the ball was going straight to Scott Barrett.
He could have but he also had other options. I'm okay with that one being a penalty, I just don't think it should be a yellow.
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@Canerbry said in Reds v Crusaders:
Winza win etc, less than perfect performance in accuracy and of course Richie's boot which for some reason gives Kirwanker a hardon. Looked like they thought the game was in the bag after the first quarter.
Reds did very well to stay within 10 points, fought well and stayed in it.
Apart from HIA gate, it was very nice to not notice the referee.
An AB flyhalf kicking at 33% is worth discussing, no matter how much you hero worship him.
BB got it in the neck last year for his accuracy and he was nowhere near as bad as this.
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@Kirwan if D Mac is ABs no. 2 first five it won’t matter who can’t kick shit as we won’t score tries as he will be running across field like a mad cow and fucking every backline move up.
So the rush defence will kill us .
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@ACT-Crusader said in Reds v Crusaders:
Good to get a win in QLD on a humid night.
Humid my arse. It's been relatively cool.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Reds v Crusaders:
@ACT-Crusader said in Reds v Crusaders:
Good to get a win in QLD on a humid night.
Humid my arse. It's been relatively cool.
Compared to the SI and Christchurch, it was humid. Was still mid 20s when they were playing and 80% plus humidity.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Reds v Crusaders:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Reds v Crusaders:
@ACT-Crusader said in Reds v Crusaders:
Good to get a win in QLD on a humid night.
Humid my arse. It's been relatively cool.
Compared to the SI and Christchurch, it was humid. Was still mid 20s when they were playing and 80% plus humidity.
Are you in Brisbane right now? If this is humid then Christchurch is Antarctica.
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Scott Robertson will be pissed with losing the BP though, I know I was. Thought the Saders gave that away far too easily. And what was with the 14 Players at the death b@llocks about? Surely they could have given Mitch Hunt a head injury (even if the medicos had clonked him on the head,) before they dragged him, I mean what plonker couldn't count??
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Did any notice how poor Mounga was last night? Kicking was off but it was his passing was terrible. Haven't seen that for a while.
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@98blueandgold I disagree. His passing and game management were excellent. Only forgot his kicking boots again. The player who's passing was terrible was Drummond.
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I am a fan of Mo'unga, but I do think a couple of concerning elements have crept into his game since last year. The obvious is his goal kicking. He's normally more reliable than what we have seen from him lately so hopefully the trough he is in is temporary. The other thing that bugs me is that he is missing touch too often from penalties. He seems to be going for too much distance. He did it for the ABs last year too.
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@Stargazer said in Reds v Crusaders:
@98blueandgold I disagree. His passing and game management were excellent. Only forgot his kicking boots again. The player who's passing was terrible was Drummond.
No, he had a few passes that went to ground and almost gave away an interception. Looked rushed more than normal, most likely due to the weaker pack with all the ABs out.
Take away the easy ride behind a dominant pack and he looked fairly average. Drummond having a mare didn’t help either. He was all kinds of shit.
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@Cyclops definitely nowhere their best..I think a lot of the handling errors will frustrate the coach..like how they went back to some good old fashioned forward play to just let the Reds forwards know who’s the boss
