MOTM vs Australia, Bledisloe II 2019

[Paekakboyz]

Read
Smith
ALB

SBW had his best game in ages, and Patty T was massive. Rest were very good and our bench had punch too.

Not much you can say when you score nada. Great reply to last week but Oz were way off their pace from last week.

[canefan]

So many guys could have made the top 3. I picked SBW (best game I can remember in black at a crucial point), Read (back to his best) and Bridge

[98blueandgold]

A smith - master class of tactics
Cane - he lead that physicality in the forwards, not super flashy but super physical
Barrett - thought he lead the team well from the back, more for that than anything.

Really could have been almost anyone. All did there jobs.

[No Quarter]

@Machpants said in MOTM vs Australia, Bledisloe II 2019:

Ardie - his stats were amazing on attack - more than all the rest of the forwards put together, and 13 tackles no misses.
Read - played basically 6, with kaino like venom
A Smith - awesome Connor Murray like kicking AND bullet pass. TJ when he came on had his one awful pass but man he was like an extra loosie. What a 1 2

This. Read playing tight and Ardie wider on attack worked a treat. Ardie was wrecking havoc and Read had the crazy eyes back on defense, was smacking blokes all night.

A Smith was back to his very best. He and TJP are both in outstanding form at the moment, we're very blessed to have two world class 9s at the top of their game right now.

Honorable mentions to basically the rest of the team, but most pleasing for me was SBW who made a real difference in the midfield. I think he's a lock for 12 if fit, with ALB and Goodhue taking the other midfield spots in the 23.

[Crucial]

I know this was a hard game to only pick three but currently Bridge is sitting on more votes than ALB and Cane FFS.
Nice for a new guy to play well and do his job but he was not in the same class as those guys and they were even below a few others.

[taniwharugby]

In no order...

A Smith...the pass and those kicks plus workrate, when he plays like that he is in a class of his own.
S Whitelock...huge motor, into everything, scrums, lineout, rucks, tackled and then tackled some more.
K Read...rightly criticised most of the year, but like a few other greats before him in poor form early in a RWC year, looks to be building into peak form for the RWC.

Honorable mentions to Pat T, Ardie, Cane, BB, RM, SBW, ALB...hell, pretty much the other 20 guys who wanted to show last week was an aberration.

[Rembrandt]

Love the spread there. A lot of guys putting their hands up

[canefan]

@Rembrandt said in MOTM vs Australia, Bledisloe II 2019:

Love the spread there. A lot of guys putting their hands up

It was the consummate team performance

[ARHS]

Cane, Savea, Tu'ipolutu for me

[rotated]

All great. Smith, Savea and Read made the biggest difference IMO.

[Bones]

Smith, Read, ALB. Bubbling under - Whitelock, Cane, Savea, Beauds.

[Canes4life]

I went Ardie, Cane and Read for the fact the loosies as a trio were exceptional. They all offer something different but combined as a unit to really dominate. Looking forward to seeing more of this combination moving forward.

[MiketheSnow]

Mounga, Savea, Read

[Billy Tell]

Read, Savea, Bridge

[Victor Meldrew]

Can't really vote on this one. Consummate team effort.

Apart from Coles' brain-fart (and apart from that he was bloody good), they were all outstanding. E.g. Ardie & Read stood out but it was Sam Cane's work allowed them to do that.

[sparky]

@Canes4life

Best performance by the ABs backrow since Kaino, McCaw and Read against South Africa in 2015 RWc semi.

[Nevorian]

Savea, Read, Mo'unga

[Nepia]

I'm going the three loosies as well.

Edit: Wondering how the fudgecakes Cane is polling so low.

[DMX]

I take it that an Aussie voted for Coles!

[canefan]

@Nepia said in MOTM vs Australia, Bledisloe II 2019:

I'm going the three loosies as well.

Edit: Wondering how the fudgecakes Cane is polling so low.

He was great. Others might have stood out more, that is all