RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool B)
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@Godder said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
Shitty unconvincing win we need to be a lot better then that to win the WC
Against who? Who else is significantly better than South Africa?
I can see that point of view.
The ABs will take care of the Boks even if slightly below parity providing they can manage a one, maybe two moments of brilliance.
What happens if they canโt manage those at the pointy end where tries are historically rare?
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
Another beauty from kearns,
Garcia repaid Nz for sending off Barrett, by not penalising them tonight
He screwed us again by not giving a yellow card against the Boks for their professional foul too.
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
Another beauty from kearns,
Garcia repaid Nz for sending off Barrett, by not penalising them tonight
Love how Kearns was criticising Beaudie playing fullback pre game.
Then Beaudie proceeds to dominate from fullback.
Post game Kearns gushing over Beaudie.
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@Kirwan said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
Interest that most of the first games had second half drop offs. Conditions must be pretty difficult
Whatโs the humidity like? Also the quality of the ground seems to deteriorate.
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Well that was a strange game. From where I was sitting ABs D was either very good or the boks lack real imagination. Probably more the latter. Barrett is an incredible rugby player but a poor FB.
Main difference was your loosies. Live, It does not look like youโre missing a traditional blindside. Take Ardie or Barrett off the field and you probably lose that game.
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@kiwiinmelb said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
Another beauty from kearns,
Garcia repaid Nz for sending off Barrett, by not penalising them tonight
Love how Kearns was criticising Beaudie playing fullback pre game.
Then Beaudie proceeds to dominate from fullback.
Post game Kearns gushing over Beaudie.
The Kearns way. If anything he is predictable.
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Very fucken happy, keeps our pool victories going and a great confidence injection for the team. Our D was very good bar The enormous hole at the ruck for their try. SA could have scored a few other times but the AB scramble was great.
Very happy with the forward intensity and lots of good hits, players were very energetic getting back in the line. Also first game for awhile with no stupid fucken penalties, pat Moody on the back.
Really looking forward to relaxing for the rest of pool play and watching some good games.
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@Smuts said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
Well that was a strange game. From where I was sitting ABs D was either very good or the boks lack real imagination. Probably more the latter. Barrett is an incredible rugby player but a poor FB.
Main difference was your loosies. Live, It does not look like youโre missing a traditional blindside. Take Ardie or Barrett off the field and you probably lose that game.
Take Faf off and you probably donโt get any go forward.
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Iโll gladly take that ,
Itโs not finals yet , just needed to get the win , achieved it
On target so far
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Goal kicking was good. Two clutch penalties from Ritchie and BB.
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@ACT-Crusader of course we have to be better than that or we get to win shit that is not a good enough performance to win a WC final
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Also should say Moโunga was very solid at 10. Very pleased for him, that was a big test with a lot of pressure and he stood up. Will only improve as the cup goes on.
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@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@Godder if you think that display is good enough you have low expectations the Boks are one dimensional
And what other team isn't? Ireland, Wales, England, Oz. They all have a very set game plan, one dimensional is the norm. So that's all we need to do, great one dimensional teams who don't have the same skills to ABs level. But they can stifle us, and the boks failed at that. We took a bit to get going but no nervousness after the first quarter
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@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@ACT-Crusader of course we have to be better than that or we get to win shit that is not a good enough performance to win a WC final
If thatโs as good as we get we are fuckedIf that's as good as the boks get there fucked. It's the first game. Look how we did vs Argentina last time. Perfectly within the long term plan
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@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@ACT-Crusader of course we have to be better than that or we get to win shit that is not a good enough performance to win a WC final
If thatโs as good as we get we are fuckedYou don't win the tourney in the first game. We have plenty of dry powder for everyone
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@canefan said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@ACT-Crusader of course we have to be better than that or we get to win shit that is not a good enough performance to win a WC final
If thatโs as good as we get we are fuckedYou don't win the tourney in the first game. We have plenty of dry powder for everyone
Hopefully a good source of powder in Japan, plenty of time to add more before the Qfinal.
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@Machpants I never thought the Boks would win the WC so yeah they are fucked
Donโt underestimate what the NH teams will bring
Our scrum with the reserve props was poor we missed too many first up tackles
We kicked too much ball away
All things that may cost us unless we get better in those areas -
At this stage I would have ALB/Crotty midfield start again vs Boks. Goodhue will really have to show something special to break into the match day 23.
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@chimoaus said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@canefan said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@ACT-Crusader of course we have to be better than that or we get to win shit that is not a good enough performance to win a WC final
If thatโs as good as we get we are fuckedYou don't win the tourney in the first game. We have plenty of dry powder for everyone
Hopefully a good source of powder in Japan, plenty of time to add more before the Qfinal.
We only used 20 mins worth tonight
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@Chris yes one way I agree, we'll have to get better. But we will. I'd put money this is the best performance of the first round., Tier 1 vs tier 1. And our next 3 games will be average, as the coaches straightjacket the team to test them. And we'll get to the final, not saying well win it, but we're the best team by a good margin
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@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@canefan letโs hope no one pisses on our dry powder then
Shag has it hermetically sealed
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@Machpants I hope you are right I just want us to get better and smash every fucking team and bring home the WC
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Scott Barrett had a great game.
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@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@Machpants I hope you are right I just want us to get better and smash every fucking team and bring home the WC
Me too
But I'll also be happy with scraping it like 2011
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@Machpants my heart canโt handle that shit again
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@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@chimoaus just over used by TJ in my opinion
TJ made a few poor calls for sure.
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@kev said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
Scott Barrett had a great game.
Yeah he did. Where are all the gimps with Tuipolotou >> Barrett.
Thereโs a reason Hansen went with Barrett.
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A little concerned at the way scrum finished the game..
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@Billy-Tell said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@kev said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
Scott Barrett had a great game.
Yeah he did. Where are all the gimps with Tuipolotou >> Barrett.
Thereโs a reason Hansen went with Barrett.
Patty was also excellent when he came on, put in a number of massive hits which is the point of difference he provides. Both had very good games.
Good to see SB go well, allows us to use Patty as a weapon in the last 30 mins.
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@Billy-Tell Oh yes we should mention Shag, have to give the man some credit when itโs due.
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@Chris said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@Machpants my heart canโt handle that shit again
Haha I was all good after first 15
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@No-Quarter said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@Billy-Tell said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
@kev said in RWC: All Blacks v South Africa (Pool :
Scott Barrett had a great game.
Yeah he did. Where are all the gimps with Tuipolotou >> Barrett.
Thereโs a reason Hansen went with Barrett.
Patty was also excellent when he came on, put in a number of massive hits which is the point of difference he provides. Both had very good games.
Good to see SB go well, allows us to use Patty as a weapon in the last 30 mins.
Yes I would be very happy with SB and Pat T on bench providing impact come QFinal.
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@No-Quarter Exactly right. Love the way Pat stops people in their tracks. He made some big tackles when South Africa were hot on attack.
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Very very satisfactory. Gave the home unions a fright with 15 odd minutes video footage of Warriors style rugby against a willing rush defence and come away with 17 "flukey" points.
I've never seen a dominant team, the boks, so shell shocked
It was bizarre seeing the ABs playing like a bullied under 13s team while we unpacked the new powder.
Props tackled well.
Tu'ungafasi played really well. Fronted up to the big fluffybunnies and was good supporting Reece when he irritated some bok forwards.
Pat T hit well too.
Was funny watching nugget be all regal and calm over a ruck and then we'd unleash a back peddling hot potato play, for a while.
You got the sense we were creating broken play as much as possible, especially with the contested box kicks.
Really good and impressive win - under the first game circumstances - against an expectation laden and fired up Bokke.
We played it different and clever
Ugly look replacing the skipper ( who's not a hooker) with 30 to go and a shot at the win. Hope he was injured.
Mostly our defence is what I'll watch in the replay.
Yayy. Great start
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