Highlanders v Hurricanes - now at 3:05pm
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Ok I'll admit it.
Ioane is a dead set long term All Black. Everyone thinks so.
Has to be selected.
I do not think he is at all just a capable Super Rugby player.
And I do not include him in a category like Brendon Leonard or Eliot Dixon.
More like all those Safer 10s whose names I can't remember.
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More seriously he just hasn't moved me to thinking he's All Black material. Last year he was the 3rd best 10 playing. Which he was, and the 3WM decided a second choice 9 who hardly ever played the position was a better option when Ioane was the only option last year.
Thus year he's Behind me Black for me.
And in the slightly longer term I see more upside in Trask than I do in Ioane.
But I'm smoking shit.
(I also thought Larkham wouldn't amount to much ... so what do I know.)
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@sparky said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Josh Ioane's passing and kicking make him the 3rd best AB 10 IMHO.
He and Mounga have been taking defence lessons from Mehrtens.
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@antipodean said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@sparky said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Josh Ioane's passing and kicking make him the 3rd best AB 10 IMHO.
He and Mounga have been taking defence lessons from Mehrtens.
Hadn't noticed that about him - is he high up in the missed stats then?
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@antipodean said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@sparky said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Josh Ioane's passing and kicking make him the 3rd best AB 10 IMHO.
He and Mounga have been taking defence lessons from Mehrtens.
Bit harsh on Mo'unga who makes most tackles, but there is an issue about NZ 10s and wings that their defence is weak in comparison with their 6 Nations peers.
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@antipodean said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@sparky said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Josh Ioane's passing and kicking make him the 3rd best AB 10 IMHO.
He and Mounga have been taking defence lessons from Mehrtens.
I think that's the rule isn't it? BB used to take lessons from Mehrts, then he actually realised he was a decent size and then improved in that area.
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@Bovidae said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Mehrts used to avoid tackles while the current 1st 5s resemble doormats.
I didn't say Mehrts was a good coach.
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Highlanders v Hurricanes: Saturday 15 August, 7:05pm, Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Referee: Brendon Pickerill
Assistant Referee 1: Mike Fraser
Assistant Referee 2: James Doleman
TMO: Chris Hart
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@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@antipodean said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@sparky said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Josh Ioane's passing and kicking make him the 3rd best AB 10 IMHO.
He and Mounga have been taking defence lessons from Mehrtens.
Hadn't noticed that about him - is he high up in the missed stats then?
Mo'unga being a bad tackler is a myth; and he's not playing behind a Rolls Roys pack anymore, either. Here are some stats (based on ESPN stats):
Tackles made Missed tackles Tackle success rate x rounds of SRA starting at: Black 22 3 88% 5 games starting at 10, 2 at 22 Mo'unga 48 9 84.2% 7 games starting at 10 Jordan 15 3 83.3% 5 games starting at 15, 1 at 14 and 1 at 23 M Hunt 35 10 77.8% 5 games starting at 10, 2 at 15 J Ioane 10 3 76.9% 2 games starting at 10, 1 at 22 B Barrett 24 9 72.7% 5 games starting at 15, 2 at 10 Cruden 38 15 71.7% 4 games starting at 10, 3 at 22 J Barrett 12 6 66.7% 5 games starting at 15 McKenzie 20 11 64.5% 8 games starting at 15 -
@Stargazer said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@antipodean said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@sparky said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Josh Ioane's passing and kicking make him the 3rd best AB 10 IMHO.
He and Mounga have been taking defence lessons from Mehrtens.
Hadn't noticed that about him - is he high up in the missed stats then?
Mo'unga being a bad tackler is a myth; and he's not playing behind a Rolls Roys pack anymore, either. Here are some stats (based on ESPN stats):
Tackles made Missed tackles Tackle success rate x rounds of SRA starting at: Black 22 3 88% 5 games starting at 10, 2 at 22 Mo'unga 48 9 84.2% 7 games starting at 10 Jordan 15 3 83.3% 5 games starting at 15, 1 at 14 and 1 at 23 M Hunt 35 10 77.8% 5 games starting at 10, 2 at 15 J Ioane 10 3 76.9% 2 games starting at 10, 1 at 22 B Barrett 24 9 72.7% 5 games starting at 15, 2 at 10 Cruden 38 15 71.7% 4 games starting at 10, 3 at 22 J Barrett 12 6 66.7% 5 games starting at 15 McKenzie 20 11 64.5% 8 games starting at 15 I'd be wary of quoting statistics without context (and we all know the Professor's thought about them).
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tackling stats are meaningless when it comes to effective defense.
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@antipodean Yeah, I agree with that, but these stats show that people making general claims about some players being bad tacklers are just plain wrong.
By the way, using stats - to make general claims - to talk up players should be treated with the same amount of reservation as using stats to say that certain players are not good/not good enough/average/bad.
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when watching a game, a poor read on defence, and not close enough to attempt a tackle doesnt get counted as a miss.
Also do they count tackle assists or when more than 1 person was part of a tackle?
