The Cane vs Savea Debate
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@pukunui said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@shark said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@booboo Umm well I've resisted talking about this for four whole days, but on Thursday night I was privy to the actual Canterbury / Crusaders analysis of Akira Ioane and the stats don't paint the picture that he can offer that particular skill. And his character was called into question, to boot.
But for mine, he's impressed me in a handful of games this season. It's a small sample but let's hope the stats aren't the be all and end all, and the single opinion expressed was also just that, and incorrect.
I hope you don’t think you are going to get away with not spilling the beans a bit more on what you heard.
Surely it’s time for another Akira thread.Regardless, I agree, Akira doesn’t fill that Kaino role of smashing people. He offers something different which is closer to what Savea offers ie. athleticism and ball skills.
Sotutu seems to be a mix of both.This is a good point, because that NI back row looked like they'd run riot in the NI vs SI game, but it didn't quite work, perhaps because all of those players are very similar - in good ways - in that they all can be very effective with ball in hand, and can all make dominant, tackles, and can be very effective in the loose. But, for that to happen, there needs to be the grunt work being done, bodies being moved etc. and my feeling is that it was harder to design a game-plan that took advantage of each of their strengths, as they seem to overlap a lot. For example, all three are good off the back of the scrum, but only one can play 8.
They are all good with a bit of space, but we need two (probably, depending on who is at 2) primarily in the middle of the park. That should mean that having three similar players sounds good, but what if the primary role of the guy in the middle is getting off his ass faster than everyone and being into absolutely everything? (let's call it the McCaw role). If that's the role needed for one player, I can totally see why they might feel like they need a Cane out there - being the benchmark for workrate and commitment on both sides of the ball.
Although I don't trust the stats from rugbypass so much, a quick look at the stats for Super rugby for Cane and Savea indicates that Cane just gets in the game much more often. We are comparing 8 versus 11 games, but Cane made more than twice as many successful tackle attempts as Savea, despite having a lower percentage of tackle success.
On attack, Savea is way out front. Cane gets you less metres, and far fewer defenders beaten, but one question might be when and how those metres get made and those defenders get beaten? It may very well be that Savea gets most of his metres, many of his try try assists, and even many of his turnovers, during the last 30 minutes of a game. If that is that case, it makes sense to have the more involved Cane on for the the full 80 or first 50 (it's only a matter of time before we start subbing our captain) and having Savea there to finish things off - taking advantage of tired defenders and the game opening up.
We can put them both out there at some stage in the game, and that might be the very best way to use both of their talents to suit our strategy - certainly if it is to finish games. Starting them both means Ardie needs to be WC 8 - which he isn't - or Cane needs to be a WC 6 - which he isn't - so finding the right balance of when to use whose skill is crucial.
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@shark said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@booboo Umm well I've resisted talking about this for four whole days, but on Thursday night I was privy to the actual Canterbury / Crusaders analysis of Akira Ioane and the stats don't paint the picture that he can offer that particular skill. And his character was called into question, to boot.
But for mine, he's impressed me in a handful of games this season. It's a small sample but let's hope the stats aren't the be all and end all, and the single opinion expressed was also just that, and incorrect.
Was this recent analysis or from the start of the year? We've heard that before and it's quite believable. But everybody would have to admit he's been a massive improved this year.
But this is an anti-Chiefs player thread not an anti-Blues player thread, let's not digress ...
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It's funny how Cane's handling is being knocked - not saying it has been great lately but when he burst on the scene he had quite good hands and was a decent link player.
If there is one game we can point to the difference between the players, its the biggest game of last year. Speculative but I think everyone would agree we needed more dominant tackles and tight physicality.
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@shark said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@mofitzy_ So you're saying it's the openside flankers' role to provide all that physicality?
It's everyone's job to provide physicality in the modern game - aside from nine (and they used to!) and the occaisional outside back like Kolbe or DMac.
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@shark said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@mofitzy_ So you're saying it's the openside flankers' role to provide all that physicality?
No, it's everyones. This argument that if we have a hard hitting 6 then we can afford to carry someone who is passive in the loose forwards is ridiculous. Test rugby against good opposition is trench warfare and every opportunity we get to stop their forward progress so they give us the ball back needs to be taken.
Cane is a better openside flanker in the mould of McCaw. He reads the game better than other flankers, he gets involved more than other flankers and his involvements matter.
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@antipodean said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
This argument that if we have a hard hitting 6 then we can afford to carry someone who is passive in the loose forwards is ridiculous.
not sure thats what people are saying?
We have seen the discussions here many times before where there is making tackles and dominant tackles, both have thier place, your 7 if he is playing for t/os isnt gonna go hunting for the big hits
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@taniwharugby said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@antipodean said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
This argument that if we have a hard hitting 6 then we can afford to carry someone who is passive in the loose forwards is ridiculous.
not sure thats what people are saying?
We have seen the discussions here many times before where there is making tackles and dominant tackles, both have thier place, your 7 if he is playing for t/os isnt gonna go hunting for the big hits
So you end up with a flanker like Cockwomble. If your support and cleanout is on the job, his entire game is nullified and you're making yards.
There are far too many people who watch SR and think that translates to Tests.
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@Machpants said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
And Ardie is in no way passive. His hits are more often dominant than cane in SRA
Nonsense.
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@antipodean said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
So you end up with a flanker like Cockwomble.
yes...which to me isnt how we play, more so when you look at how easily nullified he can be
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@taniwharugby said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@antipodean said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
This argument that if we have a hard hitting 6 then we can afford to carry someone who is passive in the loose forwards is ridiculous.
not sure thats what people are saying?
We have seen the discussions here many times before where there is making tackles and dominant tackles, both have thier place, your 7 if he is playing for t/os isnt gonna go hunting for the big hits
I think some are confusing the 7 jersey with Pocockwomble.
McCaw wasn't an out and out jackler and that's what made him great. He got stuck into being among the first to the breakdown via excellent running lines, then being a nuisance once there or cleaning out for quick re-cycling.
The likes of Boshier are still trying to balance their game out in this regard.He can turn on the jackling at critical times but looks more to being first to the breakdown or making the tackle.I think both Cane and Ardie are also not quite there on that perfect balance but in different aspects.
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@antipodean said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@taniwharugby said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@antipodean said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
This argument that if we have a hard hitting 6 then we can afford to carry someone who is passive in the loose forwards is ridiculous.
not sure thats what people are saying?
We have seen the discussions here many times before where there is making tackles and dominant tackles, both have thier place, your 7 if he is playing for t/os isnt gonna go hunting for the big hits
So you end up with a flanker like Cockwomble. If your support and cleanout is on the job, his entire game is nullified and you're making yards.
There are far too many people who watch SR and think that translates to Tests.
thats offensive to my people
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@Machpants said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
And Ardie is in no way passive. His hits are more often dominant than cane in SRA
I'd like to know how they classified a dominant tackle.
Mitchell Brown was second but I don't remember him smashing players in the tackle either.
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@Kiwiwomble said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@antipodean said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@taniwharugby said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@antipodean said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
This argument that if we have a hard hitting 6 then we can afford to carry someone who is passive in the loose forwards is ridiculous.
not sure thats what people are saying?
We have seen the discussions here many times before where there is making tackles and dominant tackles, both have thier place, your 7 if he is playing for t/os isnt gonna go hunting for the big hits
So you end up with a flanker like Cockwomble. If your support and cleanout is on the job, his entire game is nullified and you're making yards.
There are far too many people who watch SR and think that translates to Tests.
thats offensive to my people
I thought Kiwi was your Iwi. Womble just your designation?
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@Bovidae said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
I'd like to know how they classified a dominant tackle.
Wayne Smith did an interview or was in an article several years back about what they deem a tackle vs a dominant one, I dont think it will be in our archives here.
If he said, it is FACT
