Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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Agreed with the commentary of the panel on BB and RM.
BB played more as a fullback today than as a second playmaker. Wasn't first receiver often and didn't try to distribute like a first five, but went himself when he saw an opportunity. Being the communicator at the back, keeping a good view of what was happening in front of him is way more helpful for RM's role than what he did previously. Using his fast running more was great to see. RM had a great game, running left and right, he was everywhere, and looked more confident. If the two working together evolves this way, it's very promising, esp because there's still room for improvement.
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@Machpants said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
I'm pretty much on the half way line. Oz backline is offside pretty much every time, pushing in in the Miguel's and just not picked up. Makes their rush look better than it is
Que?
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@nzzp said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Billy-Tell said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Foster out! I haven’t seen the match but I’m assuming Rennie, the brilliant Chiefs coach, outfoxed Foster the Chiefs dud. Been ages since NZ lost at Eden Park but I suppose it had to happen eventually.
I refer to my statements pre-game that it is always funny to see Kiwis pull the sky down onto their own heads despite every single piece of history pointing in the other direction
It's our national psyche. We love introverted self effacing overachievers. it motivates us.
It appears there’s a great love for the, let’s pile on player X until the cows come home all because we like player Y or Z better...
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@nzzp said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Billy-Tell said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Foster out! I haven’t seen the match but I’m assuming Rennie, the brilliant Chiefs coach, outfoxed Foster the Chiefs dud. Been ages since NZ lost at Eden Park but I suppose it had to happen eventually.
I refer to my statements pre-game that it is always funny to see Kiwis pull the sky down onto their own heads despite every single piece of history pointing in the other direction
It's our national psyche. We love introverted self effacing overachievers. it motivates us.
It appears there’s a great love for the, let’s pile on player X until the cows come home all because we like player Y or Z better...
That's a Fern trait. Exacerbated by Foster apparently being a terrible selector
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Camera looks at Rennie for him to throw the laptop at the wall...nope
I miss Cheiks
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@bayimports said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Still doesn't feel like a 20 point margin currently, feels a lot closer
It was a funny sort of match because going into half time I thought, if we can score first then I think we could see things open up a bit.
It had a similar feel to the 2011 RWC semi
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@broughie said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Why don’t clock. We need a specialist. That’s a the advantage of having a specialist. It was great. BB stepped up to the plate. If you have that much talent you’ve got to be involved. WTF. Now we have to go to Oz. Hey the Ozzie are are still a work in progress. I’m still more concerned about the boM and their forward pack and England and their forward pack. That will be the measure of us.
Enjoy the whisky @broughie :).
(Not casting aspersions ... been known to PUI myself.)
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Unfortunately for the Wallabies they fell apart in the second, their first 40 was very similar to Wellington with some great forward interplay, players in motion and structure. They reverted to old with some fucken stupid passes, aimless kicking and woeful handling. They just needed some patience and to calm down which will likely come with time.
Had a few of those key moments gone their way it may have been a much tighter game. The AB's on the back of Clarke really pounced on the Wallabies mistakes and they couldn't recover after those back to back to back tries.
If the Wallabies can reduce the error rate and play like the first 120 minutes we should be in for a good game in OZ.
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Incredible from Caleb Clarke. So good. No one ever owns the All Blacks 11 jersey. Not even Jonah. But if he keeps this up, Caleb's going to develop into one of the best Left Wings we've seen.
Sam Cane, superb again. Best decision Foster has made was to appoint him captain. Nugget very good again.
So much better from Ardie Savea and Richie Mo'unga
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@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@booboo said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Steven-Harris said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Dumb from Moody was warned 🤦♂️
If he got done for all the jersey pulling he does as well, he'd get the cheese
Just ease up on your moral indignation.
Nah - this is the Fern. Hypocrisy is expected.
Encouraged?
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@broughie said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@BerniesCorner I understand your appreciation Laumape but i I think he’s a one trick pony. If he diversifies his game he might be something to reckon with.
He was dropping goals and doing kick passes in the warm up
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@chimoaus said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@sparky Could easily be the next Nonu and end his career at 12.
Dear Caleb
If you stumble across the Fern in your google search, and read this, no pressure aye bro...😎
You’ve played 80 minutes of test rugby over the past two weeks and made an awesome start to your career. One test at a time. Your old man was a hell of a player, but he knows the ups and downs of form and selection so don’t worry about being the next Lomu, Nonu or Eroni, keep doing your thing young fella. Keep working hard and that will put the pressure on the selectors to keep selecting you. The rest will take care of itself
