Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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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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is anyone going to do a MOTM poll? I'd do it, but no idea how
Edit: and I want to vote for Clarke
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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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It's a shame Bridge had to take matters into his own hands and injure himself to get Clarke into his rightful starting spot.
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The crowd was 46,049.
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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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@Kirwan said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Great debut from Hodgeman
Was a bit unsure about him, particularly in the scrum, because he's not physically bulky like Moody or Tu'inukuafe. But, yes, he did the job alright.
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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
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@Machpants exactly
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I wasn't totally convinced but much improved from the team today. We seemed a bit out of control on attack in the first half and a bit too passive in our tackling as well. But we grew into the game and a number of players performed individually strong. It all clicked in the second half and the aussies frayed as the game went on. Much needed win but plenty to work on as they say
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@Kirwan Not convinced yet. Looked like a reversion to type to me. I knew we would lose, but i was keen to see the DR tactics which we used to good effect employed again. But we just dropped all the good stuff from our game like the sniping at the base and intelligent out of hand kicking and threw in even worse stuff like throwing hail mary out the back pop passes and aimless kicking to the most dangerous players in the field.
Oh and trying to exit our 22 right after the half time restart by spinning it wide. It all felt very Michael Cheika.
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Oh and trying to exit our 22 right after the half time restart by spinning it wide. It all felt very Michael Cheika.
My mind was blown at that point - low percentage rugby executed well keeps you in games.
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@nzzp high percentage you mean? like, i dunno, a clearance kick? ugh. Not impressed at all.
Beating some of these bad habits out of them will be time consuming
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The stats guy will make easy money talking about success rate of turnovers from ABs box kicks. Zero
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I also don't think NZ were actually all that much better - and would have struggled against a better side today. Most test sides won't miss 20 regulation tackles in a row.
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@Derpus we missed more than 20 too...86% vs 73%
we made as many as you attempted
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@Derpus said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@nzzp high percentage you mean? like, i dunno, a clearance kick? ugh. Not impressed at all.
Kicking? From inside your 22? FFS matey, get with the modern programme.
And yes, HIGH percentage. Just watchign bathurst with a few beers. Don't judge. @broughie and I are PUI?
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I thought ALB was amazing today
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@booboo said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Chris said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Good save by RM
Vai looks more than usefulShould play a few tests huh? (Vaa'i BTW)
Yes no doubt he impressed me,I thought he was strong.
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Derpus we missed more than 20 too...86% vs 73%
we made as many as you attempted
Which is probably the positive for us: we made breaks, just couldn't find the right form of attack when it mattered. Little things
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Thought Coles hit the mark with his niggly push and shove early on in the game. Bit of a statement ‘hey we’re going to keep coming at you all day‘
Hodgman was good on debut, solid in the scrum and effective around the park.
Cane was outstanding and Savea wasn’t far behind.
Would love to see Akira or Sotutu get a run on the blindside. Frizzell is serviceable, but just seems to lack the extra bit of physicality we expect from an AB 6.
Smith was Smith.
Mounga minus the stupid switch play that lead to the Aussie try was pretty good.
BB really good
WTF is Jordie doing on the wing? Didn’t do anything wrong today, but let’s get some pace out wide please.
Clarke, just WOW! Love the leg drive and determination to make those extra few metres after the initial contact.
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You'd like to say that normal transmission has resumed but I don't know. There were still a shit load of holes in defence there and . Ultimately we have the better players and that showed today.
Clark was amazing, hope that continues. BB (at least in the first half) gave me a raging boner and the centre combo was sweet.
Reckon the back row could be a goer. Cane is just the shit (we'd be farked without him), Ardie had a great game at 8 and Frizzell has potential.
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@Gunner said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Thought Coles hit the mark with his niggly push and shove early on in the game. Bit of a statement ‘hey we’re going to keep coming at you all day‘
Hodgman was good on debut, solid in the scrum and effective around the park.
Cane was outstanding and Savea wasn’t far behind.
Smith was Smith.
Mounga minus the stupid switch play that lead to the Aussie try was pretty good.
BB really good
WTF is Jordie doing on the wing? Didn’t do anything wrong today, but let’s get some pace out wide please.
Clarke, just WOW! Love the leg drive and determination to make those extra few metres after the initial contact.
Yeah, there is no point having Jordie on the wing, particularly if he's not even taking the goal kicks.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Gunner said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Thought Coles hit the mark with his niggly push and shove early on in the game. Bit of a statement ‘hey we’re going to keep coming at you all day‘
Hodgman was good on debut, solid in the scrum and effective around the park.
Cane was outstanding and Savea wasn’t far behind.
Smith was Smith.
Mounga minus the stupid switch play that lead to the Aussie try was pretty good.
BB really good
WTF is Jordie doing on the wing? Didn’t do anything wrong today, but let’s get some pace out wide please.
Clarke, just WOW! Love the leg drive and determination to make those extra few metres after the initial contact.
Yeah, there is no point having Jordie on the wing, particularly if he's not even taking the goal kicks.
He made some great tackles and looked for work. But I agree what is the point if he doesn't take the goal kicks
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Well done to Fozzie and the coaches. Last week's newbies played like seasoned pros. Huge games Clarke and Vaai. Great work Beauden. ALB made a big improvement in defence. Great work from the loosie too.
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