Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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@canefan said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@bayimports said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Kirwan said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@antipodean said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@BerniesCorner said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
All 3 loosies were ace. Nothing to moan about this week
Agreed. All three were magnificent today.
Good step up from Frizzel, hopefully will continue to improve. Took some line outs too
For me Frizzel improved, but I do remember a couple of missed tackles and multiple handling errors. That has to improve to a further level for my liking.
He made some turnovers in the first half and chimed in with some good tackles and a couple of runs. Not Kaino level dynamic but improving
I think he can potentially become a Kaino type of player, just needs to remove the errors. As @taniwharugby said, he has the attributes, just want to see better execution
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@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@canefan said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Some good individual performances but we look out of control, oz look to have a far better pattern
Agreed.
Wallabies attacking structure is far superior.
But slow. ABs seem so much faster. Mind you that led to some overekaboration and fuck ups.
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@BerniesCorner said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@broughie this team has benefited from ball runners BB, son of Eroni, Sotutu. Laumape deserves a chance
I like Sotutu’s game, but he didn’t exactly carry much ball today so I’m not sure you can say we benefited from that.
I think we need to be a little more patient with some of these players. That’s not conservative, it’s reality. Not long ago Naholo started out his AB career and he was dynamite from the outset and then things just didn’t happen for him.
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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?
