All Blacks v Tonga
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@blackeyeagain I was surprised the count was so high as it didn't seem to feel like so many penalties, I get the feeling a few may have been at the breakdown when in possession.
I do remember the Whitelock double up at the end though, both completely unnecessary - but then maybe being so comfortably ahead changes the mindset and you know you can get away with ill discipline.
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@machpants said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@mackerzzzz how many of them are amateur players?
Yeah like the ABs 11, how did he not score?
Reading back over the thread. Seems you started it
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@nepia said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Tonga:
Our 12 isn't perfect. DMac and Richie look so slick and fast against these club players but George "Did you drop a hankerchief? I'll pick it up for you and fall over" Bridge is trying to keep it close.
Actually, is Bridge still injured? He doesn't look to be running at 100%.
This. Certainly lacking zip. Am sure he can be better.
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@his-bobness said in All Blacks v Tonga:
George Bridge once seemed so promising. What happened?
Bobness. The ABs bring out OG. Next I expect Fullermorg, Irish Richard or Jury.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Tonga:
It's been obvious all season that Bridge is in terrible form. It's been obvious for a long while he is a very limited option. And yet Foster and Co. selected him on the Left Wing for the ABs. 🤬
If I had to choose between him and Jordie..
Just to be clear my preference is neither, but you'd pick Jordie. At least he has size and a decent boot.
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@booboo said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@his-bobness said in All Blacks v Tonga:
George Bridge once seemed so promising. What happened?
Bobness. The ABs bring out OG. Next I expect Fullermorg, Irish Richard or Jury.
Phooey even!
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@crucial said in All Blacks v Tonga:
I have just woken in a cold sweat as I have seen the reality of Foster’s bold new strategy for the ABs.
Not only do we play two playmakers but three midfielders!
Nothing else can plain the amazing linking abilities of our left wing and the lack of desire for him to beat a man.
The plan still needs work as shown in the last minute when he unexpectedly found himself on the end of the chain with no one in front of him and wasn’t able to recycle to a loose forward.
No wonder the right wing scored all the tries. He’s the only real outside back.I actually had a similar thought during the game. That maybe Bridge would make a better midfielder than wing. Similar style to Crotty. Not particularly fast or dynamic but just dare i say it…..safe.
Whatever position he is he shouldn’t be anywhere near the ABs.The fact he was given a rating of 9 in that player rating article just demonstrates the poor quality of journalism in NZ.
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@pukunui said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@crucial said in All Blacks v Tonga:
I have just woken in a cold sweat as I have seen the reality of Foster’s bold new strategy for the ABs.
Not only do we play two playmakers but three midfielders!
Nothing else can plain the amazing linking abilities of our left wing and the lack of desire for him to beat a man.
The plan still needs work as shown in the last minute when he unexpectedly found himself on the end of the chain with no one in front of him and wasn’t able to recycle to a loose forward.
No wonder the right wing scored all the tries. He’s the only real outside back.I actually had a similar thought during the game. That maybe Bridge would make a better midfielder than wing. Similar style to Crotty. Not particularly fast or dynamic but just dare i say it…..safe.
Whatever position he is he shouldn’t be anywhere near the ABs.The fact he was given a rating of 9 in that player rating article just demonstrates the poor quality of journalism in NZ.
…..and despite all @Bones criticism Jordan got a 10 !
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@pukunui said in All Blacks v Tonga:
The fact he was given a rating of 9 in that player rating article just demonstrates the poor quality of journalism in NZ.
Though to be frank, it's more accurate than the collective pile-in that went on on here. Reading this thread you would have thought you were watching a meltdown of Colin Farrell proportions.
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@crucial said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@pukunui said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@mn5 Im ok with 5 tries being an automatic 10 rating.
I’m not sure that 5 tries in a drubbing against a barely NPC level opponent deserves a “yeah boi!” though
True. Yeah boi’s should be reserved for bigger occasions.
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@chris-b said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@pukunui said in All Blacks v Tonga:
The fact he was given a rating of 9 in that player rating article just demonstrates the poor quality of journalism in NZ.
Though to be frank, it's more accurate than the collective pile-in that went on on here. Reading this thread you would have thought you were watching a meltdown of Colin Farrell proportions.
Yeah maybe, but a group of unpaid, old/youth adjacent blokes posing as experts on an internet forum should be given a bit more slack than someone claiming to be a sports journalist.
A 5 or 6 is probably fair when compared to what others got.
So the score of 9 was 3-4 too high.
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@chris-b said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@pukunui said in All Blacks v Tonga:
The fact he was given a rating of 9 in that player rating article just demonstrates the poor quality of journalism in NZ.
Though to be frank, it's more accurate than the collective pile-in that went on on here. Reading this thread you would have thought you were watching a meltdown of Colin Farrell proportions.
Match threads used to be worth a read, now it's like I am reading Planet Rugby. What happened to the learned posts we used to occasionally get?
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@crazy-horse said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@chris-b said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@pukunui said in All Blacks v Tonga:
The fact he was given a rating of 9 in that player rating article just demonstrates the poor quality of journalism in NZ.
Though to be frank, it's more accurate than the collective pile-in that went on on here. Reading this thread you would have thought you were watching a meltdown of Colin Farrell proportions.
Match threads used to be worth a read, now it's like I am reading Planet Rugby. What happened to the learned posts we used to occasionally get?
Bridge has got a whole heap of white knighters at PR so the thread went the other way, he got praise for each metre he ran.
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@nepia I don't expect any better on PR, but the Fern was always better than some of the dross we get every match thread now.
I know I am becoming a bit if a broken record on this, but I like this place and it is bugging me match threads have gone this way.
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@crazy-horse I'd forgotten all about Planet Rugby. I don't think I've looked at that place for about 15 years.
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@crazy-horse said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@chris-b said in All Blacks v Tonga:
@pukunui said in All Blacks v Tonga:
The fact he was given a rating of 9 in that player rating article just demonstrates the poor quality of journalism in NZ.
Though to be frank, it's more accurate than the collective pile-in that went on on here. Reading this thread you would have thought you were watching a meltdown of Colin Farrell proportions.
Match threads used to be worth a read, now it's like I am reading Planet Rugby. What happened to the learned posts we used to occasionally get?
I can only type so fast.
