All Blacks vs Springboks I

Machpants

@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@machpants I think Smith was a one-game only captain for his 100th?

Nope next in line, then out

Hooroo

Bizarrely, Bridge catching the ball would have stopped this being so close. That howler was the reason for such an awful game

nzzp

@steven-harris said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

If there’s one thing that came out of tonights game for the All Blacks Jordie Barrett is your number 1 fullback moving forward.
Not even a debate

and a few other things:

Points are gold in Tests. Take the 3.
Quinn looks like he's got a bit about him. Well played sir.
Mauling against the Bokke is brave, but stupid
THe threshold for PT is pretty high ... must have been pretty close

Tim

Just a reminder that unavailable were Smith, Whitelock, Mounga, Papalii, and Jacobson.

Chris

Put in Smith, Whitelock and Mounga and we would have gotten a better performance.

Machpants

@pukunui said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Absolutely pathetic performance from the ABs. I honestly can’t remember a worse performance across 80min. So glad we already extended the contract of the coach who got them up for the big occasion.

Hopefully that is George Bridge’s last test. Ben Blair mk2.
He was meant to be the high ball guy. If he can’t do that, what does he do?

ABs Very lucky Boks showed no interest in playing rugby. Even doing that they should have won. Those who said they were going to be easy beats are looking pretty stupid right now.

Short memory, Argentina 1 2020. Much worse and we lost that

broughie

@kiwiwomble I wasn’t blaming him just saying he was off.

chimoaus

@tim and ALB.

Chris

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@pukunui said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Absolutely pathetic performance from the ABs. I honestly can’t remember a worse performance across 80min. So glad we already extended the contract of the coach who got them up for the big occasion.

Hopefully that is George Bridge’s last test. Ben Blair mk2.
He was meant to be the high ball guy. If he can’t do that, what does he do?

ABs Very lucky Boks showed no interest in playing rugby. Even doing that they should have won. Those who said they were going to be easy beats are looking pretty stupid right now.

Short memory, Argentina 1 2020. Much worse and we lost that

And England WC when it really counted,
Same game plans against us and we don’t cope well.

Machpants

@chris said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Put in Smith, Whitelock and Mounga and we would have gotten a better performance.

Sure but there was still so many unforced individual errors. Would've still been there

chimoaus

I'm confident next week will be much better.

Kirwan

For all the shit Patrick got this week , he was great today. Very physical

Chris

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@chris said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Put in Smith, Whitelock and Mounga and we would have gotten a better performance.

Sure but there was still so many unforced individual errors. Would've still been there

Hopefully cooler heads under pressure.

Tim

@chimoaus Yep. Him at 13 and Rieko at 11 would have been nice.

Canes4life

I think the number one thing at training this week will be accuracy.

Chris

NH tour could be very interesting . I

Chris

@canes4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

I think the number one thing at training this week will be accuracy.

Under pressure.

Kirwan

@hooroo said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

Bizarrely, Bridge catching the ball would have stopped this being so close. That howler was the reason for such an awful game

As soon as he made his Micheal Collins impersonations and cost the try, the Boks weren’t doing anything else.

broughie

@kirwan he tattooed one bok.

gt12

@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks I:

@chimoaus Yep. Him at 13 and Rieko at 11 would have been nice.

With the performance of Havili tonight, we might need ALB at 12.

The Silver Fern

All Blacks vs Springboks I