Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour
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After reading comments, I would've thought that the AB forwards smashed Wales, but they did not.
Fairly average 40 minutes of rugby against Wales B. Beauden Barrett good, Savea fringe running very good (great tactic against rush defence), Whitelock very good, Papalii good.
ABs very lucky not to concede three cards. Barrett for the knock down, and Blackadder's shoulder charge (tucked his arm, contact shoulder on shoulder). The Welsh player led with his head, and tucked it, but we were lucky there.
A couple of Laulala carries aside, not much go forward from tight forwards. Retallick better have a GREAT off season.
Havili had three (?) turnovers and a charge down. Hasn't looked right at 12 for the last few games.
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@tim said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
After reading comments, I would've thought that the AB forwards smashed Wales, but they did not.
Fairly average 40 minutes of rugby against Wales B. Beauden Barrett good, Savea fringe running very good (great tactic against rush defence), Whitelock very good, Papalii good.
ABs very lucky not to concede three cards. Barrett for the knock down, and Blackadder's shoulder charge (tucked his arm, contact shoulder on shoulder). The Welsh player led with his head, and tucked it, but we were lucky there.
Yeah, was wondering at the time if we were going to see a red for Laulala and a yellow for Blackadder. Shit technique from both of them that could have cost us with a different ref.
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@broughie said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
@machpants Had to reread your post. The “get it” at first glance appeared snarky like do you understand? In light of the rules would have understood a YC but the ref should have discretion which he seemed to take advantage of. He made reference to AB defensive coverage ruling out a definite welsh try.
I was impressed by that. I have sympathy with the Welsh for not getting a yellow card but I was impressed the ref tried to see if there was cover. Some refs just make a decision and that is that.
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@tim said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
When Havili got charged down, he received a slow, loopy pass from Perenara, and had to adjust positioning a little. Should not have gotten caught out though.
Yeah the speed of TJP's passing, or lack of it, stuffed up BB as well who would then give Havili hospital passes.
Weber may have been passing to other backs or back to forwards but there didn't seem to be an issue getting the ball out or hospital passes in his 20 or so minutes. -
@nepia said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
How did the no arms tackle by Welsh 7 not get looked at like Laulala’s was. There was less attempt to wrap in that one.
I am glad someone has mentioned that. And the nob was trying to do a "standover" after his no arms attempt! Hometown camera work though, wasn't repeated on the big screen.
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Huge fan of Havili but he hasn't been good in the last few games. Time to try the young fella.
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@nostrildamus said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
@tim said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
When Havili got charged down, he received a slow, loopy pass from Perenara, and had to adjust positioning a little. Should not have gotten caught out though.
Yeah the speed of TJP's passing, or lack of it, stuffed up BB as well who would then give Havili hospital passes.
Weber may have been passing to other backs or back to forwards but there didn't seem to be an issue getting the ball out or hospital passes in his 20 or so minutes.I know he is often maligned, with good reason. But in general I thought TJ passed better in this game, his passes were better located and better timed for the most part
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An enjoyable test. Wales brought a lot to the table, were spirited and played a positive game. We pulled away as they tired in the final 20. Our forwards laid a solid platform, the loose trio had an excellent game and that flowed on to the backs. BB had a very good game, Jordan was freakish at times, we scored some very good tries
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@tim said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
Reece's try was gold. One of the best of the season.
Amazing. He touched the ball 3 times in the movement. The speed with which he passed and got hit, then got back up in support was brilliant. Jordan's solo effort was also very well taken
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@tim said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
I would start Scott Barrett over Retallick at the moment.
I thought Retallick was good in this test, and continues to improve. He made the same amount of tackles as Whitelock (in less minutes) and more carries/metres gained.
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@old-samurai-jack said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
Huge fan of Havili but he hasn't been good in the last few games. Time to try the young fella.
I’d move ALB to 12 and RI to 13. Reece has more than done enough to start. Then you can develop QT from the bench.
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@toddy said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
@tim said in Wales v All Blacks 30th Oct NH Tour:
After reading comments, I would've thought that the AB forwards smashed Wales, but they did not.
Fairly average 40 minutes of rugby against Wales B. Beauden Barrett good, Savea fringe running very good (great tactic against rush defence), Whitelock very good, Papalii good.
ABs very lucky not to concede three cards. Barrett for the knock down, and Blackadder's shoulder charge (tucked his arm, contact shoulder on shoulder). The Welsh player led with his head, and tucked it, but we were lucky there.
Yeah, was wondering at the time if we were going to see a red for Laulala and a yellow for Blackadder. Shit technique from both of them that could have cost us with a different ref.
Was it really that bad technique though? Get your arm out to wrap, touch the head and you're off. The real issue is players lowering their head into contact... There has to be some responsibility.
Frankly, the big issue is the inconsistency. Wales 7 didn't try to wrap, it's really common in the close quarters to put the shoulder in with arms coming slightly later. Should have watched in real time, the split second nature would be far more apparent.
Finally, had no issues with the penalty on Red jumping into Jordie. Again, it's called sometimes, not always, which is the curse of modern rugby. The Boks flooded the landing area with players, most of whom had no realistic chance of catching the ball. Good rugby if you can get away with it, but really inconsistently reffed
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