All Blacks vs Springboks II
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@rancid-schnitzel Bullshit! Was wondering which direction the usual crap was going to go. Boks won on a better forward pack. Get over it.
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@old-samurai-jack said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@rancid-schnitzel Bullshit! Was wondering which direction the usual crap was going to go. Boks won on a better forward pack. Get over it.
Um what? What part offended you so much?
Seriously dude. I just wrote on the best player thread that we were beaten up. -
@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Set piece poor again.
Set piece was bad again. Retallick and Taylor not in great form. Not convinced by Bower & Laulala around the field. Plus Ofa hasn’t returned from injury very well
Not too worried about things like the midfield etc. A lot of the other issues flow on from the tight five.
Looking forward to Whitelock getting back
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@duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Set piece poor again.
Set piece was bad again. Retallick and Taylor not in great form. Not convinced by Bower & Laulala around the field. Plus Ofa hasn’t returned from injury very well
Not too worried about things like the midfield etc. A lot of the other issues flow on from the tight five.
Looking forward to Whitelock getting back
How much rugby has Ofa played in recent years. Doesn’t even start for Blues?
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@duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Set piece poor again.
Set piece was bad again. Retallick and Taylor not in great form. Not convinced by Bower & Laulala around the field. Plus Ofa hasn’t returned from injury very well
Not too worried about things like the midfield etc. A lot of the other issues flow on from the tight five.
Looking forward to Whitelock getting back
Yes started up front and it flowed back from there,
Missing Whitelock heaps. -
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@nevorian said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
We lost the game as soon as we started talking about Grand Slams
Any links? First I’ve heard that.
The loss we had to have 😉
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Interesting thing that there were four distinct periods.
First 15: to and fro
Second 20 ABs on top.
Third 25 Boks dominated (14 unanswered points)
Last 20 ABs on top.
Big impact from bench. From 35 to 60 where Boks were best, and we were at our worst.
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What a fantastic game of rugby. Absolute chaos. Cross field kick in your own 10m? Fuck it, why not.
Thought the Springboks deserved it - forwards just dominated the ABs in every facet - honourable mention to Ardie Savea who was huge.
Most enjoyable game I've seen in years. Had everything. Physicality, mad skills. Hell the Boks even ran it.
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Interesting thing that there were four distinct periods.
First 15: to and fro
Second 20 ABs on top.
Third 25 Boks dominated (14 unanswered points)
Last 20 ABs on top.
Big impact from bench. From 35 to 60 where Boks were best, and we were at our worst.
Will be focus of my rewatch.No thanks….😉
The only test match I have missed in the last 25 years is the 99 semi and to this day I have not watched it. I have seen the odd highlight here or there but I refuse to sit down and put myself through it.
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Foster's team with no ability too deal with this shit.
Been there long before Foster took over. Thought there were signs of improvement but the last 2 games have exposed that thought
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@victor-meldrew the thing is he was in Shag's coaching side too before becoming head coach and they told us what the problems were (relatively accurately I thought) but have not fixed them.
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Pat T continues to disappoint.
In some ways, he's become an analogy for the team. Good for short periods but goes AWOL when things aren't going well
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@victor-meldrew the thing is he was in Shag's coaching side too before becoming head coach and they told us what the problems were (relatively accurately I thought) but have not fixed them.
Judge him on current performances by all means, but I don't think he can take the blame for Hansen's problems any more than a completely new coaching set-up could expect a get-out-of-jail card for a string of crap performances
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@victor-meldrew ok!
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Watched the highlights and knew the result before going through this thread.
Been having a right old chuckle.
Some great rugby from both sides with NZ looking dare I say it very Englandesque
No plan B
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@duluth said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Set piece poor again.
Set piece was bad again. Retallick and Taylor not in great form. Not convinced by Bower & Laulala around the field. Plus Ofa hasn’t returned from injury very well
Not too worried about things like the midfield etc. A lot of the other issues flow on from the tight five.
Looking forward to Whitelock getting back
Cane coming back too which should bolster the senior player leadership group. It is hard to accept that we are far from optimal right now. Lacking a little in quality, experience, leadership, tactics, execution and discipline and that can't be remedied overnight. But the players are learning hard lessons, and we kept all cups in the trophy cabinet for another year. The NH tour will be a good chance to try and develop the group
