All Blacks vs Springboks II
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@act-crusader seems to have a hold on squad selection despite a huge gap in actually playing/body of work at the top level..
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@act-crusader seems to have a hold on squad selection despite a huge gap in actually playing/body of work at the top level..
Pretty comfortable he can't do worse than last weekend....surely....
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@bones said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@act-crusader seems to have a hold on squad selection despite a huge gap in actually playing/body of work at the top level..
Pretty comfortable he can't do worse than last weekend....surely....
Didn't think Rieko did much wrong, problem was...
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Any injuries for either team ahead of the next game?
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Kolbey back at practice today, van Staden out with a shoulder injury, maybe long term.
If they can cut out that silly kicking in the All Blacks half and keep up their defense and forwards domination they can easily put away the All Blacks.
It's now or never.
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@oompb said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Kolbey back at practice today, van Staden out with a shoulder injury, maybe long term.
If they can cut out that silly kicking in the All Blacks half and keep up their defense and forwards domination they can easily put away the All Blacks.
It's now or never.
Easily? You think ABs won't lift their performance?
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@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
We need to find an edge for this match. What is it going to be, now that the Bledisloe and RC is wrapped up, 100th test is won, been away from home for a while and long tour ahead.
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I struggle to think any AB player watching the match video and analysis would walk out of that session not determined to play a shit ton better this weekend.
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One of the main reasons to manage workloads against Argentina, to rotate these guys, was to maximize performance against South Africa. So there is pressure to perform. And their bodies should be feeling good.
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Every player is under threat. Even world players of the year Barrett and Retallick could get usurped from a starting berth at any moment. There is so much healthy competition, no-one is safe.
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There should be a strong desire to finish this tournament on a high note. And to finish this series against RSA on a high note. The Boks have not had the luxury of being rested and I don't think they will be able to replicate their performance from last weekend. They now know what they bring and will have a much more intimate understanding of the pressure they bring in defence and in the air. There's no excuses.
Anyway, Boks by 5
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@frye I don’t disagree. I don’t want to over analyse it but on the weekend it looked like some of our players were trying a bit too hard rather than playing their natural game. This after they looked pretty geed up and ready to go at the start.
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@bovidae said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@arhs said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Thought swapping half backs might be the priority.
It should be. BB looked great in Perth playing in combination with Weber. TJP's slow/high/low passing did not help his 10 and 12.
I am expecting the loose forward trio that was originally selected to start. Ardie at 7 is much better than Ardie at 8 because he doesn't play that tighter role that we need from our no.8. That then allows Ioane to be in the wider channels.
Bridge out of the 23 should be a no-brainer.
Our 7 needs to be first over the ball at breakdowns. That's not Ardie.
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@canefan yeah thier defensive pressure again proved our struggle with the rush defence, plus thier excellent kick chase, so kudos to them, but if they had half a clue going forward...
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Our 7 needs to be first over the ball at breakdowns. That's not Ardie.
I think playing openside will force him to play closer to the action, whereas at no.8 he tends to drift in and out of the game. Jacobson does hit rucks as a no.8.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@canefan yeah thier defensive pressure again proved our struggle with the rush defence, plus thier excellent kick chase, so kudos to them, but if they had half a clue going forward...
That's what saved us
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@hooroo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
To think we are about to play a team that with two mins to go, and two points down, kick the ball away to the winning opposition in the attacking half because they don't have the brains to do anything else.
I'm not worried at all about losing this game
On the other hand, of all things easy to correct, that FUBAR is easy to correct.
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@hooroo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
I'm not worried at all about losing this game
If we lose, it'll be because we had the most colossal of brain farts, and played terribly, again. If so, we deserve to lose. Like last weekend - our error rate and inaccuracy was so high if we lost, we damn well deserved to. Thank god for Jordie and his clutch kicking.
This weekend, if we string a few phases together, the Boks could be in trouble. Same as last weekend. PLay with some pace, should win comfortably
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@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@hooroo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
I'm not worried at all about losing this game
If we lose, it'll be because we had the most colossal of brain farts, and played terribly, again. If so, we deserve to lose. Like last weekend - our error rate and inaccuracy was so high if we lost, we damn well deserved to. Thank god for Jordie and his clutch kicking.
This weekend, if we string a few phases together, the Boks could be in trouble. Same as last weekend. PLay with some pace, should win comfortably
If the Boks decide to actually play rugby for a change, then it will be a decent contest. If they think they can win doing what they did last weekend again, they have rocks in their heads.
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