Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour
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I wasted 2 hrs of sleep this morning watching this. The list of players who didn't make a mistake or error would be very short. Outside of Coles, no one enhanced their chances of starting against Ireland.
Worst performed on the field was a toss-up between Ennor and Dickson.
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Just got back from a great weekend. Saw the thread and the highlights. Can't be bothered watching but I'm entirely unsurprised that certain players were shit.
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@chris-b said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
@booboo said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
- Vaa'i my MOTM.
Really? He was quite heavily involved but made a shedload of errors. I am mainly thinking, I hope to hell that Brodie's shoulder is OK or otherwise they've got Barrett or Tuipolotou on a plane.
Christie and Sotutu the best on show for me.
Reading the thread seems I'm swimming against the tide.
Bit of a fan so perhaps had my rose tinted glasses on.
Either that, or you're all wrong and just a bunch of haterz.
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@bovidae said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
I wasted 2 hrs of sleep this morning watching this. The list of players who didn't make a mistake or error would be very short. Outside of Coles, no one enhanced their chances of starting against Ireland.
Worst performed on the field was a toss-up between Ennor and Dickson.
Some one told me off for saying I wasn't staying up to 2am to watch Italy. I'm feeling vindicated, they're a team that ABs always look shit against cos we always play a B team with no combinations and fuck all experience. Shit games every time, just another flush the dunny.
I'm going to watch it now, with a Sunday arvo beer, just got back from the beach.
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@chimoaus said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
@booboo No he pushed a lot of passes, dropped ball and got pinged for wrong entry, he was busy but not very accurate, much like the entire side.
Vai'i was busy in a Blackadder way, he just wasn't accurate enough. You can't fault his effort though, part of the reason he gave away penalties is he was getting stuck into stuff.
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@old-samurai-jack said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
Ennor is an AB?
Past tense but also tense with passes.
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@nepia said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
@chimoaus said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
@booboo No he pushed a lot of passes, dropped ball and got pinged for wrong entry, he was busy but not very accurate, much like the entire side.
Vai'i was busy in a Blackadder way, he just wasn't accurate enough. You can't fault his effort though, part of the reason he gave away penalties is he was getting stuck into stuff.
Yes all the combos were off but at least he tried. I really think we should have had one experienced lock there.
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@machpants said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
@bovidae said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
I wasted 2 hrs of sleep this morning watching this. The list of players who didn't make a mistake or error would be very short. Outside of Coles, no one enhanced their chances of starting against Ireland.
Worst performed on the field was a toss-up between Ennor and Dickson.
Some one told me off for saying I wasn't staying up to 2am to watch Italy. I'm feeling vindicated, they're a team that ABs always look shit against cos we always play a B team with no combinations and fuck all experience. Shit games every time, just another flush the dunny.
I'm going to watch it now, with a Sunday arvo beer, just got back from the beach.
You might need something harder. The first 60-70 minutes were dire, actually the first 20-30 were hilarious (if you hate the ABs or are auditioning for ABs skill coach-going on yesterday I assume the position is vacant).
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@crazy-horse said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
@bones said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
Ok haven't read the thread and only 70 minutes in. Three things.
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How is it that everyone in the world can see Ennor isn't an international centre's arsehole, apart from Robertson and Foster?
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How is it that everyone in the world can see Bridge isn't an international winger's arsehole, apart from Robertson and Foster?
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Who the fuck is Dixon? Probably the worst ref performance at test level in decades.
Serious question - Has Robertson actually said Ennor is an international centre's arsehole and Bridge is an international winger's arsehole (or words to that effect)?
Bridge was arguably the best midfielder on the field. Oh, he was playing wing was he?
Edit: i actually think (the mighty) Quinn Tupaea is promising, just had a bad day yesterday. -
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@machpants said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
So we're 70 mins in and not one chip. ABs offered no variation on attack, is this a powder dry thing? Otherwise mo'unga needs to resign, there was so much space for a few chips to keep Italy guessing
As soon as Jordie came on you'll see a marked difference...
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@nostrildamus said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
@machpants said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
So we're 70 mins in and not one chip. ABs offered no variation on attack, is this a powder dry thing? Otherwise mo'unga needs to resign, there was so much space for a few chips to keep Italy guessing
As soon as Jordie came on you'll see a marked difference...
He's hoofed it far down field but no close cos to compete and turn defence.
Also ref team need a brief on the offside line and what constitutes supporting your own weight. Awful performance by both refs and ABs. Thankfully I could fast forward all the delays and shit
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@sparky yes I wondered if mine was delayed. I was on Stan.
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@nostrildamus said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
@sparky yes I wondered if mine was delayed. I was on Stan.
I always restart my Stan feed if I feel it's out too far.
I have one mate who is always 30 seconds behind me on his Stan feed.
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@machpants said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
Also ref team need a brief on the offside line and what constitutes supporting your own weight. Awful performance by both refs and ABs. Thankfully I could fast forward all the delays and shit
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the bench was all good? I can't remember anyone standing out for the wrong reasons?
We were probably lucky Italy had one gun winger only and only tried running the ball near the end of the game..
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@nostrildamus said in Italy vs All Blacks 2021 NH Tour:
the bench was all good? I can't remember anyone standing out for the wrong reasons?
We were probably lucky Italy had one gun winger only and only tried running the ball near the end of the game..
You make it sound like the AB coaches don’t do any scouting on their opposition. It would’ve very evident from 6N performances that what they did yesterday was par for course in terms of lack of attack.
