Springboks v All Blacks I
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@nostrildamus said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
Do you see any evolution from Foster as coach of chiefs to Foster as AB coach?
Not significantly. Top of mind, similarities of a Foster coached side in the long-run have been:
- Arguably conservative selections.
- Teams that play much better than expected (the second 20 minutes v Ireland I)
- And also that play much worse than expected (game III v Ireland, the Argentina loss, Chiefs sides that used to win one out of the first five games before rallying to finish mid-table. Or the must-win run to the 2009 finals then followed by the 2009 Final itself, etc).
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@NTA said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
56:49 black 13 transfers pressure rather than going into touch. Silly.
72:23 Grass cutter / cannonball tackle from Green 16. One hand on the ground, one "wrapping". Should have been penalised. Not the first one from green players either, I might add. A midfield bomb from black just outside their 22. What?
On these two points, I don't think I ever saw a replay but it looked like Rieko was held back before he gathered the ball and ended up throwing that pass back inside. If he wasn't held back he would have been away down the left hand touchline.
And on the midfield bomb. That's the kind of shit that rams home the problem with our 10s is coaching. Everyone goes on about Mo'unga's superior kicking, but what the hell was he thinking there? We see the same shit from Beauden, it's clearly a planned move and it's a terrible one at that.
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@No-Quarter said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@NTA said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
56:49 black 13 transfers pressure rather than going into touch. Silly.
72:23 Grass cutter / cannonball tackle from Green 16. One hand on the ground, one "wrapping". Should have been penalised. Not the first one from green players either, I might add. A midfield bomb from black just outside their 22. What?
On these two points, I don't think I ever saw a replay but it looked like Rieko was held back before he gathered the ball and ended up throwing that pass back inside. If he wasn't held back he would have been away down the left hand touchline.
his speed is freakish. The early BB break in Q1, he comes from nowhere to get into position and then targetted by Green 15 or 13 with a big hit well off the ball. Sides are teaming up on him because of the threat he poses.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@Kruse said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
You almost think they'd do better if they said "Fuck it, let's just go out there and have some fun - we might not win, but at least we'd be enjoying ourselves a bit"
B.Barrett in particular - whenever he has a blinder, it looks like he's just having a bit of a laugh with his mates and a rugby ball.
I don't know in which direction the Cause-Effect relationship is... but I've thought for a while that yeah... "give some basic strategy, but don't overfill their stupid little rugby-player heads - then pat them on the arse and let them go out on the field and have some fun" might be a decent coaching approach for some (not necessarily all) players.We hear they are a pretty together bunch off the field, but there seems a lot of tension and stress in the team on the field which is translating to their play. I noted Ardie being given a talking to by the Ref for back-chat - can't remember the last time I say that with a snr AB.
It's like riding the Honda on a gravel road. If you concentrate on not falling off you tense up, you will.
Didn’t that happen in the context of the BB hit and I think Ardie was pointing out that it went unpunished earlier in the game. Don’t mind that in that situation given how reckless and dangerous it was.
We’ve been marched 10 in the past for back chat - Coles, TJP come to mind.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the exchange was about how Ardie spoke to the Ref. Take your point on TJP & Coles, but I was surprised to hear it from someone who has captained the team.
EDIT: On the plus side, Ardie & Gardner sorted it out a few minutes later with a pat on each other's back. We might worry about the overall state of the game, but that was good to see.
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@NTA said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@nzzp said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@NTA said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
None of my posts should be taken in any other context than "The Boks are a very good side with a fairly solid history together, so any loss against them should be part of the accounting".
Marx is a fucking weapon.
He is. But christ, just settling in to watch a replay and the first of a number of turnovers look as dodgy as shit. Leaning on players to get hands on the ball, and AG just looks at it and thinks 'fair enough'.
I also thought a couple of them failed to show "strong body position" and "lifting the ball" which is what the refs are after.
Marx has this tell when he’s not supporting weight and starts to tip. It’s quite subtle, in that he keeps his legs straight, but he throws himself backwards whilst snatching a bit forward with his arms. Once you’ve seen it once you realise it’s a tactic. But retains ‘strong body position’ so refs don’t seem to connect that it means he wasn’t supporting his body weight.
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@Bones a lot of things are obvious as fuck unless you're Angus.
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@antipodean said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@Bones a lot of things are obvious as fuck unless you're Angus.
I'm intrigued by a penalty at scrum time for knee on the ground and walking around too. Our props must have amazing strength and flexibility to do that!
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@NTA Ta. Good post. At scrum in question I did notice that Lomax was tenting, but it was ironical that it was a subtle tug downwards by Kitshoff’s left arm which caused him to collapse: the irony being that AG signalled that Lomax had pulled down with his arm, which he hadn’t.
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@stodders start Fletcher Newell. Can't do worse, Angus and Tyrrell are dead ends. Throw the new boy in the deep end.
That knee thing is stupid, same as when you put your hand down and then remind. It stops a collapse,so it's not good thing!
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@BartMan said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@stodders start Fletcher Newell. Can't do worse, Angus and Tyrrell are dead ends. Throw the new boy in the deep end.
That knee thing is stupid, same as when you put your hand down and then remind. It stops a collapse,so it's not good thing!
Technical infringement - peak Gardner ☺️
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@OomPB said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@pakman you lot can be glad Deon Fourie isn't playing. He has been outstanding all season for the Stormers.
I'd be more worried if Boks chose Roos or Louw, than Fourie. Kwagga is a great option off the bench as he covers every position apart from the front row 😂.
Fourie isn't displacing Kolisi.
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@Bones said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@pakman the tell is more obvious than that. It's the knees leaning on the tackled player, while his hands rest on the ground about a metre forward of that, combined with the fact he still can't get the leverage to lift.
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@OomPB said in Springboks v All Blacks I:
@stodders Fourie is a prime poacher. Started as a 2.
I know who he is. He's 35. If the Boks have an injury crisis, they'll perhaps pick him. But he isn't the future. So he won't get much of an opportunity.
