All Blacks v Pumas 1
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Think they'll pick the same team as Boer II as much as possible and try to build on that win. Less mistakes, bit better positioning out wide, that sort of thing. If things are going well, the likes of Paps, Sotutu, Vai'i and QT given more game time than usual - think it's a bit early to have RTS on the bench for Pumas 1 but expect some serious game time in the next match.
The Pumas won't be a pushover so a decent win would be show some consistency and wouldn't that be a good thing?
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@Crucial you get what people mean surely
other teams might spend time building phases, working their way up field and yes....the perfect dummy or skip pass puts someone over the line
We try and do our moment of brilliance inside out own half and strike from anywhere without the graft to put them in a position where it is more likely to work
Don't we need to do both?
There was a fair bit of that in Boer II, IIRC.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
Think they'll pick the same team as Boer II as much as possible and try to build on that win. Less mistakes, bit better positioning out wide, that sort of thing. If things are going well, the likes of Paps, Sotutu, Vai'i and QT given more game time than usual - think it's a bit early to have RTS on the bench for Pumas 1 but expect some serious game time in the next match.
The Pumas won't be a pushover so a decent win would be show some consistency and wouldn't that be a good thing?
Fewer.
Just saying.
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@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
Think they'll pick the same team as Boer II as much as possible and try to build on that win. Less mistakes, bit better positioning out wide, that sort of thing. If things are going well, the likes of Paps, Sotutu, Vai'i and QT given more game time than usual - think it's a bit early to have RTS on the bench for Pumas 1 but expect some serious game time in the next match.
The Pumas won't be a pushover so a decent win would be show some consistency and wouldn't that be a good thing?
Fewer.
Just saying.
I dunno, some of the errors were pretty voluminous.
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@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
Think they'll pick the same team as Boer II as much as possible and try to build on that win. Less mistakes, bit better positioning out wide, that sort of thing. If things are going well, the likes of Paps, Sotutu, Vai'i and QT given more game time than usual - think it's a bit early to have RTS on the bench for Pumas 1 but expect some serious game time in the next match.
The Pumas won't be a pushover so a decent win would be show some consistency and wouldn't that be a good thing?
Fewer.
Just saying.
But not all mistakes all countable, e.g. players not positioning well. Fewer knock-ons and penalties is correct as it's definitive/countable. Less mistakes is equally correct as it includes non-countable stuff.
Hope that's clear....
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@Crucial you get what people mean surely
other teams might spend time building phases, working their way up field and yes....the perfect dummy or skip pass puts someone over the line
We try and do our moment of brilliance inside out own half and strike from anywhere without the graft to put them in a position where it is more likely to work
Don't we need to do both?
There was a fair bit of that in Boer II, IIRC.
of course thats what we should be aiming for, i only have a problem when we only try and do the fancy stuff and not the hard graft
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@Victor-Meldrew christ, your a pendant
(triggered yet?)
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nah actually i don't mean that. injuries are shit. getting hurt at training is double shit. poor bastard.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
nah actually i don't mean that. injuries are shit. getting hurt at training is double shit. poor bastard.
You wonder if he'd have been picked at 10? Foster changes his mind like a battleship turns, once you're in you're in, but if you're just getting going chopping and changing is his way. It's bizarre
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@Machpants said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
nah actually i don't mean that. injuries are shit. getting hurt at training is double shit. poor bastard.
You wonder if he'd have been picked at 10? Foster changes his mind like a battleship turns, once you're in you're in, but if you're just getting going chopping and changing is his way. It's bizarre
i reckon this place would have kicked right off
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
Foster might still get a hostile crowd reception but selecting Mo'unga in a Chch test will certainly help his cause. I don't expect any changes to the starting XV.
I know a backline that would endear him to the Chch crowd….
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@ACT-Crusader Would they even notice with the eye patch on?
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@Frank said in All Blacks v Pumas 1:
Would love to see how Perofeta goes at 10 after Mounga has played the first 60 or so(assuming we can afford to bring him on)
Taranaki didn't bother starting him at 10 on the weekend. That would have been an ideal time to give him a run there.
