All Blacks v England
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@Rancid-Schnitzel You would hope so but they are not changing so maybe in the love affair between Fozzie and players maybe they don't like confrontation.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v England:
Both giving almost identical answers saying its become very risky trying to maintain possesion for long periods now without conceding a penalty
if teams are coached to avoid the ball because of the risk of a penalty I'm rather saddened by that.
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@Catogrande In classic fern fashion they are keeping the powder dry.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v England:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v England:
Both giving almost identical answers saying its become very risky trying to maintain possesion for long periods now without conceding a penalty
if teams are coached to avoid the ball because of the risk of a penalty I'm rather saddened by that.
2007 RWC has entered the chat.
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I liked the fake box kicks to manipulate opposition positioning and the deception on who was getting the ball in the backline.
It wasn’t that long ago where our attack structure was just a pop of forwards who might or might try a pop pass under pressure.
Seeing signs of improvement, but as was mentioned above if needs a reliable ten that can do more than just step. Certainly not RM, huge problem that might only be solved by trying the next cap off the rank.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v England:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v England:
Both giving almost identical answers saying its become very risky trying to maintain possesion for long periods now without conceding a penalty
if teams are coached to avoid the ball because of the risk of a penalty I'm rather saddened by that.
If giving away possession to avoid penalties make sure it is down inside the opposition 22, or get the bloke with the biggest boot to attempt the 50:22
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks v England:
The Major is correct about what I intended to mean. We beat everyone we played this year (except England), even though we also lost to Ireland, SA and Argentina.
why stop at this year 😀
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@Catogrande said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks v England:
The Major is correct about what I intended to mean. We beat everyone we played this year (except England), even though we also lost to Ireland, SA and Argentina.
why stop at this year 😀
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The groan from the crowd and Stuart's face and subsequent apology to the ABs was very telling.
I hope England find themselves in a similar situation during the World Cup and balls it up royally because they didn't back themselves here.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v England:
@Catogrande said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks v England:
The Major is correct about what I intended to mean. We beat everyone we played this year (except England), even though we also lost to Ireland, SA and Argentina.
why stop at this year 😀
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Never lost a Test to Rhodesia
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@nzzp said in All Blacks v England:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v England:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v England:
Both giving almost identical answers saying its become very risky trying to maintain possesion for long periods now without conceding a penalty
if teams are coached to avoid the ball because of the risk of a penalty I'm rather saddened by that.
2007 RWC has entered the chat.
I was indeed saddened by how France played. Although they picked up nicely to tinny forward passes.
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@booboo said in All Blacks v England:
@Bones said in All Blacks v England:
@Catogrande said in All Blacks v England:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks v England:
The Major is correct about what I intended to mean. We beat everyone we played this year (except England), even though we also lost to Ireland, SA and Argentina.
why stop at this year 😀
Rhodesia has entered the chat
Never lost a Test to Rhodesia
And here I was not mentioning tests.
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Two red card offences from Genge that were missed.
One an assist tackle on Whitelock. No arms, head on head contact, with force.
The other a cleanout on Papali'i. Again head on head contact, no binding, with force.This has got to be my biggest gripe with the game right now. It's an absolute lottery with who gets these calls and who doesn't. Outcome altering decisions that are completely at the whim of the ref or TMO.
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I only treated myself to watching the first half but that was AB hardcore rugby porn.
A mea culpa to Scott Barrett, I thought he was best at lock but that whole loose trio was awesome and actually worked well together! SB was a rock, DP a bully and Ardie was second-half Ardie. And the backline were defensively mostly damn fine (although we seemed to lack a crazily explosive wing-closest again was at 13, thought RI was overall good actually, great tackling, just unlucky).
Just fantastic.
But I was also wrong about Clarke-that fall doesn't seem to be a muscle imbalance. It looked like he has simply no idea of his centre of balance. Anyone have a direct link to that video?
Very strange for a young professional athlete!And the ref, penalizing 9s knock-ons at a ruck! My pet bugbear!
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@nostrildamus only thing I can think of - I had a groin injury at the start of my 20s and while not playing bulked up a fair bit, the combination resulted in having to vastly change (improve) my running style - it took a long time to get my balance back to what it was when stepping or in the tackle (I don't think it ever got as good again).
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@Bones said in All Blacks v England:
@nostrildamus only thing I can think of - I had a groin injury at the start of my 20s and while not playing bulked up a fair bit, the combination resulted in having to vastly change (improve) my running style - it took a long time to get my balance back to what it was when stepping or in the tackle (I don't think it ever got as good again).
that sounds plausible!
