All Blacks 2023
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@Nepia said in All Blacks 2023:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2023:
@Duluth said in All Blacks 2023:
But according to Paul Cully this is the key stat that the loosies were selected on.
Putting individuals and specific stats aside, It's good the AB coaches are being clearer at the start of the season what they want to see from players. Explains SS, where it seems he exceled in some areas but needs some work-on's on others
Allows players and SR coaches to know and focus on what needed. Up to them if they do or not, but at least the requirements are clearer.
"We want dominant tackles from you loosies. Nah, not you Shannon, just threaten some chicks and whack one of their mates and you're sweet"
I guess you missed the " Putting individuals and specific stats aside" bit....
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@Victor-Meldrew Ahh right, so ignore the bits that don't jive with the positive you're trying to point out? 😁
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2023:
@Bones said in All Blacks 2023:
You will go so far out of your way to find positives for Foster.
It's not a good idea then.
I highly doubt this hasn't been a thing for decades.
Oh, hang on..
Oh so you acknowledge it's been happening for decades? So it's not AB coaches being
clearer
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It's clearly a shit stat. one dominant tackle per game could be Ardie or Akira scragging Mitch Hunt backwards for a few metres, whereas Sam Cane is making solid contact on big guys 10+ times per game. They may not be knocked backwards, but they're stopped and put down vs gaining momentum. A better stat would be soft-arse scrag tackles. I'm no Cane fluffer, but to pretend that Savea is a better tackler than him based on stats is just a bit silly.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks 2023:
but to pretend that Savea is a better tackler than him based on stats is just a bit silly.
Is someone doing that? That would be dumb
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@reprobate pretty sure the metrics to what is considered a dominant tackle were posted many years back, and what you describe wouldn't meet it.
There were numerous variables involved, single tackler, dual tackler, if you were 1st contact, 2nd contact etc, isn't just about moving them metres, or scragging them
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2023:
@Nepia said in All Blacks 2023:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks 2023:
@Duluth said in All Blacks 2023:
But according to Paul Cully this is the key stat that the loosies were selected on.
Putting individuals and specific stats aside, It's good the AB coaches are being clearer at the start of the season what they want to see from players. Explains SS, where it seems he exceled in some areas but needs some work-on's on others
Allows players and SR coaches to know and focus on what needed. Up to them if they do or not, but at least the requirements are clearer.
"We want dominant tackles from you loosies. Nah, not you Shannon, just threaten some chicks and whack one of their mates and you're sweet"
I guess you missed the " Putting individuals and specific stats aside" bit....
You expecting me to read the entirety of a post now?
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@Nepia said in All Blacks 2023:
You expecting me to read the entirety of a post now?
Nah. The first line will do just fine.....
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@gt12 said in All Blacks 2023:
Reuben Thorne has entered the chat.
But just to find something to lean on..
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That Paul Cully article was stupid as shit, but he claimed that Sotutu had "inconsistent" seasons over the last two years. Sotutu was the Blues best player last year, when they won 15 games in a row. His defence was excellent. Real garbage take from a terrible "journalist".
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It was a game to erase any doubts, rather than confirm them, particularly for players such as Sotutu who have been in the All Blacks since 2020 without ever developing into a feared defender at Super Rugby level.
Absolutely get fucked, he was one of the best defenders last year. 15 games in a row, and he was the best player in it.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks 2023:
It's clearly a shit stat. one dominant tackle per game could be Ardie or Akira scragging Mitch Hunt backwards for a few metres, whereas Sam Cane is making solid contact on big guys 10+ times per game. They may not be knocked backwards, but they're stopped and put down vs gaining momentum. A better stat would be soft-arse scrag tackles. I'm no Cane fluffer, but to pretend that Savea is a better tackler than him based on stats is just a bit silly.
Entirely agree with this. Statistics in rugby are irrelevant without context. The eye test, will always be the best way of rating players with the nature of the way rugby works.
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At risk of a Fern flogging,
I'd put Sotutu, Frizzel and Akira in much the same category.. Plenty of opportunities in black and the odd good performance in black.. But a real lack of consistency and none of them have demanded selection based on form... Certainly not this season.That said, Sotutu has Savea and Jacobson ahead of him so always going to be tough, but very surprised he wasn't in the NZ XV.. Did he dump in someone's weetbix?
The whole frizzel and akira situation.. I'm still surprised frizzel is there.. IMO They both have a habbit of going missing in big games.. I feel the Blues questionable tactics of having loosies playing really loose has counted against the individuals concerned as much as it hurt the performance of the team.
Personally I thought Akiras game against the Tahs in the quarters, alone would have put him ahead of Frizzel. He played tighter that game and looked good...its that sort of game I thought the selectors would have loved... Maybe it was "just the tahs???" -
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@frugby said in All Blacks 2023:
The eye test, will always be the best way of rating players with the nature of the way rugby works.
..and the eye test was that Shannon has been a lazy shit this year. The bonus is it's backed up by statistics
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@pakman said in All Blacks 2023:
If Ardie were to be injured who else would be a closer like for like replacement than Sotutu (recognising that no one would be that close to Ardie)?
It's a good point. They aren't identical styles but they are playmakers from no 8. It's almost like back in the early 90's talking about constructive and destructive 7's.
But Sotutu wasn't good enough to be in the mix this year
Ardie will likely be the first choice 8 but the balance of the trio really changes if he picks up an injury
