QF: Blues v Tahs
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@voodoo said in QF: Blues v Tahs:
@Duluth said in QF: Blues v Tahs:
The 10 crucial minutes NSW must nail to avoid recurring Eden Park nightmare
A member of the last Waratahs team to beat the Blues at Eden Park has identified the key factors for NSW to claim a shock upset in the quarter-finals.
I hate that crucial 10 minutes rubbish - sure it's nice to score or hold going into HT, but it ain't more important than minutes 53-62 or 67-76. And if conceding just before HT is the losing of the game for you, then you're mentally weak and/or poorly led/coached.
Nothing to back this up, but it always seems like minutes 35-45 are important, in line with the team that scores before and after halftime going on to win.
The canes proved it as scientific fact just last week.
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@Bones perhaps an indicator of superior fitness at the end of a half, and better concentration at the beginning?
All very subjective, and am sure there will be jsut as many examples of a team thrashing a team in the first half, and then dropping intensity (adding subs) in the second and ruin any patterns.
Also some teams pull away in the last ten.
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I'm a believer in the importance of points just before/just after the break.
To me points during that time add to energy, momentum and scoreboard pressure.
If you feel like you've dominated a half but concede around half-time that's a big bounce for the other time.
Conversely if you feel like you are in the game but then concede it can be a backbreaking.
In both instances the score may not reflect the game up until that point.
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@ACT-Crusader said in QF: Blues v Tahs:
@NTA said in QF: Blues v Tahs:
@MiketheSnow said in QF: Blues v Tahs:
Going to go against the grain and call a very narrow Tahs win, especially if the weather is rubbish
See your neurologist.
Tahs at $7 is ridiculous, but the bookies know they won't have to pay it.
Tahs should start favourites, they not only have the greatest Aussie openside (better than Georgie) but the best openside the world has seen in the last 40 years.
She’ll be right cobber
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@KiwiMurph said in QF: Blues v Tahs:
I'm a believer in the importance of points just before/just after the break.
To me points during that time add to energy, momentum and scoreboard pressure.
If you feel like you've dominated a half but concede around half-time that's a big bounce for the other time.
Conversely if you feel like you are in the game but then concede it can be a backbreaking.
In both instances the score may not reflect the game up until that point.
But is it worse than conceding in the first 5 minutes? That's a heart-breaker too.
As said above, if having the opponent score at a particular time is the losing of the game, then the team has mental issues.
My personal observation is that the worst time to be scored against is when you have just scored yourself. All that effort, then immediately nullified!
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It's not just rugby has these "magical" times. Golf has "moving day".
I once did a statistical breakdown of a gold tournament, just to look. The players that did best on day 3 didn't do best overall. It just seemed like it, because the much thinner fields by then made a couple of birdies more noticeable.
Every golf shot is worth exactly the same (except match play, of course). There is no magical day that is most important.
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Late changes to the Waratahs line-up:
They have made several late changes, with Tane Edmed starting at flyhalf. It pushes Ben Donaldson to fullback and Mark Nawaqanitawase to the winger whilst Izaia Perese partners Joey Walton in the centres as Lalakai Foketi moves to the bench.
In the forwards, Nephi Leatigaga starts at tight-head prop, with Tolu Latu, Dan Botha and Hugh Sinclair coming onto the bench.Blues overpower Waratahs to advance in quarter-finals
The NSW Waratahs will be heading to Auckland looking to cause an upset over the Blues.
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@Stargazer said in QF: Blues v Tahs:
Late changes to the Waratahs line-up:
They have made several late changes, with Tane Edmed starting at flyhalf. It pushes Ben Donaldson to fullback and Mark Nawaqanitawase to the winger whilst Izaia Perese partners Joey Walton in the centres as Lalakai Foketi moves to the bench.
In the forwards, Nephi Leatigaga starts at tight-head prop, with Tolu Latu, Dan Botha and Hugh Sinclair coming onto the bench.
The NSW Waratahs will be heading to Auckland looking to cause an upset over the Blues.
A bit dodgy this. No way all these changes are injury enforced.Why is it 'dodgy'? It's their team they can do what the fuck they want
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@Machpants No, there are rules around team announcements, and when those need to happen.
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@Stargazer said in QF: Blues v Tahs:
@Machpants No, there are rules around team announcements, and when those need to happen.
What are they for SR?
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@chimoaus said in QF: Blues v Tahs:
@Duluth I see a Mr Afoa was playing then and also playing in finals this weekend, what a
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Would love to see BB and Heem rip it up. Keep the ball in hand and really press the line.
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Sportsmanship and Aussies lol
Rules are for losers
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@Donsteppa said in QF: Blues v Tahs:
Missing the 7.05pm kickoff time tonight, should be half an hour into this already
no doubt Australian friendly
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That's an interesting stat: Hooper has never won at Eden Park.
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Bugger, Aussie commentators on Stan
