Argentina v All Blacks
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Gardner has been very good. Let the game flow, good use of the TMO, consistent and communicated well
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Game deteriorated badly with subs in 2nd 40mins
Lomax, Coles and Degroot, Lord SB and dear i say it, Frizzel were good
Cane been hot and cold some great hits but some silly penalties
Ardie pretty quiet for him in general.Smith and 10 - 13 looked great with front foot ball....
BB and Narwa looked good too
Still not convinced on CCSubs..... no one imposed themselves and the platform up front suffered and general game became scrappy
Scott or Jordie for MOTM for me.
Next few games will be telling
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@Stargazer said in Argentina v All Blacks:
@Machpants I hadn't heard it.
Avoid fucking rugby threads then!!!
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@Mattasaurus said in Argentina v All Blacks:
Next few games will be telling
It will be something very different. The Pumas were awful in the first half, and improved somewhat in the second. Not having seen the Boks v Wallabies game, I expect a much more difficult game, next weekend. That will be a real test.
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@Mattasaurus said in Argentina v All Blacks:
Game deteriorated badly with subs in 2nd 40mins
Lomax, Coles and Degroot, Lord SB and dear i say it, Frizzel were good
Cane been hot and cold some great hits but some silly penalties
Ardie pretty quiet for him in general.Smith and 10 - 13 looked great with front foot ball....
BB and Narwa looked good too
Still not convinced on CCSubs..... no one imposed themselves and the platform up front suffered and general game became scrappy
Scott or Jordie for MOTM for me.
Next few games will be telling
Scott Barrett gave away 3 PK's by my reckoning. Otherwise played well.
I was thinking Jordie myself.
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@Mattasaurus I thought it between to 2 Barretts for MOTM.
I certainly thought most stood up well, apart from maybe CC, who I thought was just OK. All in all bloody great start to test season. I not saying perfect, but will put that down as a bloody good pass mark.
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@Hooroo said in Argentina v All Blacks:
I like the chiefs hooker despite not being able to spell his name and I like Taylor but by fuck was Cole’s accurate today. Still heaps of value in having him there. Prolly off bench but still
This sums up our team at the moment.
Who can categorically state what the first XV is? (XV not XXIII)
3 hookers, 3 locks, 2 10s, multiple wings etc etc.
But back to today.
Will take that.
Good first half.
I still think closer than a lot of us were giving credence to. But when we looked good we looked good.
Not so good, but not awful in the second.
Good way to start the year.
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@KiwiMurph said in Argentina v All Blacks:
I think Clarke is suffering a bit from reputation lag - he had a fine game today
Clarke. 22m 7 times with the ball resulting in 4 turn overs. 4 tackles 1 missed. Bring on SS!
He was rubbish
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@KiwiMurph said in Argentina v All Blacks:
I think Clarke is suffering a bit from reputation lag - he had a fine game today
Good in the air too.
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@booboo said in Argentina v All Blacks:
@Hooroo said in Argentina v All Blacks:
I like the chiefs hooker despite not being able to spell his name and I like Taylor but by fuck was Cole’s accurate today. Still heaps of value in having him there. Prolly off bench but still
This sums up our team at the moment.
Who can categorically state what the first XV is? (XV not XXIII)
3 hookers, 3 locks, 2 10s, multiple wings etc etc.
But back to today.
Will take that.
Good first half.
I still think closer than a lot of us were giving credence to. But when we looked good we looked good.
Not so good, but not awful in the second.
Good way to start the year.
I’m still getting used to our subs not putting the game away like we used to. I used to look forward to them coming on but I guess our depth isn’t what it was. Feels like the 2000’s. Pretty good first fifteen but the rest a bit poke
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Fantastic first up performance for us.
It’s pretty tough to have your first test in Argentina, 2 weeks after the super rugby final.
Thought we were excellent in the first half. Focussed accurate and performing the basics well to give ourselves a platform to overwhelm Argentina.
Of course being 31-0 up at HT, in this day and age, means there will be a drop in intensity as we have already won the game, with Argentina trying to save face before the inevitable breakdown in structure when we introduce a flurry of subs.
You can’t fault the result or the performance tonight and gives us a standard to build upon as we bring other players into the side to take on the old foe, who looked impressive in Pretoria today.
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@KiwiMurph Yes he did nothing wrong today. Not saying he was fantastic, but he was alright.
I think some people just want him to do bad so they can get their preferred choice in.
