All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2
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Just watching again and I reckon Faf was lucky that he didn’t get a yellow card for what was in my view a deliberate knock down. He just jumped into the pass and put his hands and feet out. You don’t “catch “ an intercept like that.
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@ACT-Crusader would've been interesting to see what the assessment of Jordan's game would be if he'd given away an intercept try.
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@voodoo said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
D-Mac seems like a genuinely good bastard doesn't he
Pissed that they didn’t name check @Victor-Meldrew as In the Shed’s biggest fan.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
Just watching again and I reckon Faf was lucky that he didn’t get a yellow card for what was in my view a deliberate knock down. He just jumped into the pass and put his hands and feet out. You don’t “catch “ an intercept like that.
As an aside, did you notice how quiet Faf was? Kept well under control by our loosies.
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The commentary on the Japan AB XV game was way better.
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I agree, I think Scooter is a starter with Whitelock most at risk.
Scooter’s workrate & physicality has been a big reason for our lack looking as good as it has in the 2 tests
If Frizzell is able to keep this level of performance then I am quite happy to see us rotating the 3 locks heavily with Vai’i used mainly as a sub
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There was a tiny knock on clearly visible on the replay that the TMO made his decision on.
It was so small that it was hard to detect in real time but it was there
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@DaGrubster Thanks mate I didn't watch the game 😬
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@Bones given he touched it when he leapt, he has to regather it without it touching either BB or the ground...one of those things didnt happen.
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@DaGrubster said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
I agree, I think Scooter is a starter with Whitelock most at risk.
Scooter’s workrate & physicality has been a big reason for our lack looking as good as it has in the 2 tests
If Frizzell is able to keep this level of performance then I am quite happy to see us rotating the 3 locks heavily with Vai’i used mainly as a sub
Frizzell has been a revelation, I didn’t see that coming,
was convinced they would have to play scooter there ,
now if he can keep that going, we have a selection headache , a good one
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Bones given he touched it when he leapt, he has to regather it without it touching either BB or the ground...one of those things didnt happen.
Which one?
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Bones given he touched it when he leapt, he has to regather it without it touching either BB or the ground...one of those things didnt happen.
Which one?
Lol I think @taniwharugby was just being nice, what I think he meant was neither of those things happen.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
The commentary on the Japan AB XV game was way better.
Although not to the same level of Nisbett, TJ mis-identified players too. He might have to hand back his Ta$man PR card for saying AJ Lam was Nankivell.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
The commentary on the Japan AB XV game was way better.
Although not to the same level of Nisbett, TJ mis-identified players too. He might have to hand back his Ta$man PR card for saying AJ Lam was Nankivell.
To be fair the AB XV players all looked a bit the same. The Japan side was easier with all those pakeha, maori, Samoan and Fijian players to make identification so much easier...
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@Bones said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@ACT-Crusader would've been interesting to see what the assessment of Jordan's game would be if he'd given away an intercept try.
Poor old, Will.
We're back to critiquing him for mistakes he didn't make!
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I'm not used to these displays of competence from the All Blacks - it's like living in some weird alternative reality where Frizzle is a class #6, BB has some attacking spark and RM doesn't crack under pressure...
We have a good forward pack and are discovering some attacking flair - we finally seem to be heading in the right direction instead of backwards
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks Vs Springboks RC Week 2:
I agree, I think Scooter is a starter with Whitelock most at risk.
Scooter’s workrate & physicality has been a big reason for our lack looking as good as it has in the 2 tests
If Frizzell is able to keep this level of performance then I am quite happy to see us rotating the 3 locks heavily with Vai’i used mainly as a sub
Frizzell has been a revelation, I didn’t see that coming,
was convinced they would have to play scooter there ,
now if he can keep that going, we have a selection headache , a good one
Sadly for Whitelock I think his best days are past him, not quite mobile enough, not quite physical enough.
Retallick and Scooter are definitely the best combination, locking these days is a little bit less (though still very important) about the lineout and more about moving bodies at the ruck and being able to carry the ball.
It's work rate and physicality and unfortunately for Whitelock, Retallick and scooter are just more physical than him.
