All Blacks XV v Japan

[ACT Crusader]

@taniwharugby if you’ve ever been on a stats or analysis team and reviewed games just focussing in on one player, it’s quite a different what you notice, especially when your focus is on specific things the players does (or doesn’t do).

I did a little bit of basketball player analysis (all post game) and I was amazed at what I was able to pick up that I didn’t when just watching the game live. Couple that with other data and it can paint a different picture.

[taniwharugby]

@ACT-Crusader yeah appreciate all that, but the glaring issues some players seem to have, how the stats paper over them...

[ACT Crusader]

But even with glaring issues you can sometimes live with them if there are other things that they are doing and the other option has issues too.

Or you throw all of that out the window and just select the guy that plays in red n black….

[nostrildamus]

The NZ XV side almost looks more settled than the ABs!

[Stargazer]

ogawa  /  Jul 12, 2023

First Brave Blossoms Team for 2023 Announced for All Blacks XV Clash

Japan Head Coach, Jamie Joseph has today named the Brave Blossoms team to take on the All Blacks XV this Satur…

[Stargazer]

I think that Japanese team looks very similar to last week's team, but with last week's bench players starting and some starters moving to the bench.

[Bovidae]

No Dearns.

[Nepia]

Bell is one funny looking mofo.

[Duluth]

Nareki almost fucked that try up

[Nepia]

@Duluth said in All Blacks XV v Japan:

Nareki almost fucked that try up

Yeah, Weber saved that for him.

[Canes4life]

Love sets up Proctor for the first try.

[Canes4life]

Perofeta in after easily slicing through the Japanese backline.

[Duluth]

Perofeta nice step. AJ Lam with a good chase at kickoff to setup the turnover

[Duluth]

There was no advantage from that scrum pen

[Duluth]

Shit from Nareki again

[gt12]

How many errors from Nareki?

[Canes4life]

Lovely from Proctor again. Try no 2 for him tonight. The Goodhue and Proctor centre combo looks classy.

[Duluth]

@Canes4life

Proctor has been defending well too. Some good work just before Strange got isolated and Japan scored

[Duluth]

That’s better Nareki

[Grooter]

Great from Nareki and Proctor