All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II
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I know I've already anointed Finau after tonight but
I don't reckon this arvo will have much bearing. We played so different to the last few weeks. Unless the the players went off reservation, the plan was obviously very loose.
I still think Dmac had a couple of shocking decisions or skill executions, but there is no way he was operating under the same instructions as the last 3 tests
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Impressed with Australia. Got the basis of a good team. Things are looking up I reckon.
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@TheMojoman said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Fozzie’s gamble almost bit him in the ass. But kudos to the team for pulling through.
With due respect dude that's FDS summed up in two sentences.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
without Ardie saving that try we lose that game
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@His-Bobness said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Hospital pass for Razor next year without Smith, Whitelock, Retallick, you would have to say. As to Christie, the question has to be asked again. What do they see in him?
Roigard, Lord and Barrett mitigate against that.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Seems to me Lomax, De Groot are our top two, Newell and WIlliams (in that order) have potential, Laulala is back in the rear, not sure exactly where I'd put Ofa, doesn't really stand out anywhere but didn't make obvious errors to me either..
Thought Ofa was really good today.
Best I've seen him.
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If we weren't taking three 1st-fives, McKenzie would be a worried man. The odd exception, he had a dreadful test match. The game was won by changing the halves and Australia tiring. Christie was like always, solid but unspectacular. Thought Leicester played himself onto the plane, whereas Stevenson did not do enough. Jordan will remain at 14, he wasn't that flash at 15. Finau had an invisible first half but grew nicely into the match.
Hope Newell goes ahead of Laulala. Laulala was very ordinary. Savea had a fantastic second 40, along with Whitelock.
A win is a win. We definitely have 1st and 2nd XVs at the moment, depth is not that great.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
without Ardie saving that try we lose that game
Ardie saves one try per test match with a clutch turn over, almost every game
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
See the impression I got, is the change in play and dominance didn't really happen until Smith came on. Did Mounga do anything in the time he was on outside Christie?
I'll go back to what I said about Mendoza. Mo'unga didn't look great outside of Christie either when they both came on the field.
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(Thought I'd posted but obviously fucked it up ...)
Re the come back:
I don't think it was down to Smith and Mo'unga.The come back was on before that.
Stevenson scored with Christie and DMac on the field.
I'm putting it down to our forwards sorting their shit out.
And I'll have to watch again, but didn't think DMac went that badly.
Kinda the same thoughts re Christie, but he's my No.4 No.9 ...
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Not sure if it was necessarily the selection at fault but the way they went about it in the first half. But when you make widespread changes things can go off the tracks easier. DMac obviously had his worst game, perhaps ever. But they looked like the team we’ve come to know in the second half.
Aussies aren’t as bad as they’ve looked, but clearly when the temperature got raised they couldn’t handle it.
Second half the ABs just executed so much more precisely. Probably a good game to have, overcoming some adversity.
And well done to anyone with Oz +24.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@frugby said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I felt he did yeah
Like? Even the try after he came on, it was all Smith and I think Mounga handled once, maybe twice?
Mo'unga did some really nice work under the high ball
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@Bones Are you just allergic to praising Mo'unga and criticising DMac?
It isn't that deep, DMac was crap lol, and as soon as Mo'unga came on we had tonnes more direction. Did Smith and an improved forward effort help? Sure, but Mo'unga also wasn't attempting silly cross-kicks across his own 22, running across the field and making aimless punts up the centre.
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