All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II

[pakman]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

(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.
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.

Watched the first half and have to agree. The forwards put themselves under a lot of pressure in the 1st 20 with mistakes - particularly Sami T & Laulala. D was good - kept the score down

Def. shift in the 2nd 20 mins and the error rate dropped significantly, though DMac's kicking was poor.

Kinda the same thoughts re Christie, but he's my No.4 No.9 ...

100%

AB lineout was pants for much of first half.

[Bones]

@pakman Only lost two tops though right?

Seems we've figured out our two top hookers need game time to at least be serviceable. Coles should probably be number two from now on...

[booboo]

@Chris said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Not looking that flash for Retallick and Ennor off for scans on knee injuries.

Fark.

Feel for Ennor, but we can replace him.

[DaGrubster]

@booboo

Well he played on for about 5 minutes before being replaced. Hopefully that is a good sign.

[nostrildamus]

Did I imagine Ardie kicking like a 12 at one point of the game?

[nostrildamus]

@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@Chris said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Not looking that flash for Retallick and Ennor off for scans on knee injuries.

Fark.

Feel for Ennor, but we can replace him.

Replace Ennor as a 13 backup? Not a great range to choose from but I assume big L's stock has risen..

[Bovidae]

There were a lot of missed tackles by the midfield backs in both teams in this game. ALB was the best of them, only missing one tackle.

[Machpants]

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Did I imagine Ardie kicking like a 12 at one point of the game?

Yes it was a well executed kick, but he should've passed

[canefan]

@Machpants said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Did I imagine Ardie kicking like a 12 at one point of the game?

Yes it was a well executed kick, but he should've passed

It was actually a contestable kick, which our guys knocked on

[Machpants]

@canefan said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@Machpants said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Did I imagine Ardie kicking like a 12 at one point of the game?

Yes it was a well executed kick, but he should've passed

It was actually a contestable kick, which our guys knocked on

Yeah as I said, well executed. But he was 3 on 1 and should've passed instead

[NTA]

@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@NTA said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@NTA said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Good start

Less good finish

Happier than I was last week

Should add I've only seen first 20 minutes + highlights.

Thanks for clarifying. Essential to have everything up front and out in the open.

In that I've still got space to get fucking angry about our fuck ups in the last 60

[NTA]

Taking the 3 at 28th minute would have helped

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Daffy Jaffy]

[NTA]

@NTA said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Taking the 3 at 28th minute would have helped

Getting to the lineout on time after a 50-22 is also helpful

[NTA]

Savea getting a turnover from an offside position is unhelpful.

Our ruck security was not helped by bad decisions on the pick n go. No support.

And the scrum disintegrating....

[NTA]

Ref makes the mark for the last penalty kick at 77:50

Mounga doesn't start his run until 79:03

So much for the shot clock

[booboo]

@NTA said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Ref makes the mark for the last penalty kick at 77:50

Mounga doesn't start his run until 79:03

So much for the shot clock

Quade says hi

[NTA]

@NTA said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

And the scrum disintegrating...

Which in retrospect was a bit harsh on the wobs - ofa driving up and in wasn't penalised on a couple of occasions.

[Daffy Jaffy]