All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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@Chris said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Argentina was a statement win? SA? Good wins but hardly statements. They lost both second halves. Had an opportunity to put the wallabies to the sword in DUD but fucked around and almost found out.
So beating SA in Auckland one week after being in Argie isn't a statement win but losing to SA in Twickenham in a RWC warm up game is an example of blowing a statement win opportunity? That makes no sense.
The Boks did put an under done team against us in Auckland,most of that Bok team had not played since The end of the premiership months earlier.
Maybe that win was a false dawn.
Even the Argies we beat were under done had only been together a few days and had not played for months ,
Maybe we got a false hope from those performances but if you look closer it doesn’t look as impressive as we first thought.That's true but you could flip the script and say the same thing about the Boks for this game. ABs top team hadn't played since Melb and was a RWC warm up game and ABs spent the majority of the game at least 1 man down due to cards
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Yes you could, But I wonder if we were blinded a bit by those RC performances,
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I don’t know about others, but I’m less concerned about this result than other losses. It had a bit of the Chicago match feel to it.
It’s strange because I hate losing to the Boks - my hatiest team by far.
Yeah it’s a loss and much will be made of it given its proximity to the RWC, but I don’t think it means squat. I doubt the team will be thinking about last night when they run out against France or the other pool matches.
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@ACT-Crusader it was another record under Foster. I think this shows we can't play finals footy. And Foster with such limited game time and big gaps between games, can't draw two 80 min performances together.
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Biggest loss of all time and the guy doesn't even seem that upset.
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@ACT-Crusader and if we meet them again in the RWC, they will need to temper thier complacency.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Also, why the fuck don't NZ teams clear the ball from our own 22. It seems like a disease in all NZ rugby. Two of the tries (I think) can be partially attributed us fucking around.
It is quite unbelievable, and it has been this way for a number of years. I'd like to know the percentage of opposition tries related to this "disease" in the last four years. It is almost inevitable in an AB game.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I don’t know about others, but I’m less concerned about this result than other losses. It had a bit of the Chicago match feel to it.
It’s strange because I hate losing to the Boks - my hatiest team by far.
Yeah it’s a loss and much will be made of it given its proximity to the RWC, but I don’t think it means squat. I doubt the team will be thinking about last night when they run out against France or the other pool matches.
I had a fear before the game that they might bring a lot more intensity than us due to us feeling a bit more satisfied on how 2023 has gone to date , and them probably feeling like they need a big performance to make up for mt smart .
I get what you mean with the Chicago comparison,
heads not in the game, pants pulled down.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Biggest loss of all time and the guy doesn't even seem that upset.
What? Does he need to breakdown in tears?
Or remain calm and in control?
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@booboo Fozzie and his team has certainly given us a roller coaster ride since 2019...the ride is almost over, I expect a couple more twists and turns still in store for us.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@booboo Fozzie and his team has certainly given us a roller coaster ride since 2019...the ride is almost over, I expect a couple more twists and turns still in store for us.
I'm confident, and the previous 4 wins didn't change my mind, that Foster will hold another 'record' for first-ever pool loss in an RWC. We'll play Ireland in the quarters, they will easily top their pool. That's my only hope that Ireland somehow cannot get the quarters monkey off their back - but reality says we're out then.
ABs back down to fourth in rankings, a position they have only ever held under Foster.
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@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Bovidae said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kev SB's cleanout wasn't too different to Perth, and we know how that ended up.
You can’t have it both ways. We want guys hitting rucks and clearing bodies. He is our best by a long way. Sure he got it wrong because he had moved to side. But wasn’t dirty. He is the best NZ forward.
That was 100% dirty
The YC was the correct decision
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@MiketheSnow what were your thoughts on Kolbes forearm to Roigards head after he scored?
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@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Vermuelen is it? Punching Jacobsen 3 times in the head.
The third of which seemed particularly forceful.
Cane asked Carley about this to which he replied "no foul play" "and to stop holding players in the rucks".
Should have been a penalty to SA
Off your feet, out of the game
Deliberately holding a defender in
From that distance it looked more like slaps and forceful pushes than punches
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@MiketheSnow what were your thoughts on Kolbes forearm to Roigards head after he scored?
Didn’t see a replay of it
Came in to dislodge the ball IMHO
If he did hit him in the head then he should have been censured there and then
Could well be cited
Any clips?
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If you couldn’t see the colour of the shirts and didn’t hear the names you’d swear you were watching England
When it’s good it’s very, very good (eg RWC 19 SF), when it’s bad it’s horrid (their warm up matches the past month)
Alarmingly like England there was no Plan B
And as the pressure mounted, instead of grinding it out and kicking the leather off the ball it was all a bit too training ground and fancy
Once that obviously failed then it was a succession of penalties and cards
It’s a simple game
Win possession, control it
Play rugby in the opposition 22
SA did exactly that and cantered home
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taniwharugbyreplied to MiketheSnow on 26 Aug 2023, 06:19 last edited by taniwharugby 26 Aug 2023, 06:32
@MiketheSnow i havent seen any, however it wasnt a major, but seemed decent contact and seems too many players dive on players, knees first, shoulder, arms or whatever in the act of scoring and are almost always ignored, totally pointless, Kolbe was never dislodging the ball.
Elsewhere on the field, pen for sure.
Barrets act was more boneheaded than filthy IMO.
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MiketheSnowreplied to taniwharugby on 26 Aug 2023, 06:20 last edited by MiketheSnow 26 Aug 2023, 06:22
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@MiketheSnow i havent seen any, however it wasnt a major, but seemed decent contact and seems too many players dive on players, knees first, shoulder, arms or whatever in the act of scoring and are almost always ignored, totally pointless, Kolbe was never dislodging the ball.
Barrets act was more boneheaded than filthy IMO.
Agreed
One of my pet peeves
Borderline interpretation of Scooter
The end result was dirty
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@mariner4life I agree that it’s with the players, but the management are either coaching or allowing it to happen.
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If the ABs do play the Boks in a knockout game - then in the days leading up Foster needs to front up to the media and go on the offensive about their players time wasting. And then Cane needs to get at the ref aggressively before the game has even started.
Nice guys will finish last in the next couple months.
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@game_film The All Blacks need to rethink their media strategy and fast. It was utterly pathetic in the lead up to this game. So much to learn from Razzie Erasmus, Andy Farrell and Eddie Jones.
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@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I still don't know what to make of Jacobsen. I feel he hasn't had enough of a go.
He's displayed enough to show he isn't an option in the starting 6 jersey.
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@taniwharugby yes boneheaded. No video evidence that the impact was head but cleaning out a guy on the ground is never a good look. But against that is I have never thought of Scott as dirty player. Just someone that hits hard, runs hard, has a huge motor, creates momentum with whatever he does. Sometimes in a contact sport played at high speed, it goes wrong. I think some of the the comments about players intelligence and intent on here miss the mark - but understandable when we lose 😀. Generally I would say there are very few dirty players or even dirty actions in todays game - the guys know each other. However, we do want all the players to improve technique and make good decisions so he will add that to the things he needs to work on. Still my favourite Barrett by some distance.
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@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I have never thought of Scott as dirty player
3 red cards in 4 years? Just unlucky?
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@nzzp slow learner...
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@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I have never thought of Scott as dirty player
3 red cards in 4 years? Just unlucky?
He hits more rucks, and looks to dominate in a contact sport better than anyone else in NZ. The reason he gets those is by the nature of the game - rucks and mauls where his job is to clean and dominate tackles. You cannot play tough in todays game and not get cards. Just wish the rest of our forward pack were as good.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@nzzp slow learner...
Concrete technician is the official term I think according to @mariner4life
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Yep we need some hard hitting forwards not powder puffs, give me Barrett over Vai any day.
We will get muted in the WC if we don't stand up and be physical and hit hard back.Bit of bad luck for Barrett pushed over for the 2nd yellow and the first a team yellow.
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@game_film said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
If the ABs do play the Boks in a knockout game - then in the days leading up Foster needs to front up to the media and go on the offensive about their players time wasting. And then Cane needs to get at the ref aggressively before the game has even started.
Nice guys will finish last in the next couple months.
Absolutely agree.
It's like they want to win the prize for the nicest team.
Fozzie and Sam - the noble losers.For South Africa - their borderline offside defence.
For Ireland - their decoy runners causing obstruction.
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And I'd to see some video of how Lomax was hurt.
A slim chance of banning any of those Bok forwards would be great! -
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
And I'd to see some video of how Lomax was hurt.
A slim chance of banning any of those Bok forwards would be great!Banning boots I think. How do you get a cut that deep that early in the game from a boot.
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@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@taniwharugby yes boneheaded. No video evidence that the impact was head but cleaning out a guy on the ground is never a good look. But against that is I have never thought of Scott as dirty player. Just someone that hits hard, runs hard, has a huge motor, creates momentum with whatever he does. Sometimes in a contact sport played at high speed, it goes wrong. I think some of the the comments about players intelligence and intent on here miss the mark - but understandable when we lose 😀. Generally I would say there are very few dirty players or even dirty actions in todays game - the guys know each other. However, we do want all the players to improve technique and make good decisions so he will add that to the things he needs to work on. Still my favourite Barrett by some distance.
Don’t think a father should show favouritism there Kev
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@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
And I'd to see some video of how Lomax was hurt.
A slim chance of banning any of those Bok forwards would be great!Banning boots I think. How do you get a cut that deep that early in the game from a boot.
I assume it was accidental.
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
And I'd to see some video of how Lomax was hurt.
A slim chance of banning any of those Bok forwards would be great!Banning boots I think. How do you get a cut that deep that early in the game from a boot.
I assume it was accidental.
Absolutely but the boots must be dangerous to do that
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Here’s a picture of Tyrell Lomax’s knee just after the impact. Warning: not for the squeamish.
Anyone got a video of the incident?
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