All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
-
@nostrildamus He won’t be able to train until the stitches are out and a few days afterwards. I would have thought it’s three weeks before he can play again at best.
-
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@nostrildamus He won’t be able to train until the stitches are out and a few days afterwards. I would have thought it’s three weeks before he can play again at best.
No real rush before Italy game.
-
I can visualise some unsung hero changing the narrative by luck rather than design, thrust into the piece due to injury or suspension. A Roigard or DMAC type getting loads of minutes due to unforeseen circumstances.
I think the Allblacks are going to belt some big team, either France up first or SA/IRE in the quarters, but can't see them putting it together over consecutive weeks.
Its going to be ref heavy, TMO heavy, score board ticking in 3's type Rugby.
Playing rippa rugby in your own 22 in Autumn on NH pitches doesn't look like its going to work 6 weeks in a row.
The team is a raking punt light both at 10 and 15.
No pressure valve being offered from 9 either bar the potential of Roigards left boot off the bench.
-
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I can visualise some unsung hero changing the narrative by luck rather than design, thrust into the piece due to injury or suspension. A Roigard or DMAC type getting loads of minutes due to unforeseen circumstances.
I think the Allblacks are going to belt some big team, either France up first or SA/IRE in the quarters, but can't see them putting it together over consecutive weeks.
Its going to be ref heavy, TMO heavy, score board ticking in 3's type Rugby.
Playing rippa rugby in your own 22 in Autumn on NH pitches doesn't look like its going to work 6 weeks in a row.
The team is a raking punt light both at 10 and 15.
No pressure valve being offered from 9 either bar the potential of Roigards left boot off the bench.
They only have to play really well three times: first match, quarters and final. But will want to be coming to boil around Italy match.
-
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I can visualise some unsung hero changing the narrative by luck rather than design, thrust into the piece due to injury or suspension. A Roigard or DMAC type getting loads of minutes due to unforeseen circumstances.
I think the Allblacks are going to belt some big team, either France up first or SA/IRE in the quarters, but can't see them putting it together over consecutive weeks.
Its going to be ref heavy, TMO heavy, score board ticking in 3's type Rugby.
Playing rippa rugby in your own 22 in Autumn on NH pitches doesn't look like its going to work 6 weeks in a row.
The team is a raking punt light both at 10 and 15.
No pressure valve being offered from 9 either bar the potential of Roigards left boot off the bench.
They only have to play really well three times: first match, quarters and final. But will want to be coming to boil around Italy match.
SF a given then?
-
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I can visualise some unsung hero changing the narrative by luck rather than design, thrust into the piece due to injury or suspension. A Roigard or DMAC type getting loads of minutes due to unforeseen circumstances.
I think the Allblacks are going to belt some big team, either France up first or SA/IRE in the quarters, but can't see them putting it together over consecutive weeks.
Its going to be ref heavy, TMO heavy, score board ticking in 3's type Rugby.
Playing rippa rugby in your own 22 in Autumn on NH pitches doesn't look like its going to work 6 weeks in a row.
The team is a raking punt light both at 10 and 15.
No pressure valve being offered from 9 either bar the potential of Roigards left boot off the bench.
They only have to play really well three times: first match, quarters and final. But will want to be coming to boil around Italy match.
SF a given then?
Easy, same as the QF in 2007
-
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
A Saturday morning press conference with Foz and more handling of the ball than his side did for 80 minutes yesterday.
Well there you go, he hinted at not changing the squad. So one of the wingers gets a free holiday in France while we battle injury and fatigue in the loose forwards and locks. We have a genius coach here, QF exit coming up.
-
I am actually wondering if heads were not in right place yesterday? I actually said to Mrs just before game I was worried with talk, it sounded like they were trying to talk themselves into it being a must win game, and not quite coming off to me. I not suggesting in anyway taking away how well Boks played , or how poor ABs seemed to be, just a thought I had.
-
@reprobate said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@MiketheSnow No, it is not just you. If you followed super rugby this year you would have seen the Chiefs top the table before losing the final to the Crusaders by playing a long territorial kicking game all season with McKenzie and Stevenson.
Our coaching / tactics are appalling.Vs Blues who crashed and burned again
-
@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@reprobate said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@MiketheSnow No, it is not just you. If you followed super rugby this year you would have seen the Chiefs top the table before losing the final to the Crusaders by playing a long territorial kicking game all season with McKenzie and Stevenson.
Our coaching / tactics are appalling.Vs Blues who crashed and burned again
Using a contestable kick heavy game plan.
I'm wondering if Schmidt is getting a far easier ride than he deserves. It feels a bit moneyball to me, with a (mistaken) consideration of the ratio of contestables to regathers and opposition mistakes versus chance of them getting clean possession and easy scoring opportunities.
The issue I have with it is that you can easily find yourself down two scores if two of those contestables go against you early, all you need is one great return or a mistake from us, and the opposition will camp out and wait until they can get their points.
I do see the benefit of it as a tactic at certain times in a tight match, but it can't be the basis of our exit strategy. We need to be able to exit our territory.
-
@gt12 This stupid moneyball tactic was in use well before Schmidt, BB has been doing it for years it seems. The Chiefs tactics were so different this year it was refreshing to see. I think DMAC kicked well over twice the penalties as any other team in the comp. Seems even blind freddy can see it is simply not worth the gamble in the test arena.
-
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
A Saturday morning press conference with Foz and more handling of the ball than his side did for 80 minutes yesterday.
Wish they asked him about playing footy in your own 22 when you are under the pump.
-
-
-
-
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
God you're boring @Machpants
I'm sure it was Ian Foster who told them to give away dumb penalty after dumb penalty. To dive head first at a player on the ground. To miss tackles. To miss goal kicks.
How bad are NZ rugby players that they would be amazing except their coach told them not to
In no way did I say that. My point is the team are under so much pressure, which leads to more errors and penalties by the players, due to tactics. Yes the players were shit, but they have been good. But playing the ball in the 22, cross kicks and short kicks rather than decent exits, is a core problem. It came off beautifully last SA game, an unheard-of two thirds of kicks recovered. When the opposition catch the ball, and ABs get the normal ten percent back, it just creates tries for the opposition and/or more pressure in our red zone. And that had always been a go to tactic for the ABs under foster, and is unbelievably stupid. Attempting too run it out of the 22 even when opposition defence is set, is a foster tactic in the same vein, one little error and you're fucked
-
-
@ploughboy said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@booboo nah we lost because the bok played better. not making excuses just little things make a difference which add uo to a [poor performance
I'm not taking shots, I'm doing it (identifying contributing reasons) too.
Just finding it amusing when I step back and notice it all.
There's plenty of contributory factors, and I'm not writing us off, or inking them in on the basis of that game.
-
@booboo said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@booboo nah we lost because the bok played better. not making excuses just little things make a difference which add uo to a [poor performance
I'm not taking shots, I'm doing it (identifying contributing reasons) too.
Just finding it amusing when I step back and notice it all.
There's plenty of contributory factors, and I'm not writing us off, or inking them in on the basis of that game.
The weekend's results just show that this cup is wide open. If you don't show up mentally and physically you can seriously get beaten
-
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@booboo said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@booboo nah we lost because the bok played better. not making excuses just little things make a difference which add uo to a [poor performance
I'm not taking shots, I'm doing it (identifying contributing reasons) too.
Just finding it amusing when I step back and notice it all.
There's plenty of contributory factors, and I'm not writing us off, or inking them in on the basis of that game.
The weekend's results just show that this cup is wide open. If you don't show up mentally and physically you can seriously get beaten
I commented on the wildly swinging, week to week results last year.
It's always been small margins swing results in Tests. Now it's small margins severely impact scores.
