All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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BTW at Twickers they didn't let anyone in with a bag bigger than an A4. They mean it. Goes into storage. Pickup queue took 1 1/2 hours to retrieve.
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@mariner4life i still don't think Talea lost that ball. Ironically, that was a knock on but the tap he tried was called back because the ball didn't move forward for the non-try against the Wobs?
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@MajorRage said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
So I completely missed this game and have very little appetite to seek out any highlights etc.
However, if what I've read here, there and everywhere is true, should we be concerned about the Italy game?
Italy are a big strong team, and if they can push us around up front .... is there a real chance we don't get out of the pool?
Serious question post, not taking the piss.
nah
this was a perfect storm of absolutely everything going wrong all at once. And you know what? We kick that penalty with our first chance, and Scott Barrett isn't a complete idiot, and who knows how the rest of the game goes. But we missed. Scotty dived. And we were fucked.
Nothing went right, it really was incredible. I would be astounded if that many guys played that badly at the same time, and we made that many errors, again.
It was amazing we were still in the game, and could have just been 7-3 down deep into the first half if RM kicks that sitter of a penalty. I just couldn't believe it when he missed, that's a different ball game if he kicks it. I'm far from convinced we have the team to win the thing, but we are a chance. We stormed home in TRC in games with some sort of meaning, and then lost a warm up match. Badly, but a warm up match. Talk of losses to Italy are premature.
With hindsight, I’m not as bothered by the loss now as I was at the time .
I suspect when everything is going rosy, this team has a tendency to feel comfortable with where they are at.
Maybe this might create a sharper edge , being brought back to earth with a thud can do that , Ted used to speak about the benefits of a loss in the area of a mental reset .
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@antipodean Look at 18:30 and 18:32.
Can't be bothered continuing once someone identifies they don't know wtf they're talking about. The law is clear; you can close the gap after the ball is thrown.
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Not sure whether this has been posted yet, but I found the bit about the studs and bench interesting.
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@kiwiinmelb difference is, back then they never got flogged by 30 points. And had a series of record losses prior.
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@antipodean “Until the ball is thrown in, and has touched the player or the ground, the offside line for players is the mark of touch.”
So you can close the metre gap once the ball is thrown, but you risk being offside if you make contact another player beyond the line of touch.
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@Stargazer surely they have to have a look at them (blade boots) now? Given player safety it seems like an easy one.
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@antipodean “Until the ball is thrown in, and has touched the player or the ground, the offside line for players is the mark of touch.”
So you can close the metre gap once the ball is thrown, but you risk being offside if you make contact another player beyond the line of touch.
Yes. You can't cross it, hence throwing players over the line is penalised, but you can close the gap after the ball is thrown.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kev Yeah, especially because players also risk getting hit by a boot in the face/head. Imagine that being one of those boots.
calm yourselves guys, i bought my first pair of blades in like 2000, this is not some new and dangerous technology
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@mariner4life Lomax might not agree with you about it not being dangerous.
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@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@antipodean Look at 18:30 and 18:32.
Can't be bothered continuing once someone identifies they don't know wtf they're talking about. The law is clear; you can close the gap after the ball is thrown.
Perhaps that's something that needs to be looked at
No closing of the gap until the ball passes the 5m line
No closing of the gap until the ball is touched (by either team)Suggestions on a postcard to the usual address
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I remember having plastic sprigs on boots as a kid and having to file off the rough bits from walking on concrete.
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I can't recall the last time I had a ref inspect boots. I've had blades since forever and have never seen an injury like that. Perhaps refs should start again if they're worn into something akin to a flying keel.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Not sure whether this has been posted yet, but I found the bit about the studs and bench interesting.
Think it might be time to go back to subs for injuries only
or at least enforce the 5-3 split
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@mikedogz and the ref running his hands over the studs to check for sharp edges.
While Lomax's one is awful and seems nasty, it also would seem rather rare?
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i think a counties player had a cut in the waikato game
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
While Lomax's one is awful and seems nasty, it also would seem rather rare?
I think the B Barrett injury v the Reds was similar boots? It was another freakish one, a decent gash on his achilles through the socks
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@Duluth ah thats right, maybe they have altered the configuration of the 'blades' recently?
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I remember those blades were banned at schoolboy level in the early 90s in Aus. Boots were always checked properly before every game. Shit like this should not happen if they have the proper routines.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kev Yeah, especially because players also risk getting hit by a boot in the face/head. Imagine that being one of those boots.
calm yourselves guys, i bought my first pair of blades in like 2000, this is not some new and dangerous technology
Would like to know exactly what these new blades are, and if they are different.
Seems BB dodged a bullet early this year.
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
No closing of the gap until the ball is touched (by either team)
I like the vision of the ball sitting perfectly in the middle and no team allowed to close the gap to touch it.
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@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kiwiinmelb difference is, back then they never got flogged by 30 points. And had a series of record losses prior.
Yeah I get all that, none of us have been happy with all the records that have tumbled and the inconsistencies
But this team and their chances for doing well at the cup itself, not so sure that game means that much.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kiwiinmelb difference is, back then they never got flogged by 30 points. And had a series of record losses prior.
Yeah I get all that, none of us have been happy with all the records that have tumbled and the inconsistencies
But this team and their chances for doing well at the cup itself, not so sure that game means that much.
I think it does, it shows they crumble under pressure. If they get away to a great start, then they're good. Any real pressure and they're fucked. And they will get real pressure on at least one knock out game of three and will crumble and lose. Even the GOATs of '15 had that in the semi, and they turned the pressure around. '11 had the self induced pressure of the final. Funnily enough the B team pulled through under pressure vs Oz, but that is only Oz
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@mikedogz and the ref running his hands over the studs to check for sharp edges.
While Lomax's one is awful and seems nasty, it also would seem rather rare?
Yep I remember going down on my knees and having the boots checked I think.
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@kiwiinmelb furry muff. I made comment before the test, would a loss to the ABs mean more psychologically than it would to the Springboks. I still believe it does. South Africa can get up for these one of games. This ABs side, I'm 70% sure they can't. Certainly not for 3 big ones.
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@Machpants it was the A team that come on to fix the shit. Had Foster kept the same side save for blokes like SS and LF, for the Wobs then this test, I'm positive the result would have been different. May not have won, but I'm certain it wouldn't have a been a 35 point flogging.
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@Machpants a bit of luck early plays it's part too, on another day the early scrum penalty goes the other way...
As @mariner4life said above, this game was the perfect storm of everything going wrong.
Sure there are issues and we will need alot of luck and good days for us to make the final, and from there, it comes down to who is on, you ride the crest of a wave until you can't.
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@mariner4life it may not be blades as such, could be the type - sharpness etc. It’s interesting technical thing. Surprised their hasn’t been a rugby media piece on this but then again, why would you provide information and analysis when you can do nothing.
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@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@mikedogz and the ref running his hands over the studs to check for sharp edges.
While Lomax's one is awful and seems nasty, it also would seem rather rare?
Yep I remember going down on my knees and having the boots checked I think.
We weren't allowed plastic studs in 90's early 00's in dunedin school/club rugby, had to at least have a metal tip. I was surprised when i got back into club rugby and checking studs wasn't a thing
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@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kiwiinmelb furry muff. I made comment before the test, would a loss to the ABs mean more psychologically than it would to the Springboks. I still believe it does. South Africa can get up for these one of games. This ABs side, I'm 70% sure they can't. Certainly not for 3 big ones.
Yeah not sure , last 4 games are 2-2 , good performance, bad performance seems to be the trend
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@mikedogz and the ref running his hands over the studs to check for sharp edges.
While Lomax's one is awful and seems nasty, it also would seem rather rare?
Yep I remember going down on my knees and having the boots checked I think.
We weren't allowed plastic studs in 90's early 00's in dunedin school/club rugby, had to at least have a metal tip. I was surprised when i got back into club rugby and checking studs wasn't a thing
Yeah moulded studs were banned in Aus while I was playing around that time. Had to have screw-ins. So I was surprised to see that they were the norm when my boys started playing in around 2014.
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@kiwiinmelb which begs the question, what gives everyone so much faith we'll get passed the QF? Due another shit one vs France, good one vs Italy then out.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kiwiinmelb furry muff. I made comment before the test, would a loss to the ABs mean more psychologically than it would to the Springboks. I still believe it does. South Africa can get up for these one of games. This ABs side, I'm 70% sure they can't. Certainly not for 3 big ones.
Yeah not sure , last 4 games are 2-2 , good performance, bad performance seems to be the trend
I think the focus has been on the RWC since we sewed up the Bledisloe and the RC (which was after the Melb test). So Dunedin becomes a bit of a ho hum match. This Boks test was a money spinner.
The boys seemed pretty relaxed about it all riding their bikes around postcode Adidas in Germany…
Much of what has been said on this thread has a bit of an old school thinking to it.
As much as it is important for the fans to see the ABs win, and they know they didn’t play how they wanted, but the eyes have been on the French test for a while now.
Bring it on.
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@Joans-Town-Jones said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@kiwiinmelb which begs the question, what gives everyone so much faith we'll get passed the QF? Due another shit one vs France, good one vs Italy then out.
Because quite simply were the flat track bullies of the international game, well pump everyone (bar France) by 50 points + in the pool games and then fall over ourselves as soon as we come up against a forward pack that hits us harder than what we hit them.
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@Windows97 said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Because quite simply were the flat track bullies of the international game, well pump everyone (bar France) by 50 points + in the pool games and then fall over ourselves as soon as we come up against a forward pack that hits us harder than what we hit them.
oh god, we're the quintessential classic French team, without the backline!
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@nostrildamus Now that you put it like that - I have to agree 100%
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I drew Ireland in the work's sweepstake, I feel dirty
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@Machpants Personally I'd feel lucky?
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