All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Some of the pre match talk coming out of the ab camp about wanting to make a statement is looking a bit comical now
We absolutely made a statement. Not the right type mind.
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Sam Cane’s underwhelming captaincy is a massive concern. I don’t think he’s strong enough of a leader to take us to the World Cup.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I don't know what was more painful. The AB performance, the ref, or the commentators I had to listen to.
Foster and Ryan have got a huge reality check.
I had the French commentators. “Humiliés” “détruits” “écrasés”.
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@BerhamporeNinja said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Well done SA!, along w the loss we're gonna take alot from that game! Roigard our no.2, ALB is still trash,Newell is not good enough, Degroot is too slow around field and still unfit to be effective at scrum time, Telea's a definite starter
I thought Vaa'i went OK as well. Pretty shit performance but probably still better than the others
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@BerhamporeNinja said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Well done SA!, along w the loss we're gonna take alot from that game! Roigard our no.2, ALB is still trash,Newell is not good enough, Degroot is too slow around field and still unfit to be effective at scrum time, Telea's a definite starter
I'm intrigued you watched the game, and one of the big things you took out of it was de Groot isn't the answer? The scrum largely held whilst he was on, but once he departed Williams got wrecked. He also carried much better than Williams.
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@frugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@BerhamporeNinja said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Well done SA!, along w the loss we're gonna take alot from that game! Roigard our no.2, ALB is still trash,Newell is not good enough, Degroot is too slow around field and still unfit to be effective at scrum time, Telea's a definite starter
I'm intrigued you watched the game, and one of the big things you took out of it was de Groot isn't the answer? The scrum largely held whilst he was on, but once he departed Williams got wrecked. He also carried much better than Williams.
De Groot fine. Williams fine. Locks?
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@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Ive seen it before, many times.
Really? When? Never to this degree imo.
South Africa regularly monstered us in that fashion. Especially in the ELV days.
But we would stay in the game. Get down their end. Kick our pens.
The amount of games we won by less than a score.
Wee can't do that if we are in our own 22 for the whole match.
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@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@frugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@BerhamporeNinja said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Well done SA!, along w the loss we're gonna take alot from that game! Roigard our no.2, ALB is still trash,Newell is not good enough, Degroot is too slow around field and still unfit to be effective at scrum time, Telea's a definite starter
I'm intrigued you watched the game, and one of the big things you took out of it was de Groot isn't the answer? The scrum largely held whilst he was on, but once he departed Williams got wrecked. He also carried much better than Williams.
De Groot fine. Williams fine. Locks?
Locks weren't good at all, and I think that should be taken into account when saying our scrum got destroyed. I wouldn't mark it against Williams, more so a praise of de Groot.
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All part of the plan to lose the favourites tag
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
It won't happen now unless injuries occur but there's a serious argument to put DMac at 15. DMac has a better boot than Beauden and is much quicker.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Sam Cane’s underwhelming captaincy is a massive concern. I don’t think he’s strong enough of a leader to take us to the World Cup.
Fellas, a bit of calm aye? Both have been very good this year, one game where everything went wrong shouldn't change that, particularly with Barrett. McKenzie would have been just as crap playing behind that beaten pack.
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@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Ive seen it before, many times.
Really? When? Never to this degree imo.
South Africa regularly monstered us in that fashion. Especially in the ELV days.
But we would stay in the game. Get down their end. Kick our pens.
The amount of games we won by less than a score.
Wee can't do that if we are in our own 22 for the whole match.
The press got excited by our kicking game beating the Boks. Our exits are shit. Gifting position. It’s a bullshit strategy kicking short when you are under pressure.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Yes because AB forwards should be better than this,
FIFY
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@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
One bonus is there is absolutely no expectation from me we will win this WC, probably first time I have ever gone into a WC feeling that. I can enjoy the cup without pressure and if we do turn it around I will be stoked.
I felt that with last RWC I was hopeful there was some dry powder, but not optimistic. I have Hansen benefit of the doubt, not this time tho
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@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Steve said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Ive seen it before, many times.
Really? When? Never to this degree imo.
South Africa regularly monstered us in that fashion. Especially in the ELV days.
But we would stay in the game. Get down their end. Kick our pens.
The amount of games we won by less than a score.
Wee can't do that if we are in our own 22 for the whole match.
The press got excited by our kicking game beating the Boks. Our exits are shit. Gifting position. It’s a bullshit strategy kicking short when you are under pressure.
There's very few strong distance kickers in the country - been a problem for years.
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@frugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I'm intrigued you watched the game, and one of the big things you took out of it was de Groot isn't the answer? The scrum largely held whilst he was on, but once he departed Williams got wrecked. He also carried much better than Williams.
Back to Ofa and Nepo as the reserve props (depending on Lomax's injury). de Groot is still an unco around the field, the penalty he conceded at the breakdown a good example of that.
