All Blacks vs England I
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England I:
Who would be the next halfback if Perenara is ruled out
Fakatava?
The other player starting with F for me.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England I:
Who would be the next halfback if Perenara is ruled out
Fakatava?
Please no, he's awful this season. Reece would be great there no shit, he does well and is often there when the nine didn't make it
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:
Christie was fine, he just (same as TJ) needs to act rather than fuck about. Bullet pass Smith is missed, but more that fact he rarely wasted time at the ruck. Just play and don't wait
How was Smith able to do that, did he just have a better feel for where the game was going, trust himself to make instant calls?
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@JayCee said in All Blacks vs England I:
@booboo ah fair enough - i'm using an illegal stream to watch the game - normally the legal canada feed cuts off when the game is finished, so this is all new to me
Admittedly Razor seemed to talk more detail
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:
Christie was fine, he just (same as TJ) needs to act rather than fuck about. Bullet pass Smith is missed, but more that fact he rarely wasted time at the ruck. Just play and don't wait
The issue is Christie has never changed the time wasting and we are years and years into his career.
He's not going to suddenly change.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:
Christie was fine, he just (same as TJ) needs to act rather than fuck about. Bullet pass Smith is missed, but more that fact he rarely wasted time at the ruck. Just play and don't wait
Yeah I think everyone has all their fingers and toes crossed Roigard can get back to his best after that horrific injury.
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@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:
Christie was fine, he just (same as TJ) needs to act rather than fuck about. Bullet pass Smith is missed, but more that fact he rarely wasted time at the ruck. Just play and don't wait
How was Smith able to do that, did he just have a better feel for where the game was going, trust himself to make instant calls?
Totally, but these guys have been around long enough to just do it
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England I:
Who would be the next halfback if Perenara is ruled out
Fakatava?
Please no, he's awful this season. Reece would be great there no shit, he does well and is often there when the nine didn't make it
Reece has a good fast pass so no he can't be an AB 9
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@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:
Same the other way D Mac timed out on a sitter
Inexcusable. Did no one in the coaching setup brief the players on the shot-clock?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:
Same the other way D Mac timed out on a sitter
Inexcusable. Did no one in the coaching setup brief the players on the shot-clock?
Both Christie and DMac have cloth ears
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks vs England I:
Am I the only one who thought Christie was alright off the bench? Thought he controlled things and helped us close the game out well.
Just because he doesn't possess Aaron Smith's pass doesn't mean he didn't play well in other areas.
His box kicking was good and the chase (when there was one) put enormous pressure on England. Helped ensure we played in the right part of the field.
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Far prefer us kicking it long.
Most of last 4 years we have been doing own half dinks, hospitals and hail marys -
Was pretty impressed with our high ball receptions.
England kicked a lot (like us) and between Perofeta, Jordie, DMac - we really diffused that tactic.
