All Blacks vs England 2
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@kev said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@voodoo said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Why does Scott Barrett do that half-arsed chargedown attempt at every single oppo ruck box-clearance? I don't feel like he's got one since 1993 and it just leaves him late to the next phase
Because he puts 100% into everything. He is the Richie McCaw of this team. Huge motor.
Sorry bro, but that’s a dumb response. Don’t disagree that he gives 100%, but that doesn’t mean this particular play is sensible and worthwhile. He’d be better off only challenging where he can realistically influence the play - atm he doesn’t put any pressure on the kicker and is just wasting energy. If he dropped this, he’d be able to give something like 104% in other areas…🤪
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Nepia "Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone."
Told you guys a couple of years ago that Richie the Mo was probably the best first five in the world - Danny Boy (and World Rugby) have come around to my view.
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Frizz was a lot more effective than you guys thought. We rarely lost when he played.
If Richie is the best 10 in the world I'd expect him to make some more vital kicks in the last RWC...
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England 2:
If Perofeta had passed inside or if Telea had more pace we'd be lauding DMac's counter attack to set up a brilliant try.
A step in the right direction for DMac last night
I was a well known hater for a long time, said he was the classic great Super player with no place in black. But I’ve completely come around. He no longer runs across field all game, he makes way less mistakes than RM / BB ever did and retains their ability to break a game open. Kicking game as good as anyone else’s (better probably), good in the air and a really brave / good defender
Keen to see more of him and Ratima together and clearly he’d be dynamite behind a pack going forward
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@nostrildamus He's not the best goalkicker in the world. That's why Jordie took the last shot.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Nepia said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Also you know the old saying correlation does not equal causation, but good you got your ex- Ta$man boy's back.
Coaches kept picking him, though - and it wasn't really a great mystery, why.
There's lots of mystery why, like with every player selected/not selected who is a contentious pick.
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@Machpants don't forget the needless yellow card
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@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks vs England 2:
Some people on this forum seem to think that not only should the ABs be the best, that they should be perfect too.
Well yeah ...
Realistically Aura was built on the back winning matches by this margin.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@nostrildamus He's not the best goalkicker in the world. That's why Jordie took the last shot.
What last shot at goal did Jordie take?
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@Machpants Shannon got dudded by a crap yellow card after two minutes - so he probably played pretty cautiously thereafter.
The Boks didn't score any tries so I'm not worried about his tackle stats. After all, what attacking they did was probably aimed around wher our openside flanker would have been standing.
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Don't make me go back and watch the last RWC! But I honestly don't remember Richie M having the greatest tournament, or being clearly the world best 10.
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@nostrildamus You don't need to
Just take Dan's advice or look at World Rugby's team of the year.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs England 2:
World Rugby's team of the year.
you mean DREAM team of the year. They probably were dreaming.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Machpants Shannon got dudded by a crap yellow card after two minutes - so he probably played pretty cautiously thereafter.
The Boks didn't score any tries so I'm not worried about his tackle stats. After all, what attacking they did was probably aimed around wher our openside flanker would have been standing.
Jeez that's really stretching it, boks didn't score so it's ok for a loose forward to have 1 successful tackle. Note cane and Ardie, 8 or 9. Barrett 10, Taylor 11.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs England 2:
@Machpants Shannon got dudded by a crap yellow card after two minutes - so he probably played pretty cautiously thereafter.
The Boks didn't score any tries so I'm not worried about his tackle stats. After all, what attacking they did was probably aimed around wher our openside flanker would have been standing.
Jeez that's really stretching it, boks didn't score so it's ok for a loose forward to have 1 successful tackle. Note cane and Ardie, 8 or 9. Barrett 10, Taylor 11.
yeh i am a bit confused, ok does he mean with Cane taken off, that means Shannon doesn't need to try to cover the empty gap where Cane would have been?
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