All Blacks vs Fiji

[Winger]

Hotham will be happy with his first game.

Likewise Proctor with a superb game. Along with ALB.

Newell is limited apart from the scrum. Shame that he and Tosi can't be combined

[BerniesCorner]

A passing center omg

[Bovidae]

I will read comments later but Clarke starts ahead of Telea against Arg. A big difference between the speed of Ratima's passing compared to Hotham's.

Sititi looked like he is made for this but tougher opponents to come.

[mencey]

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

Ardie not a shake on what he was last year

What a load of bollocks. He is doing fine and by the end of the year he will be even better !!!!

[Jimmy Jimmy]

@Bones

[antipodean]

The only thing you can really take from a game like this is players who shit the bed or look ineffective.

And I don't agree with Marshall that Ethan looked good. Busy yes.

[Stag]

@No-Quarter
Jacobson 3 runs 2 meters
Blackadder 6 runs 38 meters

Who struggled???

[Stag]

@Toddy
Jacobson 3 runs 2 meters
Blackadder 6 runs 38 meters
And they had virtually the same tackle stats.
🤷‍♂️

[African Monkey]

@antipodean He's a bit of a lightweight at this level isn't he? Like, he gets around and tries to attack everything, but half the time he got folded at breakdown time and was left falling over, and he falls off tackles by over committing. He did a few good things out there but most of the time I thought he was rather ineffective, and that was against Fiji.

I fear for him if he plays against the bigger packs, not through lack of endeavor of course, but I think he gets hammered against the bigger packs.

[Stag]

@Stag but I would play Blackadder at 6

[ploughboy]

@Stag said in All Blacks vs Fiji:

@Toddy
Jacobson 3 runs 2 meters
Blackadder 6 runs 38 meters
And they had virtually the same tackle stats.
🤷‍♂️
tackle stats

jacobson 8 and 1 miss
niggles 7 and 4 misses is not the same

[Stag]

@ploughboy fair. But on the flip side Blackadder was clearly far more effective on attack. Two meters for an All Black loose forward against Fiji, really???

[Stag]

@African-Monkey if Blackadder is a light weight against Fiji with 36 meters from 6 runs what the hell does that make Jacobson with 2 running meters for the whole game. It’s quite clear a number of people on the fern can’t stand Blackadder and will never accept his efforts regardless of what he does.

[Stag]

@African-Monkey
Jacobson had 3 runs for 2 meters and Blackadder 6 runs for 36 meters. Your observations are clearly clouded by some sort of bias.

[African Monkey]

@Stag Never said I was huge in Jacobsen either.

He made 1 run in the first half where he went about 10 meters, before not keeping his weight and giving away a penalty for nit releasing, then made a good run in the midfield from a set piece early in the 2nd half off the top of the line out (part of the good things he did if you read my post). When he gets the ball off first phase from most line outs off the top, he is going to make a few meters per carry. My criticisms were also more defense and breakdown related too.

I notice you're always angry and sulking on here lol, lighten up a bit.

[African Monkey]

@Stag Also how am I biased? I think I've defended Crusaders players and the team more than most non Crusaders fans this year?

[sparky]

A great debut by Billy Proctor.

[BerniesCorner]

Some tough decisions to be made.
The team that started against England wasn't the top side.

[African Monkey]

@BerniesCorner Slight difference in class of opposition today compared to England I think it's fair to say?

[BerniesCorner]

Yeah but it's obvious some guys have a quicker pass, others can distribute the ball under pressure. Some aren't phased by test rugby and have a high work rate.