All Blacks vs Argentina I
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
Rewatch 60 -70
Two scrums consume two of first five minutes! We go forward in the first but Ofa's side collapses. Pumas bluff at second and earn free kick as ABs go early.
In between, ball ripped from Kremer on their 22, several forward rumbles (Newell makes 4m) although always from standing starts, and Jordan comes in one out again and but for forward pass DMac was over by sticks.
At 65, Aumua,Sititi and Ioane on. Two very good kicks from DMac in back field, one a metre away from 50:22.
From lineout Niggles penalised (late - touchie?) for interfering with Puma jumper's arm on way down. IN FACT replay shows clearly his band on the ball. Gardner error.
At 67 he redeems himself by stealing Puma ball in lineout. RD brain fart leads to 5m scrum.
For scrum at 68, Puma TH bores in at 45 degrees and goes forward. Angus on other side, but looked a penalty for ABs on replay. EB misses textbook tackle on breaking 8, and try scored.
Another seven Puma points originating from dubious penalty, this time in their half.
ABs actually had much the better of period but scoreboard 0 -7.
Niggles the Bad (dubious!), the Good and the Ugly.
70 - 80 And here's where it gets ugly.
ABs finish with three of the five tighties monstered by Boks in H2 of Twickenham friendly.
And a tyro loosie.
The results could have been predicted.
In first three minutes Aumua throws in crooked to first lineout, and at scrum Gardner warns Newell not to overextend and Puma LH listened, and doesn't hit, so penalty. Annoying.
Meanwhile, Pumas waste two minutes on TH sore thigh and Pablo's boots. FFS, Angus!!!
Ratima bad missed tackle and Puma 12 makes good metres but messy ruck and AB lucky turnover. From our kick Puma kicks into touch on full so lineout half way. Another crooked Aumua throw, but Pumas don't jump and Sititi recovers.
We run ball through several phases, but eventually AB forwards all on open side except Sititi who is tackled and in absence of cleaners holds on, so penalty.
Kicked to touch 30 out, but after more time wasting (this time with clock on) Pumas make the take and march AB pack back 15m in maul. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WITH THE STARTING EIGHT. Twickenham undertones.
Luckily RD special turnover penalty and ABs clear to touch.
Lineout at 76: Throw straight, but Sititi forgets call and doesn't jump.
Pumas drive several times, but met with good resistance, but Sititi tries to slow ball down and penalised.
Carreras converts.
Pumas then wind down, but Sititi jumps over fifth or sixth ruck and is penalised.
Game over.
Period 0 - 3.
Takeaway, Pumas ended with most experienced forwards on field and ABs with least. It showed.
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@Bones The call was grabbing jumper's arm. He didn't.
Still interfering with the jumper.
Angus, 'Must have been on way down'. He didn't see it.
EB had hand on ball at top off jump and withdrew his arm on way down leaving Puma with ball in both hands.
Nothing to see.
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@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
Some people get confused because league has a different knock on law. They don't call a knock on if you kick it before it touches the ground
TBH I think that's better than rugby's ruling, it removes any subjective decision making by a ref. If it touches the ground directly after the hands it's knock on, if it's kicked it's not. Whereas now a quick transfer could be seen as a knock on.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
Some people get confused because league has a different knock on law. They don't call a knock on if you kick it before it touches the ground
TBH I think that's better than rugby's ruling, it removes any subjective decision making by a ref. If it touches the ground directly after the hands it's knock on, if it's kicked it's not. Whereas now a quick transfer could be seen as a knock on.
Um, a quick transfer forward is the same as a knock on...
Or do you mean a very quick drop to your boot.
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@canefan said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
We are too small to make the gain line
Are we too small? It seems our forward pack is often heavier than the opposition. Our big blokes not good ball runners? The players we are using to make the hit ups not the biggest in the team? The ball runner getting the ball standing still or under pressure from a defender already on him. I think it's more complicated than not being big enough.
What I think is not complicated is our inability to exit well. I am not sure it comes down to patterns or structures. We just don't have anyone with a big enough kick to make us decent ground.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
The ball runner getting the ball standing still or under pressure from a defender already on him.
yeah this especially is frustrating to watch.
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
We just don't have anyone with a big enough kick to make us decent ground.
We don't rate people who kick well. Far prefer passers and runners. Other countries shake their head at us fielding sub-par goalkickers in Tests; for us it's been prioritising different skillsets.
I don't know that that's the right approach given the modern rush defence makes Tests bloody hard to score any meaningful points (unless you're Argentina vs NZ of course)
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@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
I don't know that that's the right approach given the modern rush defence makes Tests bloody hard to score any meaningful points (unless you're Argentina vs NZ of course)
I'm not sure this is true modern tests have way more tries than previous eras. I think it is more how we kick.
But the biggest and most frustrating thing about our attack is we still take the ball standing still all the fucking time, this is one of my two biggest annoyances that I hoped would change under Razor. If there is flowing counter attacking movement we llook great, but balls from rucks go to a pod of forwards standing still. The other shitting thing we do is the kicking, as mentioned we still do too many shitty little 'clever' kicks that don't come off, and don't control the game by kicking long and into corners etc. Exit kicking is esp dire for this.
And it has been shiiiiiiiiiiiite for a decade or so
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
Rewatch 60 -70
Two scrums consume two of first five minutes! We go forward in the first but Ofa's side collapses. Pumas bluff at second and earn free kick as ABs go early.
In between, ball ripped from Kremer on their 22, several forward rumbles (Newell makes 4m) although always from standing starts, and Jordan comes in one out again and but for forward pass DMac was over by sticks.
At 65, Aumua,Sititi and Ioane on. Two very good kicks from DMac in back field, one a metre away from 50:22.
From lineout Niggles penalised (late - touchie?) for interfering with Puma jumper's arm on way down. IN FACT replay shows clearly his band on the ball. Gardner error.
At 67 he redeems himself by stealing Puma ball in lineout. RD brain fart leads to 5m scrum.
For scrum at 68, Puma TH bores in at 45 degrees and goes forward. Angus on other side, but looked a penalty for ABs on replay. EB misses textbook tackle on breaking 8, and try scored.
Another seven Puma points originating from dubious penalty, this time in their half.
ABs actually had much the better of period but scoreboard 0 -7.
Niggles the Bad (dubious!), the Good and the Ugly.
70 - 80
Lineout at 76: Throw straight, but Sititi forgets call and doesn't jump.
So Robertson and co. left Hoskins Sotutu and Akira Ioane, the two standout forwards from Super Rugby this year, out of the squad for a player who couldn't remember his lineout call.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
We just don't have anyone with a big enough kick to make us decent ground.
We don't rate people who kick well. Far prefer passers and runners. Other countries shake their head at us fielding sub-par goalkickers in Tests; for us it's been prioritising different skillsets.
I don't know that that's the right approach given the modern rush defence makes Tests bloody hard to score any meaningful points (unless you're Argentina vs NZ of course)
You are right. This is why guys like Mo'ounga and BB in particular will get the nod at 10 over a guy like Plummer who is probably seen as too vanilla. Problem is, our distance kicking and exits are woefully poor and running out of our own half oftenndoesnt end well
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@canefan said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
We just don't have anyone with a big enough kick to make us decent ground.
We don't rate people who kick well. Far prefer passers and runners. Other countries shake their head at us fielding sub-par goalkickers in Tests; for us it's been prioritising different skillsets.
I don't know that that's the right approach given the modern rush defence makes Tests bloody hard to score any meaningful points (unless you're Argentina vs NZ of course)
You are right. This is why guys like Mo'ounga and BB in particular will get the nod at 10 over a guy like Plummer who is probably seen as too vanilla. Problem is, our distance kicking and exits are woefully poor and running out of our own half oftenndoesnt end well
DMac got excellent distance on Chiefs exits.
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
Rewatch 60 -70
Two scrums consume two of first five minutes! We go forward in the first but Ofa's side collapses. Pumas bluff at second and earn free kick as ABs go early.
In between, ball ripped from Kremer on their 22, several forward rumbles (Newell makes 4m) although always from standing starts, and Jordan comes in one out again and but for forward pass DMac was over by sticks.
At 65, Aumua,Sititi and Ioane on. Two very good kicks from DMac in back field, one a metre away from 50:22.
From lineout Niggles penalised (late - touchie?) for interfering with Puma jumper's arm on way down. IN FACT replay shows clearly his band on the ball. Gardner error.
At 67 he redeems himself by stealing Puma ball in lineout. RD brain fart leads to 5m scrum.
For scrum at 68, Puma TH bores in at 45 degrees and goes forward. Angus on other side, but looked a penalty for ABs on replay. EB misses textbook tackle on breaking 8, and try scored.
Another seven Puma points originating from dubious penalty, this time in their half.
ABs actually had much the better of period but scoreboard 0 -7.
Niggles the Bad (dubious!), the Good and the Ugly.
70 - 80
Lineout at 76: Throw straight, but Sititi forgets call and doesn't jump.
So Robertson and co. left Hoskins Sotutu and Akira Ioane, the two standout forwards from Super Rugby this year, out of the squad for a player who couldn't remember his lineout call.
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs Argentina I:
We just don't have anyone with a big enough kick to make us decent ground.
We don't rate people who kick well. Far prefer passers and runners. Other countries shake their head at us fielding sub-par goalkickers in Tests; for us it's been prioritising different skillsets.
I don't know that that's the right approach given the modern rush defence makes Tests bloody hard to score any meaningful points (unless you're Argentina vs NZ of course)
You are right. This is why guys like Mo'ounga and BB in particular will get the nod at 10 over a guy like Plummer who is probably seen as too vanilla. Problem is, our distance kicking and exits are woefully poor and running out of our own half oftenndoesnt end well
DMac got excellent distance on Chiefs exits.
That's why I didn't name him. But our game plan does not showcase his skills in that department. Too busy box kicking
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Good analysis: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/are-razors-all-blacks-heading-for-an-early-exit-in-the-rugby-championship/
I noticed Jordie seemed often to gravitate to short side, which had negative consequences.
