All Blacks vs Argentina I
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
Anyone have opinions on Cameron Suafoa as the 6?
Workrate? Speed?
Doesn't lack for grunt.At Super level he's played more lock than 6 (quite impressively too).
He has a couple of promising outings at 6 for the Maori ABs. Once vs Ireland a couple of years back and then the first MAB vs Japan XV a few weeks ago.
He looks to have the frame and game for 6 but needs game time there. With Akira going he has a great chance to take the Blues 6 jersey next year (hopefully back to full fitness too following his battle with cancer)
I was at the Maori Ireland game at the Tron - I thought Suafoa was the best player that night, stood out / fronted up well against a NH forward pack, moving bodies in contact especially.
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@canefan said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@nzzp I recall them looking for more organised than us. Mrs CF watched one of the games with me and even she could see we were running around helter skelter and she could see they had a clear plan
I agree with that completely! They were a better side - and we were going backwards under Foster. But that is not the same as 'schooled' - which was what I reacted to.
More consistent refereeing and Foster doesnt' lose a home series ... and who knows where history takes us.
Remember: I am no Foster apologist. I thought he should not have had his contract extended after 21 - that was the chance for Razor to come in and sprinkle some stardust
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@nzzp that first game was in the balance, IIRC they were attacking, dropped one in our 22, we scored down the other end, then again and again, shutting the door, so sliding doors and all, but for that drop, who knows how that might have panned out!
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@taniwharugby in fairness, there are a lot of good teams that have said that about the ABs. Remember 2019 RWC pool game v SA: 5 minutes of magic scored us two tries and won us that game. Otherwise you'd say SA had the better of us
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People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
it wasn't just Foster though was it? If we looked at the play and stats before and after Schmidt (and Ryan if one wishes) ... they tell a story.
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@nzzp oh I know, I just think we were a drop away form potentially going 0-3 in that series too...similarly, but for the 2nd test card, we win the 2nd test, then thier confidence knocked, we go 3-0...
This is fun
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
Yeah I thought we looked far better last year than the 3 years previously, not so much in results even if that was better too, but in just how we played .
Boks at mt smart , and the quarter final in particular were games where I didn’t feel like throwing shit at the tv for a change .
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
This is fun
can we have the 1995 final then please? No way Mehrts missed those droppies
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@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
We entered this year super thin in a few positions because the last two years every game was a must win and the same old side rolled out.
We have to start playing some new guys, or we will enter the next RWC with some broken old men and lots of barely-played newbs.
Edit: and by "playing" I mean playing under red hot conditions, like in South Africa. Merely giving the next tier of players a spell or two in lighter games simply is not preparing them, or the team, properly.
Whose to say that the new guys aren't better? We'll never know if we never give them a chance.
You realise we have something like 45 tests before the next WC right?
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
Don't forget that ridiculous YC where SF was smacked in the face by Kitsoff's elbow. In fact, Kitsoff was using his forearm a lot in that final.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
One thing that's been good under Razor is that we've gone three matches without a card. I don't think we've even had an incident reviewed, have we?
It might just be coincidence - but, it seems it would be a long time ago that we last went three consecutive tests without a card.
Edit: A quick scan and looks like we did it at the start of last year! Unfortunately, we couldn't keep it up!
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@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
We entered this year super thin in a few positions because the last two years every game was a must win and the same old side rolled out.
We have to start playing some new guys, or we will enter the next RWC with some broken old men and lots of barely-played newbs.
Edit: and by "playing" I mean playing under red hot conditions, like in South Africa. Merely giving the next tier of players a spell or two in lighter games simply is not preparing them, or the team, properly.
Whose to say that the new guys aren't better? We'll never know if we never give them a chance.
You realise we have something like 45 tests before the next WC right?
There are players that will make the 2027 RWC squad that haven’t even been picked for the ABs yet.
Think about players like Sam Whitelock, Dagg and Cruden, they played their first tests in 2010 and were starters in the RWC final in 2011. Vito was in the same class too, just didn’t play in the final but played other RWC11 matches.
Joe Moody played his first test in 2014 and was starting at loosehead in the RWC15 final.
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@ACT-Crusader you forgot Milner-Skudder, debuted in a RWC year
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@ACT-Crusader you forgot Milner-Skudder, debuted in a RWC year
Yeah but he’s a winger so barely a rugby player….
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@ACT-Crusader fair point, still got a jersey and medal though
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@ACT-Crusader fair point, still got a jersey and medal though
NMS's timing was impeccable. He caught fire just at the right time. Sadly he was blighted by injuries
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
Yeah but he’s a winger so barely a rugby player….
how positionist!
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
Yeah but he’s a winger so barely a rugby player….
how positionist!
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