All Blacks v Argentina II
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@DaGrubster said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
The way games go to shit when teams empty the bench is another advert for less subs per game
The boks games don't, so it's to do with the players and coaches, not the rules
Sweeping statement backed up by nothing at all
Backed up by two worlds cups won using the bomb squad
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@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I don't have a problem with the yellow but I do have a problem with the Argie going down feigning injury so it would get looked at. It's becoming common place and it shits me. I know he eventually went for an HIA but the way he was carrying on made it look like he needed a stretcher. If he was that bad he should have been straight off. Bet he passed the HIA.
I thought he was getting attention for the shot on his ribs, not the very minor glancing head contact.
I understand and accept why they went yellow, but to me it barely met the threshold.
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First box kick from TJP was in broken play and we could contest it. Massive step up in intensity so far, better accuracy but still a few silly mistakes. Loving the effort though.
Darry and Va'ai playing well, nice to see our locks taller than the opposition.
TJP snipes down the blind and puts Jordan into the corner. Nice
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@Frank said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
We were razor focused in the 1st half.
Very impressive.Well he did say that last week's performance wasn't what he had coached them
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@booboo said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Maybe best to stagger the subs next match, too many at once seemed to upset the balance of the team.
100% this.
Bulk subs too early.
Seemed to me to be a function of the score.
I'm ok with it in a blow out, we weren't under threat and it protected some pivotal players as well as got some fellas a good run around.
I doubt we'd see the same in a tight match.
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Darry has done a Darryl Mitchell. Originally not selected, but he's taken his chance and looks every bit an AB lock.
The attitude improvement is significant, the pack are looking so much better, loving the aggression on defence and attack. And we have rolled out an intelligent game plan.
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Love long range kicking exits even if opponents catch them. Gives time to defend.
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Where's Proctor
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Really good from the starting XV apart from Reiko Ioane. 14 of the 15 executed their roles really well. And after all the criticism some of them got after the Wellington game, good for them.
I think Reiko Ioane is at Test level a Wing who can play Centre rather than a 13. Sooner or later Billy Proctor's going to come through there.
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What I loved: didn’t want a bar of playing with the ball in our own half. It was gone. For a team lacking in cohesion it got them playing in the right end of the field. And the. Some really good tries off the back of it. The negative side of it all though, we still didn’t really see any dominating, advantage line forward runs until the 2nd half after all the subs came on.
YC was BS and we all know it and it was that man again MJ in the TMO box that put yet another AB in the bin for nowt.
The 2nd half went to dog shit but I don’t think it was “lost”.
SA can’t wait to run over the top of us.
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@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
YC was BS and we all know it and it was that man again MJ in the TMO box that put yet another AB in the bin for nowt.
It was an absolutely stone-cold Yellow Card and it would have been for the last ten years in any Rugby Union game officiated by a European ref.
You can't go high and anywhere near the head and expect to stay on the field. I've seen dozens of those given.
The players in the Irish National side have learned how to never, ever do that. Some of the AB squad still need to learn.
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@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Really good from the starting XV apart from Reiko Ioane
Habullshit.
Or shall we just ignore the lack of change out wide for Argentina, the extra space out wide for black, the fuck all line breaks and turnovers in the midfield?
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- Mighty Williams was great, could be a signature game. Looked like he belonged
- Vaai and Darry surprised how quickly they have adjusted to test rugby. Doing great
- Ardie did ardie things, needs to link when necessary. Leg drive is amazing
- Great game from TJ but still think Ratima should be starting.
- Criticism of DMac last week totally unjustified. He didn't have a forward pack last week
- Attacking dinks are great, defensive dinks are not
- Fast wings make a difference even in the wet.
- JB is great when composed like this week. Again had some forwards this week
- Our scrum is a weapon and you haven't been able to say that very often
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