All Blacks v France
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French were good, but we left tries out there that would have taken it away. Roigard, Ardie very good. Conversely Reece very poor, Sititi a little off his magical best, Beaudy lacked variation but was ok. On balance, pretty disappointed not to win that.
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@Jet said in All Blacks v France:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v France:
France were pretty good
They have an inordinate amount of athletic lumps knocking around.
And Colombes
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@sparky said in All Blacks v France:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France:
@sparky said in All Blacks v France:
Upside: Roigard, Lakai, Aumua
Downsides: Reece, Scott Barrett, Jordan.
I have a sneaking suspicion you are more of a Canes fan than a Crusader one.
I have a sneaking suspicion we have lost four games this year because of Robertson picking too many of his Red n'Black chums.
Never said you were wrong!
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France better but nz not enough patience. And too many 3 pointers should have tried to take lead.
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Disappointing to lose that after so much territory and possession.
One thing we need to improve on hugely is once we score points, we invariably let the other side score next so we don’t build scoreboard pressure.
We are still a work in progress and are really looking for the 1-2% improvement to win these types of games.
We are building, we are not perfect, we are good at times, but we need to get better and be more ruthless.
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@DaGrubster it's noticeable how much better other teams are at kicking off than us. High, deep kicks that have our catchers under huge pressure, we don't seem to pay the same attention to that facet.
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@DaGrubster The French team had many fewer caps than our. We were beaten by the less experienced team. I am not sure the "we're building argument" works when other sides are building more and beating us. Disappointing.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France:
@DaGrubster it's noticeable how much better other teams are at kicking off than us. High, deep kicks that have our catchers under huge pressure, we don't seem to pay the same attention to that facet.
It's noticeable in Super Rugby. Very few teams bother to put pressure on when kicking off. A lot of cheap exits. We aren't trained well to deal with it
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So, sliding doors (climate related @nostrildamus ). Like the England Test if we were lucky to win that, we were unlucky to lose this.
(Although in both games we were playing the better rugby, until we did dumb shit.)
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Learnings:
- Don't sub Roigard at 51 minutes if there's no need, Robertston you cock
- Don't take the three (which wasn't even a super easy kick) when you're down by 4 with 5 mins to go while dominating the set piece, Scott you dick
- Don't have Scott Barrett be captain, Robertson you wang
- Don't have Beauden Barrett take any kicks for touch, Robertson you penis. He just can't do it properly. They are so shit.
- Don't let these random neck roll calls come from a TMO, World Rugby you shafts. They are annoying as fuck and so inconsistent it isn't funny. There was a clear neck roll on A Savea shortly before the French first try
- Don't tackle with your head first into a player's knee, Samipeni you prong
- Don't let Will Jordan near a rugby ball if he's on your team, unless he scores immediately thereafter, Robertson you rod
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I hope the coaching team won't let Barrett off easily on that call to take the 3. Field position is paramount when there's only 5 minutes to go, and getting back into their half is not guaranteed especially with how poor our exits have been from kickoffs. I'm stunned that he decided to do that.
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Don’t think Reece should make the ABs again. Just not good enough at the highest level.
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@booboo said in All Blacks v France:
So, sliding doors @nostrildamus . Like the England Test if we were lucky to win that, we were unlucky to lose this.
(Although in both games we were playing the better rugby, until we did dumb shit.)
yes but that is a sign of bad judgement or coaching.
The kicking, exits etc haven't consistently improved. That seems a structural, coaching or talent issue.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France:
@DaGrubster it's noticeable how much better other teams are at kicking off than us. High, deep kicks that have our catchers under huge pressure, we don't seem to pay the same attention to that facet.
Yes, we always seem to be under immediate pressure after we score and the other team kicks to us.
It is a major problem for this side as they are always letting teams off the hook
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@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v France:
Don’t think Reece should make the ABs again. Just not good enough at the highest level.
Need some young wingers to put their hand up next year
I suppose Leicester coming back too
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France:
@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v France:
Don’t think Reece should make the ABs again. Just not good enough at the highest level.
Need some young wingers to put their hand up next year
I suppose Leicester coming back too
Chay Fihaki is ready to step up.
