All Blacks vs Ireland

[Mattasaurus]

@cgrant said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

The All Blacks are not committing enough players in the rucks, so they can't have quick ball and this doesn't help Ratima either.

There is an element of that .. but Ratima has also been noticeably indecisive on more than one occasion.

[cgrant]

@The-Irishman
Most of the Irish counter rucks could be penalized as they lose their feet and often come from the side.

[BerniesCorner]

Get Roigard on

[canefan]

Our possession, territory, and tackle stats all well in favour to the ABs. Hopefully this starts to translate onto the scoreboard

[mariner4life]

@The-Irishman said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Counter rucking and defence by Ireland only positive from an Irish point of view.

Yeah, there are good signs. Defence is really good both in close and out wide. Ruck work is excellent. Like all good teams they are right on the edge.

And they had a couple of very good attacks as well, lethal when over the advantage line on early phase.

[KiwiMurph]

Best Scooter half in a long time

[canefan]

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Get Roigard on

Get Patty T on. Hope he can shift bodies like he did at Twickenham

[nostrildamus]

@The-Irishman said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Counter rucking and defence by Ireland only positive from an Irish point of view.

and the reffing!

[Mr Fish]

If the All Blacks just commit an extra player to each attacking ruck then they should be fine - and do a better job of following up when players make mini breaks.

[Machpants]

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Jordie Barrett just needed to aim at the waist and it wouldn't have been high. Not crazy difficult...

In Sam's talk about the last time we played was all about aiming tackles between knees and hips... Just cos it not a quarter and the last few minutes, same thought process should apply

[BerniesCorner]

ABs have been ffgg good

[BerniesCorner]

Just need to concentrate

[nostrildamus]

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Get Roigard on

Get Patty T on. Hope he can shift bodies like he did at Twickenham

but our benchline backs are a bit meh. Hope they prove me wrong.
I wonder who they will take off for Finau?

[Machpants]

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Get Roigard on

Get Patty T on. Hope he can shift bodies like he did at Twickenham

but our benchline backs are a bit meh. Hope they prove me wrong.
I wonder who they will take off for Finau?

Concrete feet cane, I hope

[Billy Tell]

Im liking playing territory. Ireland without sexton are struggling to make any.

[Machpants]

@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks vs Ireland:

Im liking playing territory. Ireland without sexton are struggling to make any.

With the stats we should be further ahead, but still tons of little skill errors are killing is. And now the big dumb yellow

[Chris B.]

Ball like soap causing lots of problems for everyone. But, we had much the better of that half until the last 90 seconds.

Lineout going well - especially defensively (I presume that we saw no replay of the not straight indicative that the TV Director didn't think the Irish sent up a jumper either).

Scrum looks to be getting on top.

Need to keep playing down their end.

[KiwiMurph]

Irish to kick off second half

Need a good exit otherwise Irish momentum could be tough to handle down 14

[Canes4life]

Need to inject Roigard in early IMO, his ability to snipe could be vital.

[mariner4life]

We need to get some speed in our phase play but Pur support play and ball placement is not at the right level