All Blacks vs Ireland
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Great win I thought, where strangely enough, I feel like the conditions suited us more, as it really stunted Ireland's ability to use the ball. Have to agree with people criticising Nic Berry. He was awful, and Ireland used it to their advantage, having said that, Ratima got away with a blatant strip on the ground on Aki so bad calls were going both ways.
How good was Aumua? He was probably my man of the match, closely followed by Sititi. Man he was into everything. Carried strongly, smashed players, and won a couple of turnovers too. Is he a better starter (not suggesting he starts every test)? Sititi was strong as usual. His carries get us out of trouble a lot, he really uses his shoulders well before going into contact with ball in hand as you see defenders get bumped off constantly by him and his work on defence too. Wins a lot of ball back.
The side we're putting out currently is a lot stronger than what we had previously been putting out earlier in the season too, especially the bench, and funnily enough, injury has been the cause of a fair few changes. It's gone from looking extremely bland with journeymen to actually looking like a strength all of a sudden.
7 is probably the only wide open spot right now once Cane leaves. I'd love to see Lakai get given a go. Obviously Ardie will always be 8 regardless of how good or bad he's going, but I think Finau, Lakai and Sititi is the future. Would love to see it one day.
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Saw this on an Irish forum
« and they have found a huge talent in Wallace Sititi ... he's the player that Akira Ioane threatened to be as an U20. »
Couldn’t agree more.
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Saw this on an Irish forum
« and they have found a huge talent in Wallace Sititi ... he's the player that Akira Ioane threatened to be as an U20. »
Couldn’t agree more.
@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Saw this on an Irish forum
« and they have found a huge talent in Wallace Sititi ... he's the player that Akira Ioane threatened to be as an U20. »
Couldn’t agree more.
What a difference a couple of months makes. EB breaks and makes way for Sititi who is a natural at test level, lots of young guys stepping up. If Lakai is given a chance next season, and takes off like Wallace, we will quickly forget about Sotutu as well
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
That Lowe 50-22 had me bricking. At that point I got out of the chair. Watched the remainder standing.
Lowe was celebrating that 50-22 as if they had just won a RWC QF.
@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
That Lowe 50-22 had me bricking. At that point I got out of the chair. Watched the remainder standing.
Lowe was celebrating that 50-22 as if they had just won a RWC QF.
Aki was worse for the in-goal tackle on Cane - think that was what Rieko was talking to him about at full-time.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Great defensive performance.
Best AB defence in years imo.
Nah, the qtr final win was.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Great defensive performance.
Best AB defence in years imo.
Nah, the qtr final win was.
@DaGrubster said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@akan004 said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Great defensive performance.
Best AB defence in years imo.
Nah, the qtr final win was.
The D in the final was immense too. Short handed for almost a whole game
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That Nisbo stat is insane, he’s called 54% of all AB tests.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
That Nisbo stat is insane, he’s called 54% of all AB tests.
It is but then you realise When did he start calling tests nearly 40 years ago, that the rugby world was a very different place and when the ABs toured they would play 15 matches and only 2/3 would be tests.
Since then the ABs pretty much just play test matches and a lot of thsm. It’s like McCaw when he retired, had played akin a ridiculously high % of AB tests
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Ireland's error-strewn performance
13 penalties conceded
30 missed tackles
21 handling errors
11 turnovers conceded
5 rucks lost
3 line-outs lost
1 scrum lost@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Ireland's error-strewn performance
13 penalties conceded
30 missed tackles
21 handling errors
11 turnovers conceded
5 rucks lost
3 line-outs lost
1 scrum lostGreat defence does that to the opposition.
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The fact is Ireland have long been put on a completely undeserved pedestal by NZ's rugby media (and many people on here) simply because they beat Foster's shambles of a team (pre-Ryan/Schmidt) in 2021 and 2022 home series.
In reality, they're not a hugely talented side, they are full of plodders that wouldn't get anywhere near an All Black 15.
They have relied on the existing cohesion of Leinster and their streamlined and well structured high performance pathways and streamlined coaching at all levels to get to where they have - not x factor players.
France, South Africa, and even England have much more talented squads on paper. and their team composition & style of game in my opinion pose a greater threat to us than Ireland (even though they're ranked No1.)
In Summary, NZ rugby fans/media gave Ireland far too much respect in recent years and Foster is much to blame.
I'm glad we can finally bring this chapter to a close - they are overrated & always have been, especially on here.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Ireland's error-strewn performance
13 penalties conceded
30 missed tackles
21 handling errors
11 turnovers conceded
5 rucks lost
3 line-outs lost
1 scrum lostGreat defence does that to the opposition.
@sparky said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Ireland's error-strewn performance
13 penalties conceded
30 missed tackles
21 handling errors
11 turnovers conceded
5 rucks lost
3 line-outs lost
1 scrum lostGreat defence does that to the opposition.
I remember the look of confusion and panic on the faces of our midfield when the Irish ran through us to claim the series win in NZ. Rieko and JB slammed the door on them this time
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Shane Horgan - "South Africa on their day would have pumped this All Blacks team tonight"
Is he trying to say we beat a poor Ireland side by not playing that great ourselves?
What would they have done too this Irish team then?
For large parts of that game we were pretty frustrating, so if Shane Horgan thinks we pulled out a miracle performance then it is just fanciful.
Lot of growth to come still in this All Black side. Now to go to Paris and stop the rot against France. If we can do that then this team can really kick on next year.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Jordan's strike rate is absolutely incredible. Ireland contained him well overall but he just always manages to find a way to get over the try-line - Cullen like in that regard.
Currently has the second highest strike rate (tries per game) of any player with more than 30 tries - behind Ohata (who comes with the minnow caveat).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_leading_rugby_union_test_try_scorers
Will doubtless come back to the pack a bit toward the end of his career, but a decent shot not just being NZ's highest try scorer, but all time - although that Georgian will doubtless score lots more.
Will has drawn level with Jonah and Rieko today, played fractionally under half Rieko's games.
@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Jordan's strike rate is absolutely incredible. Ireland contained him well overall but he just always manages to find a way to get over the try-line - Cullen like in that regard.
Currently has the second highest strike rate (tries per game) of any player with more than 30 tries - behind Ohata (who comes with the minnow caveat).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_leading_rugby_union_test_try_scorers
Will doubtless come back to the pack a bit toward the end of his career, but a decent shot not just being NZ's highest try scorer, but all time - although that Georgian will doubtless score lots more.
Will has drawn level with Jonah and Rieko today, played fractionally under half Rieko's games.
If Reiko has stayed on the wing, no doubt he would be the AB record holder by now…
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The fact is Ireland have long been put on a completely undeserved pedestal by NZ's rugby media (and many people on here) simply because they beat Foster's shambles of a team (pre-Ryan/Schmidt) in 2021 and 2022 home series.
In reality, they're not a hugely talented side, they are full of plodders that wouldn't get anywhere near an All Black 15.
They have relied on the existing cohesion of Leinster and their streamlined and well structured high performance pathways and streamlined coaching at all levels to get to where they have - not x factor players.
France, South Africa, and even England have much more talented squads on paper. and their team composition & style of game in my opinion pose a greater threat to us than Ireland (even though they're ranked No1.)
In Summary, NZ rugby fans/media gave Ireland far too much respect in recent years and Foster is much to blame.
I'm glad we can finally bring this chapter to a close - they are overrated & always have been, especially on here.
@darylmitchell said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
The fact is Ireland have long been put on a completely undeserved pedestal by NZ's rugby media (and many people on here) simply because they beat Foster's shambles of a team (pre-Ryan/Schmidt) in 2021 and 2022 series.
In reality, they're not a hugely talented side, they are full of plodders that wouldn't get anywhere near an All Black 15. They have relied on the existing cohesion of Leinster and their streamlined pathways and well structured high performance pathways and streamlined coaching at all levels to get to where they have - not x factor players.
France, South Africa, and even England have much more talented squads on paper. and their team composition & style of game in my opinion pose a greater threat to us than Ireland (even though they're ranked No1.)
In Summary, NZ rugby fans/media gave Ireland far too much respect in recent years and Foster is to blame.
I'm glad we can finally bring this chapter to a close - they are overrated & always have been, especially on here.
I'm not so sure that is the whole story.
They have lost their RWC generals which would wound any side but they are so well-coached they'll stay competitive. Whether they now have that sting in their tail like they did in 2022-2023 is another story. -
I was very happy with that grinding win. I loved the fact that when they kept infringing we just kept piling on the points.
The new following kick interpretations are doing my head in. Jordie ran a straight line to the ball and got pinged. Then for one kick Telea essentially had to zig zag around Irishmen, whereas last week the ref was calling out make a path. WTF is going on?
Why do the NH have fresh out of film school directors for their footage? I don't want to see a behind tracking shot of the kick off. Also, the Irish coverage is as bad as Sky when it comes to replay. A call is made, then a break for the scrum, rather than show us the actual replay so we can see why the scrum was ordered they go around all the players for a minute or so.
Why is the NH game built around decoys? Have they had a coaching clinic from Deans recently entitled "My best back plays from when I was the greatest Crusader coach"?
For as much as the Irish like to wank on about how they don't boo kicks they do a fair bit of booing during the game. Come down from your moral high ground, it's just cultural to not boo when kicking.
Have only read a few pages back but sounds like peeps were complaining about DMac during the match - WTF???
Scooter getting a lot of hype, I think it's his best game of the year, but he didn't shade the other two. I guess the hype is a reflection of just how poor in comparison to his usual form he's been this year.
It looks like we may have turned a corner, I hope so.
Wow, a lot of grumpy stuff in that post, when I'm really happy with the win.
@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
I was very happy with that grinding win. I loved the fact that when they kept infringing we just kept piling on the points.
The new following kick interpretations are doing my head in. Jordie ran a straight line to the ball and got pinged. Then for one kick Telea essentially had to zig zag around Irishmen, whereas last week the ref was calling out make a path. WTF is going on?
That penalty against jordie must have been a wrong call by berry, because if that was not allowed, rugby is going to be kickby. Box kicks will be everywhere
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@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
I was very happy with that grinding win. I loved the fact that when they kept infringing we just kept piling on the points.
The new following kick interpretations are doing my head in. Jordie ran a straight line to the ball and got pinged. Then for one kick Telea essentially had to zig zag around Irishmen, whereas last week the ref was calling out make a path. WTF is going on?
That penalty against jordie must have been a wrong call by berry, because if that was not allowed, rugby is going to be kickby. Box kicks will be everywhere
@Tordah said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
I was very happy with that grinding win. I loved the fact that when they kept infringing we just kept piling on the points.
The new following kick interpretations are doing my head in. Jordie ran a straight line to the ball and got pinged. Then for one kick Telea essentially had to zig zag around Irishmen, whereas last week the ref was calling out make a path. WTF is going on?
That penalty against jordie must have been a wrong call by berry, because if that was not allowed, rugby is going to be kickby. Box kicks will be everywhere
We’ve seen an increasing amount of Hollywood dives from the Boks in this area, under the old rules.
Under these new rules, this will go into overdrive. It will be like the golden age of Hollywood under Rassie!
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A lot of negativity about Ratima on here but, on balance, he was fine. He had the worst of the conditions and the breakdown. Ireland did a job flopping over and killing our ruck ball in the first half that made our ruck ball slow and scrappy. They also timed their second shove into the ruck well, to cause maximum disruption and often from the side.
Berry obviously let them get away with it. But, more inexplicably, had a habit of calling "use it" while the ball was still buried under an Irish player, rather than when it was actually available at the back of the ruck.
We were consistently a man short at each ruck, and it was noticeable how many times in the first half we didn't have a halfback because Ratima had to go into the ruck and win the ball.
All of this meant the ball was slow and scrappy. Ratima should have handled this better on a few occasions, but it's clear he's just not use to dealing with that kind of ball in those conditions.
All of that said, his quick delivery and sniping threat were key to all of our decent attack in the first half.
Cam looked better when he came on, and far less flustered than Ratima, but he also got a relative armchair ride. He's probably more robust an able to handle the slow and scrappy ball, however.
I still think Ratima's pass is marginally quicker and he may be more suited to coming on late when the ruck speed is quicker and there's less pressure on the breakdown from the opposition. -
This headline cracked me up ..!
Gavin Mairs Daily Telegrah
Its seems reports of the All Blacks’ demise have been greatly exaggerated. 🤭 -
Was that our best performance with our discipline? Makes a difference when we aren’t being pinged every couple of minutes with silly penalties.
I though Barrett’s penalty and YC was pretty unlucky
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Don't forget we took the Raeburn Shield too
