Italy v All Blacks

Kruse

Can somebody start bombarding Beauden's girlfriend with tourism material for Japan?

Machpants

@Nepia watched the first half, and Rieko always gets the ball and the tackler. The same can be said for most of our backline passing. We are obsessed with tight pop passing to cut through the line. It's rarely pretty or effective. One guy who consistently seems to run nice lines and gets space is Will Jordan

It's the ABs DNA, according to Wayne Smith.

MN5

@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:

Ok now I see why they like BB
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360497399/all-blacks-player-ratings-ethan-de-groot-beauden-barrett-shine-scrappy-win-over-italy

Reads like a different game to this thread though.
And WTF?

"22. David Havili (Lienert-Brown, 62min): A couple of decent touches, and very handy tackle on Ioane. 6"

Sounds like Razors innovative ‘tackle a teammate’ initiative

stodders

@MN5 Monty Ioane. Italy no.11 no?

Machpants

@stodders said in Italy v All Blacks:

@MN5 Monty Ioane. Italy no.11 no?

Best back on the pitch - shows a beautiful one eyed view of the game

canefan

Mr Yellow Card, the player formally known as Anton Lienert Brown. Had a week off but this week back to type. Stupidity is currently an integral part of our DNA

nostrildamus

@stodders said in Italy v All Blacks:

@MN5 Monty Ioane. Italy no.11 no?

Haven't seen the game or know the players obv, but boy that is misleading.

nostrildamus

ALB used to be known as Mr Reliable.

Darth Sader

@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:

ALB used to be known as Mr Reliable.

He is reliable… you can count on him for a yellow card in the 70th minute just about every game.

KiwiMurph

@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:

ALB used to be known as Mr Reliable.

He is reliable. Can bank on him getting a yellow

DMX

If I did not know better when watching our back line it seems like they don’t know each other and they are all playing out of position.

Darth Sader

Agree… by this time of year they should be finishing each others’ sentences

canefan

@Darth-Sader said in Italy v All Blacks:

Agree… by this time of year they should be finishing each others’ sentences

Playing far too flat. We hold the ball far too long at 10 instead of shifting it into the MF so they can work. Where have I heard that before?

canefan

Telea's late try was almost a microcosm of where are at right now. Just a mess in midfield, BB is Johnny on the spot and gets the fortuitous regather, throws the long ball and we score. Far from clinical

African Monkey

@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:

ALB used to be known as Mr Reliable.

Need more from him than just Reliable.

canefan

@African-Monkey said in Italy v All Blacks:

@nostrildamus said in Italy v All Blacks:

ALB used to be known as Mr Reliable.

Need more from him than just Reliable.

A red card?

nostrildamus

@Darth-Sader said in Italy v All Blacks:

Agree… by this time of year they should be finishing each others’ sentences

"At the end of the day...it's a game of two halves..."
Not that difficult

nostrildamus

Arguably our loosies are improving, the tight forwards are solid, but the assistant coaches for the backs are being quite subtle in their value add.

MiketheSnow

@sparky said in Italy v All Blacks:

@Bones Ugo Moyne must be the single worst Rugby pundit in the world. Ignorant, seemingly blind and with his head up his own arse.

How very dare you

nostrildamus

@canefan said in Italy v All Blacks:

Telea's late try was almost a microcosm of where are at right now. Just a mess in midfield, BB is Johnny on the spot and gets the fortuitous regather, throws the long ball and we score. Far from clinical

Just seen it on the highlights, great pass from BB, and his own try was great vision. Sounds a bit more like a 15 than a 10 to me though.

The Silver Fern

Italy v All Blacks