All Blacks vs Springboks II
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@stodders I have a couple of South African friends where I live. We all seem to be talking our chances down.
Boks are 4-time World Cup winners and reigning champions. Can’t hide from being favourites. Got to wear it
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
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Aside from Higgins (only a matter of time),
Riley Higgins is not contained by time, time answers to Riley Higgins.
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@stodders said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@stodders I have a couple of South African friends where I live. We all seem to be talking our chances down.
Boks are 4-time World Cup winners and reigning champions. Can’t hide from being favourites. Got to wear it
Probably should be 6 time winners.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Rieko may get a reprieve with perhaps not too many changes to the back 3 wanted and at least 1 (and possibly 2) changes already occurring
I'd look a Roane to 14, Clarke in to 11
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@Jet said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
No Eben, no DDA?!
Could have done with him coaching us for a year or so to light fires under some arses.
Rightly or wrongly he doesnt reward bad performances.
Unlike the Allblacks.
Because Etzebeth played so poorly.
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Finau's best efforts were against France B, which should be discarded.
Parker seems more consistent.
SA still controlled a lot of possession and territory, and our defence faded in the last 20 minutes.
Don't get too excited yet.
Parker was only on for 8 or those minutes.
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
It’s just whenever I mention a Hurricane some on here get a little pissy.
So, most of the time then!
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@Saguto said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Confused...didn't Lakai play nearly the whole of the last test vs France Nov 23?
Also played well. Has one try vs Japan ..though could argue they are minnowsGot a try against the French too.
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Jet said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
No Eben, no DDA?!
Could have done with him coaching us for a year or so to light fires under some arses.
Rightly or wrongly he doesnt reward bad performances.
Unlike the Allblacks.
Because Etzebeth played so poorly.
Rassie is either prescient or full of shit
Based on one average Etzebeth match I’d wager the latter
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
maybe he thinks we got the rub,
Like home sides do generally. When read in sequence it was remarkable exercise in cherry picking decisions (which is why I remarked).
Dickson didn't seem to be as pedantic as usual, and it ended up at 10 penalties each (I think) so read into that what you will.
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@Snowy said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
maybe he thinks we got the rub,
Like home sides do generally. When read in sequence it was remarkable exercise in cherry picking decisions (which is why I remarked).
Dickson didn't seem to be as pedantic as usual, and it ended up at 10 penalties each (I think) so read into that what you will.
The Springboks are obviously cheats consistently flouting the law and deservedly penalised, whilst he was unreasonably harsh on us.
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Snowy said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
maybe he thinks we got the rub,
Like home sides do generally. When read in sequence it was remarkable exercise in cherry picking decisions (which is why I remarked).
Dickson didn't seem to be as pedantic as usual, and it ended up at 10 penalties each (I think) so read into that what you will.
The Springboks are obviously cheats consistently flouting the law and deservedly penalised, whilst he was unreasonably harsh on us.
That's exactly how I read it too!
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@booboo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Snowy said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
maybe he thinks we got the rub,
Like home sides do generally. When read in sequence it was remarkable exercise in cherry picking decisions (which is why I remarked).
Dickson didn't seem to be as pedantic as usual, and it ended up at 10 penalties each (I think) so read into that what you will.
The Springboks are obviously cheats consistently flouting the law and
deservedly penalisedwere not penalised anywhere near enough, whilst he was unreasonably harsh on us.Fixed
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I’m not so harsh on Dickson’s performance. I agreed with every penalty he called on South Africa.
Fortunately this upcoming test, the ref will have no bearing on the outcome of the match given we will win by 20.
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Secret weapon? All Blacks great in camp ahead of Boks rematch
Former skipper Richie McCaw is spending time with the All Blacks in Wellington this week as they attempt to build on their Eden Park win.
It's DEFCON1 so they bring out the GOAT
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Apart for the first 20 minutes, our kicking game was average. To me we took the foot off the throat with the Boks gradually working their way back into the game.
Justin Marshall ( don’t usually quote him ) said we lacked variation i.e. we could have kicked from 1st and 2nd as well.
I like the way Ireland do it - moving the point of attack around first and then from center field they kick long into corners. That’s how I remember.
Hate the box kick but recognise the issue with static ball and players getting smashed in the carry. Has to be something better?
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@kev said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Apart for the first 20 minutes, our kicking game was average. To me we took the foot off the throat with the Boks gradually working their way back into the game.
Justin Marshall ( don’t usually quote him ) said we lacked variation i.e. we could have kicked from 1st and 2nd as well.
I like the way Ireland do it - moving the point of attack around first and then from center field they kick long into corners. That’s how I remember.
Hate the box kick but recognise the issue with static ball and players getting smashed in the carry. Has to be something better?
A well executed box kick has quite a few advantages especially when the ball is slow and the conditions aren’t great.
What I would like to see more from the ABs is attacking their secondary defensive line because we showed in glimpses that we could open it up. The Aussies did as well in both of their tests. There are opportunities to make decent metres if we show a bit of imagination from 1st 5.
