All Blacks vs Springboks II
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We will probably complain about box kicks less when Roigard is back, as he is generally excellent and gets a lot more distance than all of our other 9s.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
We will probably complain about box kicks less when Roigard is back, as he is generally excellent and gets a lot more distance than all of our other 9s.
Fakatava is also very good at them, which makes it even stranger with his complete shutout after signing on again.
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@game_film said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Bones I can’t figure this one out. Would love for someone to educate me on what he’s missing, or does he just play for the wrong team.
Thought he played really well in SR. Built nicely throughout the season, signed with NZR, positive media....then poof, nowhere to be seen.
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@game_film said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Bones I can’t figure this one out. Would love for someone to educate me on what he’s missing, or does he just play for the wrong team.
Fakatavaiknow
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@game_film said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Bones I can’t figure this one out. Would love for someone to educate me on what he’s missing, or does he just play for the wrong team.
Fakatavaiknow
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@MiketheSnow I’ve never connected his name in that way. But now I can’t unhear it. Bravo.
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@game_film said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Bones I can’t figure this one out. Would love for someone to educate me on what he’s missing, or does he just play for the wrong team.
Thought he played really well in SR. Built nicely throughout the season, signed with NZR, positive media....then poof, nowhere to be seen.
Maybe the coaches are just that spiteful, Sotutu can't get a run because of his phone etiquette, and Fakatava turned Razor down when he tried to woo him to the Crusaders.
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
If the 9 from a lineout/maul does a box kick with long hang time it can potentially come down a couple of metres from touch, making recipient very vulnerable to being bundled into touch.
Seem to recall Conor Murray being great on that in test one of last Boks Lions series.Yep, easier to pin a side on the sideline. Often the theory is not even to catch the box kick, but to nail the receiver and then drive over the ruck.
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and that's our problem, not distance, but height. We kick it the required distance, but nowhere near high enough to get our chasers to arrive. So it's an uncontested catch and a simple 7-10m return.
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Or the ball goes into touch, seemingly on purpose, gifting the opposition a lineout 30 metres out from the goal line.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@game_film said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@Bones I can’t figure this one out. Would love for someone to educate me on what he’s missing, or does he just play for the wrong team.
Thought he played really well in SR. Built nicely throughout the season, signed with NZR, positive media....then poof, nowhere to be seen.
Maybe the coaches are just that spiteful, Sotutu can't get a run because of his phone etiquette, and Fakatava turned Razor down when he tried to woo him to the Crusaders.
Don't forget Dalton: one little headbutt and you're on the outer?
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
and that's our problem, not distance, but height. We kick it the required distance, but nowhere near high enough to get our chasers to arrive. So it's an uncontested catch and a simple 7-10m return.
This applies to restarts too
Take a look at the second half restart
Just awful. Was deepish but it was the opposite of hanging - was flat - allowing the boks to catch it with ease and space to run forward leading to an easy exit.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
and that's our problem, not distance, but height. We kick it the required distance, but nowhere near high enough to get our chasers to arrive. So it's an uncontested catch and a simple 7-10m return.
This applies to restarts too
Take a look at the second half restart
Just awful. Was deepish but it was the opposite of hanging - was flat - allowing the boks to catch it with ease and space to run forward leading to an easy exit.
there was a bomb BB put up i think off a lineout that didn't even make the advantage line and we STILL didn't recover
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