Scotland v All Blacks
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@Dan54 said in Scotland v All Blacks:
Well we got away with that. Pleased with win, a little disappointed with performance.
Positive for me, I really think Lakai is looking so good at 8.He did play well, but among the loose forwards, he was the one most playing an openside.
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@cgrant said in Scotland v All Blacks:
@BerniesCorner said in Scotland v All Blacks:
Very good DMac, Holland and Roigard.
Roigard made a try saving tackle which was probably decisive, but he cost 10 points due to two big errors. Moreover, his choices were not as good as usual, particularly during the action leading to DMac's try. He should not have gone wide as he had Taukei'aho standing just two meters from the try line. Thanks to DMac's wizardry, there was a try in the end but the option was not the right one, IMO.
Thought Roigard had a poor game by his standards. Def. want him starting, mind.
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@MN5 said in Scotland v All Blacks:
From a Scottish Rugby Facebook Page. I 100% believe this is exactly how things will roll this weekend........
"I took my 7yr old (rugby mad) son to Murrayfield for the last ABs game. His first visit.
At one point Scotland had a healthy lead & were on the NZ line trying to extend it to a decent margin.
I was excited & told him Scotland had never beaten the All Blacks but might do so today.
"Do you think we'll win, daddy?" He asked.
Now you can't lie to your kids, can you?
"No. I don't."
"Neither do I." He replied.
A born Scotland fan..."
Another game like this which makes the above so apt for Scottish fans. Even at 17 all the doubt would have been at the back of their minds.
Three yellow card and they still can't fucken sneak it. Surely the biggest mental block in sporting history. Certainly in Rugby history.
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@DaGrubster said in Scotland v All Blacks:
@Jet said in Scotland v All Blacks:
@DaGrubster said in Scotland v All Blacks:
@Jet said in Scotland v All Blacks:
Brothers on 3......123 Brothers.......cheeeeeeeehooooooo
Casual racism
Thats what they say in the huddle at the end of every game.
Oh do they? Fuck me!
Sorry dude didnt realise that
They do, I love it, some on here don't like the cheehoos though.
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Great game. Watched it cold Saturday night. ABs felt the compounding negative effects of low IQ rugby and simple skills not being executed.
Carter’s trip is a droppable offence in my book. You’ve got to have standards.
Don’t recall seeing a finish like D-Mac’s before. Would love to hear any suggestions.
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@game_film said in Scotland v All Blacks:
Great game. Watched it cold Saturday night. ABs felt the compounding negative effects of low IQ rugby and simple skills not being executed.
Carter’s trip is a droppable offence in my book. You’ve got to have standards.
Don’t recall seeing a finish like D-Mac’s before. Would love to hear any suggestions.
Darcy Graham in the conversation if he didn't knock it on.
Inspirational seeing pocket rockets competing with the big boys at the top level.
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Time for DMac to be the first choice 10.
Don't understand the criticism of Fabian Holland at all, he should be starting as our first choice lock with Vaai when at full strength.
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What a warrior. How good was that finish after his 50:20? We had a fine first half, persisted with wide play but did a better job maintaining possession this time. 40th minute try was a killer. Scots played a great third quarter and a bit, and we couldn't keep 15 men on the field. I thought our D was excellent, we barely had the ball. And when we did we made errors or bad decisions (Cam's intercept, BBs midfield cross kick). DMac turned the game and our forwards played with composure to shut them out in the final 10 minutes. DMac ices the game to break Scots hearts. Not perfect, but we do just enough again. What does Damian McKenzie need to do to earn a start?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Scotland v All Blacks:
@cgrant said in Scotland v All Blacks:
@BerniesCorner said in Scotland v All Blacks:
Very good DMac, Holland and Roigard.
Roigard made a try saving tackle which was probably decisive, but he cost 10 points due to two big errors. Moreover, his choices were not as good as usual, particularly during the action leading to DMac's try. He should not have gone wide as he had Taukei'aho standing just two meters from the try line. Thanks to DMac's wizardry, there was a try in the end but the option was not the right one, IMO.
Thought Roigard had a poor game by his standards. Def. want him starting, mind.
I thought so too, a lot of poor choices.
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@upthelanders said in Scotland v All Blacks:
I don’t get the inside joke, but it seems a bit of an overreaction on Jordan’s performance again. He only dropped one high ball.
I think Carter, Jordan, Clarke and DMac all dropped one each. All contested.
The most costly of dropped kicks was Lakai’s in my view. We were on the back foot in our own half.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Scotland v All Blacks:
@upthelanders said in Scotland v All Blacks:
I don’t get the inside joke, but it seems a bit of an overreaction on Jordan’s performance again. He only dropped one high ball.
I think Carter, Jordan, Clarke and DMac all dropped one each. All contested.
The most costly of dropped kicks was Lakai’s in my view. We were on the back foot in our own half.
Thought Lakai had a good game though. Ran hard
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@canefan said in Scotland v All Blacks:
What a warrior. How good was that finish after his 50:20? We had a fine first half, persisted with wide play but did a better job maintaining possession this time. 40th minute try was a killer. Scots played a great third quarter and a bit, and we couldn't keep 15 men on the field. I thought our D was excellent, we barely had the ball. And when we did we made errors or bad decisions (Cam's intercept, BBs midfield cross kick). DMac turned the game and our forwards played with composure to shut them out in the final 10 minutes. DMac ices the game to break Scots hearts. Not perfect, but we do just enough again. What does Damian McKenzie need to do to earn a start?
Get even more embarrassing and incriminating photos of Razor than B Barrett has got ?
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@sparky said in Scotland v All Blacks:
Great passion from a renowned member of Scottish Rugby media.
There's nothing more patriotic than a Scottish supporter called Tom English...
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@BerniesCorner said in Scotland v All Blacks:
Recent criticism of Holland on here.
You wonder whether some people don't actually watch the gameThe only two players we have who have a chance of being Best in the world in their positions are Holland and Riogard.
Jordan was a faint hope a year or so back but his inability to catch the high ball doesn't look like something he can rectify now and he is just a massive liability against any team who notices it and plays a standard (doesn't even need to be exceptional) box kick and chase game plan.
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@nostrildamus said in Scotland v All Blacks:
@sparky said in Scotland v All Blacks:
Great passion from a renowned member of Scottish Rugby media.
There's nothing more patriotic than a Scottish supporter called Tom English...
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@KiwiMurph how the hell does professional coaches not see this...razor and his entire coaching team is shit.
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Is it just me that find it a bit panicky when our head coach is punching the air wjen something good happens??
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Yet another game where we do enough to win in a tight struggle and lets be honest, it was DMac who pretty much got us home starting with that 50-22 from nothing.
I think Scotland tried a wee bit too hard in that first half, knowing that history was on the line and they'll look back in that regretting what could have been.
With Clarke out, Jordan goes back to the wing and DMac to the back. Jordan's a great runner with the ball as we know, but i don't think he's a test match fullback with his faults im his other parts of his game.
Leicester and Tupaea, happy to see them get another go next week, but we were caught short a few times out wide and tgeir lack of vision at times was a concern. Both great going into contact , but are they too similar to be playing together? I've said it before, but man I'd love to see Fai'anganuku to be tried at 12, at least domestically.
Hopefully people are now convinced that Lakai is the man at this level. He is a guy that just needs a number on his back and he'll perform. He should be at 7 in this current side. Locks went well. I criticised Lord earlier in the season, but he's had 2 good tests on this tour.
Another 6-6.5 out of 10 performance. Scotland were ferocious in that 2nd half. A good test. Do we beat England? I don't think we do based on the evidence I've seen of both sides. I think stylistically Ireland and Scotland are more suited to us as we play very similar games, but England are quite the opposite in terms of style and will make the play messy for us and disrupt us all around the park and play a lot in the air which as we know, is a part of our game we tend to not want to work on. I think we'll have to have a lot go our way if we are to get up.
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If we played England today on that 2nd half performance and with that ill discepline...record loss. Maybe not such a bad idea for next week?? We need a head coach not a fanboy. Jeez Fiji and Italy are better coached.
