England v All Blacks
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@canefan said in England v All Blacks:
@ACT-Crusader said in England v All Blacks:
@reprobate LF is holding the ball incorrectly. So when he’s hit in a tackle or goes to ground there’s a higher chance of it being hit out or spilling on impact. Nonu and Lauaki had similar issues early in should careers. Clarke had a bad patch of losing the ball when he first came on to the scene.
Worth persisting with as a bench option if he tidies that up.
Will he be better than Timoci in super rugby next year? They are sort of auditioning for one position
Given how this season has gone I’d say everyone should be auditioning for next year selection
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@ACT-Crusader said in England v All Blacks:
@canefan said in England v All Blacks:
@ACT-Crusader said in England v All Blacks:
@reprobate LF is holding the ball incorrectly. So when he’s hit in a tackle or goes to ground there’s a higher chance of it being hit out or spilling on impact. Nonu and Lauaki had similar issues early in should careers. Clarke had a bad patch of losing the ball when he first came on to the scene.
Worth persisting with as a bench option if he tidies that up.
Will he be better than Timoci in super rugby next year? They are sort of auditioning for one position
Given how this season has gone I’d say everyone should be auditioning for next year selection
Starting with Razor....
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@pourfasse said in England v All Blacks:
No men, no brain, no men no cry... they lack a leader in that backline. All are individual players who think about their stat.
I’m all for a bit scathing hyper-bowl but this isn’t basketball or cricket. I doubt any of them are seriously thinking about their stats.
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@ACT-Crusader Look how Jordan is playing. He only thinks about doing meters and scoring tries. He was often waiting around the rucks. He did nothing. His tackles are soft.
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@pourfasse we often have one of our outside backs around the ruck in attack.
We want him to carry because he actually makes metres when he does. -
@ACT-Crusader said in England v All Blacks:
@pourfasse we often have one of our outside backs around the ruck in attack.
We want him to carry because he actually makes metres when he does.I don't know the stats. But it wouldn't surprise me if the backs make more metres than the forwards
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@ACT-Crusader said in England v All Blacks:
@pourfasse we often have one of our outside backs around the ruck in attack.
We want him to carry because he actually makes metres when he does.Sounds good, except when he's doing it on defence too, without even opening his gob and just walking around a handful of metres behind it - that does smell to me a lot like "I'm awaiting a miracle turnover or ball bobbling out so I can get an eye catching run".
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think it was the Ben Youngs and Dan Cole podcast that suggested that England are playing better than the sum of their parts. They mentioned that if you picked a world XV today barely any Englishmen would make it in and I have to agree with the possible exception of Itoje / Underhill / Curry who would be there or there abouts. Some may become world class but almost none are.
With the ABs, I would say that the cattle are in a similar position, I don't think there are many that would make it into a world XV, but the coaching seems not to be making the best of them at the moment. The lack of direction and intensity on Saturday was something i can't remember seeing from the ABs, don't know if they're not drilled well enough (particularly in defence), or if they're not fit enough, or simply not understanding instructions. Playing 10 behind a pack going backwards in almost every contact (except the lineout) is always horrible and even the best players look can look awful. BB looks a bit lost at the moment
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The moment Mick Byrne left the ABs our kicking and high ball has gone to shyte.
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@Kirwan said in England v All Blacks:
Watching this game, I remember thinking how lucky we were that England weren’t playing better. They had a chance to put more than 25 in a row in us.
The score massively flattered us.
We should have won that. Coaching own goal.
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@Dodge England are a damn good side at the moment. Lots of balance to their game, they are really well drilled and confident in what they are doing, they have threat in so many aspects of their play, young guys like Feyi-Waboso, Pollock and Pepper are coming on leaps and bounds at the moment.
The Triple Crown, the Six Nations Title and the Grand Slam are all realistic objectives for England in the spring and making the Nations Championship final and the World Cup Final beyond that.
There was no shame in losing to England.
What there was deep shame in for the All Blacks was the manner of the defeat and the performance that proceeded it. We were way off.
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Is this the first year that no AB has been nominated for mens player of the year??
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@Young-Hamiltons said in England v All Blacks:
Is this the first year that no AB has been nominated for mens player of the year??
If you were picking a world 15 , I can’t remember a time when there would be so few allblacks in it .
