All Blacks vs Pumas I
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@african-monkey said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@machpants Not too concerned tbh. We were a bit slow at times arriving to breakdowns and the odd silly penalty was given away which happens but other than that, we were fantastic.
For all the criticism our coaches get and yes, we're not the finished artice yet, they're doing more right than wrong so far.
Totally.
However if we took the opportunities as well as we did Vs Oz, it would be closer to 40 nil. Just some average skills and decisions during the half.
Argentina offer nothing beyond defence, a bit sad
@machpants and that's why we aren't up 40 nil, thiwr defence,but that last quarter could be ugly
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Good half overall. A few errors when we tried to open them up but when that didn't work we've reverted to grinding them down by dominating possession and making them tackle all day.
Argie have not brought much at all.
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@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Early change of kicker
Brotherly challenge. "you miss, I take over"
@nta said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Early change of kicker
Brotherly challenge. "you miss, I take over"
Hope so. Might see Scott take over after the 8th try
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@african-monkey said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Great performance so far.
Some really average headless chook stuff during the half tho
From who? Sure a couple of dumb penalties but that happens all the time.
I reckon we’ve played pretty safe. We’ve made some good little runs off to get over the gain line but we have hardly thrown an offload or 50/50 ball.
A few times we weren’t on the same page but that’s more lack of experience and combinations.
I think we’ve done okay.
@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@african-monkey said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Great performance so far.
Some really average headless chook stuff during the half tho
From who? Sure a couple of dumb penalties but that happens all the time.
I reckon we’ve played pretty safe. We’ve made some good little runs off to get over the gain line but we have hardly thrown an offload or 50/50 ball.
A few times we weren’t on the same page but that’s more lack of experience and combinations.
I think we’ve done okay.
Maybe headless chook wrong phrase. Just seem to lack incisive decision sometimes on attack, shoveling it on. Running sideways and backwards. Add to that some real howlers in line out and real pointless penalties.
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@bones pretty sure those were his only off throws. A work on yes but he’s been superb everywhere else.
@canes4life said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@bones pretty sure those were his only off throws. A work on yes but he’s been superb everywhere else.
No, there have been others. One dropped before Akira, he needs to improve his throwing. Looks great in the field.
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Plummer deserves some credit for the way the forwards are going. I thought oneof the problems between 2017-2019 was having no real forwards coach. Stu Cron was a scrum guru but .....
@old-samurai-jack Yep forwards this year bar test vs Fiji have been very good. BBBR getting back to form helps and this loose forward mix also.
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@canes4life said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@bones pretty sure those were his only off throws. A work on yes but he’s been superb everywhere else.
No, there have been others. One dropped before Akira, he needs to improve his throwing. Looks great in the field.
@kirwan of course he does. None of our hookers have been good this year. I think it’s a work on for all hookers in NZ to be honest.
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Kremer 18 tackles already! Heaps of puma in the teens
Three times as many tackles as the ABs so not surprising
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@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
So Pumas are tryless so far in TRC, they will struggle this year by looks.
I thought they got one Vs boks
@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
So Pumas are tryless so far in TRC, they will struggle this year by looks.
I thought they got one Vs boks
Stan commentary were saying no trys, could be wrong.
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Reiko the only stand out in the backs so far. Beauty controlling the game pretty well hopefully a few more gaps in the defence from now on
@nevorian said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
Reiko the only stand out in the backs so far. Beauty controlling the game pretty well hopefully a few more gaps in the defence from now on
Reiko runs some great angles and at pace is always getting post contact metres, if he doesn't actually break the line. Against a tiring team should be lethal second half
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@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
So Pumas are tryless so far in TRC, they will struggle this year by looks.
I thought they got one Vs boks
Stan commentary were saying no trys, could be wrong.
@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):
So Pumas are tryless so far in TRC, they will struggle this year by looks.
I thought they got one Vs boks
Stan commentary were saying no trys, could be wrong.
They lost the last game 29-10 so that's a give away
