All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
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That was the best TMO performance I've ever seen, and one of the best refereeing performances of the last year overall. ABs were pretty good, too
@Tordah Actually thought Wayne Barnes was very good in the MABs match. This ref seemed a little out of his depth at times
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@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Talk about putting your balls on the line!
Some balls were put on the line, after 20 mins it was touch and fucking go, but they finished the game in tact until next week
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Like to see the possession stats for that game and the World Cup game compared to the losses ,
I’m not sure they can beat us unless they get lopsided possession
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Kind of reminds me of the 2017 Lions tour? They looked shit in the build up to the first test, then weren't in it at Eden Park number one. Looked better after.
Irish kicking game and chase, defence, ball security, and set-piece were all rancid tonight, and Gibson-Park was genuinely awful.
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Like to see the possession stats for that game and the World Cup game compared to the losses ,
I’m not sure they can beat us unless they get lopsided possession
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Like to see the possession stats for that game and the World Cup game compared to the losses ,
I’m not sure they can beat us unless they get lopsided possession
Possession and territory basically 60-40 to Ireland
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Much better than it started out.
Scrum a big tick.
More physicality in defence and counter rucking was nice.
Nice to have 2 dangerous wingers and a bit of size out there.
Aaron Smith back to his best.
Midfield promising.
For a lock at 6 Scott Barrett went well.
Thought the ref went bloody well.
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@chimoaus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Why is Park favoured over Murray?
Can answer that one. Because they are in NZ. They want as many plastic paddys in the match day team as possible.
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@Machpants Still dont know why they select players out with injury...?
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I think our big work on is Beaudy, and the other kickers. Exits and kicking for position
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
I think our big work on is Beaudy, and the other kickers. Exits and kicking for position
We put a lot of unnecessary pressure on ourselves in bad positions
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@Machpants Still dont know why they select players out with injury...?
@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Machpants Still dont know why they select players out with injury...?
What? I'm saying Leicester has played awesome, better than Clarke recently.
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@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Machpants Still dont know why they select players out with injury...?
What? I'm saying Leicester has played awesome, better than Clarke recently.
@Machpants Yep agreed - was referring to Clarke - he's still not right isnt he?
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@Machpants Yep agreed - was referring to Clarke - he's still not right isnt he?
@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Machpants Yep agreed - was referring to Clarke - he's still not right isnt he?
Yeah I think so
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Lots to like about that performance. Senior players stood up when the team was under the pump, some great individual performances, game control was on another level from what we've seen since 2018, minimal errors across the park and pretty much everything done with precision and speed.
But the best thing for me may be they looked a team knowing what they needed to do to control the game and just got on with it with minimal errors. Kudos to Sam Cane - he deserves a lot of credit, led well and looked an oasis of calm control compared to POM who seemed to lose it. Sam had a great game as well.
Scrum went great had the wood on Ireland. Thought BBBR & SW were solid and paced their game well and the loosies seemed to combine well. AS was sheer class and the try he set up for Ardie deserves a highlights reel of its own.
Midfield was excellent. Best game in Black for Reiko for me - nothing flashy, but he led and owned the midfield with QT. His D on the try-line was on another planet. QT was really solid and he looked bloody calm under pressure.
LF went OK in his first Test - nothing spectacular but a good solid performance and set up a try by angling in at just the right time to suck in the defence. Can't ask anything more from debutante. Reece looked dangerous and his defence was pretty good too.
Jordie was good & solid but wasn't his greatest game for me. Ditto BB who had moments of brilliance but some of his kicking was a bit astray. Overall can't think of a below-average performance from any of the starting XV
Things to work on like exits and dumb kicking obviously, and Ireland will come back hard, but 7.5/10 for that performance.
