RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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@stodders said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Not a single knock on from NZ all night
Jesus that must be some sort of record, when was the last time the opposition did not get a scrum the entire match.
The keys there are pretty obvious, we won 100% of our set piece, only gave away 4 turnovers.
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@Machpants said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Man our scrum and line out will monster Argentina
Ease up on your predictions….
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Oh yeah that extra little bit of salt in the wounds. Was POM on the field tonight? Poor man's Reuben Thorne
@Bones I have never seen POM as quiet as today, no niggle - wasn't featuring in lineouts nothing
Our pack as a whole but especially the loosies completely dominated and shut him out.
A game where he should have stood up he stepped back i feel -
@Nepia I thought the Irish also panicked a bit with those cross kicks when they had the man advantage in/near our 22.
There was space there but it was a bit all-or-nothing instead of just being patient.
@KiwiMurph said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Nepia I thought the Irish also panicked a bit with those cross kicks when they had the man advantage in/near our 22.
There was space there but it was a bit all-or-nothing instead of just being patient.
As the game wore on and they couldn't overtake us, they reverted more and more to old type; attack became more narrow, more predictable and less dynamic.
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@Bones I have never seen POM as quiet as today, no niggle - wasn't featuring in lineouts nothing
Our pack as a whole but especially the loosies completely dominated and shut him out.
A game where he should have stood up he stepped back i feel@kidcalder said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Bones I have never seen POM as quiet as today, no niggle - wasn't featuring in lineouts nothing
Our pack as a whole but especially the loosies completely dominated and shut him out.
A game where he should have stood up he stepped back i feelDagg was pretty scathing post-game of POM’s game today.
I know there is this desire to get stuck in, but the way that I think about it is that it was going to take a massive effort against the odds to get the win. We had to really front up or else they would’ve rolled over the top with their second line play.
It was awesome to watch and whilst the heart and nerves were getting a real work out, I’ll take that sort of match every single time.
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@stodders said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Not a single knock on from NZ all night
Knock ons were 7-2 (Smith & LF)
Interestingly we lost most of the general play stats (various carry, tackle & ruck stats) but we won the kicking metres: 696m v 878m. It's an area the AB's have been poor at recently
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@KiwiMurph said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Nepia I thought the Irish also panicked a bit with those cross kicks when they had the man advantage in/near our 22.
There was space there but it was a bit all-or-nothing instead of just being patient.
As the game wore on and they couldn't overtake us, they reverted more and more to old type; attack became more narrow, more predictable and less dynamic.
@canefan said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@KiwiMurph said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@Nepia I thought the Irish also panicked a bit with those cross kicks when they had the man advantage in/near our 22.
There was space there but it was a bit all-or-nothing instead of just being patient.
As the game wore on and they couldn't overtake us, they reverted more and more to old type; attack became more narrow, more predictable and less dynamic.
The game was pretty fast too, they don't have the fitness the abs do, which is amazing that is still the case
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@chimoaus said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Smith should not have played at it to be fair.
I think that Smith was trying to prevent the pass in his direction and force the Irish player to carry. Still a poor TMO decision as we never saw whether the ball went forward/back/sideways. Spidercam?
It doesn't matter now...
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@stodders said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Not a single knock on from NZ all night
Knock ons were 7-2 (Smith & LF)
Interestingly we lost most of the general play stats (various carry, tackle & ruck stats) but we won the kicking metres: 696m v 878m. It's an area the AB's have been poor at recently
@Duluth said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@stodders said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Not a single knock on from NZ all night
Knock ons were 7-2 (Smith & LF)
Interestingly we lost most of the general play stats (various carry, tackle & ruck stats) but we won the kicking metres: 696m v 878m. It's an area the AB's have been poor at recently
Considering we kicked it 32 times we averaged 27m per kick. Ireland kicked 19 times at 36m per kick. Admittedly we did a few nice chip kicks that did work. It's our defensive bombs which are just fucken terrible.
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@Duluth said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@stodders said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Not a single knock on from NZ all night
Knock ons were 7-2 (Smith & LF)
Interestingly we lost most of the general play stats (various carry, tackle & ruck stats) but we won the kicking metres: 696m v 878m. It's an area the AB's have been poor at recently
Considering we kicked it 32 times we averaged 27m per kick. Ireland kicked 19 times at 36m per kick. Admittedly we did a few nice chip kicks that did work. It's our defensive bombs which are just fucken terrible.
The contestables were a lot better today. It's interesting because we haven't been strong on that stat recently
If anyone is interested
BB - 336m (12 kicks @28)
RM - 194m (8 kicks @24)
AS - 131m (6 kicks @22)
JB - 77m (4 kicks @19)Plus Will Jordan had two large kicks
Most metres from an Irish player was Lowe with 177m closely followed by Keenan with 176m
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Haven’t read the thread.
Just back from the match. Hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.
From where we were sitting ABs’ big dogs (Cane, Savea, BBR, Smith, RM & no 1 Barrett) all lifted to an intensity a fairly obviously tired Irish team couldn’t match.
You were noticeably faster to the breakdown and really slowed their ruck speed.
You kicked much better (apart from one truly dogshit clearance by Barrett major about 5 before the end.
And you dominated their lineout.
On top of all that, Barnes finally started penalizing porter for his bullshit - though there were at least 2 scrums where Barnes let him get away with worse.
On that performance, even a team without French doors for props will struggle to beat you.
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Haven't read whole thread - sure someone else will have mentioned it.. but how good were the 3 big hits from ALB when he cam on late?
@Mattasaurus said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Haven't read whole thread - sure someone else will have mentioned it.. but how good were the 3 big hits from ALB when he cam on late?
The one on the AB’s left hand touch line around the 22 was huge. ABs got a lot more out of their bench than the Irish
