All Blacks vs England I
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Just watched this and have not read thread. Thank heaven for Sevu Reece, Telea and DMac, best 3 players on the park! But the tactics were not what I expected. Not enough pick n go down the middle in my view. And lots of half breaks but little continuity.
Pat T was a shadow of his usual self tonight. Thankfully Vaai was a dynamo when he came on. Both hookers were lively. But we could have done with Williams or Tosi rumbling it up.
Still not sure that Rieko is in good form at centre and would be happy to see Procter get a go.
And I was puzzled by a few of the refs decisions. But we probably got the rub of the green. Thought Paps would be the one penalised in that last play but no.
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:
Well, no cards was a big positive.
This can't be stated enough
I literally can't remember the last time the ABs achieved that.@Mattasaurus Yeah, I had dark visions all week of a red card.
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LOL, Chiefs fans are still super bitter about the final.
Papalii: actually tackles and hits rucks, unlike the other two passengers - drop him now!
Rieko Ioane: carrys well from shit ball and shit passes - not a centre
And now bagging Tuipulotu too ...
McKenzie was terrible.
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Finau has been promoted too early. Everyone waits for the "smashed 'em bro" moment, forgetting his workrate isn't great. I'd pick Blackadder ahead of him.
Perofeta deserves another start. Looked silky out there.
Our scrum was excellent.
Telea gets involved, but lacks top end pace and power. I'd replace him with Clarke.
DMac has to be persisted with, but God damn he did some wayward pointless kicks.
It was Beauden Barrettesque.Vaii got involved well, but I still noticed him fold in contact a couple of times. He ran at gaps.
Our loose forwards were outplayed and we were lucky to win.
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Watched it in a bar in Singapore. I feel very unsatisfied. Same old Fozzie era shit, didn't learn anything from the way the Blues won SR. Too much aimless kicking, too many mistakes in our own half.
Tbh, I’m not sure playing that way against Aussie and kiwi super sides means that we will be able to do it against an English pack
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Finau has been promoted too early. Everyone waits for the "smashed 'em bro" moment, forgetting his workrate isn't great. I'd pick Blackadder ahead of him.
Perofeta deserves another start. Looked silky out there.
Our scrum was excellent.
Telea gets involved, but lacks top end pace and power. I'd replace him with Clarke.
DMac has to be persisted with, but God damn he did some wayward pointless kicks.
It was Beauden Barrettesque.Vaii got involved well, but I still noticed him fold in contact a couple of times. He ran at gaps.
Our loose forwards were outplayed and we were lucky to win.
(and we still can't cope with the rush defense)@Frank said in All Blacks vs England I:
Finau has been promoted too early. Everyone waits for the "smashed 'em bro" moment, forgetting his workrate isn't great.
Unfortunately the English forward pack isn't made up of only shit Australian first fives.
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@DaGrubster said in All Blacks vs England I:
@mikedogz said in All Blacks vs England I:
Razor is on the trophy march already!!!
Hillary Shield.
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Haven't seen all the match yet but some of those long Barrett kicks I saw were literally match savers.
Jordie is indispensible now. -
When will we see the headlines about Razor trying to get Fozzie out of his Japanese contract…..?!
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@chucknz said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Tim you must be gutted that we won, seems to be the result blues fans are wanting
nope, we can be Blues fans AND AB supporters
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs England I:
Finau has been promoted too early. Everyone waits for the "smashed 'em bro" moment, forgetting his workrate isn't great.
Unfortunately the English forward pack isn't made up of only shit Australian first fives.
@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs England I:
Finau has been promoted too early. Everyone waits for the "smashed 'em bro" moment, forgetting his workrate isn't great.
Unfortunately the English forward pack isn't made up of only shit Australian first fives.
This has always been my issue with him. JC and Kano regularly buried forwards even bigger than they were. Finau has ( from what I’ve seen ) made a dubious reputation of smashing first fives in vulnerable passing positions.
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Finau has been promoted too early. Everyone waits for the "smashed 'em bro" moment, forgetting his workrate isn't great. I'd pick Blackadder ahead of him.
Perofeta deserves another start. Looked silky out there.
Our scrum was excellent.
Telea gets involved, but lacks top end pace and power. I'd replace him with Clarke.
DMac has to be persisted with, but God damn he did some wayward pointless kicks.
It was Beauden Barrettesque.Vaii got involved well, but I still noticed him fold in contact a couple of times. He ran at gaps.
Our loose forwards were outplayed and we were lucky to win.
(and we still can't cope with the rush defense)@Frank said in All Blacks vs England I:
Telea gets involved, but lacks top end pace and power. I'd replace him with Clarke.
He looked
a bitlost at times tonight.DMac has to be persisted with, but God damn he did some wayward pointless kicks.
It was Beauden Barrettesque.
Was he executing the game-plan well or badly?
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs England I:
Finau has been promoted too early. Everyone waits for the "smashed 'em bro" moment, forgetting his workrate isn't great.
Unfortunately the English forward pack isn't made up of only shit Australian first fives.
This has always been my issue with him. JC and Kano regularly buried forwards even bigger than they were. Finau has ( from what I’ve seen ) made a dubious reputation of smashing first fives in vulnerable passing positions.
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Bloody hard taskmasters on here. England are a bloody good team across the park.
Test 2 going to be awesome also. -
if only we had a big 6 who could tackle and carry and has form! If only!
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if only we had a big 6 who could tackle and carry and has form! If only!
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs England I:
if only we had a big 6 who could tackle and carry and has form! If only!
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