All Blacks vs Argentina I
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@reprobate said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@taniwharugby a running game from the halfback definitely helps, but similar can be achieved by forwards (and blindside wingers) looking for pop passes close in / pick n go.
I'd say the problem was our overall tactics being a bit shit i.e. as well as lack of 9 sniping: a lack of ball runners in the forwards, lack of a direct approach before moving the ball, and 10s and 12s who aren't great passers trying to play flat.I'll take this as an opportunity to talk about the SR Champions again
The Blues flooded the centre of the field with forward runners, both wingers came in and did plenty of hard work. Also we generally picked 12's similar to Jordie (Lam & Heem) and they constantly cut back in and applied pressure to the same defenders. The pretty tries came later in the games
For some reason there seems to be a belief that NZ can't play this style in Test matches and win. From this coaching staff and the previous group. However we have seen glimpses of it (2nd half v France a few years ago)
@Duluth said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@reprobate said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@taniwharugby a running game from the halfback definitely helps, but similar can be achieved by forwards (and blindside wingers) looking for pop passes close in / pick n go.
I'd say the problem was our overall tactics being a bit shit i.e. as well as lack of 9 sniping: a lack of ball runners in the forwards, lack of a direct approach before moving the ball, and 10s and 12s who aren't great passers trying to play flat.I'll take this as an opportunity to talk about the SR Champions again
The Blues flooded the centre of the field with forward runners, both wingers came in and did plenty of hard work. Also we generally picked 12's similar to Jordie (Lam & Heem) and they constantly cut back in and applied pressure to the same defenders. The pretty tries came later in the games
For some reason there seems to be a belief that NZ can't play this style in Test matches and win. From this coaching staff and the previous group. However we have seen glimpses of it (2nd half v France a few years ago)
Double upvote.
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I'm gonna be sick a little but look at Ireland when they were good, they had JGP with quick service in close, not just passing but movement too - and then forward runners at pace and angled. Not forward runners standing still running straight with supporting runners hesitating whilst also running straight.
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
I'm gonna be sick a little but look at Ireland when they were good, they had JGP with quick service in close, not just passing but movement too - and then forward runners at pace and angled. Not forward runners standing still running straight with supporting runners hesitating whilst also running straight.
We’ve seen only glimpses of that so far in the opening 3 tests and far too much flat footed catching.
We’ve gone through cycles of it though. I can think back to Mealamu, Ben Franks, Ali Williams etc getting flat footed ball. But then we had a period of Kieran Read, early Ofa, Retallick getting it from a deeper position with some steam behind them changing the point of attack.
Varying our depth will assist - need our organisers barking
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I agree with all of the above, but the coaches have not picked the right players to implement that gameplan. They've picked a bunch of loose forwards that are all essentially the same player bar the rookie Finau. The Blues had success with that as they had Akira and Hoskins carrying the ball in close. The ABs don't have anyone as effective as them at that.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
I agree with all of the above, but the coaches have not picked the right players to implement that gameplan. They've picked a bunch of loose forwards that are all essentially the same player bar the rookie Finau. The Blues had success with that as they had Akira and Hoskins carrying the ball in close. The ABs don't have anyone as effective as them at that.
I'm quoting this and bolding this so I can like it again
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Kaino didn't really need angle changes or a shift in gears.
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
Kaino didn't really need angle changes or a shift in gears.
Maybe, but he certainly did much better when angles were worked, right? But yeah I don't know why we don't just select Kaino.
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
I'm gonna be sick a little but look at Ireland when they were good, they had JGP with quick service in close, not just passing but movement too - and then forward runners at pace and angled. Not forward runners standing still running straight with supporting runners hesitating whilst also running straight.
When they beat us in the series at home they totally schooled us
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
I'm gonna be sick a little but look at Ireland when they were good, they had JGP with quick service in close, not just passing but movement too - and then forward runners at pace and angled. Not forward runners standing still running straight with supporting runners hesitating whilst also running straight.
When they beat us in the series at home they totally schooled us
Did they though?
We beat them first up. I argued Foster got dudded as with decent refereeing we don't see the imbalance in red cards.
They sneaked over the top of us with 14 in test 2, then beat us fair and square in 3 ... Although we got to learn about soaking tackles that break cheek bones
They were slightly better over three tests.i don't think that's schooled.
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@canefan said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
I'm gonna be sick a little but look at Ireland when they were good, they had JGP with quick service in close, not just passing but movement too - and then forward runners at pace and angled. Not forward runners standing still running straight with supporting runners hesitating whilst also running straight.
When they beat us in the series at home they totally schooled us
Did they though?
We beat them first up. I argued Foster got dudded as with decent refereeing we don't see the imbalance in red cards.
They sneaked over the top of us with 14 in test 2, then beat us fair and square in 3 ... Although we got to learn about soaking tackles that break cheek bones
They were slightly better over three tests.i don't think that's schooled.
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
Anyone have opinions on Cameron Suafoa as the 6?
Workrate? Speed?
Doesn't lack for grunt.At Super level he's played more lock than 6 (quite impressively too).
He has a couple of promising outings at 6 for the Maori ABs. Once vs Ireland a couple of years back and then the first MAB vs Japan XV a few weeks ago.
He looks to have the frame and game for 6 but needs game time there. With Akira going he has a great chance to take the Blues 6 jersey next year (hopefully back to full fitness too following his battle with cancer)
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
Anyone have opinions on Cameron Suafoa as the 6?
Workrate? Speed?
Doesn't lack for grunt.At Super level he's played more lock than 6 (quite impressively too).
He has a couple of promising outings at 6 for the Maori ABs. Once vs Ireland a couple of years back and then the first MAB vs Japan XV a few weeks ago.
He looks to have the frame and game for 6 but needs game time there. With Akira going he has a great chance to take the Blues 6 jersey next year (hopefully back to full fitness too following his battle with cancer)
I was at the Maori Ireland game at the Tron - I thought Suafoa was the best player that night, stood out / fronted up well against a NH forward pack, moving bodies in contact especially.
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@nzzp I recall them looking for more organised than us. Mrs CF watched one of the games with me and even she could see we were running around helter skelter and she could see they had a clear plan
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@nzzp I recall them looking for more organised than us. Mrs CF watched one of the games with me and even she could see we were running around helter skelter and she could see they had a clear plan
I agree with that completely! They were a better side - and we were going backwards under Foster. But that is not the same as 'schooled' - which was what I reacted to.
More consistent refereeing and Foster doesnt' lose a home series ... and who knows where history takes us.
Remember: I am no Foster apologist. I thought he should not have had his contract extended after 21 - that was the chance for Razor to come in and sprinkle some stardust
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@canefan said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@nzzp I recall them looking for more organised than us. Mrs CF watched one of the games with me and even she could see we were running around helter skelter and she could see they had a clear plan
I agree with that completely! They were a better side - and we were going backwards under Foster. But that is not the same as 'schooled' - which was what I reacted to.
More consistent refereeing and Foster doesnt' lose a home series ... and who knows where history takes us.
Remember: I am no Foster apologist. I thought he should not have had his contract extended after 21 - that was the chance for Razor to come in and sprinkle some stardust
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@canefan said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
I'm gonna be sick a little but look at Ireland when they were good, they had JGP with quick service in close, not just passing but movement too - and then forward runners at pace and angled. Not forward runners standing still running straight with supporting runners hesitating whilst also running straight.
When they beat us in the series at home they totally schooled us
Did they though?
We beat them first up. I argued Foster got dudded as with decent refereeing we don't see the imbalance in red cards.
They sneaked over the top of us with 14 in test 2, then beat us fair and square in 3 ... Although we got to learn about soaking tackles that break cheek bones
They were slightly better over three tests.i don't think that's schooled.
@nzzp that first game was in the balance, IIRC they were attacking, dropped one in our 22, we scored down the other end, then again and again, shutting the door, so sliding doors and all, but for that drop, who knows how that might have panned out!
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@nzzp that first game was in the balance, IIRC they were attacking, dropped one in our 22, we scored down the other end, then again and again, shutting the door, so sliding doors and all, but for that drop, who knows how that might have panned out!
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People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
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People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
it wasn't just Foster though was it? If we looked at the play and stats before and after Schmidt (and Ryan if one wishes) ... they tell a story.
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@taniwharugby in fairness, there are a lot of good teams that have said that about the ABs. Remember 2019 RWC pool game v SA: 5 minutes of magic scored us two tries and won us that game. Otherwise you'd say SA had the better of us
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People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
Yeah I thought we looked far better last year than the 3 years previously, not so much in results even if that was better too, but in just how we played .
Boks at mt smart , and the quarter final in particular were games where I didn’t feel like throwing shit at the tv for a change .
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@nzzp oh I know, I just think we were a drop away form potentially going 0-3 in that series too...similarly, but for the 2nd test card, we win the 2nd test, then thier confidence knocked, we go 3-0...
This is fun
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
This is fun
can we have the 1995 final then please? No way Mehrts missed those droppies
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We entered this year super thin in a few positions because the last two years every game was a must win and the same old side rolled out.
We have to start playing some new guys, or we will enter the next RWC with some broken old men and lots of barely-played newbs.
Edit: and by "playing" I mean playing under red hot conditions, like in South Africa. Merely giving the next tier of players a spell or two in lighter games simply is not preparing them, or the team, properly.
Whose to say that the new guys aren't better? We'll never know if we never give them a chance.
@Chester-Draws said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
We entered this year super thin in a few positions because the last two years every game was a must win and the same old side rolled out.
We have to start playing some new guys, or we will enter the next RWC with some broken old men and lots of barely-played newbs.
Edit: and by "playing" I mean playing under red hot conditions, like in South Africa. Merely giving the next tier of players a spell or two in lighter games simply is not preparing them, or the team, properly.
Whose to say that the new guys aren't better? We'll never know if we never give them a chance.
You realise we have something like 45 tests before the next WC right?
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People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
Don't forget that ridiculous YC where SF was smacked in the face by Kitsoff's elbow. In fact, Kitsoff was using his forearm a lot in that final.
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People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Argentina I - 10 August:
People forget that we cracked open the dry powder under Fozzie for the last RWC. We were outstanding in the quarter, semi and final. Really direct, low risk rugby. But for a red card that should have been negated by a red to SA we would have won the whole thing. It was a far cry from the rugby we'd seen in the leadup.
One thing that's been good under Razor is that we've gone three matches without a card. I don't think we've even had an incident reviewed, have we?
It might just be coincidence - but, it seems it would be a long time ago that we last went three consecutive tests without a card.
Edit: A quick scan and looks like we did it at the start of last year! Unfortunately, we couldn't keep it up!
