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    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    Doesn't matter whether the head contact was accidental. Heads touching there mean you're flirting with a red, and it's a nailed on yellow.

    This isn't the way 'we' necessarily want this reffed - but it is the norm aroudn the world. You can see why we get so many cards ... our tackle technique is years out of date. I don't like it, but it's the rules of the game

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    @mariner4life Argentina looked like they'd been on the piss all week For sure a much better performance but still an unconvincing performance from an uninspired selection

    So far this season we have struggled at home against the world #5 team capitulated against the #7 (ranked lower until they beat us) and won comfortably away against the number 10.

    A good 40 minutes against Argentina doesn't disguise the inherent weaknesses in this team or inspire confidence that we are in for anything other than pain against the Bokke

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    #1334

    it sounds really harsh but i don't disagree. We did apply a lot more pressure this week, and they made some errors off that. But when we went through the phases i didn't think we were getting much change (and Ardie beastmode bullshit run aside. wait, that's not fair, one of them actually resulted in quick ball off the back of it).

    We were able to open up the field a lot easier this week, as the Argie tackling was far less accurate, and there was far less heat on our ruck.

    Great confidence booster in really shitty conditions though, we absolutely slapped them. Probably could have scored two more tries in the 2nd half with an ounce more patience.

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    I did notice our backline formation when we spun it wide led to us going backwards at a rate of knots.
    Not sure about the idea behind this.

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    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    I respect your right to disagree. Unfortunately World Rugby says your viewpoint is incorrect

    And I'm calling World Rugby's viewpoint BS.

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    @nzzp said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    Doesn't matter whether the head contact was accidental. Heads touching there mean you're flirting with a red, and it's a nailed on yellow.

    This isn't the way 'we' necessarily want this reffed - but it is the norm aroudn the world. You can see why we get so many cards ... our tackle technique is years out of date. I don't like it, but it's the rules of the game

    It's completely flawed. There are head knocks almost every tackle. The laws have caused exponential cards yet nothing has changed in terms of injuries. It was nothing more than a god hard tackle.

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    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.

    This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.

    The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.

    30c74d94-66fd-495f-bcda-33b179353968-image.jpeg

    Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.

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    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @booboo said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @Darth-Sader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    kicking (place-kicking aside) is very average from ABs.

    Really?

    Felt the deep crossfield kicking aiming at the 50-22s pinned them back and worked really well.

    Much happier with those than the middle distance kicking last year's team employed.

    IMHO we need to work on our accuracy (DMac overcooked a couple for example), but the intent was good. Not a box kick in sight for much of the game. And good riddance

    TJP did one 9n attack. Odd. And didn’t work.

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    Any stats on BB being the creator or final passer to a try?

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    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.

    This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.

    The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.

    30c74d94-66fd-495f-bcda-33b179353968-image.jpeg

    Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.

    That’s because he’s Gimli…

    His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.

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    @kpkanz said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @kpkanz I think it's quite clear I'm not dying on any hill. Keep up the ranting though, I'm so triggered I've come out the other side and finding it hilarious.

    Still haven't provided a single counter.
    All the best 👍

    I will confess to not watching this one as closely as usual as I had other stuff going on, but I would be wary of using stats as the be all and end all for someone's performance. They can be a good indicator, but they can also be very dependent on the role a player is asked to play, and whether play goes their way as a result. I would also hesitate to sing the praises of the subs given we lost our shape when they came on.

    I can also guarantee you opposition players would rather defend against the much slower ALB than Rieko who can burn you in the blink of an eye.

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    #1343

    There's also a lot to be said for having multiple genuine try scoring threats on the park, which is why I liked this team as Rieko, Clarke and Jordan can all score tries out of nowhere if the defense is not 100% on their game. For me, Rieko has to be on the field, and he's played well enough at 13 to be the incumbent there, with the added bonus of the constant threat he poses defenses.

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  • BonesB Offline
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    #1344

    Who was the player that scrambled across and shut Argies down when they spun it wide in their 22 and Jordan was a million miles away?

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    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.

    This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.

    The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.

    30c74d94-66fd-495f-bcda-33b179353968-image.jpeg

    Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.

    That’s because he’s Gimli…

    His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.

    I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?

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  • canefanC Online
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    @nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.

    This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.

    The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.

    30c74d94-66fd-495f-bcda-33b179353968-image.jpeg

    Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.

    That’s because he’s Gimli…

    His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.

    I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?

    It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?

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  • ACT CrusaderA Offline
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    @nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.

    This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.

    The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.

    30c74d94-66fd-495f-bcda-33b179353968-image.jpeg

    Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.

    That’s because he’s Gimli…

    His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.

    I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?

    Aumua was running from a point where the ball had been shifted from and he was now behind the line of play. As mentioned, the angle that he made the tackle from was not front on. The Argie player somewhat slowed, but was still going forwards.

    If there was head contact it’s YC. I’m also in the camp that says some of the criteria that determines the threshold that TMOs/refs have to abide by provides very little room.

    From 3:46 on.

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    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.

    This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.

    The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.

    30c74d94-66fd-495f-bcda-33b179353968-image.jpeg

    Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.

    That’s because he’s Gimli…

    His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.

    I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?

    It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?

    I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.

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    @nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.

    This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.

    The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.

    30c74d94-66fd-495f-bcda-33b179353968-image.jpeg

    Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.

    That’s because he’s Gimli…

    His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.

    I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?

    It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?

    I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.

    There is no solution, but you must apply the laws as consistently as possible. If upright = red, then Porter walks, same as Ta'avao. Same as Cane, same as Kolisi. But that is now how things play out.

    I think cards are a blight on the modern game, particularly for head contact. But WR don't see it like that and think the game is in good health. So what do I know.

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    @nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @LatsToTheMax

    1. It was high.
    2. There was some head contact.

    How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.

    I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.

    Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.

    That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.

    This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.

    The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.

    30c74d94-66fd-495f-bcda-33b179353968-image.jpeg

    Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.

    That’s because he’s Gimli…

    His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.

    I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?

    It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?

    I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.

    I know WR is obliged to protect the players. But it's a dynamic and dangerous game, and the high shot is an easy target

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    @No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @kpkanz said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:

    @kpkanz I think it's quite clear I'm not dying on any hill. Keep up the ranting though, I'm so triggered I've come out the other side and finding it hilarious.

    Still haven't provided a single counter.
    All the best 👍

    I will confess to not watching this one as closely as usual as I had other stuff going on, but I would be wary of using stats as the be all and end all for someone's performance. They can be a good indicator, but they can also be very dependent on the role a player is asked to play, and whether play goes their way as a result. I would also hesitate to sing the praises of the subs given we lost our shape when they came on.

    I can also guarantee you opposition players would rather defend against the much slower ALB than Rieko who can burn you in the blink of an eye.

    I agree regarding the use of stats, I did ask if there were other intangible metrics outside of the stats provided but was not given any as I was interested.

    I also don't know if I agree with that last paragraph. As ive posted previously, this year ALB has vastly outperformed Rieko in all offensive stats, and if you just look at comparisons of their carries on the field you can see that.

    I would say defenders are much more worried about ALB on current form.

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