All Blacks vs Pumas I
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good game of footy. coles below his best, outplayed by creevy. kaino was excellent, there was some dodgy defence on the inside ball from their 10, crotty very bloody good again, fekitoa okay - and that was a fucking great pass off the deck that put savea away. ben smith so good, savea looking better, barrett stays starting no question now.
the argies have got better. in the world cup they lost games because of their lack of control in the ruck - and that has definitely improved. they still make too many mistakes, but their adventure is great to watch, and will see them get better and better, and hopefully tear some teams apart - they certainly had their moments against our defence. no real dirt from them either, good to see. -
Pumas -- that was the best display against us this year. Kudos.
Respect and thanks for a great test.
Make sure you give the Wombats a ringbarking they'll never forget.
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Pumas I:
Pumas -- that was the best display against us this year. Kudos.
Respect and thanks for a great test.
Better than Wales in the 2nd test?
5 minutes into the 2nd half when the ABs upped the tempo and Cane and Read started ramping up the physicality, I thought the Argies were going to really struggle to keep up.
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Kearns is a c*nt. He said he loved the shoulder charge from Coleman in Bled 2.
What message does that send to a kid at home? Illegal play, sorry dangerous illegal play, is to be commended? He alluded to during Bled 2. I think the time has come for the guy to go. He hates NZ and now his opinions are potentially dangerous for the game.
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@Rocky-Rockbottom said in All Blacks vs Pumas I:
Poor Cruden, hasn't put a foot wrong yet he’s stuck there playing pocket pool in the flaming tire-tracked carpark waiting for Marty to come back from the future
That shot of his face after the Beauden-Crotty try... he had that mix of "YES!!! All Blacks Try!" and "Shit, well - that's me on the bench forever"
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Pumas I:
@Siam mate you're having a mare. Wrong thread and Heyneke?
Yeah mate slight navigation issue...
The heyneke mention pertains to what Alister has achieved, or rather not
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What the hell just happened? 50 mins in and i was starting to think it was one of "those" nights. Then the bench comes on BB goes bang bang and we blow them off the park.
BB awesome
B Smith awesome
Savea awesomeCane good until he got hurt but really really needs to stop running into people off the ball, that one could easily have been reversed with a tmo wanting to hear his own voice.
Ardie good when he came on and looks like he might get a start next week with cane limping off.
TJP very good when he came on. Managed to clean up some messy ball late in the game.
Crotty and Fekitoa both good.
Cruden was pretty good but needs to fix that lead in to kick. Has caused issues with early charges before. (By the way, that is a rule,ie charging a conversion, i'd like to see culled)
Good to see Dagg nail one though.Joubert was a lottery. Lets argies steal the ball while lying on their face but pings cane multiple times. Also lost count of the held players getting up and going again. Then pings them late in the game.
Agree with the poster that dide Angus Gardener is good. Most refs/tj's would have gone upstairs and spoken in confusing code about and reason to not award a probably try because something was not clear and obvious in real time bla bla bla.@pukunui Good summary. Julian looked to have taken his angry pills and good to see him back. Now stay there so we don't have to listen to the fern discuss his demise ad nauseum. Our forwards allow too much ball to be run at AS and TJP added a little more muscle in that area. AS is our halfback but TJP played well. The midfield went well and I don't that either really put a foot wrong. Fekitoa straightened the ball when he had too. Crotty did his job. Still not in the camp where I believe he is our 2nd five solution but I would like to see someone more dynamic. Dagg did his job but if your a winger and have to cut back inside because you don't have the muscle, pace or both you are not a winger. Appreciate his qualities but Naholo would be my pick with workons needed. And dude, lucky that ball did not hit your scone as you would have looked a right berk. Cane and Kaino played awesome and love what Charlie brings coming on with go forward. Well done Argentina in keeping 15 men on the field and bringing more than a fight than the Ozzies in the forwards and en general.
