All Blacks v Japan
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Positives:
- Roigard's 1st Test since injury and he went OK
- Aumua (except esrly throwing)
- DMac's defence
- Telea showing some form
- Pat T's breakdown work
- Wallace confirming he's starting XV material
Negatives
- Poor defence
- Lack of focus - particularity in second half
- Scrum didn't dominate
- Poor kick options - esp.DMAC
@Victor-Meldrew That's fair. I'd add Ruben Love coming on, making his debut and showing his class to the positives.
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All in all a bit of an average game, I know not top team etc, but a combination of a real crap field and not a lot of connection in either team left me thinking it not a test I'll remember for a long time.
@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Japan:
All in all a bit of an average game, I know not top team etc, but a combination of a real crap field and not a lot of connection in either team left me thinking it not a test I'll remember for a long time.
Did you and @Bones enjoy the game together?
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@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v Japan:
A lot of praise for Love for scoring two pretty regulation tries...
Don't disagree that he's a talent but if everyone had the same expectations for Tele'a and Reece then they would have been blown away by some of the things they did today.
My biggest pain with the ABs atm is persisting with guys that are clearly past it. We need to move on from Cane, Perenara, Havili etc. There is clearly enough talent for us to cope so why not build for the future.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Japan:
@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v Japan:
A lot of praise for Love for scoring two pretty regulation tries...
Don't disagree that he's a talent but if everyone had the same expectations for Tele'a and Reece then they would have been blown away by some of the things they did today.
My biggest pain with the ABs atm is persisting with guys that are clearly past it. We need to move on from Cane, Perenara, Havili etc. There is clearly enough talent for us to cope so why not build for the future.
And we can see that the likes of Sititi, Tosi, Ratima, Love are not over awed when given the chance.
We have been too conservative at the selection table for about 5 years now.
The likes of TJP and Beaudy are albatrosses around our necks at this stage.
Let the young lads cook.
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Wheeler: You must be extremely proud?
Does he have an acquired brain injury or is that written in his contract to have his tongue shoved that far up the AB coach's arse?
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Wheeler: You must be extremely proud?
Does he have an acquired brain injury or is that written in his contract to have his tongue shoved that far up the AB coach's arse?
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Japan:
Wheeler: You must be extremely proud?
He's a Grade A tosser.
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Wheeler: You must be extremely proud?
Does he have an acquired brain injury or is that written in his contract to have his tongue shoved that far up the AB coach's arse?
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Japan:
Wheeler: You must be extremely proud?
Did anybody think ever that he had smarts above.... (insert the most offensive thing ever)
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@antipodean said in All Blacks v Japan:
Wheeler: You must be extremely proud?
Did anybody think ever that he had smarts above.... (insert the most offensive thing ever)
@Kruse said in All Blacks v Japan:
@antipodean said in All Blacks v Japan:
Wheeler: You must be extremely proud?
Did anybody think ever that he had smarts above.... (insert the most offensive thing ever)
I don't understand how he has a job. Anyone remotely competent would say "convincing on the scoreboard but some things to address around patience, defence and decision making as we face a much tougher test over the next few weeks?"
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I've said before, I'll say it again, I don't know why Sky Sports NZ subscribers ain't in open revolt about the inane horse shit they are served up.
@sparky said in All Blacks v Japan:
I've said before, I'll say it again, I don't know why Sky Sports NZ subscribers ain't in open revolt about the inane horse shit they are served up.
Agreed, it seems to be getting worse every year.
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Mitchell Santner could probably play 10 pretty well
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Japan:
All in all a bit of an average game, I know not top team etc, but a combination of a real crap field and not a lot of connection in either team left me thinking it not a test I'll remember for a long time.
Did you and @Bones enjoy the game together?
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Japan:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Japan:
All in all a bit of an average game, I know not top team etc, but a combination of a real crap field and not a lot of connection in either team left me thinking it not a test I'll remember for a long time.
Did you and @Bones enjoy the game together?
Hey now, I'm not always negative.
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Positives:
- Roigard's 1st Test since injury and he went OK
- Aumua (except esrly throwing)
- DMac's defence
- Telea showing some form
- Pat T's breakdown work
- Wallace confirming he's starting XV material
Negatives
- Poor defence
- Lack of focus - particularity in second half
- Scrum didn't dominate
- Poor kick options - esp.DMAC
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@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:
A load of tries there for Kirsty and Goldie to wax lyrical over, the week before we get our arses handed to us over 3 consecutive weekends.
Before they hyperventilate with excitement, can someone tell them it's only Japan, they are ranked 14th in the world and coached by a guy on a sinecure?
@sparky said in All Blacks v Japan:
@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:
A load of tries there for Kirsty and Goldie to wax lyrical over, the week before we get our arses handed to us over 3 consecutive weekends.
Before they hyperventilate with excitement, can someone tell them it's only Japan, they are ranked 14th in the world and coached by a guy on a sinecure?
tick for vocab.
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so we haven't gotten rid of that final 20 curse, we were told that they'd fixed it in the final bledisloe...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Japan:
Positives:
- Roigard's 1st Test since injury and he went OK
- Aumua (except esrly throwing)
- DMac's defence
- Telea showing some form
- Pat T's breakdown work
- Wallace confirming he's starting XV material
Negatives
- Poor defence
- Lack of focus - particularity in second half
- Scrum didn't dominate
- Poor kick options - esp.DMAC
Agree with most of that, buggered if I know what the defence coach is doing! It's not bad tackling, but just not being set in a defence pattern.
@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Japan:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Japan:
Positives:
- Roigard's 1st Test since injury and he went OK
- Aumua (except esrly throwing)
- DMac's defence
- Telea showing some form
- Pat T's breakdown work
- Wallace confirming he's starting XV material
Negatives
- Poor defence
- Lack of focus - particularity in second half
- Scrum didn't dominate
- Poor kick options - esp.DMAC
Agree with most of that, buggered if I know what the defence coach is doing! It's not bad tackling, but just not being set in a defence pattern.
Seriously: did I missed something? Defence was pretty much impregnable from where I sat.
