Japan vs All Blacks
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I finally got to watch the Japan/AB game. I wrote down some thoughts here:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/05/abs-versus-japan-how-was-fifita/
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Great stuff
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I finally got to watch the Japan/AB game. I wrote down some thoughts here:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/05/abs-versus-japan-how-was-fifita/
@gt12 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
I finally got to watch the Japan/AB game. I wrote down some thoughts here:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/05/abs-versus-japan-how-was-fifita/
Awesome effort. The last time I can remember a ferner doing on of these it was for Thorne in the lead up to the 2007 RWC - the conclusion was the same... drop him.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Sorry, I've yet to warm to Jordie. The privileged path, surname opening doors
And we all know that if Akira makes the ABs it will only be because of Reiko
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Sorry, I've yet to warm to Jordie. The privileged path, surname opening doors
And we all know that if Akira makes the ABs it will only be because of Reiko
@act-crusader said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@rocky-rockbottom said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Sorry, I've yet to warm to Jordie. The privileged path, surname opening doors
And we all know that if Akira makes the ABs it will only be because of Reiko
Come on @ACT-Crusader you are well aware that it is the lack of red on his jersey that is holding Akira back
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@act-crusader said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@rocky-rockbottom said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Sorry, I've yet to warm to Jordie. The privileged path, surname opening doors
And we all know that if Akira makes the ABs it will only be because of Reiko
Come on @ACT-Crusader you are well aware that it is the lack of red on his jersey that is holding Akira back
@crucial said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@act-crusader said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@rocky-rockbottom said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Sorry, I've yet to warm to Jordie. The privileged path, surname opening doors
And we all know that if Akira makes the ABs it will only be because of Reiko
Come on @ACT-Crusader you are well aware that it is the lack of red on his jersey that is holding Akira back
Aukira wouldn't be seen dead in red!
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Not much to add.
In backs, I continue to LOVE Mo'unga's taking pill very flat and superb control of short passing. Extra men running off him are given Rolls Royce distribution, which allows them to do maximum damage (also thinking of Frizzell against Argies). SBW on form could do brain damage outside Ritchie, especially if he's receiving fast ball from Nugget.
In forwards, GREAT to have Cole back on wing. Hard to take much away for tighties. In loose, thought Papali'i looked the part and Whitelock (L) very tidy -- apart from that non-block! Turnover effectiveness lifted very noticeably with Hunt (who I though had an excellent cameo) and Evans on.
Hemopo radiated the enthusiasm which was so obviously missing from Fifita. -
I finally got to watch the Japan/AB game. I wrote down some thoughts here:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/05/abs-versus-japan-how-was-fifita/
@gt12 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
I finally got to watch the Japan/AB game. I wrote down some thoughts here:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/05/abs-versus-japan-how-was-fifita/
Re this bit:
Fifita was there, and you could say he is unlucky that play didn’t come his way, but perhaps that is the point – he’ll make an impact when others provide him with opportunities. But, Fifita doesn’t seem to seek them out – he’s always two out from the ruck looking for the break– even when we need him doing the hard yards closer in and making strong cleans – and, he just isn’t that guy.
Isn't that where we want him?
It's a change from the tight 6 like Kaino with Read playing wide in the 1-3-3-1.
But with Read now the captain and playing a central role instead of the flank, wouldn't the obvious replacement be that our 6 then goes to the inside right flank? Fifita would seem an idea candidate for that, given his speed, but I do have doubts on his off-loading.
This is me just voicing my thoughts out loud. I've not worked out who plays the right 1 in the 1-3-3-1 since Read bcame captain 3 years ago .... maybe I should watch a replay and work it out ..... , whoever it is has been they haven't been very visible over the last few years. We've seen Squire and Dixon out there (and Fifita v Argentina in New PLymouth).
I think people on here see Kaino as the model, but I don't think out current 6s will 100% play the peak-kaino role due to Read's change of role since taking over the captaincy.
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@tim he could have died!
@crazy-horse said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@tim he could have died!
He did die and aura brought him back to life
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@gt12 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
I finally got to watch the Japan/AB game. I wrote down some thoughts here:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/05/abs-versus-japan-how-was-fifita/
Awesome effort. The last time I can remember a ferner doing on of these it was for Thorne in the lead up to the 2007 RWC - the conclusion was the same... drop him.
@rotated said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@gt12 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
I finally got to watch the Japan/AB game. I wrote down some thoughts here:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/05/abs-versus-japan-how-was-fifita/
Awesome effort. The last time I can remember a ferner doing on of these it was for Thorne in the lead up to the 2007 RWC - the conclusion was the same... drop him.
Haha nice try. Yet Henry was clear that Thorne was the only decent 6/lock going around. No one else in the squad was playing that role.
If only Henry didn’t save Thorne, Mauger and Ellis for the semi....
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@gt12 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
I finally got to watch the Japan/AB game. I wrote down some thoughts here:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/05/abs-versus-japan-how-was-fifita/
Re this bit:
Fifita was there, and you could say he is unlucky that play didn’t come his way, but perhaps that is the point – he’ll make an impact when others provide him with opportunities. But, Fifita doesn’t seem to seek them out – he’s always two out from the ruck looking for the break– even when we need him doing the hard yards closer in and making strong cleans – and, he just isn’t that guy.
Isn't that where we want him?
It's a change from the tight 6 like Kaino with Read playing wide in the 1-3-3-1.
But with Read now the captain and playing a central role instead of the flank, wouldn't the obvious replacement be that our 6 then goes to the inside right flank? Fifita would seem an idea candidate for that, given his speed, but I do have doubts on his off-loading.
This is me just voicing my thoughts out loud. I've not worked out who plays the right 1 in the 1-3-3-1 since Read bcame captain 3 years ago .... maybe I should watch a replay and work it out ..... , whoever it is has been they haven't been very visible over the last few years. We've seen Squire and Dixon out there (and Fifita v Argentina in New PLymouth).
I think people on here see Kaino as the model, but I don't think out current 6s will 100% play the peak-kaino role due to Read's change of role since taking over the captaincy.
@rapido said in Japan vs All Blacks:
This is me just voicing my thoughts out loud. I've not worked out who plays the right 1 in the 1-3-3-1 since Read bcame captain 3 years ago .... maybe I should watch a replay and work it out ..... , whoever it is has been they haven't been very visible over the last few years. We've seen Squire and Dixon out there (and Fifita v Argentina in New PLymouth).
It's been Taylor hasn't it?
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Not much to add.
In backs, I continue to LOVE Mo'unga's taking pill very flat and superb control of short passing. Extra men running off him are given Rolls Royce distribution, which allows them to do maximum damage (also thinking of Frizzell against Argies). SBW on form could do brain damage outside Ritchie, especially if he's receiving fast ball from Nugget.
In forwards, GREAT to have Cole back on wing. Hard to take much away for tighties. In loose, thought Papali'i looked the part and Whitelock (L) very tidy -- apart from that non-block! Turnover effectiveness lifted very noticeably with Hunt (who I though had an excellent cameo) and Evans on.
Hemopo radiated the enthusiasm which was so obviously missing from Fifita.@pakman said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Not much to add.
In backs, I continue to LOVE Mo'unga's taking pill very flat and superb control of short passing. Extra men running off him are given Rolls Royce distribution, which allows them to do maximum damage (also thinking of Frizzell against Argies). SBW on form could do brain damage outside Ritchie, especially if he's receiving fast ball from Nugget.
In forwards, GREAT to have Cole back on wing. Hard to take much away for tighties. In loose, thought Papali'i looked the part and Whitelock (L) very tidy -- apart from that non-block! Turnover effectiveness lifted very noticeably with Hunt (who I though had an excellent cameo) and Evans on.
Hemopo radiated the enthusiasm which was so obviously missing from Fifita.Mo'unga threw a few passes to the back shoulder which stunted a couple of our attacks, but i agree, they way he attacks should play in to the hands of our midfield more.
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@rotated said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@gt12 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
I finally got to watch the Japan/AB game. I wrote down some thoughts here:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/05/abs-versus-japan-how-was-fifita/
Awesome effort. The last time I can remember a ferner doing on of these it was for Thorne in the lead up to the 2007 RWC - the conclusion was the same... drop him.
Haha nice try. Yet Henry was clear that Thorne was the only decent 6/lock going around. No one else in the squad was playing that role.
If only Henry didn’t save Thorne, Mauger and Ellis for the semi....
@act-crusader said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Yet Henry was clear that Thorne was the only decent 6/lock going around.
Quite the opposite. He was literally in a heads up battle that year against Flavell for the spot that season. Thorne edged according to Henry in part because a 6/lock was preferred to a lock/6 for squad balance as they already have four locks.
Anyway the initial post got picked up on Radio Sport and everything I want to say it was a Mr Mike contribution, but can't be sure - was a long time ago.
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@gt12 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
I finally got to watch the Japan/AB game. I wrote down some thoughts here:
http://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/05/abs-versus-japan-how-was-fifita/
Re this bit:
Fifita was there, and you could say he is unlucky that play didn’t come his way, but perhaps that is the point – he’ll make an impact when others provide him with opportunities. But, Fifita doesn’t seem to seek them out – he’s always two out from the ruck looking for the break– even when we need him doing the hard yards closer in and making strong cleans – and, he just isn’t that guy.
Isn't that where we want him?
It's a change from the tight 6 like Kaino with Read playing wide in the 1-3-3-1.
But with Read now the captain and playing a central role instead of the flank, wouldn't the obvious replacement be that our 6 then goes to the inside right flank? Fifita would seem an idea candidate for that, given his speed, but I do have doubts on his off-loading.
This is me just voicing my thoughts out loud. I've not worked out who plays the right 1 in the 1-3-3-1 since Read bcame captain 3 years ago .... maybe I should watch a replay and work it out ..... , whoever it is has been they haven't been very visible over the last few years. We've seen Squire and Dixon out there (and Fifita v Argentina in New PLymouth).
I think people on here see Kaino as the model, but I don't think out current 6s will 100% play the peak-kaino role due to Read's change of role since taking over the captaincy.
Were we running a 1-3-3-1 or a 2-4-2? Half the time I can't tell, to be honest, and for most of the game they only seemed to set a pod of three or four in the middle to attack through and behind. As we'd probably imagine, they didn't look as organized as the full team.
I think the strategy was to have him in that inside right hand place, but just being a metre gainer shouldn't be enough, totally apart from the fact that he's not really a good offloader or short passer, ala Taufua who does that role really well for the Crusaders (another who I probably should have mentioned in my write up).
Anyway, the point I was trying to make (poorly) is that there is a tactical element to playing at the highest level that he doesn't seem to have - so he's in the position he's strategically assigned, but from reading the game he should see that he's likely to be needed as a cleaner, but he's nowhere to be seen as we get turned over. I remember one example from the game where he was closest but didn't try to get there and we conceded a penalty. Many other times, Fifita was often the last guy there when he wasn't needed. Overall, I felt like the other loosies (and Hemopo) did a better job of making decisions about when to get involved and when not to - and when they did get involved they made bigger impacts.
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@act-crusader said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Yet Henry was clear that Thorne was the only decent 6/lock going around.
Quite the opposite. He was literally in a heads up battle that year against Flavell for the spot that season. Thorne edged according to Henry in part because a 6/lock was preferred to a lock/6 for squad balance as they already have four locks.
Anyway the initial post got picked up on Radio Sport and everything I want to say it was a Mr Mike contribution, but can't be sure - was a long time ago.
@rotated said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@act-crusader said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Yet Henry was clear that Thorne was the only decent 6/lock going around.
Quite the opposite. He was literally in a heads up battle that year against Flavell for the spot that season. Thorne edged according to Henry in part because a 6/lock was preferred to a lock/6 for squad balance as they already have four locks.
Anyway the initial post got picked up on Radio Sport and everything I want to say it was a Mr Mike contribution, but can't be sure - was a long time ago.
It was. Darcy mentioned it. But I thought the conclusion was Thorne actually did some stuff.
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@rapido said in Japan vs All Blacks:
This is me just voicing my thoughts out loud. I've not worked out who plays the right 1 in the 1-3-3-1 since Read bcame captain 3 years ago .... maybe I should watch a replay and work it out ..... , whoever it is has been they haven't been very visible over the last few years. We've seen Squire and Dixon out there (and Fifita v Argentina in New PLymouth).
It's been Taylor hasn't it?
@crucial said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@rapido said in Japan vs All Blacks:
This is me just voicing my thoughts out loud. I've not worked out who plays the right 1 in the 1-3-3-1 since Read bcame captain 3 years ago .... maybe I should watch a replay and work it out ..... , whoever it is has been they haven't been very visible over the last few years. We've seen Squire and Dixon out there (and Fifita v Argentina in New PLymouth).
It's been Taylor hasn't it?
Taylor has taken over Coles role. usually left, but sometimes right.
It's not particularly clear to me who, if anyone, has taken over Read's role. I assume it has been our 6 (Squire, Dixon, Fifita), but I've never seen Frizzell out wide. Or have we played a different formation.
Unless the ball heads that way in live play, it's not easy to see on TV. Need a stadium view or be anorak enough to go back and watch for it in a replay.
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@rotated said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@act-crusader said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Yet Henry was clear that Thorne was the only decent 6/lock going around.
Quite the opposite. He was literally in a heads up battle that year against Flavell for the spot that season. Thorne edged according to Henry in part because a 6/lock was preferred to a lock/6 for squad balance as they already have four locks.
Anyway the initial post got picked up on Radio Sport and everything I want to say it was a Mr Mike contribution, but can't be sure - was a long time ago.
It was. Darcy mentioned it. But I thought the conclusion was Thorne actually did some stuff.
@booboo said in Japan vs All Blacks:
It was. Darcy mentioned it. But I thought the conclusion was Thorne actually did some stuff.
Packed down in the right place at the scrum, jersey was on the right way, got all the words to the anthem right (English part anyway)...
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