All Blacks vs Fiji
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George Bridge: made one tackle, missed two.
Zero run meters. He gets shit because he deserves it.
@gt12 Another one who shouldn't be anywhere near the test lineup.
It's a very average lineup out there.
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Blackadder and Frizell are basically the same type of player (Blackadder is probably much better).
We are getting no run meters out of either but very accurate tackling. We can’t have a loose forward trio with two tacklers who font get run meters.
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Good game so far.
Those Fijian's are big boys and are playing some rally good rugby.
Might need a change of game plan at half time and commit a few more to the ruck as we're struggling to clear the ball quick enough. The backs will do the business as long as they can get quick ball.
@toddy yea Fiji doing what they need to disrupt this soft AB pack, meaning our backs aren't getting any decent ball.
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We just lack physicality. Don't think we took the threat serious enough and took the piss with the starting lineup a bit.
@yeetyaah said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
We just lack physicality. Don't think we took the threat serious enough and took the piss with the starting lineup a bit.
In saying that we should still be playing better than this shit.we’re is a game plan or progression from last year .soft forward effort let’s hope COVID keeps SA out of the RC .
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@duluth said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Wish we had the Papali’i/Jacobson/Ioane trio out there
Yep, that's pour more physical trio. Blackadder is probably the most physical of the current 3 and his position is less based on using that physicality.
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Blackadder and Frizell are basically the same type of player (Blackadder is probably much better).
We are getting no run meters out of either but very accurate tackling. We can’t have a loose forward trio with two tacklers who font get run meters.
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@duluth said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Wish we had the Papali’i/Jacobson/Ioane trio out there
Yep, that's pour more physical trio. Blackadder is probably the most physical of the current 3 and his position is less based on using that physicality.
@nepia he is essentially playing out of position too. To state the obvious, this trio is not working.
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@gt12 Frizzell is about as effective as Reed Prinsep at test level.
@african-monkey said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@gt12 Frizzell is about as effective as Reed Prinsep at test level.
If Prisnep ever makes the ABs I'm going to blame you for making this comment. I'll send @Snowy around to your place for a visit.
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@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Play has died around Reiko too much.
When your only option is to pass to Bridge this seems a good outcome to me
@mn5 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Play has died around Reiko too much.
When your only option is to pass to Bridge this seems a good outcome to me
Yeah good game plan die in the MF only Foster could think of that one.
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@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@machpants said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
On the positive side, I'd hope this is another step towards getting some new ideas in the ABs
Mmmm can’t see it
I'm hoping for razor next year!
@machpants said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@chris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@machpants said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
On the positive side, I'd hope this is another step towards getting some new ideas in the ABs
Mmmm can’t see it
I'm hoping for razor next year!
I'm hoping for Razor this year in time for the Rugby Championship.
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When was the last time we had a forward debut and just look ‘made’ for this level? I’m really trying to think - do we have to go back to BBBR or Cane? Or perhaps Big Karl?
@gt12 said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
When was the last time we had a forward debut and just look ‘made’ for this level? I’m really trying to think - do we have to go back to BBBR or Cane? Or perhaps Big Karl?
Cane and BBBR got to debut (2012) during a pretty sweet period of AB rugby to be fair.
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The forwards just looked collectively tentative to me. Sotutu and Patrick T thinking too much? Is it a coaching thing? Looks like it
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The forwards just looked collectively tentative to me. Sotutu and Patrick T thinking too much? Is it a coaching thing? Looks like it
@his-bobness too many pictures
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@yeetyaah said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Shut up Plumtree
I am so sick of him saying physicality and then putting out forward packs that dont show that. And we can say whatever we like about set piece ability, but Bower and Layla’s do not set anyone quaking in their boots worrying about their physicality.
