All Blacks vs Fiji
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I dislike the way Smithy is going on about how Fiji should be "proud". No professional athlete should be proud of being thrashed. Comes across as condescending.
@no-quarter said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
I dislike the way Smithy is going on about how Fiji should be "proud". No professional athlete should be proud of being thrashed. Comes across as condescending.
Missus ACT said the same thing and she didn’t even watch the game but saw the score!
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@yeetyaah said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
People on social media really out here saying that the ref fucked Fiji out of the win. Did they watch the fucking game? Williams was fucking terrible both ways.
Standard response from the neutrals whenever the ABs play.
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Really enjoyed this contest ,seeing another repeat of last week would have done nothing for anyone..
Fiji really bought it physically showing the benefits of many of their forwards especially playing in France and Europe in general but I suspect being stuck in isolation and lack preparation finally told especially in and around breakdown accuracy and discipline..All Blacks looked better when both Whitelock and Coles were on the field ..but in terms of consistency I thought Ethan Blackadder playing in the unfamiliar jersey was very solid ..biggest disappointments to me where Sotutu,Tuipulotu and Frizzell..@steven-harris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Really enjoyed this contest ,seeing another repeat of last week would have done nothing for anyone..
Fiji really bought it physically showing the benefits of many of their forwards especially playing in France and Europe in general but I suspect being stuck in isolation and lack preparation finally told especially in and around breakdown accuracy and discipline..All Blacks looked better when both Whitelock and Coles were on the field ..but in terms of consistency I thought Ethan Blackadder playing in the unfamiliar jersey was very solid ..biggest disappointments to me where Sotutu,Tuipulotu and Frizzell..Spot on. Softness there that needs sorting. BBBR got better but didn’t dominate, where Sam Whitelock just looked class.
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That game reaffirmed that no matter how good Frizzell is at super, unfortunately international rugby is beyond him.
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@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
@bones said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
James Ryan.
Was he that ranga guy?
I thought that was our new victory shout.
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Really enjoyed this contest ,seeing another repeat of last week would have done nothing for anyone..
Fiji really bought it physically showing the benefits of many of their forwards especially playing in France and Europe in general but I suspect being stuck in isolation and lack preparation finally told especially in and around breakdown accuracy and discipline..All Blacks looked better when both Whitelock and Coles were on the field ..but in terms of consistency I thought Ethan Blackadder playing in the unfamiliar jersey was very solid ..biggest disappointments to me where Sotutu,Tuipulotu and Frizzell..@steven-harris said in All Blacks vs Fiji:
Really enjoyed this contest ,seeing another repeat of last week would have done nothing for anyone..
Fiji really bought it physically showing the benefits of many of their forwards especially playing in France and Europe in general but I suspect being stuck in isolation and lack preparation finally told especially in and around breakdown accuracy and discipline..All Blacks looked better when both Whitelock and Coles were on the field ..but in terms of consistency I thought Ethan Blackadder playing in the unfamiliar jersey was very solid ..biggest disappointments to me where Sotutu,Tuipulotu and Frizzell..Agree on those three. Also thought Taylor lacked accuracy and the starting two props looked lost out there too.
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That game reaffirmed that no matter how good Frizzell is at super, unfortunately international rugby is beyond him.
@taniwharugby Yup, Test level is a far tougher, tighter style of footy. Doesn't matter how well you go at the level below, you're either made for test level or you're not, and Frizell is not.
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@tim these players arent shit all of a sudden, sure they are all older, that should make them tougher, smarter, not softer.
Have to think something is just not clicking
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@stargazer He should be having next week off then
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@stargazer laughable that was missed.
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@stargazer what the hell is the point of having a framework when you ignore it.
Honestly.
Ash Dixon in the SRTT final, and this. It's just insane - World Rugby appear to have given up on protecting the head.
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Once again the lack of go forward up the middle was an issue. In fact, Fiji won that battle. It is a feature of "Foster teams" from the hapless Chiefs to the ABs since he has been involved. You saw Rennie's Wobs take a different tack and attack up the middle against the French to some effect. It was the Blackadder-coached Crusader's problem as well.
