All Blacks vs Pumas I

[No Quarter]

Good half overall. A few errors when we tried to open them up but when that didn't work we've reverted to grinding them down by dominating possession and making them tackle all day.

Argie have not brought much at all.

[Old Samurai Jack]

Plummer deserves some credit for the way the forwards are going. I thought oneof the problems between 2017-2019 was having no real forwards coach. Stu Cron was a scrum guru but .....

[delicatessen]

@nta said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

Early change of kicker

Brotherly challenge. "you miss, I take over"

Hope so. Might see Scott take over after the 8th try

[Machpants]

@act-crusader said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

@african-monkey said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

Great performance so far.

Some really average headless chook stuff during the half tho

From who? Sure a couple of dumb penalties but that happens all the time.

I reckon we’ve played pretty safe. We’ve made some good little runs off to get over the gain line but we have hardly thrown an offload or 50/50 ball.

A few times we weren’t on the same page but that’s more lack of experience and combinations.

I think we’ve done okay.

Maybe headless chook wrong phrase. Just seem to lack incisive decision sometimes on attack, shoveling it on. Running sideways and backwards. Add to that some real howlers in line out and real pointless penalties.

[Kirwan]

@canes4life said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

@bones pretty sure those were his only off throws. A work on yes but he’s been superb everywhere else.

No, there have been others. One dropped before Akira, he needs to improve his throwing. Looks great in the field.

[chimoaus]

@old-samurai-jack Yep forwards this year bar test vs Fiji have been very good. BBBR getting back to form helps and this loose forward mix also.

[Damo]

Pretty typical of a Pumas v ABS game so far.

Pumas defend manfully but eventually they can't hold on. We've seen this many times before. I have a feeling we run over them in second half.

[Canes4life]

@kirwan of course he does. None of our hookers have been good this year. I think it’s a work on for all hookers in NZ to be honest.

[chimoaus]

So Pumas are tryless so far in TRC, they will struggle this year by looks.

[Machpants]

Kremer 18 tackles already! Heaps of puma in the teens

[NTA]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

So Pumas are tryless so far in TRC, they will struggle this year by looks.

Wallabies in 2 weeks. They'll be right

[Machpants]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

So Pumas are tryless so far in TRC, they will struggle this year by looks.

I thought they got one Vs boks

[NTA]

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

Kremer 18 tackles already! Heaps of puma in the teens

Three times as many tackles as the ABs so not surprising

[Nevorian]

Reiko the only stand out in the backs so far. Beauty controlling the game pretty well hopefully a few more gaps in the defence from now on

[chimoaus]

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

So Pumas are tryless so far in TRC, they will struggle this year by looks.

I thought they got one Vs boks

Stan commentary were saying no trys, could be wrong.

[bayimports]

@nevorian said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

Reiko the only stand out in the backs so far. Beauty controlling the game pretty well hopefully a few more gaps in the defence from now on

Reiko runs some great angles and at pace is always getting post contact metres, if he doesn't actually break the line. Against a tiring team should be lethal second half

[Machpants]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

So Pumas are tryless so far in TRC, they will struggle this year by looks.

I thought they got one Vs boks

Stan commentary were saying no trys, could be wrong.

They lost the last game 29-10 so that's a give away

[MrDenmore]

Aumua reminds me of a young Mealamu - low centre of gravity, short arms and bowling ball style attack. If he can sort out the line out throwing he could be a keeper

[chimoaus]

Big surprise is TJ, been good so far.

[Stargazer]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

@machpants said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Pumas I (yay we’re not playing the Aussies again):

So Pumas are tryless so far in TRC, they will struggle this year by looks.

I thought they got one Vs boks

Stan commentary were saying no trys, could be wrong.

Matera scored a try in their round 2 game.