Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2

[Higgins]

@The-Docter said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

NZ rugby is at an all time low

What do you mean? They have improved their losing margin from eleven on Saturday to just six points this time so there is improvement there.

[Derm McCrum]

Series split 2-2 going into fifth match.

Would have taken that home and made it a cup of tea in the morning at the outset.

[Donsteppa]

Six points the difference in the end. Now if only we hadn't fallen asleep on that quick throw in the first half...

[Winger]

@ACT-Crusader said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Love should’ve started at 10

Or zarn maybe. Isn't he mainly a first.

[stodders]

@Bones said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@MajorRage said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

They are such smart players, with big strength, good option taking & fantastic defence.

Know their roles and just execute what's expected. Maybe we're just trying to get our players to do too much.

It is difficult when the previous bunch of ABs were legends of the NZ game who were able to play the game as good as any who have played it.

I think too much is being asked of the current crop.

[taniwharugby]

@stodders nah, just poorly coached, and I'm also questioning leadership now.

[Jailbreak7]

@Winger said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@ACT-Crusader said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Love should’ve started at 10

Or zarn maybe. Isn't he mainly a first.

Like that idea

[Billy Tell]

@ACT-Crusader said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Love should’ve started at 10

Don’t you mean should of

[Bones]

@stodders said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@Bones said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@MajorRage said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

They are such smart players, with big strength, good option taking & fantastic defence.

Know their roles and just execute what's expected. Maybe we're just trying to get our players to do too much.

It is difficult when the previous bunch of ABs were legends of the NZ game who were able to play the game as good as any who have played it.

I think too much is being asked of the current crop.

I mean in terms of game structure and plan. Need to select the right players to do the right role - I think we're probably expecting everyone to do everything, when you watch a team like Ireland, that's not the case at all.

[kev]

@Billy-Tell said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Irish teams just play smarter. Their kicking is just so much better. They manipulate the play and choose the right kicker. Depressing.

So noticeable that their kickers are running on to moving ball and kicking flat sliders into the corners. We kick when we have no options, are flat footed, kick from behind ruck and into the air. It’s about intent - we don’t think kicking is part of game and don’t set up for it. When we do the players don’t kick.

[Mattasaurus]

@ACT-Crusader said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Love should’ve started at 10

I liked his Gallagher like injection into the line...

[Jailbreak7]

@kev said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@Billy-Tell said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Irish teams just play smarter. Their kicking is just so much better. They manipulate the play and choose the right kicker. Depressing.

So noticeable that their kickers are running on to moving ball and kicking flat sliders into the corners. We kick when we have no options, are flat footed, kick from behind ruck and into the air. It’s about intent - we don’t thing kicking is part of game and don’t set up for it. When we do the players don’t kick.

This. A Lot,

[Nepia]

@The-Docter said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

NZ rugby is at an all time low

This almost our B Maori team - hardly a pointer of NZ rugby being at an all time low.

[Jailbreak7]

@taniwharugby said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@stodders nah, just poorly coached, and I'm also questioning leadership now.

Have TJ as a mentor if you must. Hell, Ash Dixon too.
But ffs we need to start some decent halves who can play in the wet and to the ref.

[Crucial]

@Mattasaurus said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@FakatavaAllBlack said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Josh Ioane does my freaking head in

Yup just like his highlanders days...
Moments of brilliance...amongst so much averageness

Hopefully that performance has put DMac at 10 for the Chiefs

[Bovidae]

@kev said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Forward pass first

It was so obvious in real time. So obvious that Leckie ignored it when correctly saying that Stevenson couldn't recover the ball.

[Jailbreak7]

@Crucial said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@Mattasaurus said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@FakatavaAllBlack said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Josh Ioane does my freaking head in

Yup just like his highlanders days...
Moments of brilliance...amongst so much averageness

Hopefully that performance has put DMac at 10 for the Chiefs

Wait What. He's coming back from Japan isnt he. He will be old slow and carrying some extra pounds

[taniwharugby]

@Jailbreak7 I was talking more ABs but applies here too, less so though.

[Crucial]

@Jailbreak7 said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@Crucial said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@Mattasaurus said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

@FakatavaAllBlack said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

Josh Ioane does my freaking head in

Yup just like his highlanders days...
Moments of brilliance...amongst so much averageness

Hopefully that performance has put DMac at 10 for the Chiefs

Wait What. He's coming back from Japan isnt he. He will be old slow and carrying some extra pounds

He cut it up for Woodlands the other day. Get him here for Saturday!

[Victor Meldrew]

@Jailbreak7 said in Māori All Blacks v Ireland 2:

He will be old slow and carrying some extra pounds

Contradiction in terms. It's basic physics, innit?