RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina

[frugby]

This All Black team misses a left-footed kicking option... not that there is anyone viable to fix that without major tradeoffs in weakening the attack.

[cgrant]

Great composure for the third try. Impressive work.

[chimoaus]

I would love to see the stats on average exit distance by team. I suspect it would be a very telling stat.

[taniwharugby]

@frugby I'd love them to sort out our right foot kicking options and then worry about the left...

[Victor Meldrew]

@canefan said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Surely we can get someone in to teach our guys to long punt?

I'm genuinely thinking it's a deliberate tactic. Any other explanation does my head in.

[cgrant]

Then it's a shit tactic.

[canefan]

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@canefan said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Surely we can get someone in to teach our guys to long punt?

I'm genuinely thinking it's a deliberate tactic. Any other explanation does my head in.

Kick short and into the field, to let them attack us deep with ease. Genius!

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Obviously been said 1 trillion times but this kicking will be the death of us. These bombs are absolutely useless. Every other team seems to weight them well enough to contest but we just hand the pill back.

[taniwharugby]

@Victor-Meldrew yea it has been happening for too long and 'consistently' with all our kickers for it not to be, surely...right?

Right?

[Steven Harris]

@Victor-Meldrew times like this you would love a fullback/Winger with a long kicking game , i wonder where we can find one..?

[canefan]

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Obviously been said 1 trillion times but this kicking will be the death of us. These bombs are absolutely useless. Every other team seems to weight them well enough to contest but we just hand the pill back.

Keeping powder dry for the saffas?

[canefan]

Sorry Dodge and Cato...

[Steven Harris]

@canefan stop it..!, still 40 to go..

[kev]

@taniwharugby said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@frugby I'd love them to sort out our right foot kicking options and then worry about the left...

Watching JB do a banana kick on a penalty when we wanted to be 5 out was ugly.

[ACT Crusader]

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@canefan said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

Surely we can get someone in to teach our guys to long punt?

I'm genuinely thinking it's a deliberate tactic. Any other explanation does my head in.

Some of them might be, but the first kick by both Beaudie and Jordie were just poor execution. I get the ones that are under pressure etc, but set buggers should be hoofed down field, not rugby league 20 metres on the fly touch finders

[JayCee]

@chimoaus said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

I would love to see the stats on average exit distance by team. I suspect it would be a very telling stat.

More useful stat than 'rucker'

[frugby]

I think we kick short to stop the opposition winding up with momentum. Same reason teams don't do long line dropouts. Easier to keep the defensive line in shape that way.

[Victor Meldrew]

@taniwharugby said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@Victor-Meldrew yea it has been happening for too long and 'consistently' with all our kickers for it not to be, surely...right?

Right?

[ACT Crusader]

@Steven-Harris said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:

@Victor-Meldrew times like this you would love a fullback/Winger with a long kicking game , i wonder where we can find one..?

Bridge

[sparky]

The 2nd half is about to begin.