All Blacks vs England 2

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Nice to see Joe Wheeler back after his racist rant.

[Frank]

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Great teams find a way to win

This isn't a great team Mike.
Far from it.

[Donsteppa]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@Donsteppa said in All Blacks vs England 2:

And now for the fluff on field interview with the hard hitting and insightful Sky Sports panel....

Sir JK should go into political reporting he’s so hard hitting.

Waiting for a "and if we score more points than them, we'll win" zinger

[chimoaus]

What’s up with Christie? Just doesn’t have the game understanding? Lack of combo with Dmac? It was honestly bizarre how static the ball was. Almost like an American Football play.

[Machpants]

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Nice to see Joe Wheeler back after his racist rant.

0-45mins confident, then nope we've lost, then Beaudy comes on...

[Duluth]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs England 2:

The loosies are a mess. Dalton fucking good tonight. Finau in this state is worthless. Problem is he's the only fucking tall loosie we picked so yeah, fuck the lineout I guess. They're not important anyway aye?

Out of this squad I would go for Vaa’i at 6

[chimoaus]

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Nice to see Joe Wheeler back after his racist rant.

Just don’t let him anywhere near Smith

[Kirwan]

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@Kirwan we also don't have enough speed in the backs. One of Narawa or Clarke needs to start

Clarke will make a difference for the carries, and yes his speed is useful.

Telea was rocks and diamonds tonight. And Reece was poor on defence, got skinned badly. Could toss a coin who to swap out

[antipodean]

@Tim said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Not sure why Ioane is being criticized. Defended well, and consistently got over the advantage line from shit ball.

The calls constantly come from people who have no idea how a centre should play. Dollars to donuts if he'd taken other options every time they complained they'd bitch about the predictable outcome too. Case in point when he made the good decision to hold the ball rather than shovel it to marked players in worse positions.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Given the apparent ease at which our wings were skinned on the outside maybe we should select a world-class winger with genuine pace. Pity we have him playing at 13.

[ACT Crusader]

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

I was 100% sure we were going to lose that

Never in doubt bro.

These are the moments that could make or break this team because it was so close and yet a few key moments built on getting some field position.

I enjoyed that.

[sparky]

Work ons: (please add to this)

Restarts
The lineout
Kicking
Kick defence
Forward ball carrying
Midfield carrying
Wingers looking for work.
Wingers finishing and being faster than their opponents.
Catching.
Passing.
Game management.

[ACT Crusader]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Work ons: (please add to this)

Restarts
The lineout
Kicking
Kick defence
Forward ball carrying
Midfield carrying
Wingers looking for work.
Wingers finishing and being faster than their opponents.
Catching.
Passing.
Game management.

So rugby…..

[chimoaus]

Biggest concern is our inability to control half way. Our exits and ability to get into the opposition half has been a weakness for all ABs teams of recent years.

[BerniesCorner]

Aumua Newell stepped up. Vaai yelling after scrum win. Awesome

[booboo]

Heading off on a tangent ...

... but does Alex Mitchell have the most broken nose in rugby?

[Tim]

@Duluth good lineout target too

[Kirwan]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Work ons: (please add to this)

Restarts
The lineout
Kicking
Kick defence
Forward ball carrying
Midfield carrying
Wingers looking for work.
Wingers finishing and being faster than their opponents.
Catching.
Passing.
Game management.

Selection.

[antipodean]

@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs England 2:

What’s up with Christie? Just doesn’t have the game understanding? Lack of combo with Dmac? It was honestly bizarre how static the ball was. Almost like an American Football play.

He doesn't sum up his options on the way to each ruck, takes too long to make up his mind, throws a laboured pass to a player that can't do anything but stand still waiting for it.

It's fucking astonishing he's an All Black.

[sparky]

@ACT-Crusader

Scrums were great. Tackling was good.