All Blacks v Argentina II
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@kpkanz I think it's quite clear I'm not dying on any hill. Keep up the ranting though, I'm so triggered I've come out the other side and finding it hilarious.
Still haven't provided a single counter.
All the best
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@kpkanz I think it's quite clear I'm not dying on any hill. Keep up the ranting though, I'm so triggered I've come out the other side and finding it hilarious.
Still haven't provided a single counter.
All the bestI will confess to not watching this one as closely as usual as I had other stuff going on, but I would be wary of using stats as the be all and end all for someone's performance. They can be a good indicator, but they can also be very dependent on the role a player is asked to play, and whether play goes their way as a result. I would also hesitate to sing the praises of the subs given we lost our shape when they came on.
I can also guarantee you opposition players would rather defend against the much slower ALB than Rieko who can burn you in the blink of an eye.
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There's also a lot to be said for having multiple genuine try scoring threats on the park, which is why I liked this team as Rieko, Clarke and Jordan can all score tries out of nowhere if the defense is not 100% on their game. For me, Rieko has to be on the field, and he's played well enough at 13 to be the incumbent there, with the added bonus of the constant threat he poses defenses.
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@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
Aumua was running from a point where the ball had been shifted from and he was now behind the line of play. As mentioned, the angle that he made the tackle from was not front on. The Argie player somewhat slowed, but was still going forwards.
If there was head contact it’s YC. I’m also in the camp that says some of the criteria that determines the threshold that TMOs/refs have to abide by provides very little room.
From 3:46 on.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?
I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?
I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?
I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.
There is no solution, but you must apply the laws as consistently as possible. If upright = red, then Porter walks, same as Ta'avao. Same as Cane, same as Kolisi. But that is now how things play out.
I think cards are a blight on the modern game, particularly for head contact. But WR don't see it like that and think the game is in good health. So what do I know.
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?
I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?
I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.
I know WR is obliged to protect the players. But it's a dynamic and dangerous game, and the high shot is an easy target
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@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@kpkanz I think it's quite clear I'm not dying on any hill. Keep up the ranting though, I'm so triggered I've come out the other side and finding it hilarious.
Still haven't provided a single counter.
All the bestI will confess to not watching this one as closely as usual as I had other stuff going on, but I would be wary of using stats as the be all and end all for someone's performance. They can be a good indicator, but they can also be very dependent on the role a player is asked to play, and whether play goes their way as a result. I would also hesitate to sing the praises of the subs given we lost our shape when they came on.
I can also guarantee you opposition players would rather defend against the much slower ALB than Rieko who can burn you in the blink of an eye.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@kpkanz I think it's quite clear I'm not dying on any hill. Keep up the ranting though, I'm so triggered I've come out the other side and finding it hilarious.
Still haven't provided a single counter.
All the bestI will confess to not watching this one as closely as usual as I had other stuff going on, but I would be wary of using stats as the be all and end all for someone's performance. They can be a good indicator, but they can also be very dependent on the role a player is asked to play, and whether play goes their way as a result. I would also hesitate to sing the praises of the subs given we lost our shape when they came on.
I can also guarantee you opposition players would rather defend against the much slower ALB than Rieko who can burn you in the blink of an eye.
I agree regarding the use of stats, I did ask if there were other intangible metrics outside of the stats provided but was not given any as I was interested.
I also don't know if I agree with that last paragraph. As ive posted previously, this year ALB has vastly outperformed Rieko in all offensive stats, and if you just look at comparisons of their carries on the field you can see that.
I would say defenders are much more worried about ALB on current form.
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There's also a lot to be said for having multiple genuine try scoring threats on the park, which is why I liked this team as Rieko, Clarke and Jordan can all score tries out of nowhere if the defense is not 100% on their game. For me, Rieko has to be on the field, and he's played well enough at 13 to be the incumbent there, with the added bonus of the constant threat he poses defenses.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
There's also a lot to be said for having multiple genuine try scoring threats on the park, which is why I liked this team as Rieko, Clarke and Jordan can all score tries out of nowhere if the defense is not 100% on their game. For me, Rieko has to be on the field, and he's played well enough at 13 to be the incumbent there, with the added bonus of the constant threat he poses defenses.
This is only true if he was posing a constant threat. But right now he's not.
He has consistently been our most ineffective back on attack this year.
I genuinely think people may be surprised how quickly Rieko may be usurped as starting center soon. It would not surprise me to see ALB as the starting midfielder in South Africa.
You only have to look at what Robertson has said and done recently.
When asked why he brought Rieko back for the last test he commented along the lines "..he gets an opportunity now".
You don't say that for a first team guaranteed starter. You say that for players currently in direct competition fighting for a spot.
Even after the game he commented how he was happy they got some time to look at Rieko on the left wing.
Speculation here, but looks like they want to find a way to keep him in the team or get some performance out of him again. Perhaps are thinking going back to wing may do it as he's not doing enough at center currently.
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I only have the eye test, but I remain unconvinced that ALB has the wheels or the physicality to foot it with the stronger teams. Rieko has his negatives, but he has X factor has shown he can do most of his core jobs reasonably well at 13
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I only have the eye test, but I remain unconvinced that ALB has the wheels or the physicality to foot it with the stronger teams. Rieko has his negatives, but he has X factor has shown he can do most of his core jobs reasonably well at 13
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only have the eye test, but I remain unconvinced that ALB has the wheels or the physicality to foot it with the stronger teams. Rieko has his negatives, but he has X factor has shown he can do most of his core jobs reasonably well at 13
We can agree to disagree as I can't debate the differences in the eye test we are both seeing.
But as I said, I believe if his current form continues he won't be the starting center much longer with this new coaching team.
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only have the eye test, but I remain unconvinced that ALB has the wheels or the physicality to foot it with the stronger teams. Rieko has his negatives, but he has X factor has shown he can do most of his core jobs reasonably well at 13
We can agree to disagree as I can't debate the differences in the eye test we are both seeing.
But as I said, I believe if his current form continues he won't be the starting center much longer with this new coaching team.
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only have the eye test, but I remain unconvinced that ALB has the wheels or the physicality to foot it with the stronger teams. Rieko has his negatives, but he has X factor has shown he can do most of his core jobs reasonably well at 13
We can agree to disagree as I can't debate the differences in the eye test we are both seeing.
But as I said, I believe if his current form continues he won't be the starting center much longer with this new coaching team.
It's Proctor who should be pushing Rieko for his spot not ALB. That's where Razor needs to take a bit of a risk eventually.
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@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I only have the eye test, but I remain unconvinced that ALB has the wheels or the physicality to foot it with the stronger teams. Rieko has his negatives, but he has X factor has shown he can do most of his core jobs reasonably well at 13
We can agree to disagree as I can't debate the differences in the eye test we are both seeing.
But as I said, I believe if his current form continues he won't be the starting center much longer with this new coaching team.
It's Proctor who should be pushing Rieko for his spot not ALB. That's where Razor needs to take a bit of a risk eventually.
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
But as I said, I believe if his current form continues he won't be the starting center much longer with this new coaching team.
It's Proctor who should be pushing Rieko for his spot not ALB. That's where Razor needs to take a bit of a risk eventually.
ALB looked good at 12 for me.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
So now it's shoulder high tackles? If that's the case then the Springboks should have been down to 2 blokes in the RWC Final.
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?
I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?
I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.
Actually the solution is quite simple. Head knocks happen. Always has and always will. Deliberately going for a blokes head is a card. No drama. What we have at the moment is mostly accidental and consequential. Foul play is when you run your boots over a prone oaks face or eye gauge or SBW on Teddy Tomas.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
- It was high.
- There was some head contact.
How is a tackle in the ribs high? There’s head contact when the ball carrier hinges horizontal into contact. If that is yellow, then you have to PK every time a bloke drops his head running at the line.
I think you have to look at the way the tackle is ruled these days to see your argument is false. Aumua was too upright, and there is head to head contact along with the impact from the tackle to the body. You can't get away with that most of the time, as a general rule this is nothing new for the last couple of years. Of course there have been the odd incident that has been let go (Kolisi on Ardie, Porter on BBBR) for reasons I can't understand.
Completely disagree. He smacks him fair in the ribs. The head clash was purely accidental.
That is rarely a consideration in rugby these days. In league it definitely comes into play more.
This is all split second stuff, but Aumua entered that tackle on an angle that he needed to have a lower body height.
The below is right before impact. His shoulder needed to be lower to get him in the ribs and then not run the risk of head contact.
Aumua is crouching and lower than the Argie.
That’s because he’s Gimli…
His lead shoulder is too high still hence why the head contact occurred.
I can understand this and the automatic yellow but it also seems to me the Argie ran into him-what rule protects the tackler from unnecessary injury?
It's an attacker's game. The defender is almost always in the wrong. Remember Ethan getting rag dolled in the last test and getting penalised for a high shoulder?
I get that. But, and I go back to Retallick's fractured cheekbone, sometimes the tackler runs into them and all they can do is react. But no, I don't have a solution.
Actually the solution is quite simple. Head knocks happen. Always has and always will. Deliberately going for a blokes head is a card. No drama. What we have at the moment is mostly accidental and consequential. Foul play is when you run your boots over a prone oaks face or eye gauge or SBW on Teddy Tomas.
