All Blacks v Argentina II
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
just to say that maybe we dont have a vintage batch of loose forwards knocking around.
I think this is the key. We have a bunch of loose forwards similar to what Razor was a player actually - solid depth/placeholder loosies - but in no danger of pushing for a world XV.
That's interesting, it could well be that we just don't have the best players.
While that may be the foremost reason, my current opinion is that we don't have the players we can select playing as a team as well as they can be.@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
just to say that maybe we dont have a vintage batch of loose forwards knocking around.
I think this is the key. We have a bunch of loose forwards similar to what Razor was a player actually - solid depth/placeholder loosies - but in no danger of pushing for a world XV.
That's interesting, it could well be that we just don't have the best players.
While that may be the foremost reason, my current opinion is that we don't have the players we can select playing as a team as well as they can be.The fact our u 20s get bullied now , almost regularly, suggests our production line is no longer the thing to save us .
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@Duluth said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Codie starts about 5m behind Blackadder and winds up 20m in front
Good example Jet/Steve
Hahaha so that's who it is @Jet Blackadder sized hole in the squad, I shed a tear when Fletcher Newell's dad flew all the way to SA for his debut hahaha makes sense now.
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Will post it here because linesout throwing has been a topic of conversation, but this goes out to all the hookers out there
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-lCLw2otFu/?igsh=MTJhNTVmNzFnaGN5bg==
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The Ka (we've got this in the bag and aren't taking you seriously) Mate haka was used last week.
Next week, the Kapa (O' shit we're taking you seriously you now ) Pango haka will be rolled out.
@Frank Funny, I noticed that at the time and it made me wonder. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t it Kapa o Pango twice against Eng?
I had assumed that after getting mugged by ‘Tina twice in recent years that they were up there with Ireland on top of the list of ‘I’d rather die than lose to these blokes.’
Did nobody remember Matera’s ‘I play for my country’ line?
I don’t think the choice of haka is insignificant.
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@Frank Funny, I noticed that at the time and it made me wonder. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t it Kapa o Pango twice against Eng?
I had assumed that after getting mugged by ‘Tina twice in recent years that they were up there with Ireland on top of the list of ‘I’d rather die than lose to these blokes.’
Did nobody remember Matera’s ‘I play for my country’ line?
I don’t think the choice of haka is insignificant.
@game_film said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Frank
I don’t think the choice of haka is insignificant.Well if it is, then that's a pretty shit idea. What better way to tell the players that this is an easy game and they can chuck it around without earning the right first?
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Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
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@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
Well 19-8 would hardly change the facts, would it?
Dalton is usually a big tackler, that's true and the major strength of his game - but De Groot made more in that game.
The ineffective myth doesn't become true by a couple of people saying it lots of times. I'd say a flanker only making 8 tackles in a game in which we conceded 38 points is ineffective. -
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
Well 19-8 would hardly change the facts, would it?
Dalton is usually a big tackler, that's true and the major strength of his game - but De Groot made more in that game.
The ineffective myth doesn't become true by a couple of people saying it lots of times. I'd say a flanker only making 8 tackles in a game in which we conceded 38 points is ineffective.@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
Well 19-8 would hardly change the facts, would it?
Dalton is usually a big tackler, that's true and the major strength of his game - but De Groot made more in that game.
The ineffective myth doesn't become true by a couple of people saying it lots of times. I'd say a flanker only making 8 tackles in a game in which we conceded 38 points is ineffective.Yeah, just trying to inject a little light humour into the situation. Clearly failing it for you...
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
Well 19-8 would hardly change the facts, would it?
Dalton is usually a big tackler, that's true and the major strength of his game - but De Groot made more in that game.
The ineffective myth doesn't become true by a couple of people saying it lots of times. I'd say a flanker only making 8 tackles in a game in which we conceded 38 points is ineffective. -
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Because Ethan played 80 and Papali'i played 60 and a lot of the Pumas possession came in the last quarter.
The ABs still had 55% possession over the game which means less tackling but the Pumas had 80% possession in the last 10 minutes.
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Because Ethan played 80 and Papali'i played 60 and a lot of the Pumas possession came in the last quarter.
The ABs still had 55% possession over the game which means less tackling but the Pumas had 80% possession in the last 10 minutes.
@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Because Ethan played 80 and Papali'i played 60 and a lot of the Pumas possession came in the last quarter.
The ABs still had 55% possession over the game which means less tackling but the Pumas had 80% possession in the last 10 minutes.
I wonder what EBs quarter by quarter tackle numbers were?
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0.5 x 70 + 0.8 x 10 = 43 minutes of tackling for 20 tackles for EB.
0.5 x 60 = 30 minutes of tackling for 8 tackles for DP.
It's minor mitigation, but it's still not close.
I wouldn't have selected Blackadder initially, but I do think he's been the best of a poor bunch so far. I can admit that I was wrong, but others seem to want to find any negative they can and ignore the good with him, while ignoring the worse performance of others. It's got kinda weird. -
@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Because Ethan played 80 and Papali'i played 60 and a lot of the Pumas possession came in the last quarter.
The ABs still had 55% possession over the game which means less tackling but the Pumas had 80% possession in the last 10 minutes.
I wonder what EBs quarter by quarter tackle numbers were?
Not sure but Blackadder missed that tackle off the scrum near our line after the dodgy passing from our guys - which eventually led to a try.
Contrast to Papali'i who nailed two guys in a row off an earlier scrum.
Blackadder looks like a guy confused and off the pace at times in between doing some good things. He basically looks like a guy who's played bugger all rugby in recent years which of course - he is.
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@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
Well 19-8 would hardly change the facts, would it?
Dalton is usually a big tackler, that's true and the major strength of his game - but De Groot made more in that game.
The ineffective myth doesn't become true by a couple of people saying it lots of times. I'd say a flanker only making 8 tackles in a game in which we conceded 38 points is ineffective.@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@canefan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@reprobate said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Isn't the line of thought "he's not the fastest, not the most effective, but he tries his best" the epitome of the woke criticism the saffas were accusing us of above?
What I do know is that if Dalton was on the blindside of the scrum in front of our line, he wouldn't have been brushed off like he was Terry Wright like the son of Todd was.
What I know is that Dalton made 8 tackles to Ethan's 20.
Dalton is usually up in 15s, so that was unusually low for him. This is a good example of Blackadder stats looking great on paper, but how many were as effective as Dalton chopping down that centre?
He’s a busy but an ineffective player. When he needed to make the tackles as the enforcer six he was bumped off like a winger, one costing a try.
I hope they did count the one where he got rag dolled by the argie ball runner...
Well 19-8 would hardly change the facts, would it?
Dalton is usually a big tackler, that's true and the major strength of his game - but De Groot made more in that game.
The ineffective myth doesn't become true by a couple of people saying it lots of times. I'd say a flanker only making 8 tackles in a game in which we conceded 38 points is ineffective.Yeah if Ryan favourite frizzle, 1 tackle 1 missed, is the bar, 8 is awesome for a abs flanker !
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Not sure but Blackadder missed that tackle off the scrum near our line after the dodgy passing from our guys - which eventually led to a try.
Contrast to Papali'i who nailed two guys in a row off an earlier scrum.
Blackadder looks like a guy confused and off the pace at times in between doing some good things. He basically looks like a guy who's played bugger all rugby in recent years which of course - he is.
@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Not sure but Blackadder missed that tackle off the scrum near our line.
Contrast to Papali'i who nailed two guys in a row off an earlier scrum.
Blackadder looks like a guy confused and off the pace at times in between doing some good things. He basically looks like a guy who's played bugger all rugby in recent years which of course - he is.
Just curious, that would add weight to the overall numbers
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Not sure but Blackadder missed that tackle off the scrum near our line after the dodgy passing from our guys - which eventually led to a try.
Contrast to Papali'i who nailed two guys in a row off an earlier scrum.
Blackadder looks like a guy confused and off the pace at times in between doing some good things. He basically looks like a guy who's played bugger all rugby in recent years which of course - he is.
@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Not sure but Blackadder missed that tackle off the scrum near our line after the dodgy passing from our guys - which eventually led to a try.
Contrast to Papali'i who nailed two guys in a row off an earlier scrum.
Blackadder looks like a guy confused and off the pace at times in between doing some good things. He basically looks like a guy who's played bugger all rugby in recent years which of course - he is.
The guy making 20 tackles is the one off the pace?
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@brodean said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
Not sure but Blackadder missed that tackle off the scrum near our line.
Contrast to Papali'i who nailed two guys in a row off an earlier scrum.
Blackadder looks like a guy confused and off the pace at times in between doing some good things. He basically looks like a guy who's played bugger all rugby in recent years which of course - he is.
Just curious, that would add weight to the overall numbers
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@darylmitchell said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
The Crusaders have some shocking losses sprinkled through Razor's reign, but they were all forgotten as his teams had a very good habit of winning all of their finals, so he never really found out.
Perhaps you should just be thankful he actually won his finals games (17/17) and none of them fell under the shocking losses category (like Foster's all-time Super Rugby finals record 17-62 loss in 2009).
Razor coached 118 games in SR and you're telling us his team's not allowed a few shockers? In top level sport it's simply a matter of probability, like it's inevitable to have a few shockers especially if like Razor you are coaching the same club for 7 years.
btw he lost 16 games in total, 6 to Chiefs, 4 to Canes, 2 to Tahs, 2 to Landers, 1 to Blues, 1 to Drua.
I think in your eagerness to jump to Razor's defence you've missed the wider point
In a comp like Super Rugby you can afford to drop a few games as long as you come right at the business end
In test rugby every week is like a playoff.
Crusaders lost 4 games last year. Didn't matter.
If the ABs lose 4 games in a season there are alarm bells ringing (I know the season isn't the same number of games but you get the point).
I get the point, it doesn't seem a relevant criticism for Razor, he is after all the most successful coach in the history of NZ domestic rugby.
Seems a bit strange to expect every All Black coach to come into the job with a near perfect record at previous levels.
Henry for example had a more stacked Blues side than anything Razor had between 2017-23 but a lower winning record (80%) than Razor (84%) and lost finals games that Blues were favourites for.
@darylmitchell said in All Blacks v Argentina II:
I get the point, it doesn't seem a relevant criticism for Razor, he is after all the most successful coach in the history of NZ domestic rugby.
Maurice Trapp's Auckland won 95% of the games he coached them in. Fred Allen's record given the competitiveness of other sides is at least as good and Razor's already lost more tests than the Needle did as a coach.
Comparisons with 60 years ago are of course pointless but Razor and his supporters are learning very quickly that domestic success is only one indicator of future test coaching ability.
How he responds to this setback will quickly determine if he is First Class or Economy
