All Blacks v France I
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v France I:
After finally reading the comments, I was surprised that amongst the praise Jordie wasn't criticised like Proctor for the first French try. He got skinned chasing Gailleton, and was saved by big brother with a try-saving tackle.
I think the concern for Proctor is that scenario has already played out for him in black, and it's a scenario that will continue to play out when defending from centre. If teams identify he is weak on his outside shoulder they'll target him all day there. Jordie at 12 is closer in so less likely to have a player trying to take him on the outside like that.
For all of the complaints about Rieko, defensively he's one of the best centres we've ever had. A team like SA would love him there and wouldn't give a shit about so called issues with distribution etc.
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@No-Quarter I think in that case, Proctor was too close to JB than simply that he was skinned for pace, his opposite was standing well outside him, there was such a massive gap between Proctor and whoever was defending at wing in that play.
That said, it a major error on his part, but you'd hope Jordie and whoever was at wing (Jordan?) should also be talking as they can see things too.
