2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations)

[Frye]

@tim said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11924967

Clickbait headline deserves clickbait response:

Hansen told Tuipulotu to first of all not rush off and sign an overseas contract, but to instead commit himself as captain of Auckland's Mitre 10 Cup to working harder, being more overtly physical and urgent.

He basically said for Tuipulotu to get his hands on the ball more, look to make more, higher impact tackles, get off the ground quicker and wipe people off their feet at the breakdown.

[Stargazer]

[Higgins]

So the All Blacks won more games in the Championship than all other teams combined

[Kruse]

@higgins said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

So the All Blacks won more games in the Championship than all other teams combined

And only 1 point short of being equal to all other teams combined.

[NTA]

Wallabies lost the critical minutes - two draws and a close game in NZ.

Close doesn't cut it.

[Virgil]

@nta said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

Wallabies lost the critical minutes - two draws and a close game in NZ.

Close doesn't cut it.

Which close game in NZ was that Nick?

[NTA]

@virgil 35-29. Had the lead late. Couldn't defend it.

[Virgil]

@nta said in 2017 Bledisloe Cup & Rugby Championship (4 Nations):

@virgil 35-29. Had the lead late. Couldn't defend it.

Had a pretty decent lead at the start too...

[NTA]

@virgil Yes. A further example of our inability to keep the foot down.

[Chris B.]

http://www.sanzarrugby.com/therugbychampionship/competition-stats/player-stats/

Sanzar's player and team stats make quite interesting reading.

[mimic]

@chris-b
Yep, the most surprising stat is the tackles for players.
SBW the only back in the top 10, coming in 5th. Only 3 tackles less than Cane.

[KiwiMurph]

@mimic It's also important to factor in minutes played - the likes of SBW, Folau and Hooper played every game but Cane, Rieko etc did not.