All Blacks v Springboks

[broughie]

@bones I think you need to quit while you are ahead:-).

[antipodean]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Isnt this what everyone apparently wanted?

I wanted good rugby, not gifting the opposition a match.

[African Monkey]

@taniwharugby Exactly. We're not always gonna have it our own way. It's great seeing teams give it to us and see what we're made of in the 2nd half.

[JC]

@frank said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Does Jordie have a better %age than Beauden??

Yep, two mistakes to one.

[chimoaus]

Some nice tries coupled with some stupid shit from the ABs. Getting tackled into touch and those cross field kicks are just handing possession back. Boks are defending well. They just need to give the Boks some respect, play a bit tighter and earn the right to go wide. Hopefully McKenzie comes on and runs rings around some tired big boys.

[Victor Meldrew]

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Springboks:

How the fuck can a five-eighth miss those kicks so often?

Yep. The big fear is it will It could cost us a key game in RWC2019

[taniwharugby]

@antipodean well we get to see them under some decent pressure for the first time in a while.

[kev]

@chimoaus agree the cross field kick is over used.

[Rebound]

Nigel Owens can just retire. He is a shit ref. Missing plenty and as the Books are the desperate team infringing most he's missing all their shit. Same thing happened last year against Aussie in the 2nd bled. He is showing signs that all celebrity refs before him shown.

[jegga]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Isnt this what everyone apparently wanted?

I’m loving it atm , might not be at the 80 minute mark though

[Billy Tell]

If there is any lesson so far it's that ioane looks rushed back. just about his worst 40 minutes for nz ever. try at the end might steady him though.

[Siam]

@kev beaudens one from the 22 after we just secured possession was fucking drag worthy

[Victor Meldrew]

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Relevance?

A lot of people thought the Ireland game in Chicago was a exhibition game. It was a dogfight which we lost.

[antipodean]

@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Relevance?

A lot of people thought the Ireland game in Chicago was a exhibition game. It was a dogfight which we lost.

Ireland were good leading up to that test. So they're not analogous.

[Siam]

@antipodean they both seemed to have a bit of fait accompli about them

[Nepia]

How early do we bring DMac on to bring some stability to our backline? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue:

[Anonymous]

@kev said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@chimoaus agree the cross field kick is over used.

Probably, but I think they probably try to use it to force the defense to spread more across the field to create space in the middle. Whether that actually is a good idea or not, I don't know.

[kev]

@siam pet hate is low % kick when behind and haven’t had ball

[Rapido]

Fun but inaccurate match, from both teams tbf.

Kickoffs terrible both teams, kicking, receiving.

Nz bundled into touch so often. The modern player is usually so aware of not getting too close to the touch unless its truely on.

Books have also made down summ errors, weird match.

[JC]

@rebound said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Nigel Owens can just retire. He is a shit ref. Missing plenty and as the Books are the desperate team infringing most he's missing all their shit. Same thing happened last year against Aussie in the 2nd bled. He is showing signs that all celebrity refs before him shown.

It’s not the ref’s fault. Yeah he’s missing stuff but they all do. We’re playing without brains at times.