All Blacks v Springboks

[Bones]

@billy-tell BMac was off the field.

[shark]

@sammyc said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Useless piston wristed gibbons, can’t believe we didn’t set for a drop goal.

Worlds best first five showed his limitations tonight

Yep. His goalkicking has always been sub-standard and it was up in neons tonight.

[Derm McCrum]

@anonymous said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@stargazer said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Next game's line-up is going to be interesting. If the RWC had been in the bag, they would probably have started a lot of newbies again, but now the situation is completely different.

It'd be a bit weird if we'd already won the RWC a year out

I was going to point that out.

[Stargazer]

@anonymous Ha, yes, but you knew what I meant though, didn't you?

[Tim]

@african-monkey I am available for freelance consulting. Minimum contract duration: two weeks.

[Tordah]

The missed conversions don't irk me as much (though one in particular was basically unforgivable) as the non-attempt at a dropgoal there at the end. Very annoying. Congrats Boks, well played

[broughie]

Well congrats to the Boks. This game hopefully will result in us tightening up our game and earning it in the forwards. From super rugby I could not understand why the Boks could never put together a pack to knock us around a little. I think the forwards subs were more dynamic for us but for a few mistakes but the first team dug a hole for us in the first 50 minutes. We needed a loss to refocus.

And BB . . .

[Victor Meldrew]

Not just BB's goal kicking to blame. Lack of precision and communication in midfield and fullback and some poor execution of the basics.

DMac and Goodhue made a big impact - Goodhue has to start the next game. Thought Taylor was exceptional as was Read. Ioane looked rusty at the start but that was a great try.

If there was any over-confidence had crept in, it's been well and truly sorted...

[Gunner]

@baron-silas-greenback said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Meh.... they will learn a lesson there. We were way below par. I am not remotely concerned.
Not actually that impressed with SA.

Agreed, they didn’t so much win it, we lost it.
Sure they took their chances and defended well but we gifted them 14 points and left another 8 out there through rediculously poor goal kicking.

Apart from the fact we bloody lost, I’m not too worried, we won’t be that poor again.

[akan004]

The neutrals are going to be partying big time now.

[Anonymous]

@stargazer said in All Blacks v Springboks:

@anonymous Ha, yes, but you knew what I meant though, didn't you?

Yeah, but what would be the fun in ignoring the absurdity of that :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:

[kev]

That was the result we needed to sort out some flakey thinking. The cross kick needs to be put back in the box, what wrong with holding on to the ball?

Our guys need to do the basics - take kickoffs, stay away from touch, kick goals, not giveaway intercepts

[Stargazer]

@tim said in All Blacks v Springboks:

Gotta say we missed Retallick big time.

Hmm, yes and no. Yes, because he's the GOAT. No, because Scott Barrett was actually one of the few who was playing well. Maybe SB to 6 ...

[jegga]

@akan004 said in All Blacks v Springboks:

The neutrals are going to be partying big time now.

Then they aren’t neutrals, they are in fact fluffybunnies.

[Hooroo]

I gotta say though Goodhue must start. As soon as he came on the back line looked untold better.

Sounds silly but he is the Dan a Carter of centres. Has sooooo much time on the ball and does the right thing every time.

That bok defence though. That was something else. For 80 mins too. Truly didn’t think they had the fortitude to do that

[Derm McCrum]

Siya Kolisisi
Rassie Erasmus.

Two public heroes for SA.

[Billy Tell]

@akan004 said in All Blacks v Springboks:

The neutrals are going to be partying big time now.

fair enough too.

if youre neutral you want a close rc not a waltz in the park for nz.

but seriously, grant fox in the wise men...can he not spend some time with BB at the tee.

[Tordah]

One positive as a sidenote:
How refreshing was that seeing a reserve AB hooker line up for his first throw of the night and not fucking it up?

[Donsteppa]

What were the odds that one of our two converted fullbacks could have successfully taken a drop kick...

[MrDenmore]

Good gutsy performance from the Boks, but we gifted them two tries - having switched off after the first two of our own. Throw in Barrett’s atrocious kicking and it looked like the necessary wake-up call. In retrospect, Hansen would have been better starting Mo’unga in this match and played a more Crusaders-style than a Hurricanes one. At least he would have kicked the goals.