All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug

Tim

Fuck me that was a crazy pass from Toomua for Reece's intercept. So long it had to be loopy and slow.

booboo

@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

3 intercepts in 2 games is pretty bad from Oz.

Luck or defence?

Tim

@booboo Poor passes and individual skill. Every time they had good ball, and chose really poor options.

Victor Meldrew

@booboo said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Whisper it not, but in the 2nd 40, Foster's ABs are starting to look and play like a really good team.

Heresy

On a serious note, they were controlled, disciplined, accurate and played as a unit. The interplay between the backs and forwards was really good and the senior players stepped up when things weren't going well - Ritchies' tackle or Whitelock's cleanout

And Reiko has some good and bad touches (like Dmac), but seemed to be taking responsibility in the midfield, talking to Havilli and the wings between plays. Considering the rookie combination, the midfield did OK and Reiko deserves credit for that.

I think Foster's team could be heading in the right direction

Kirwan

@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@booboo Best passing centre in NZ. As born out by the Super Rugby stats.

Beautiful pass for his brother’s break.

Victor Meldrew

@booboo said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

3 intercepts in 2 games is pretty bad from Oz.

Luck or defence?

Or tactics? Perhaps Foster spotted something when the Wobblies were on attack?

Tim

Paps had two bad misses in the first half, but was much better in the second half.

Tim

@victor-meldrew That Toomua pass was an absolute hail-mary. Really bad play and telegraphed for an intercept.

Victor Meldrew

@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Paps had two bad misses in the first half, but was much better in the second half.

Yeah, I noticed that. Deserves kudos for picking himself up after letting in the try. Sign of a good attitude.

KiwiMurph

Foz cops it for his selections.

But Rennie putting Toomua at 12 and shifting Paisami to 13 was weird.

Tim

Our kick-off reception was very bad, and high ball reception was poor too. Cannot do that against Boks.

Tim

@kiwimurph Yep, absolutely. Big and dumb call.

Kirwan

Fiji game was 57-23, so maybe they were a good warmup for Oz.

Bones

@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Fiji game was 57-23, so maybe they were a good warmup for Oz.

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NTA

@booboo said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

3 intercepts in 2 games is pretty bad from Oz.

Luck or defence?

Gifts

Victor Meldrew

@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

@victor-meldrew That Toomua pass was an absolute hail-mary. Really bad play and telegraphed for an intercept.

I haven't re-watched, but seemed to me Reece, Reiko and Jordan were quite aggressive in rush defence when Oz were attacking the wide channels. Makes you wonder if the coaching team had spotted something last week.

sparky

25,000 is a very good gate at less than two weeks notice.

sparky

Great to see the improvement in Akira Ioane from a player with great promise to a player delivering week after week in Test Rugby. Looking like a world class Blindside Flanker.

Tim

ACT Crusader

@tim said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug:

Our kick-off reception was very bad, and high ball reception was poor too. Cannot do that against Boks.

Not those Boks again

By the way are we actually going to get to play these other teams?

The Silver Fern

All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe 2 Eden Park 14th Aug