RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia
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Am I the only one quite happy with the way things are going? Execution isn't perfect, but that is a proper torrential tropical rainstorm they were playing in for a while. It's slippery as anything & you can't expect every pass to stick. Good points
- Backline finding gaps / space with ease - thats what you want in these games
- AB's are not going up the jumper despite the weather, still got the confidence to try things out - encouraging
- Roigards option taking is excellent, and hopefully will be our number 2 scrummie, if not number 1 by the business time
- Forwards dominated early, but then have clearly dropped from giving 100% as there is simply no need to
You're damned either way as the All Blacks in these games, so I'm pretty happy with the way things have gone.
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Roigard looks like an aged veteran out there. So calm and mature in his decision making. He’s going to have a long AB career.
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@Tim said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@His-Bobness I sometimes wonder if some of these, less than brilliant, coaches get fixated on certain statistics and don't have the ability to check those criteria against the larger picture.
I think Fosters Achilles Heel is his loyalty to certain players. Did you see the impact BB had in 2015.
@chimoaus said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Tim said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@His-Bobness I sometimes wonder if some of these, less than brilliant, coaches get fixated on certain statistics and don't have the ability to check those criteria against the larger picture.
I think Fosters Achilles Heel is his loyalty to certain players. Did you see the impact BB had in 2015.
Never forget in the Lions tour he told Hansen (while being filmed) playing Rieko Ioane at 11 was and I quote "a dumb idea today".
Rieko scored two tries against the lions a few days later.
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A few things:
Barrett kick for Roigard try – unnecessary, a better defender picks it off. A bad option that looks good against a 2nd tier team. flat track bully stuff.
Savea sloppy off back of TH scrum, pass behind roigard. destroyed the easy overlap try, but scored anyway.
Whitelock 2 early penalties. An all time great, but we need better discipline.
Havili sloppy kick out on full. what the shit.
Barret slow, mckenzie fast.
Mckenzie noticeably flatter faster passing than mo'unga
Faainganuku good energy. sometimes just giving it snot helps.
Tungafasi lineout in front of jumper. so sloppy, how many lineouts have you been in mate?
Havili dumb off kick off, puts himself into touch - unnecessary turnover in 22
Clark doesn’t look for support. that's a blown chance and against good teams you don't get many.
Our outside backs are often guilty of standing too flat, maybe from expecting too many cross-kicks. Not in a position to receive a pass, except a forward one.
Jacobsen should not be used as a midfield pasing option - he doesn't look at the person he is passing to and it is an error waiting to happen every time.
glaring issues continue. on the positive side: roigard, mckenzie, leicester. -
@His-Bobness I think it is because Foster sees Christie as the closest to Smith in terms of playing style, so ABs can continue to play the same way after the change. Not sure what glasses he is wearing though
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Opposition is not very good. But Roigard surely has to be the bench 9. Just takes the right options every time.
@Billy-Tell said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Opposition is not very good. But Roigard surely has to be the bench 9. Just takes the right options every time.
We don't know how he'll go against top teams and when under pressure, but the signs are he'll do OK. His last two appearances will have done wonders for his confidence.
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Am I the only one quite happy with the way things are going? Execution isn't perfect, but that is a proper torrential tropical rainstorm they were playing in for a while. It's slippery as anything & you can't expect every pass to stick. Good points
- Backline finding gaps / space with ease - thats what you want in these games
- AB's are not going up the jumper despite the weather, still got the confidence to try things out - encouraging
- Roigards option taking is excellent, and hopefully will be our number 2 scrummie, if not number 1 by the business time
- Forwards dominated early, but then have clearly dropped from giving 100% as there is simply no need to
You're damned either way as the All Blacks in these games, so I'm pretty happy with the way things have gone.
@MajorRage said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Am I the only one quite happy with the way things are going? Execution isn't perfect, but that is a proper torrential tropical rainstorm they were playing in for a while. It's slippery as anything & you can't expect every pass to stick. Good points
- Backline finding gaps / space with ease - thats what you want in these games
- AB's are not going up the jumper despite the weather, still got the confidence to try things out - encouraging
- Roigards option taking is excellent, and hopefully will be our number 2 scrummie, if not number 1 by the business time
- Forwards dominated early, but then have clearly dropped from giving 100% as there is simply no need to
You're damned either way as the All Blacks in these games, so I'm pretty happy with the way things have gone.
Roigard may not be as fast as Smith but he is a triple threat, unlike 2d Smith
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Namibia are such a waste of space when it comes to World Cups. They’re always at them and they ALWAYS get fucken hammered. At least others minnows seem to improve a little bit here and there ?
Wank on all you want about ‘experience’ of being in a World Cup but that experience is hiding after hiding dating back to 1999
@MN5 said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Namibia are such a waste of space when it comes to World Cups. They’re always at them and they ALWAYS get fucken hammered. At least others minnows seem to improve a little bit here and there ?
Yep. Wish another African team would step up.
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@DaGrubster yep, if we score 100 we should have, it was only Namibia, if we score 50 we are shit cos we should have scored 100.
Also tough to try and play to a plan as holes that wouldn't usually exist open so players instincts kick in and take them
Yup, and you can’t blame them as we want them to play heads up rugby.
Also, it is probably counter productive to play the kind of rugby we want to in the qtr final etc as it will be easy to implement against Namibia but it gives our opponents a lot of data to analyse.
I am keen to see better discipline in areas such as set piece, defence and accuracy in breakdown work. That’s what we can take out of it I suppose.
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@Billy-Tell said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Opposition is not very good. But Roigard surely has to be the bench 9. Just takes the right options every time.
We don't know how he'll go against top teams and when under pressure, but the signs are he'll do OK. His last two appearances will have done wonders for his confidence.
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@Billy-Tell said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
Opposition is not very good. But Roigard surely has to be the bench 9. Just takes the right options every time.
We don't know how he'll go against top teams and when under pressure, but the signs are he'll do OK. His last two appearances will have done wonders for his confidence.
He's only played against second tier teams. Like SA...
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@chimoaus said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
BB can exit.
He did a couple last game, but stopped after half time
@Machpants said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
@chimoaus said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:
BB can exit.
He did a couple last game, but stopped after half time
The question should be why?
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Pearce has had a decent game so far. He’s a better referee than Barnes or the other English ref who did the Boks game at Twickenham.
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Lol Ofa and Nepo are a circus act. Bunch of clowns.
