All Blacks vs England 2

[MiketheSnow]

Well played NZ

As in the first test it was there for England but when it mattered they didn't capitalise on territory or possession.

NZ had the far better bench and it counted

Great teams find a way to win

[Kirwan]

@Tim said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Let's hear no more BS about Beauden Barrett being finished. He won that game.

Ratima looked good.

He was magnificent. He was the difference tonight, got us into the right areas and magic on attack.

[kiwiinmelb]

@Nepia said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Phew, I think I care more about Eden Park record than world cups. I was there for the try from the end of the world.

It’s funny , my first two test matches live were both losses at eden park ,

One to the Aussies and one to the frogs in the 70s

[ACT Crusader]

Great lift in the second half.

England played well for good portions of the game.

Nice to see our bench make the impact.

Beaudie’s much maligned kicking game gave us a some territory (finally)

[African Monkey]

Good finish. Obviously the credit all goes to the reserves, but for all the criticism that the starters are gonna get, they did their jobs at blunting things out there before the bench came on and struck.

[BerniesCorner]

Need to find a 6
Ratima starts
Impressed with Vaai too

[stodders]

@antipodean Vern Cotter? I’ll get my coat

[chimoaus]

Ratima and Roigard. The double Rs will serve us well going forward.

[Frank]

Papalii was immense.
Honorable metions to Ratima, DMac and BB.

[Tim]

Super Rugby coaching doesn't mean much at international level. These guys look out of their depth. Forwards poor for a lot of the game.

I would say McKenzie is a poor game manager, but there wasn't much of a game plan to manage.

[Chris]

@Tim said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Let's hear no more BS about Beauden Barrett being finished. He won that game.

Ratima looked good.

Yeah Fair call he made a big difference.

[Kirwan]

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Need to find a 6
Ratima starts
Impressed with Vaai too

Just start Vaai, Finau is a non entity

[KiwiMurph]

The whole bench was good for a 2nd week in a row

[BerniesCorner]

I was seriously bogging there

[MN5]

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Need to find a 6
Ratima starts
Impressed with Vaai too

I thought Finau was the hitman to end all hitmen ?

Maybe he’ll do a Frizell and have a blinder every 20 tests.

[stodders]

@KiwiMurph coach put them on at the right time to wrest momentum back

[chimoaus]

Taylor, Telea, Christie, Ioane, Patty unfortunately just not quite up to it.

[Mattasaurus]

@MN5 said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Need to find a 6
Ratima starts
Impressed with Vaai too

I thought Finau was the hitman to end all hitmen ?

Maybe he’ll do a Frizell / Akira and have a blinder every 20 tests.

Fixed

[nostrildamus]

Dalton is a 6 in 7 clothing, we don't have a fully functioning 6 or 7 (perhaps because Dalton is doing all the tackling), Patty isn't up to it, injury or being up against Itoje, Perofeta/BB double act working, and we actually have a winger problem! I thought Ioane played well and when he went off JB's game went downhill. Not sure what is happening there. We have such a good bench scrumming team now but those lineouts may have worsened since test 1. I'm not looking at Razor for lost sheen but Ryan.

[gt12]

@MN5 said in All Blacks vs England 2:

@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Need to find a 6
Ratima starts
Impressed with Vaai too

I thought Finau was the hitman to end all hitmen ?

Maybe he’ll do a Frizell and have a blinder every 20 tests.

Finau doesn’t even look as good as he was for the Chiefs, and even then we worried about him going missing at times.