All Blacks v Springboks I
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@kev said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Frank Narawa should have started the season in the test team. Hope he is okay - great 4 mins or so.
Same thing happened to him last time. Scored on debut and then hurt his back.
@Jet said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@kev said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Frank Narawa should have started the season in the test team. Hope he is okay - great 4 mins or so.
Same thing happened to him last time. Scored on debut and then hurt his back.
Big fan of Narawa but is he our new Foodbill….
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If Narawa is out, who is next caboff the rank? Please dont say Reece..
I'd rather Leicester F or Clarke if fit.. -
If Narawa is out, who is next caboff the rank? Please dont say Reece..
I'd rather Leicester F or Clarke if fit..@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
If Narawa is out, who is next caboff the rank? Please dont say Reece..
I'd rather Leicester F or Clarke if fit..Just put Jordan at 14 and one of Love or DMac at 15.
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@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
If Narawa is out, who is next caboff the rank? Please dont say Reece..
I'd rather Leicester F or Clarke if fit..Just put Jordan at 14 and one of Love or DMac at 15.
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
If Narawa is out, who is next caboff the rank? Please dont say Reece..
I'd rather Leicester F or Clarke if fit..Just put Jordan at 14 and one of Love or DMac at 15.
Interesting that WJ didn't feature as much from 14. Probably more to do with the fact we refused to hold onto the ball than anything else
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@sparky Billy Proctor hasn’t found his feet. Still looking to play super rugby at test level. Doesn’t drop the ball as much as Reiko which is a plus but needs to improve his decisions.
@kev said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@sparky Billy Proctor hasn’t found his feet. Still looking to play super rugby at test level. Doesn’t drop the ball as much as Reiko which is a plus but needs to improve his decisions.
Reiko hasn't dropped the ball once.
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I have just seen it.
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That was awesome -
Calmed down a bit
Anyone criticising Christie, Pi** off. He played his guts out.
DMac needs to start.
Jordan is fine on the wing. We need DMac/ Love at fullback.
Proctor let the shackles off and played well. The own half cross kick was a brain fade though.
Scott Barrett and Vaai were immense.
Sititi is a class act and thinks calmly under pressure.
We have depth in the forwards to bring on Holland with 20 minutes to play.
South Africa have plenty of upside , scarily good at times.
Roigard would add another dimension.
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Forwards are sorted apart from we need to work on our scrum. The backs as a whole are a liability !!! I cannot see us winning the next WC unless there are serious changes. Some of the personal and tactics are are just wrong. No expert but we used to have the best backs just about always. What the fuck happened. Too many stupid and inaccurate kicks.
There are players in the NPC that are in better form than our current All Black backs. pick on form not just because they played 50 odd test. Look at Holland and Parker. If you are good enough then you should be in. We need to get more new blood in the backs or a decent backs coach. Two years out and no more time to fuck about or have loyalty to player that are obviously past it.
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Calmed down a bit
Anyone criticising Christie, Pi** off. He played his guts out.
DMac needs to start.
Jordan is fine on the wing. We need DMac/ Love at fullback.
Proctor let the shackles off and played well. The own half cross kick was a brain fade though.
Scott Barrett and Vaai were immense.
Sititi is a class act and thinks calmly under pressure.
We have depth in the forwards to bring on Holland with 20 minutes to play.
South Africa have plenty of upside , scarily good at times.
Roigard would add another dimension.
Haven't been that nervous since ABs v Ireland 2023@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
he played his guts out
I don't think anyone is criticising his endeavour.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The Proctor cross kick, was Jordan calling for it?
Dunno, but the risk on it was off the scale.
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Forwards are sorted apart from we need to work on our scrum. The backs as a whole are a liability !!! I cannot see us winning the next WC unless there are serious changes. Some of the personal and tactics are are just wrong. No expert but we used to have the best backs just about always. What the fuck happened. Too many stupid and inaccurate kicks.
There are players in the NPC that are in better form than our current All Black backs. pick on form not just because they played 50 odd test. Look at Holland and Parker. If you are good enough then you should be in. We need to get more new blood in the backs or a decent backs coach. Two years out and no more time to fuck about or have loyalty to player that are obviously past it.
@mencey
The thing is they haven't been trialling new backs much.
Love could easily come on for the final 20 minutes. They don't even do that.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
Well, I'm not getting into a conversation defending Christie as anything more than 4th string, but his kicking was good, he dealt with the Boks around the ruck well and some of his passing in open play was spot on.
Certainly no worse than the AB scrum.
Razor left him on about 15 minutes too long IMHO. We saw more bad Christie than good as the game went on
@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
Well, I'm not getting into a conversation defending Christie as anything more than 4th string, but his kicking was good, he dealt with the Boks around the ruck well and some of his passing in open play was spot on.
Certainly no worse than the AB scrum.
Razor left him on about 15 minutes too long IMHO. We saw more bad Christie than good as the game went on
Fair point
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the good news is: this is as good as we have got
the bad news is: this is as good as we have got.So either we're pretty good, and last week was an aberation, and we'll win
Or last week was reality, we're average, and we'll lose.I need to stop watching with an eye on the future and just take each game as it comes. Fuck, if we win off a bullshit old school BB bounce i'll celebrate no matter how unsustainable that is.
@mariner4life the good news is you were good enough… this week.
Enjoy it.
Hope to be delivering some bad news next week. Won’t need @Victor-Meldrew worst fears coming true, just a bit more accuracy from the team playing for light, truth and justice.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The Proctor cross kick, was Jordan calling for it?
Dunno, but the risk on it was off the scale.
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The Proctor cross kick, was Jordan calling for it?
Dunno, but the risk on it was off the scale.
Best listen to your senior players though eh.
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My Dad was at Eden Park in 1956 when the All Blacks secured that famous series. I have listened to and watched hundreds of All Blacks games with him.
He died on Tuesday.
That one was for you, Dad.
@sparky said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
My Dad was at Eden Park in 1956 when the All Blacks secured that famous series. I have listened to and watched hundreds of All Blacks games with him.
He died on Tuesday.
That one was for you, Dad.
Condolences Sparky. May he rest in peace.
