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Wilderbeast

Not sure why Beaudy at Super sub is such a contentious topic. He's played his best test rugby there. Plays well there yet again against England and all of a sudden he's back to the full 80. And lo and behold, the bench again lacks impact. It defies logic. It defies logic people believe our current ...

Wilderbeast

Not sure why Beaudy at Super sub is such a contentious topic. He's played his best test rugby there. Plays well there yet again against England and all of a sudden he's back to the full 80. And lo and behold, the bench again lacks impact. It defies logic. It defies logic people believe our current ...

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I’m not blaming him for the loss . It’s just I’ve seen him attempt that crap in the last minutes many times before . To the best of my memory it’s never come off . What’s his problem with running and attempting to set up others at the clutch ? Doesn’t he back himself ? He seems better coming off th...

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I’m not blaming him for the loss . It’s just I’ve seen him attempt that crap in the last minutes many times before . To the best of my memory it’s never come off . What’s his problem with running and attempting to set up others at the clutch ? Doesn’t he back himself ? He seems better coming off th...

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Bollocks, sure we didnt secure our ball when we needed to and BB blew it for us at the end, but being at Ellis Park is no excuse for the poor officiating. How did bb blow it at the end? Am I forgetting something? This the chips? I'm struggling to get too worked up about that. We had to go 90 metres...

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I need to find the clip but I think you’re leaving far too much at bb’s door here Eug. A last gasp try, which was very unlikely, would patch over a poor final twenty

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Eugenius wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2024 3:35 am There was two on two !!!

Maybe a cover defender coming across .

Jordan would have skinned his tackler , BB kicked and then kicked again turning over possession.

I’m going to rewatch, I might have not appreciated this fully

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Thought we did enough at 60 min but letting them steal that ball in the 22 was a massive turning point, that was the time to close it out. We then went into our shells to defend a lead with pointless kicking and no confidence to make them chase the game and hold possession. Fair play to the Boks ki...

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BB’s dinky chips were trying to create something from nothing when we were beaten with one minute to go. The game was over. Not a big deal. His off night with territorial kicking concerned me more but I don’t think we have a better 15 in that area do we?

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I did think kolbe was unlucky but you do see those calls.

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jdogscoop wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2024 12:35 am Can Beauden go back to supersub now?

Seems win win with our bench lacking impact and Will Jordan not playing in his best position.

No.

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General thoughts. I thought the penalty against TJP was ridiculous. Surely you give a warning on a call like that. Don’t get me started on the context, massive momentum shift. Springbok midfield was very difficult to retain possession against. I suspect that influenced the decisions of the back thre...

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FujiKiwi wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 12:16 am I think win or lose in South Africa, Razor will try some fairly new things out against Australia, which, to be fair, would be the right time in the context of the season to do it.

Lock up the bledisloe before getting too freaky I think.

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Liam is technically a poor singer, but his voice and style is incredibly iconic, which is probably more important tbh.

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Picking guys like TJ and Cane is trying to get a win at the expense of developing players who will be around next year. Given that the RWC is a whole 3 years away, I'd prefer the selectors selected the better players to win games now, rather than pick based solely on potential. Ratima will still ga...

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Edit: can’t read

Did I see three VCs?

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And an unrelated little tidbit: Steve Hansen once told Sam he reckoned if Adam Whitelock played 7 instead of midfield he'd have been an All Black due to his endurance and workrate. But lacked the X factor in the backs. Definitely lacked X factor and it wasn’t lost on me that the Whitelock forwards ...

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You can understand a self disciplinarian like Hansen berating others for not being in shape when he keeps himself in such tip top condition. We get it Steve, you love to watch what you eat and workout regularly but not everyone is a gym rat fitness fanatic like yourself. Being fit or not didn’t rea...

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So, what should I stop eating and drinking that I can commit to for 5 minutes before ignoring?

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They made it to the finals a couple of times didn't they? Isn't a team that makes the final a title contender? Typically? Yes. When you lose 61-17? Debatable. What about 41-10? The Chiefs really are Claytons Super Rugby contenders aren't they. I’ve heard this game referred to as a “real arm wrestle...

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 3:46 am
mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 3:37 am
Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 3:24 am

That was pretty clear. Can't see him ever being an AB while Ryan again is there.
Wonder if he's picked up some bad habits from Akira along the way?
Makes you seriously wonder about the culture of the Blues?

Hammer time?

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Honestly, he was probably promised quite a bit of leeway in his tactics and he feels Razor was overriding him too much. To go from a head coach of a pretty major SR franchise to an assistant coach of even the AB's is probably a bit of a culture switch. I suspect he probably just wants to shop aroun...

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Stuff’s player ratings are incredibly suspect.

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Yep Grandpa, but I just genuinely think he a great wing is all I saying. Ben Smith was brilliant on the wing too but he was even better at fullback when he was eventually picked there. At least IMO. I see similarities with Jordan. Both are brilliant finishers who just seem to be in the right place ...

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We should be talking about the game rather than tomfoolery. I thought the ABs badly lost direction in the 2nd half. They lack a killer instinct to put teams away. Some player's skills seem to have regressed. Was that a list opportunity to tighten up, taken it up the guts and beat the opposition int...

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AB's just aren't as good man for man as they were ten years ago. No coach in the world is going to fix that. List the team from the 2015 final to the current team and tell me which position has a superior player? PERHAPS, number 14. Perhaps. That's it. So to be generous one out of 15. Not to mentio...

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AB's just aren't as good man for man as they were ten years ago. No coach in the world is going to fix that. List the team from the 2015 final to the current team and tell me which position has a superior player? PERHAPS, number 14. Perhaps. That's it. So to be generous one out of 15. Not to mentio...

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Hurrifan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 6:57 am Well, Robertson in his presser said he's gone for experience.

Hopefully that doesn't turn into "people that have previously tried and failed and are worse than the newer options".

Are you thinking of anyone inparticular here?

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Ioane back, Cane in the team. Razor is trolling AC. :lol: I was assured Jordan would be selected at 15. In all honesty I'd rather see a back three of Clarke, Tele'a and Jordan with BB making an impact of the bench. This is a very conservative selection. I still presume he will be long term for the ...

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Jordie was never sitting. You don’t bench your 60+ vice captain lightly.

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The non-selection of Sotutu seems to be a bigger deal now that it was.

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Do they remove funny bones at birth in Canterbury? Or do they wait until later?

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Savea was very recently the best player in the world, as a no.8… That's true, as an individual. My personal belief is that Ardie at 8 throws out the backrow balance due to our other options or lack thereof so I feel the team would be better if he were at 7 allowing us a physical 8 which would give ...

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Savea was very recently the best player in the world, as a no.8…

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Didn't we pretty much all agree after the World Cup that it was going to be quite difficult for Razor? The fact is, we no longer just have the best cattle to fall back in. Not only does he have to rebuild from historic lows, he has to do so having just lost 566 caps of international experience with...

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booji boy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2024 9:05 pm
Garryowen_22 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2024 8:07 pm well done kiwis.. Gold in the mens High Jump.
The womans golf and kayaking too.

Not gonna lie it’s taken the edge off this loss quite a bit!

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2024 12:20 pm The try from the Reece failure to collect the highball cleanly shows they've learned nothing about the importance of aerial domination. The best player in the air isn't even in the 23.

Who is the best player in the air?

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A bit gutted tbh. Was hoping for another huge nz moment with a 1-2.

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jdogscoop wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2024 11:03 am It might be time to end the DMac experiment at 10. He was far from the only problematic performer but he cost us 14 points tonight.

Very few players don’t get stepped on the second try in that situation imo, if your including that.

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No, we had that game well in hand at 20-8 and absolutely let it slip. That's partly coaching, yes, no doubt. But also a big part on the onfield leaders - we just needed a bit of calm to stop the slide, instead we compounded error on error. To lose 29-10 for the rest of the game after being up 20-8 ...

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