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2014 Super Rugby: Highlanders v Western Force (Round 5)
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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 630533" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>the last 8-10min of this match was the hardest super rugby I think ive ever had to watch.</p><p></p><p>The Highlanders had the force absolutely on the rack and just let them off. Force had the last ~8min down 2 men and the highlanders easily wasted about half that time maybe more?</p><p></p><p>taking a line out instead of a quick tap? Walking to line outs? Choosing to take a scrum? Holding the ball in the scrum? None of the players looked urgent to keep the game in play and they just seemed to allow the clock to run down.</p><p></p><p>I obviously have a lot of admiration for Ben Smith but where was he? Was there no one on the field that could read that situation? Absolutely no urgency. Tanaka and Manu probably even more to blame. So far Ive seen absolutely nothing from Manu to suggest he should be co-captian.</p><p></p><p>Imagine how the chiefs would have played that last 10min in the same situation!</p><p></p><p>Holy crap if they had just ran to that line out instead of walked they would have probably had time for a restart after the last try and another shot at winning the game.</p><p></p><p>I dont think ive ever seen anything like that, maybe the highlanders have just gotten too used to losing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 630533, member: 43875"] the last 8-10min of this match was the hardest super rugby I think ive ever had to watch. The Highlanders had the force absolutely on the rack and just let them off. Force had the last ~8min down 2 men and the highlanders easily wasted about half that time maybe more? taking a line out instead of a quick tap? Walking to line outs? Choosing to take a scrum? Holding the ball in the scrum? None of the players looked urgent to keep the game in play and they just seemed to allow the clock to run down. I obviously have a lot of admiration for Ben Smith but where was he? Was there no one on the field that could read that situation? Absolutely no urgency. Tanaka and Manu probably even more to blame. So far Ive seen absolutely nothing from Manu to suggest he should be co-captian. Imagine how the chiefs would have played that last 10min in the same situation! Holy crap if they had just ran to that line out instead of walked they would have probably had time for a restart after the last try and another shot at winning the game. I dont think ive ever seen anything like that, maybe the highlanders have just gotten too used to losing? [/QUOTE]
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