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[2014 TRC] Australia v New Zealand in Sydney (16/08/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 664988" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>They scored as many points, that's for sure. The Wallabies attack was pretty lateral wasn't it - all the ABs had to do was slide, and so they did. </p><p></p><p>Our attack definitely needs straightening and our tactical kicking needs to be vastly improved. It's a shame we don't have Mark Gerrard running around any more, because he had the best long tactical kicking game I've seen here. You're right that Toomua was predictable and Beale needs to get in on the attack with his kicking and run more.</p><p></p><p>The other thing I'd argue is that not having specialist wings hurt us. I can think of 5 wingers in the NRL who more than likely would have pulled off a freakish try in McCabe's position (the amount of flying one arm put downs, where their whole body is out in mid air, I've seen this year is unbelievable), but that's what happens when you put safe tackling defenders on the wing. </p><p></p><p>The other thing we really need to do is utilise Folau - no one beats him in the air, so next time we get a penalty advantage on NZ's line someone has to put in a cross kick for him. If he doesn't score (and if the kick is well placed that's unlikely) we get the ball back anyway, so why not try it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 664988, member: 12207"] They scored as many points, that's for sure. The Wallabies attack was pretty lateral wasn't it - all the ABs had to do was slide, and so they did. Our attack definitely needs straightening and our tactical kicking needs to be vastly improved. It's a shame we don't have Mark Gerrard running around any more, because he had the best long tactical kicking game I've seen here. You're right that Toomua was predictable and Beale needs to get in on the attack with his kicking and run more. The other thing I'd argue is that not having specialist wings hurt us. I can think of 5 wingers in the NRL who more than likely would have pulled off a freakish try in McCabe's position (the amount of flying one arm put downs, where their whole body is out in mid air, I've seen this year is unbelievable), but that's what happens when you put safe tackling defenders on the wing. The other thing we really need to do is utilise Folau - no one beats him in the air, so next time we get a penalty advantage on NZ's line someone has to put in a cross kick for him. If he doesn't score (and if the kick is well placed that's unlikely) we get the ball back anyway, so why not try it? [/QUOTE]
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