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[2014 TRC] Australia v South Africa in Perth (06/09/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="William18" data-source="post: 670162" data-attributes="member: 38439"><p>Your analysis is good as always. Folau is way overrated. He's a good player and probably one of the top 30 or so players in the world but he is a tier down from the legends of the game. Folau's kicking game is very very poor and so are his options of when to kick. You are right that his attacking talent more than makes up for this but it stops him from being a legend of the game.</p><p></p><p>Le Roux also makes so many errors. He is good when he gets the ball in space but that doesn't happen that often. Why does he always kick the ball back? He's a good runner. I think most teams still don't understand that if they always play aerial ping pong then it is easy for the other team to defend. You need to sometimes counter attack to put doubt in the other team's mind. It must be the tactics - it's not like Le Roux can't be a great attacking player.</p><p></p><p>Steyn is just horrible. I don't know why South Africa would recall him.</p><p></p><p>Overall the Aussies were lucky to win because of the referee's decision but South Africa blew it. It seems to me like South Africa want to play conservative rugby but don't follow through. Their game seems disposed to 10 ten man rugby. They have a beastly forward pack and they play for territory all the time. If you are going to play this way (and it is a valid tactic) you have to be very accurate. If you are going to be conservative then you have to take the points when they are on offer. Instead South Africa went for the lineout when they could have taken 3 and knocked the ball on immediately afterwards. Then Le Roux and Steyn were kicking the ball out on the full or not kicking penalties into touch. The All Blacks can make mistakes live give away intercepts which we always do because we can chase a game. South Africa chooses to play rugby in a different way but their execution is just appalling.</p><p></p><p>South Africa may as well just play attacking rugby if they can't play accurately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William18, post: 670162, member: 38439"] Your analysis is good as always. Folau is way overrated. He's a good player and probably one of the top 30 or so players in the world but he is a tier down from the legends of the game. Folau's kicking game is very very poor and so are his options of when to kick. You are right that his attacking talent more than makes up for this but it stops him from being a legend of the game. Le Roux also makes so many errors. He is good when he gets the ball in space but that doesn't happen that often. Why does he always kick the ball back? He's a good runner. I think most teams still don't understand that if they always play aerial ping pong then it is easy for the other team to defend. You need to sometimes counter attack to put doubt in the other team's mind. It must be the tactics - it's not like Le Roux can't be a great attacking player. Steyn is just horrible. I don't know why South Africa would recall him. Overall the Aussies were lucky to win because of the referee's decision but South Africa blew it. It seems to me like South Africa want to play conservative rugby but don't follow through. Their game seems disposed to 10 ten man rugby. They have a beastly forward pack and they play for territory all the time. If you are going to play this way (and it is a valid tactic) you have to be very accurate. If you are going to be conservative then you have to take the points when they are on offer. Instead South Africa went for the lineout when they could have taken 3 and knocked the ball on immediately afterwards. Then Le Roux and Steyn were kicking the ball out on the full or not kicking penalties into touch. The All Blacks can make mistakes live give away intercepts which we always do because we can chase a game. South Africa chooses to play rugby in a different way but their execution is just appalling. South Africa may as well just play attacking rugby if they can't play accurately. [/QUOTE]
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