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[2014 TRC] New Zealand v Australia in Auckland (23/08/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 664531" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>This will be a massive uphill battle for us, but there were promising signs from last nights match that we can match the kiwis up front. Indeed, our forwards really dominated the second half and gave the team a really good platform. It was only the poor attacking structures that let us down; Beale stood too deep and we were just far too end-to-end in our play, so all the kiwis had to do was slide (which they're bloody good at).</p><p></p><p>All the same, White was awful I thought, we were missing some big guns up front, had two important halves out and actually had no wingers to choose from. So it's not all bad. McCabe should have scored in the corner, but the pass got to him too early and he's not the best finisher anyway... I have a feeling a guy like Speight or Digby Ione would have made more out of that situation.</p><p></p><p>The other thing of course was McKenzie really didn't capitalise on his powerful bench at all. I don't even remember if Kurindrani came on, which is criminal given how much his power could have added in the final 20.</p><p></p><p>I really would liked to have seen how the boys would have gone last night had the team been:</p><p></p><p>1. Slipper</p><p>2. Moore</p><p>3. Kepu</p><p>4. Simmons</p><p>5. Carter</p><p>6. Pocock (dual fetcher model has its risks, but breakdown domination would be worth it)</p><p>7. Hooper</p><p>8. Palu</p><p>9. Genia (has been better in the wallabies set-up and under Link generally) </p><p>10. Cooper</p><p>11. Ione</p><p>12. Toomua</p><p>13. AAC</p><p>14. Speight</p><p>15. Folau</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 664531, member: 12207"] This will be a massive uphill battle for us, but there were promising signs from last nights match that we can match the kiwis up front. Indeed, our forwards really dominated the second half and gave the team a really good platform. It was only the poor attacking structures that let us down; Beale stood too deep and we were just far too end-to-end in our play, so all the kiwis had to do was slide (which they're bloody good at). All the same, White was awful I thought, we were missing some big guns up front, had two important halves out and actually had no wingers to choose from. So it's not all bad. McCabe should have scored in the corner, but the pass got to him too early and he's not the best finisher anyway... I have a feeling a guy like Speight or Digby Ione would have made more out of that situation. The other thing of course was McKenzie really didn't capitalise on his powerful bench at all. I don't even remember if Kurindrani came on, which is criminal given how much his power could have added in the final 20. I really would liked to have seen how the boys would have gone last night had the team been: 1. Slipper 2. Moore 3. Kepu 4. Simmons 5. Carter 6. Pocock (dual fetcher model has its risks, but breakdown domination would be worth it) 7. Hooper 8. Palu 9. Genia (has been better in the wallabies set-up and under Link generally) 10. Cooper 11. Ione 12. Toomua 13. AAC 14. Speight 15. Folau [/QUOTE]
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