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[2014 TRC] New Zealand v South Africa in Wellington (13/09/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="SomeOke" data-source="post: 671928" data-attributes="member: 59145"><p>Initially I was heartbroken, but on some reflection I'm actually pretty happy with the result.</p><p>It's certainly a fair one, the All Blacks are a massive team and fully deserved the win, I can't say anything about Ben Smith that hasn't already been said again and again but goddamn. If only he could you had 4 of him so he could play 11-15, Savea is also monstrous, for a winger to make so much ground whenever he gets the ball, space or no space is pretty incredible.</p><p></p><p>In the end our set piece let us down at some crucial times. Bismark came on at the wrong time we lost three line-outs in very promising positions and you just can't leave it to the last 6 minutes to score against the All Blacks. Also our territorial strategy needs a rethink at least against the All Blacks, it's extremely rare that we win the territorial battle, against lesser teams you can rely on errors but it just doesn't happen and the resulting counter attacks are usually very deadly. That said this is definitely the best we've played in TRC so far.</p><p>Pollard is the real deal, massively cool under pressure and a very polished performance.</p><p>Willie was poor which is unfortunate because he's really the only player in our back line with the creativity to make something from nothing.</p><p></p><p>Could be worse, happy with the improvement, well played All Blacks.</p><p>Also I thought the ref was great.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SomeOke, post: 671928, member: 59145"] Initially I was heartbroken, but on some reflection I'm actually pretty happy with the result. It's certainly a fair one, the All Blacks are a massive team and fully deserved the win, I can't say anything about Ben Smith that hasn't already been said again and again but goddamn. If only he could you had 4 of him so he could play 11-15, Savea is also monstrous, for a winger to make so much ground whenever he gets the ball, space or no space is pretty incredible. In the end our set piece let us down at some crucial times. Bismark came on at the wrong time we lost three line-outs in very promising positions and you just can't leave it to the last 6 minutes to score against the All Blacks. Also our territorial strategy needs a rethink at least against the All Blacks, it's extremely rare that we win the territorial battle, against lesser teams you can rely on errors but it just doesn't happen and the resulting counter attacks are usually very deadly. That said this is definitely the best we've played in TRC so far. Pollard is the real deal, massively cool under pressure and a very polished performance. Willie was poor which is unfortunate because he's really the only player in our back line with the creativity to make something from nothing. Could be worse, happy with the improvement, well played All Blacks. Also I thought the ref was great. [/QUOTE]
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