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[2014 TRC] New Zealand v South Africa in Wellington (13/09/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 672601" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>good game, I felt generally the AB's looked pretty good on attack but were just met with what I thought was a pretty special defensive effort from the boks. And the boks also managed what seemed like a pretty special try. Very unusual to see a try like that against the All Blacks that early in a game as well. I've not really watched a replay to see the detail in how it played out but it looked good.</p><p></p><p>Generally it seemed the AB's attack was all about Brodie Retalick looking like he was going to take the line on but passing to create a 2nd phase before the line. And a lot of forwards going up as pairs and passing before hitting the defense. Simple but it works because its not something the AB's do every week. I think its a key to all the success recently that the AB's don't go into every game with the same plan. </p><p></p><p>Not overly impressed with Cruden though he did come up with that kick which was a risky choice I thought it would have been better to keep the ball in hand with 2 springboks down injured, the kick seemed a bit "all or nothing" just lucky it came off with some superb work from Read & McCaw.</p><p></p><p>Barrett looked a bit better when he came on I still think his ankle is affecting him a bit.</p><p></p><p>I know I harp on a lot about Ben Smith, But it keeps on astonishing me how he makes ground and beats tackles when he has absolutely no right to at all. Time and time again he gets the ball flat footed with a set defense in front of him and somehow manages to get 10-15m+ he has absolutely no right to get and he doesn't just do it every now and then he seems to do it almost every time he gets the ball. And you cannot overestimate how much impact that has on a close game like that. He kick started the AB attack from nothing what 5-6+ times in that game? Clocked up 130+m and 7+ broken tackles all in heavy traffic against a set defense, it continues to defy logic that a skinny white kid can do that...</p><p></p><p>Dagg is back to being just average. Like everyone I want to see him back playing like he was a few years ago but the fact is his norm now is very average we could go the whole season and not see him pull off the stuff he used to do on a weekly basis back in 2009-2012. i think Smith at 15 and Jane at 14 would be better and ideally I would like to see Smith at 15 and Piutau at 14. My ideal world cup selection would have Kahui involved but we still have no idea if he will be back next year other than Both Kahui and Dave Renee are keen on the idea but nothing is solid.</p><p></p><p>And its still big news that we are winning tests without Tony Woodcock. Its safe to say our scrum is not as good as it has been with Woody there. Personally I would like to see More of Ben Franks and Less of Crockett but I'd also like to see Ben Franks give away less silly yellow cards. Good to see Joe Moody is developing well but on the flip side its also been a shame to see Charlie Faumuina lose so much ground?! I mean he got to the point where he was basically starting do demand starts ahead of Owen Franks based on form but now he's hardly in the picture?</p><p></p><p>We are missing a lot of key figures in the AB's now. Carter, Woodcock, Whitelock, Nonu, Kaino, Messam, Romano plus others and some fringe players too. Actually a pretty bad injury situation when you think about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 672601, member: 43875"] good game, I felt generally the AB's looked pretty good on attack but were just met with what I thought was a pretty special defensive effort from the boks. And the boks also managed what seemed like a pretty special try. Very unusual to see a try like that against the All Blacks that early in a game as well. I've not really watched a replay to see the detail in how it played out but it looked good. Generally it seemed the AB's attack was all about Brodie Retalick looking like he was going to take the line on but passing to create a 2nd phase before the line. And a lot of forwards going up as pairs and passing before hitting the defense. Simple but it works because its not something the AB's do every week. I think its a key to all the success recently that the AB's don't go into every game with the same plan. Not overly impressed with Cruden though he did come up with that kick which was a risky choice I thought it would have been better to keep the ball in hand with 2 springboks down injured, the kick seemed a bit "all or nothing" just lucky it came off with some superb work from Read & McCaw. Barrett looked a bit better when he came on I still think his ankle is affecting him a bit. I know I harp on a lot about Ben Smith, But it keeps on astonishing me how he makes ground and beats tackles when he has absolutely no right to at all. Time and time again he gets the ball flat footed with a set defense in front of him and somehow manages to get 10-15m+ he has absolutely no right to get and he doesn't just do it every now and then he seems to do it almost every time he gets the ball. And you cannot overestimate how much impact that has on a close game like that. He kick started the AB attack from nothing what 5-6+ times in that game? Clocked up 130+m and 7+ broken tackles all in heavy traffic against a set defense, it continues to defy logic that a skinny white kid can do that... Dagg is back to being just average. Like everyone I want to see him back playing like he was a few years ago but the fact is his norm now is very average we could go the whole season and not see him pull off the stuff he used to do on a weekly basis back in 2009-2012. i think Smith at 15 and Jane at 14 would be better and ideally I would like to see Smith at 15 and Piutau at 14. My ideal world cup selection would have Kahui involved but we still have no idea if he will be back next year other than Both Kahui and Dave Renee are keen on the idea but nothing is solid. And its still big news that we are winning tests without Tony Woodcock. Its safe to say our scrum is not as good as it has been with Woody there. Personally I would like to see More of Ben Franks and Less of Crockett but I'd also like to see Ben Franks give away less silly yellow cards. Good to see Joe Moody is developing well but on the flip side its also been a shame to see Charlie Faumuina lose so much ground?! I mean he got to the point where he was basically starting do demand starts ahead of Owen Franks based on form but now he's hardly in the picture? We are missing a lot of key figures in the AB's now. Carter, Woodcock, Whitelock, Nonu, Kaino, Messam, Romano plus others and some fringe players too. Actually a pretty bad injury situation when you think about it. [/QUOTE]
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