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[2014 TRC] South Africa v New Zealand in Johannesburg (04/10/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 676914" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>One of the AB's biggest issues in the first half were the poor quality lineout ball we were receiving. A combination of Mealamu's poor throws and good pressure from South Africa meant nearly all the lineout ball we won in the first half was incredibly scrappy (e.g. just slapped back forcing Smith/one of the forwards to dive on it). This meant our backline was on the retreat (and the South African backline could come up flat rather than have to be 10m back), yet we still tried to go wide as rapidly as we could. We ended up with South African players in our backline (legally for a change <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ), yet still tried to force passes that weren't on. </p><p></p><p> In addition when we did manage to get to a breakdown we got slow ball because (a) South African players were quick to the breakdown, and (b) we didn't seem to think we needed to commit any numbers to the breakdown. Again this meant South Africa were able to set their backline defense and push up hard. At times like that I believe we should have attacked close to the breakdown and built up some phases (and forward momentum) before going wide, but we simply flung the ball wide and hoped for the best (which didn't really work!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 676914, member: 24910"] One of the AB's biggest issues in the first half were the poor quality lineout ball we were receiving. A combination of Mealamu's poor throws and good pressure from South Africa meant nearly all the lineout ball we won in the first half was incredibly scrappy (e.g. just slapped back forcing Smith/one of the forwards to dive on it). This meant our backline was on the retreat (and the South African backline could come up flat rather than have to be 10m back), yet we still tried to go wide as rapidly as we could. We ended up with South African players in our backline (legally for a change ;) ), yet still tried to force passes that weren't on. In addition when we did manage to get to a breakdown we got slow ball because (a) South African players were quick to the breakdown, and (b) we didn't seem to think we needed to commit any numbers to the breakdown. Again this meant South Africa were able to set their backline defense and push up hard. At times like that I believe we should have attacked close to the breakdown and built up some phases (and forward momentum) before going wide, but we simply flung the ball wide and hoped for the best (which didn't really work!). [/QUOTE]
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