[2016 Super Rugby] Jaguares vs. Stormers (Round 5) 26/03/2016

[Jaguares]

Aaaaaaahhhhhh Gonzalez Iglesias missed an important penalty kick

 

[Jaguares]

High tackle on Senatore by Schalk Burger

 

[Jaguares]

F******ck! Scrum for Stormers

 

[McTallshort]

How many times are the commentators going to call the jaguars the pumas?

 

[saulan]

I only caught the last twenty minutes of the match, but it seemed to me that our replacement props let us down, but Etzebeth had a fantastic game in the lineout. Both team's had solid defense on the day. Perhaps the Jaguares were thrown off by facing such a contrasting game today (last week weak defence and strong attack from the Chiefs and this weekend strong defence and weak attack from the Stormers).

In all honesty though, if your kickers were on target today you would have one. One missed conversion and three missed penalties is a worry.

 

[petite]

jags 16 knock ons.. is that a guiness record??

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

The team's jerseys are not out for sale yet and we're virtually out of the competition.
But hey, it's probably all part of a grand plan from our master tacticians. Kindly remember, Petti and Cordero are now well rested (after one game (we had a bye on Round 3)) and that will make all the difference in our next 3 games vs the Blues, Hurricanes and the crusaders, all away.
And picture our morale for those game.... through the roof.
We've got genii running this show.

So ****** off right now. Better call it a night.
Cheers guys

 

[saulan]

The team's jerseys are not out for sale yet and we're virtually out of the competition.

Not at all,you guys are fifth in the joint Africa/Argentina/Japan group and are only 6 points behind the Lions and 4 behind the Bulls. Yes, you still have to tour New Zealand, but you have taken the Cheetahs away from home and still have to play the Sunwolves, and a fair amount of South African matches at home. It is still wide open as to which three teams are going through from our side.

 

[Jaguares]

How many times are the commentators going to call the jaguars the pumas?

Do you speak Spanish? They said comparisons between both teams but never confused it

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

I'm venting. Don't take me too seriously after throwing a game the way we did.

Having said that my heart is with you, my head however, sees these facts:

-3 loses in a row
-2 of those at home
-Our only win was by a whisker against a (relatively) weak team
-Our next three teams are against stronger teams, in NZ

 

[Jaguares]

The team's jerseys are not out for sale yet and we're virtually out of the competition.

The jerseys are on sale at the stadium in game days

 

[marianodan]

Sometimes I really want our guys to try kick the fu.cking ball for a change. Starting from our own half and making 15 phases to knock the ball on just in the last 22 every single time is frustrating.

And all those line outs lost in the last 20 min ughhh

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

I know, thanks anyway.
FTR, i just made a (poor) attempt at being sarcastic.

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Sometimes I really want our guys to try kick the fu.cking ball for a change. Starting from our own half and making 15 phases to knock the ball on just in the last 22 every single time is frustrating.

And all those line outs lost in the last 20 min ughhh

+100000000000

Frustration = tons of possession + infinite amount of handling errors + losing line outs

 

[saulan]

Do you speak Spanish? They said comparisons between both teams but never confused it

There were South African English commentators. They kept saying the wrong thing.

 

[Jaguares]

There were South African English commentators. They kept saying the wrong thing.

Oh sorry, I thought that he watched the Latin American broadcast

 

[0tago]

What a hugely disappointing result.. Now the Jags have an NZ tour, at least they have the Blues first up which they have a chance of getting a positive result against.

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Also what was up with Sanchez's kicking.. he lost the Jags the match, you have to be better than that, no excuses.

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

I still cannot shake this off.
Yesterday almost everything that could go wrong, did so. Missed several key tackles in our own 25 (their try), missed kicks, did not take kicks we should have (first 30 min there were two kickable penalties), and despite having the ball, we consistently managed to drop it again and again and again. Our scrum was not there when we needed it the most. It was ok, but we needed the scrum we had vs, say, the Chiefs, and we did not rise to the occasion.

Another thing that worries me in the number of yellow cards: 5 in 4 games.
And it's not as if our back row is getting them. Our scrum half and our kicker are, the latter twice. That is simply not good enough. We got away with murder the first game, but we've paid for it every since.

There is a point at which you need to have a look at yourself in the mirror and ask whether or not you have the skills to deploy the strategy you had in mind. We are at that point. If we are going to have 16 handling errors per game, we cannot play such an open game. It's not rocket science. You either improve your skills (hard to achieve overnight) or tweak your strategy. Mix it up!! We have become a very predictable team, which is fine as long as your execution is good enough to outperform the competition. Results suggest it is not.

 

[0tago]

I still cannot shake this off.
Yesterday almost everything that could go wrong, did so. Missed several key tackles in our own 25 (their try), missed kicks, did not take kicks we should have (first 30 min there were two kickable penalties), and despite having the ball, we consistently managed to drop it again and again and again. Our scrum was not there when we needed it the most. It was ok, but we needed the scrum we had vs, say, the Chiefs, and we did not rise to the occasion.

Another thing that worries me in the number of yellow cards: 5 in 4 games.
And it's not as if our back row is getting them. Our scrum half and our kicker are, the latter twice. That is simply not good enough. We got away with murder the first game, but we've paid for it every since.

There is a point at which you need to have a look at yourself in the mirror and ask whether or not you have the skills to deploy the strategy you had in mind. We are at that point. If we are going to have 16 handling errors per game, we cannot play such an open game. It's not rocket science. You either improve your skills (hard to achieve overnight) or tweak your strategy. Mix it up!! We have become a very predictable team, which is fine as long as your execution is good enough to outperform the competition. Results suggest it is not.

Argentinian rugby can remind me a lot of French rugby, it's played with more emotion than conventionality, which can lead to very up and down performances and results, there's also a stubbornness to adapt or change the game plan, which leaves the teams vulnerable to losing when they shouldn't. Although some stunning results can be achieved it comes at the expense of consistency and clinical accuracy. But the Jags are nearly there, a bit more accuracy and composure and the table could've looked very different for them, they have lost the last 3 games by 4 points and 5 points vs well established top Super Rugby sides and are definitely a good team, a season more or two and they will be a complete different prospect.

 

[petite]

the point is why.!why are the jags suddenly doing 22 handling errors in one game? and the answer is pretty simple: they just can't execute their game under this kind of defensive preasure. I hope they finally get used to it.

 

[argie]

Strangely a poor performance of Nico Sanchez.
I think he had not fully recovered from the ankle injury and did not feel comfortable in the game.