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(2022 Rugby Championship - Round 2) - South Africa v New Zealand (13/8/2022)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 1098351" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Bad:</p><p>- we don't like to chase games and the moment we went ahead we just dropped off again ITO focus assuming we had a 14 man NZ on the ropes after reeling them back in without actually putting in the effort and allowing NZ to dictate the pace again. </p><p></p><p>- I see comments from SA posters where you'd think we went from juggernauts to pathetic. I hate that people miss nuance. No, we didn't dominate NZ last week and no, we didn't get thrashed this week despite what the scoreboard yes- its a lot more nuanced and the margins are so small. Its the same with the RWC win vs England where a pass going to hand there or Kolbe not managing to wrap up Lawes was it or Itoje would've put a completely different spin on that game. Fine margins. </p><p></p><p>- Which gets me to we need to be able to score our own points and not just rely on opposition errors whether forced or no because the margins are so small. I believe we can do it but there seems to be this mindset that we almost refuse to try. </p><p></p><p>Good:</p><p>- I think these last two games have been brilliantly reffed. Not perfect but if you offered me this as a default I'd accept. Gardner perhaps a tad pedantic though I like it like that whilst Pearce perhaps a little bit of hit and miss but you never got the impression the teams are playing with different refs blowing the game for each. </p><p></p><p>- having been forced to chase the game and route 1 and the box kicks not paying the same dividends we managed to construct a few tries. I hated Am at 14 though but would be very tempted to go with 12 Willemse, 13 Am, 15 Le Roux though I still want to see Gelant given opportunity.</p><p></p><p>- is it too big an assumption that this game will force us to reconsider the bench both ITO the 6-2 split and arbitrarily swapping front rowers and backrowers for no good reason? Sure, you want to manage your player minutes in a marathon tournament but maybe we just need to focus more fitness again? Vermeulen needs to look at his fitness or is it unfair to expect him to hit the ground running? I'd have assumed if he was cleared to play against NZ that he was up to it? Apparently the bar is set worryingly low for fitness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 1098351, member: 39190"] Bad: - we don't like to chase games and the moment we went ahead we just dropped off again ITO focus assuming we had a 14 man NZ on the ropes after reeling them back in without actually putting in the effort and allowing NZ to dictate the pace again. - I see comments from SA posters where you'd think we went from juggernauts to pathetic. I hate that people miss nuance. No, we didn't dominate NZ last week and no, we didn't get thrashed this week despite what the scoreboard yes- its a lot more nuanced and the margins are so small. Its the same with the RWC win vs England where a pass going to hand there or Kolbe not managing to wrap up Lawes was it or Itoje would've put a completely different spin on that game. Fine margins. - Which gets me to we need to be able to score our own points and not just rely on opposition errors whether forced or no because the margins are so small. I believe we can do it but there seems to be this mindset that we almost refuse to try. Good: - I think these last two games have been brilliantly reffed. Not perfect but if you offered me this as a default I'd accept. Gardner perhaps a tad pedantic though I like it like that whilst Pearce perhaps a little bit of hit and miss but you never got the impression the teams are playing with different refs blowing the game for each. - having been forced to chase the game and route 1 and the box kicks not paying the same dividends we managed to construct a few tries. I hated Am at 14 though but would be very tempted to go with 12 Willemse, 13 Am, 15 Le Roux though I still want to see Gelant given opportunity. - is it too big an assumption that this game will force us to reconsider the bench both ITO the 6-2 split and arbitrarily swapping front rowers and backrowers for no good reason? Sure, you want to manage your player minutes in a marathon tournament but maybe we just need to focus more fitness again? Vermeulen needs to look at his fitness or is it unfair to expect him to hit the ground running? I'd have assumed if he was cleared to play against NZ that he was up to it? Apparently the bar is set worryingly low for fitness. [/QUOTE]
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