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2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
Damian Mckenzie called up into ABs squad
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<blockquote data-quote="Penne Rara" data-source="post: 862896" data-attributes="member: 74680"><p>Dagg did well to stand his ground under high balls. He was cold-blooded tonight and made very few mistakes considering the pressure he was under. Mckenzie is a fine tackler but it won't be enough against men who keep advancing while being held in a tackle. He's a small unit and will be run over all night long. Actually his selection would make a lot of sense against other southern hemisphere countries such as Australia or South Africa. These teams offer space on counter-attacks because their attack involves both forwards and backs, while NH countries play tighter and don't give away lots of space. It's part of their territory domination tactics. If they occupy space, the other team will be left with no answers. That's what they did tonight and under a heavy rain, Hansen's men were truly clueless. </p><p></p><p>I think you can't blame Barrett for not slotting in each and every one of his kicks tonight. He did well by his standards but the defeat has to be attributed to the whole team and the plan they had in mind was just silly considering how the Lions wanted to play tonight. I kept shouting "go for the fooken corner" but they would take the three pointers all game long. This was probably clever because they knew their back play would be easily negated by the Lions defense, but I believe the ABs forwards could have had a say come set piece time, near the opposition goal line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Penne Rara, post: 862896, member: 74680"] Dagg did well to stand his ground under high balls. He was cold-blooded tonight and made very few mistakes considering the pressure he was under. Mckenzie is a fine tackler but it won't be enough against men who keep advancing while being held in a tackle. He's a small unit and will be run over all night long. Actually his selection would make a lot of sense against other southern hemisphere countries such as Australia or South Africa. These teams offer space on counter-attacks because their attack involves both forwards and backs, while NH countries play tighter and don't give away lots of space. It's part of their territory domination tactics. If they occupy space, the other team will be left with no answers. That's what they did tonight and under a heavy rain, Hansen's men were truly clueless. I think you can't blame Barrett for not slotting in each and every one of his kicks tonight. He did well by his standards but the defeat has to be attributed to the whole team and the plan they had in mind was just silly considering how the Lions wanted to play tonight. I kept shouting "go for the fooken corner" but they would take the three pointers all game long. This was probably clever because they knew their back play would be easily negated by the Lions defense, but I believe the ABs forwards could have had a say come set piece time, near the opposition goal line. [/QUOTE]
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