Aaron Smith was dreadful too... to be fair to them both though for about 60 minutes of that match we got a dreadful platform from our forwards, so obviously the playmakers were going to be under massive pressure in that period.
Wish Aaron Smith would stop overdoing those bloody box kicks in the field of play, he gave a lot of possession away with those type of kicks - find a box kick is pretty handy though from a halfback inside our 22, as it allows us to exit our danger zone by kicking the ball out near the halfway mark, which allows us to have a lineout & set our defence... not only is a box kick a good exit kick within your 22, it's also a pretty good tactic in a wet weather conditions with the slippery ball, in dry conditions though that tactic is really nullified, that's when we should be using it a lot less.
When Mo'unga plays for the Crusaders his tactical kicking is very good against the rushing defence, he executes wipers kicks into space etc... but him & our other 10's under Foster are all putting up & unders to counter rushing defence, that's predictable & dumb rugby, not really applying much pressure & giving a fair bit of our possession away, if you're going to kick do it to apply real pressure, like pinning the opposition in their half.
