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Rugby Championship: New Zealand - Australia (25/08/2012)
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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Fantastic" data-source="post: 522696" data-attributes="member: 62733"><p>Fair point about the ELV's but TBH the style of rugby has evolved and their have been more than tweaks that have been bought into the game ad no doubt more are about to come in. Those that adapt the best and address their strategy to best meet the changes will be those teams that surely maintain dominance.</p><p></p><p>Yes NZ certainly had a more balanced team last year with Kaino and Thorn providing massive power and mongrel that is not quite there at the moment. Nonetheless SBW wasn't no where near the form he was this year. I see McCaw playing as good as he has been and recent stats show that he has been doing more than Pocock and Coetzee whom are rated as his greatest threat to his mantle as the worlds best? Carter well TBH there is only one other Fly half that comes close to his mantle as worlds best and thats Cruden. Even though he maybe a click down he is still click ahead of anything else on tthe planet and that includes Cruden. But I know that Carter and McCaw will in all likelihoods not be part of the 2015 RWC squad.</p><p></p><p>All international teams after a RWC are in a transitional stage not just the ALL Blacks. in consideration to this point I am certain that of all nations NZ transition has been and is the best planned as we have seen so far with the results. As with the AB's they get better as the season progresses so the strategies from Hansen and Co appears to at least have direction unlike the Wobblies, Boks, Irish Eng that we have viewed so far </p><p></p><p>Great team in the makings with the right bones - Kaino will be back, SBW will be back, Romano has the makings of being a mongrel with better ball skills than Thorn but I think the Argies will feel real heat in Wellington and the Boks will fail also on a covered dry Dunedin ground the following week</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Fantastic, post: 522696, member: 62733"] Fair point about the ELV's but TBH the style of rugby has evolved and their have been more than tweaks that have been bought into the game ad no doubt more are about to come in. Those that adapt the best and address their strategy to best meet the changes will be those teams that surely maintain dominance. Yes NZ certainly had a more balanced team last year with Kaino and Thorn providing massive power and mongrel that is not quite there at the moment. Nonetheless SBW wasn't no where near the form he was this year. I see McCaw playing as good as he has been and recent stats show that he has been doing more than Pocock and Coetzee whom are rated as his greatest threat to his mantle as the worlds best? Carter well TBH there is only one other Fly half that comes close to his mantle as worlds best and thats Cruden. Even though he maybe a click down he is still click ahead of anything else on tthe planet and that includes Cruden. But I know that Carter and McCaw will in all likelihoods not be part of the 2015 RWC squad. All international teams after a RWC are in a transitional stage not just the ALL Blacks. in consideration to this point I am certain that of all nations NZ transition has been and is the best planned as we have seen so far with the results. As with the AB's they get better as the season progresses so the strategies from Hansen and Co appears to at least have direction unlike the Wobblies, Boks, Irish Eng that we have viewed so far Great team in the makings with the right bones - Kaino will be back, SBW will be back, Romano has the makings of being a mongrel with better ball skills than Thorn but I think the Argies will feel real heat in Wellington and the Boks will fail also on a covered dry Dunedin ground the following week [/QUOTE]
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