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Rugby Championship: New Zealand - South Africa (15/09/2012)
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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 525666" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>errr Ian foster is the backs coach, he was a great waikato first five, There is a lot of improvement to come in this All Black side. Three young locks two of which are in their first season as test players, A new loose forward combination that is starting to find it's way and importantly the coach Foster is new to test rugby and he has a lot of learning and changes that will be made as he gains experience, He'll be learning every game about what he his doing with the team and what is and is not working. You got Aaron Smith and Julean Savea in their first test seasons who both have a lot to learn. Savea in particular has the potential to be a very, very good player smith already is but he will mostly learn about decision making at test level and what to do when. Conrad Smith just back from an injury break and Carter on the sidelines not far away, Cruden new to regular top level (tri nations type) rugby kinda looks like he's just trying to do all the basics right.</p><p></p><p>Wishful thinking I think. I think the reality is the All Blacks have won these first 4 games in the tri nations without really getting out of 3rd-4th gear. They have made definite changes to their style and game plan from previous years, it will take time for them to get used to that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 525666, member: 43875"] errr Ian foster is the backs coach, he was a great waikato first five, There is a lot of improvement to come in this All Black side. Three young locks two of which are in their first season as test players, A new loose forward combination that is starting to find it's way and importantly the coach Foster is new to test rugby and he has a lot of learning and changes that will be made as he gains experience, He'll be learning every game about what he his doing with the team and what is and is not working. You got Aaron Smith and Julean Savea in their first test seasons who both have a lot to learn. Savea in particular has the potential to be a very, very good player smith already is but he will mostly learn about decision making at test level and what to do when. Conrad Smith just back from an injury break and Carter on the sidelines not far away, Cruden new to regular top level (tri nations type) rugby kinda looks like he's just trying to do all the basics right. Wishful thinking I think. I think the reality is the All Blacks have won these first 4 games in the tri nations without really getting out of 3rd-4th gear. They have made definite changes to their style and game plan from previous years, it will take time for them to get used to that. [/QUOTE]
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