Rugby Championship Match Thread - Sat 2nd - SA v NZ / Arg v Aus

[Torquemada 1420]

How is that any movement? There is no tackle.

[Chilli]

Powder Puff Ozzie team.

[Blake]

Ah, I wasnt aware. 20min red is great.

Aussies bottled it anyway. No points, blew their ome chance with a kick, and now concede a try.

[Gumboot]

Very happy with our defence so far, especially that Aussie donut.

[OomStruisbaai]

All Blacks will beat the Wallabies with 13 men.

[Muttonbird]

Big thanks to WA and Mark McGowan for being able to put this on in the middle of a pandemic.

But seriously, 05 September 2021 is the day rugby died.

[Sards]

Not enough pace by the Aussies

[Sards]

Better

[Torquemada 1420]

Not enough pace by the Aussies

You don't need pace as much as you need precision and good decision making and they have neither.

[Sards]

Mckenzie looks to hide from tackles

[Sards]

Not enough pace by the Aussies

You don't need pace as much as you need precision and good decision making and they have neither.

Being able to strip your opposition would have got more tries for the Aussies

[Torquemada 1420]

Not enough pace by the Aussies

You don't need pace as much as you need precision and good decision making and they have neither.

Being able to strip your opposition would have got more tries for the Aussies

Agree but look at their play for 20 mins with the extra man. Get the other 2 bits right and you should always be adding points.

[Sards]

Oh my word......Kiwis need the Bok opposition as much as we need their opposition

[Torquemada 1420]

And THAT is what lack of precision does for you.......

[Muttonbird]

Oh my word......Kiwis need the Bok opposition as much as we need their opposition

+1. This is embarrassing.

[Torquemada 1420]

FFS.

[Ymx]

Strange call not releasing there. Player never put ball down before getting back up.

[Ymx]

Boom. This is getting ugly

[Muttonbird]

All Blacks B with a bizarre red card crushing the Wallabies. Why are they so bad?

[Torquemada 1420]

Lack of precision v the masters of precision = annihilation

[Ymx]

Another red card ruined game.

[Ymx]

Lack of precision v the masters of precision = annihilation

Goal kicking aside

[Torquemada 1420]

Lack of precision v the masters of precision = annihilation

Goal kicking aside

True!

[Muttonbird]

Ridiculous. In any universe the Aussies should have won this. They were amateur.

Bledisloe Cup. NZ 3 - 0 AUS

[Gumboot]

That'll do.

[Gumboot]

Still too many missed goalkicks for my liking, and the early injuries and Jordie's red card didn't help.

One fucking huge positive, though... Is this the dawning of the age of Akiraness?

[Ymx]

Well …..

Now we are heading in to the heart of the competition. I’m looking forward to the next 4 weeks of double head to heads.

[Flockwitt]

Scrum needs work. Goal kicking needs work. Far from a perfect performance, but it will do. Plenty of positives. Well played Akira.

[Ymx]

Any babies popped out yet, possible returners to the squad looming?

[Flockwitt]

From what I saw we can forget about pretty much anybody getting over, maybe Whitelock.

[Ymx]

Our B team did really well, except the goal kicking.

And this has proven a critical mass of Barrett’s starting = red cards.

[OomStruisbaai]

I,ll rather take touch bore good defending forwards tests then this touch rugby from both teams.

The Wallabies defense don't excist.

[Gumboot]

Thought our all round kicking game was quite accurate - turned them around with good chips and grubbers to blunt their line speed, and kept them stuck deep inside their half for long periods. Making more of our long range counter attacking opportunities helped as well. How many points have we scored off intercepts?

[Ymx]

I,ll rather take touch bore good defending forwards tests then this touch rugby from both teams.

The Wallabies defense don't excist.

Nor does spelling in your part of the woods, you big hairy table dancing nut.

I enjoyed the spectacle myself. Defence goes like that when you are chasing a game.

[Ymx]

Thought our all round kicking game was quite accurate - turned them around with good chips and grubbers to blunt their line speed, and kept them stuck deep inside their half for long periods. Making more of our long range counter attacking opportunities helped as well. How many points have we scored off intercepts?

Yeah good point re the intercepts. It has been largely lacking from our repertoire, and it’s been huge for us lately.

[FalseBayFC]

Boks will have to up their ball possession stats against AB's. We've been comfortable to play without the ball against less threatening oppo. AB's have too many weapons for that. Their counter attack is superb. Savea, both Ioanes and Jordan will carve us up if our kicking is shit.

[FalseBayFC]

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I,ll rather take touch bore good defending forwards tests then this touch rugby from both teams.

The Wallabies defense don't excist.

Nor does spelling in your part of the woods, you big hairy table dancing nut.

I enjoyed the spectacle myself. Defence goes like that when you are chasing a game.

[Gumboot]

Jordan played his best test so far. He was very productive.

[Ymx]

Ha ha. I first read that as Jordie. Was thinking he did productively keep the naughty seat warm.

[Gumboot]

Thought the props played well. Bower's really growing into his role. The attrition rate at hooker's a concern, though.