@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Japan:
Tuipolotu, Sititi and Proctor the stand outs for me in that first half.
SF had a good last 10 mins.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Japan:
Entertaining half of rugby.
ABs always on a hiding to nothing in a game like this
100%. The board meltdown is quite something.
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Japan:
@LatsToTheMax said in All Blacks v Japan:
OMG calm the fuck down. We haven't played in an age. We're playing a team who are all about the razzle. We've scored 43 in the first half not playing well still trying to find out feet. They're working things out. Relax.
Glad you think this is setting us up well for the next three games. I don't, this is dire rugby, and shit defending. We'll lose the next 3 unless things change and fast
You are jumping at shadows if you think we will play like this against England. And that’s without mentioning the weather conditions and pitch condition that will be nothing like this match.
It’s funny, these are the games that I don’t like DMac in because he gets a bit like an over excited school kid with $10 at the dairy. Thinks he can buy all the lollies in the shop but yet still needs to make good decisions because it’s still just $10….
He needs to show some leadership out there and control the game. A good opportunity to do so in the second half with the result pretty much concluded.
@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:
"Everyone is flinging it around with gay abandon."
Something like this?
@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Japan:
Fuck wake up boys. We’ll get done by the better teams if we turn up like this.
We won't turn up like this. Whether we like it or not these games are about entertainment and are basically 'friendlies' (I hate that word!)
Get Rieko back out on the wing and leave Billy Proctor at 13.
Sick of seeing Reece and Telea in space not skinning anyone on the outside.
@Frank said in All Blacks v Japan:
@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:
"Everyone is flinging it around with gay abandon."
Something like this?
Pffft. Obviously fake. Their boots have 3 stripes.
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Japan:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Japan:
Tbh with how crap we started it is impressive how many points we can score in a short amount of time. 43 in 30 mins, especially playing without wingers.
Our offense is a step above from previous years.
Pffft, they got smoked at home by Fiji and Italy.
Japan can't tackle.
Ok. And Englands TOP team (who are probably the 5th best team in the world currently) only put 50 on them, while we could hit 70-80 with a B team.
We're beating the clock currently and people are pissed it's quite astounding 
Be tempted to leave Roigard on for as long as possible. Looks a bit slow and rusty - needs as much game time as possible
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Japan:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Japan:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Japan:
Tbh with how crap we started it is impressive how many points we can score in a short amount of time. 43 in 30 mins, especially playing without wingers.
Our offense is a step above from previous years.
Pffft, they got smoked at home by Fiji and Italy.
Japan can't tackle.
Ok. And Englands TOP team (who are probably the 5th best team in the world currently) only put 50 on them, while we could hit 70-80 with a B team.
We're beating the clock currently and people are pissed it's quite astounding
Wouldn't say I'm personally pissed myself, but I'm not fooled by what I'm seeing either against crap opposition.
A fixture we're learning nothing from.
@African-Monkey thats the thing, cant be fooled by a big score, similarly by messy play given the way these games are played...we are shite and score too few or it was too easy and we score too many
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Japan:
Sorry I've got a stutter
Curious... what ARE your thoughts on the wing/centre situation?
@Kruse said in All Blacks v Japan:
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Japan:
Sorry I've got a stutter
Curious... what ARE your thoughts on the wing/centre situation?
I think get Rieko back out on the wing and leave Billy Proctor at 13.
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Japan:
@African-Monkey thats the thing, cant be fooled by a big score, similarly by messy play given the way these games are played...we always score too fee or it was too easy and we score too many
It's the quick taps that are probably annoying me the most. I'd ather we at lest try to play more structured and to the set piece more in the 2nd half.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Japan:
Finau bullying 10s again.
That’s how he rolls. Other players are too big to push around
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Japan:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Japan:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Japan:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Japan:
Tbh with how crap we started it is impressive how many points we can score in a short amount of time. 43 in 30 mins, especially playing without wingers.
Our offense is a step above from previous years.
Pffft, they got smoked at home by Fiji and Italy.
Japan can't tackle.
Ok. And Englands TOP team (who are probably the 5th best team in the world currently) only put 50 on them, while we could hit 70-80 with a B team.
We're beating the clock currently and people are pissed it's quite astounding
Wouldn't say I'm personally pissed myself, but I'm not fooled by what I'm seeing either against crap opposition.
A fixture we're learning nothing from.
I agree we don't learn much from this. More so directed at some others claiming we are going to get smashed the rest of the tour following the performance this half.
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Japan:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Japan:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Japan:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Japan:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Japan:
Tbh with how crap we started it is impressive how many points we can score in a short amount of time. 43 in 30 mins, especially playing without wingers.
Our offense is a step above from previous years.
Pffft, they got smoked at home by Fiji and Italy.
Japan can't tackle.
Ok. And Englands TOP team (who are probably the 5th best team in the world currently) only put 50 on them, while we could hit 70-80 with a B team.
We're beating the clock currently and people are pissed it's quite astounding
Wouldn't say I'm personally pissed myself, but I'm not fooled by what I'm seeing either against crap opposition.
A fixture we're learning nothing from.
I agree we don't learn much from this. More so directed at some others claiming we are going to get smashed the rest of the tour following the performance this half.
Fair enough.
@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:
THE GOAT in for his customary try.
Didn’t realise Blackadder was playing?
@KiwiMurph esp as he had his jersey grabbed before he got the ball
@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Japan:
@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:
THE GOAT in for his customary try.
Didn’t realise Blackadder was playing?
He's wearing the invisibility cloak
@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Japan:
@Jet said in All Blacks v Japan:
THE GOAT in for his customary try.
Didn’t realise Blackadder was playing?
His injury rehab is GOAT like though.
Roigard scores at 43 mins. Only 6 more tries in the next 37 minutes from the bloke and he'll be back to his best
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Japan:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v Japan:
@kpkanz said in All Blacks v Japan:
Tbh with how crap we started it is impressive how many points we can score in a short amount of time. 43 in 30 mins, especially playing without wingers.
Our offense is a step above from previous years.
Pffft, they got smoked at home by Fiji and Italy.
Japan can't tackle.
Ok. And Englands TOP team (who are probably the 5th best team in the world currently) only put 50 on them, while we could hit 70-80 with a B team.
We're beating the clock currently and people are pissed it's quite astounding
Because no other team is as good as we are at destroying this sort of terrible defence. But at no point have we demonstrated the patience and control we're going to need against competent teams. Defensively our structure looks terrible.