@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
If Narawa is out, who is next caboff the rank? Please dont say Reece..
I'd rather Leicester F or Clarke if fit..Just put Jordan at 14 and one of Love or DMac at 15.
Interesting that WJ didn't feature as much from 14. Probably more to do with the fact we refused to hold onto the ball than anything else
@kev said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@sparky Billy Proctor hasn’t found his feet. Still looking to play super rugby at test level. Doesn’t drop the ball as much as Reiko which is a plus but needs to improve his decisions.
Reiko hasn't dropped the ball once.
Don't be surprised if you can't buy any salt tomorrow at any shop anywhere.
All the salt in the world is currently being used up on X by Springboks fans crying about the ref. 
Calmed down a bit
Anyone criticising Christie, Pi** off. He played his guts out.
DMac needs to start.
Jordan is fine on the wing. We need DMac/ Love at fullback.
Proctor let the shackles off and played well. The own half cross kick was a brain fade though.
Scott Barrett and Vaai were immense.
Sititi is a class act and thinks calmly under pressure.
We have depth in the forwards to bring on Holland with 20 minutes to play.
South Africa have plenty of upside , scarily good at times.
Roigard would add another dimension.
Haven't been that nervous since ABs v Ireland 2023
Forwards are sorted apart from we need to work on our scrum. The backs as a whole are a liability !!! I cannot see us winning the next WC unless there are serious changes. Some of the personal and tactics are are just wrong. No expert but we used to have the best backs just about always. What the fuck happened. Too many stupid and inaccurate kicks.
There are players in the NPC that are in better form than our current All Black backs. pick on form not just because they played 50 odd test. Look at Holland and Parker. If you are good enough then you should be in. We need to get more new blood in the backs or a decent backs coach. Two years out and no more time to fuck about or have loyalty to player that are obviously past it.
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
he played his guts out
I don't think anyone is criticising his endeavour.
@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The Proctor cross kick, was Jordan calling for it?
Dunno, but the risk on it was off the scale.
@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
Well, I'm not getting into a conversation defending Christie as anything more than 4th string, but his kicking was good, he dealt with the Boks around the ruck well and some of his passing in open play was spot on.
Certainly no worse than the AB scrum.
Razor left him on about 15 minutes too long IMHO. We saw more bad Christie than good as the game went on
Fair point
@mariner4life the good news is you were good enough… this week.
Enjoy it.
Hope to be delivering some bad news next week. Won’t need @Victor-Meldrew worst fears coming true, just a bit more accuracy from the team playing for light, truth and justice.
@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The Proctor cross kick, was Jordan calling for it?
Dunno, but the risk on it was off the scale.
Best listen to your senior players though eh.
@sparky said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
My Dad was at Eden Park in 1956 when the All Blacks secured that famous series. I have listened to and watched hundreds of All Blacks games with him.
He died on Tuesday.
That one was for you, Dad.
Condolences Sparky. May he rest in peace.
@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
Saffa defence is fucking terrible
ABs had analysed the Boks defence and mined the seam.
@Jet said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
A lot of cracks papered over here guys.
This was not a competent performance.
Really?
We just beat, and deservedly so, the two time world champion, first, second and third best team in the world. Competent enough.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
Loving the balance of the loosies for once
Parker at 6 looks to the manor born.
Wally getting back to 100.
RD at 7 hitting rucks rather than the usual seagulling.
@Frank said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Jet said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@kidcalder said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
Christie is there because of injuries, hopefully 1 or 2 will be back soon enough -otherwise be nice to see what Preston can do starting.
We really need to move on from BB at 10 Give Dmac the reins and Love to the benchWe definitely need to start giving Love more game time. We could easily have an injury crisis at 10 like we have at 9. He needs experience and they need to start giving him some.
This is what Rassie is doing, for better or worse.
He has 3 or 4 players in every position with 30 caps each come World Cup time.
The dirty little secret of the Boks, and it will become apparent soon enough, is that the players coming through are nowhere near as good as the older guys
Sounds like us after 2015
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
Our scrum sucks.
They picked Vaai at lock for his scrummaging
Barrett is world class LH lock, so they play him on TH side. Vaa'i a tried and tested TH lock, so they play him on LH.
That'll learn them.
