@stodders said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Billy-Webb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Just managed to login.
Well done AB's - well deserved victory.
The Boks.... eish.
We have some work to do. Way too many facets of the game where we are not at our best. Most of them in fact.
Hoping for a better performance in game 2.

Whisper it quietly Billy, but might the issue be that the Japanese Boks are a bit underdone? The Japanese sojourn is great for extending their careers, but at what cost?

That's possible Stodders although it more feels to me like we are a team in between 2 game plans and in between 2 groups of players.
For what it's worth, I feel the AB's are ahead of us in getting settled for the next RWC. The Boks have a lot of work still do.

Watching Stan analyse Tupaea try.

Two things:

1. Excellent clearance from Christie; and

2. Tupaea had a LOT of work to do. Great line, but went through three or four half tackles.

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

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They wear fancy dress too

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

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That’s a TD celebration which is a bit of fun. Ardie came out of that ruck like he was the Rock just defeating Triple H at Royal Rumble.

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

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That’s a TD celebration which is a bit of fun. Ardie came out of that ruck like he was the Rock just defeating Triple H at Royal Rumble.

Yeah turnovers would be a non event I reckon.

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Watching Stan analyse Tuapea try.

Two things:

1. Excellent clearance from Christie; and

2. Tuapea had a LOT of work to do. Great line, but went through three or four half tackles.

This is what's often overlooked.

The All Blacks only won that game on the back of two great individual tries to Jordan and Tupaea. Obviously teamwork put them in the position to make those plays but ultimately so much of a game of rugby comes down to individuals having a big moment. Similarly, Savea getting his turnvover and Ioane holding up the ball prevented the Boks from getting scores (and on the flip side, Marx missing a fairly regulation tackle on Jordan).

Had Tupaea and Jordan not had their individual moments of brilliance, the post-match vibe would be completely different. Percentage plays ensure you have a greater number of opportunities for freak occurrences, of course.

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

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That’s a TD celebration which is a bit of fun. Ardie came out of that ruck like he was the Rock just defeating Triple H at Royal Rumble.

In the NFL they celebrate big for all sorts of plays, tackles for loss, sacks etc.

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

it's hilarious that a bloke laughing and clapping is getting all the attention when the cringiest thing i have seen on a field in forever was Savea flexing after that breakdown penalty. NFL players don't carry on that much FFS.

Yeah they do. All the time. And worse. Much worse

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That’s a TD celebration which is a bit of fun. Ardie came out of that ruck like he was the Rock just defeating Triple H at Royal Rumble.

Lots of times they celebrate a defensive play

Like this post sack display

@voodoo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@DurryMexted said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@Bones said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

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I absolutely love how Vaai does this. Its the sort of fizz the all blacks need. Gets in the saffas heads. Brings some shit housery.

I must confess to loving this at the time - but then a mate pointed out it's exactly the thing that we whine about Itoje doing....so I have changed my mind and now hate it...

I did think he’s acting like itoje , and he irritates me ,but I also respect him as a player

I think you can probably get away with it more when you personally are playing well, at least tupou is ticking that box .

I’m probably a bit old school, but it doesn’t excite me , him playing well does excite me though, and I used to wonder what they see in him when he was first brought into the squad.

Check out Tupaea stepping PSDT to go in by the sticks:

Did Kirifi try to punch a bok in the last 5 or so minutes and was restrained by another AB? I didn't get to see it again, happened quite fast.

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Did Kirifi try to punch a bok in the last 5 or so minutes and was restrained by another AB? I didn't get to see it again, happened quite fast.

Didn’t see it either but saw South Africans online complaining about it , they described it as a slap

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

South Africans online complaining

Never!?

@booboo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

South Africans online complaining

Never!?

The best one I’ve seen , when refs ref in nz they should have their bank accounts checked

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Did Kirifi try to punch a bok in the last 5 or so minutes and was restrained by another AB? I didn't get to see it again, happened quite fast.

Didn’t see it either but saw South Africans online complaining about it , they described it as a slap

Oh I am pretty certain I saw him try but from the angle don't know if it connected and don't know but would like to know which AB held him back.
He stepped into the fray to join in and it was close to our line so looked mighty rash.
Just interested in the quick-thinking AB who stopped him.

There was a video from a concerned Bok fan showing ABs in lineout shuffling forward but never showing the microseconds before it was to keep up with Marx who kept shuffling sideways closer to his catchers.

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Cunning AB lineout tactics:

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Was he wrong in his observation?

I've got to 1:06 in the SA whingefest and yes, yes he is.

Marx moves before De Groot steps onto the mark of touch:

Saw this on my FB feed in response to a video complaining about disgusting officiating. Made me laugh

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@booboo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

South Africans online complaining

Never!?

The best one I’ve seen , when refs ref in nz they should have their bank accounts checked

Tremendous irony coming from the gold watch country.

@antipodean said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

@pakman said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

Cunning AB lineout tactics:

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Was he wrong in his observation?

I've got to 1:06 in the SA whingefest and yes, yes he is.

Marx moves before De Groot steps onto the mark of touch:
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I made if further than you, and that was one of the m ost embarrassing things I have watched.

Firsdtly, as you point out, their hooker moves to create a new midline on EVERY SINGLE CLIP in the video. Dude's little straight lines never move and often don't even connect to the thrower as they wouldn't prove his point.

Second, imagine being an SA forward while this was happening and not being able to point it out to the AR or Ref - those newbies Kolisi, PSD and Etzebeth just let it happen? Weird!

The obstruction calls are even more laughable, like we are suppposed to just wave them through with a pat on the back.

I gave up at 4mins when the video turned to scrums, because:
a. I was bored; and
b. I am convinced that "dark arts" in the scrums are just made up by ex-fatties to try to confuse everyonme else into thinking that they are cleverer than they really are when all they really do is push and shove a bit before the ref takes a guess...sorry @pakman

@voodoo said in All Blacks v Springboks I:

when all they really do is push and shove a bit before the ref takes a guess...

Nice. Even if the first bit isn't true (which it probably is in most cases ) the latter certainly is!

@voodoo I understand the biomechanics a bit. As for the dark arts, that's outside my knowledge. But I don't doubt there are many tricks and treats.