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@ACT-Crusader said in England Vs All Blacks:
@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:
I watched the full 2019 semi final between these two teams for the first time. That was an incredible performance by England. Hoping for something similar this weekend. Cant wait
Love it.
I haven’t cheered for the Boks ever. Even during the time when my dislike for Aussie and the smug Aussie fans was at its peak (99-04), I would want them to win 3-0 against the Boks. I’ll even call on that 1/64th Irish heritage in 2 weeks…..
England were superb that night and they did have a core group of quality players that were capable of pulling one out of the bag.
And Eddie Jones outsmarted us that night
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
@ACT-Crusader He said he'd seen clips not the whole match. But it was obvious from his comments that he's very aware of England's recent pattern and style.
fair play, that's more than i am.
@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:
In the 19 WC win… it’s hard when the boks have won so many, I know
Well I ran into that one headlong...
@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:
What was so impressive was the way they just refused to lose.
Helped by the ABs being determined to lose from team selection to the final whistle.
@Victor-Meldrew said in England Vs All Blacks:
@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:
What was so impressive was the way they just refused to lose.
Helped by the ABs being determined to lose from team selection to the final whistle.
It was a pretty meek surrender wasnt it?
@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:
And Eddie Jones outsmarted us that night
I disagree. We were so fucking clueless the bloke running the West Looe Junior XV would have outsmarted us that night.
@DaGrubster said in England Vs All Blacks:
CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.
Finau and Jacobsen are heading home
Injured? Boo
@booboo said in England Vs All Blacks:
@DaGrubster said in England Vs All Blacks:
CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.
Finau and Jacobsen are heading home
Injured? Boo
Illness in the family for Finau - not injury
@KiwiMurph said in England Vs All Blacks:
@booboo said in England Vs All Blacks:
@DaGrubster said in England Vs All Blacks:
CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.
Finau and Jacobsen are heading home
Injured? Boo
Illness in the family for Finau - not injury
Still. Boo. I'm a fanboi. Would like to see him get a few tests in a row.
But given unavailability I'm on the Parker bandwagon (still think Finau has more potential).
@DaGrubster said in England Vs All Blacks:
CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.
Finau and Jacobsen are heading home
Awesome that Tangitau has been brought into the environment 
he has "it"
@Grooter said in England Vs All Blacks:
@DaGrubster said in England Vs All Blacks:
CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.
Finau and Jacobsen are heading home
Awesome that Tangitau has been brought into the environment
The Welsh shapes as the ideal test to debut him in
No need to risk Clarke getting another head knock.
@KiwiMurph said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Grooter said in England Vs All Blacks:
@DaGrubster said in England Vs All Blacks:
CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.
Finau and Jacobsen are heading home
Awesome that Tangitau has been brought into the environment
The Welsh shapes as the ideal test to debut him in
No need to risk Clarke getting another head knock.
He has looked very good this tour.
He will be there next year for sure
@nonpartizan said in England Vs All Blacks:
@reprobate said in England Vs All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in England Vs All Blacks:
@ACT-Crusader plus the software they have access to enables them to watch every lineout if they choose, look for patterns, then watch every ruck, how they respond in what part of the field.
Watching games in thier entirety would be rare these days I expect.
I'd really hope that isn't the case. The game has ebb and flow and every contest and every individual action by an opponent takes part within a context that matters.
Yeah, to be honest, I find when I watch highlights (even those 20 minutes long ones) I don't get much out of it. In fact I'd go as far as saying I have to see the match 2-3 times before I feel like I really have a very solid understanding of how the game played out.
Id actually love to know how much rugby professional.coaches watch in general. I would think aside from their upcoming opponents it would behoove them to watch at least 3-4 other matches a week just to see how teams are playing and get an idea of maybe upcoming opponents a month ahead of time. By that I'm talking about head coach not just some underling who is tasked with editing clips and being the tech whiz.
@nonpartizan said in England Vs All Blacks:
@reprobate said in England Vs All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in England Vs All Blacks:
@ACT-Crusader plus the software they have access to enables them to watch every lineout if they choose, look for patterns, then watch every ruck, how they respond in what part of the field.
Watching games in thier entirety would be rare these days I expect.
I'd really hope that isn't the case. The game has ebb and flow and every contest and every individual action by an opponent takes part within a context that matters.
Yeah, to be honest, I find when I watch highlights (even those 20 minutes long ones) I don't get much out of it. In fact I'd go as far as saying I have to see the match 2-3 times before I feel like I really have a very solid understanding of how the game played out.
Id actually love to know how much rugby professional.coaches watch in general. I would think aside from their upcoming opponents it would behoove them to watch at least 3-4 other matches a week just to see how teams are playing and get an idea of maybe upcoming opponents a month ahead of time. By that I'm talking about head coach not just some underling who is tasked with editing clips and being the tech whiz.
It's also why selectors go and sit in the stands and watch matches live. Not saying Razor should be doing that, but there's obviously a limit to how much you can learn from video clipped up by an analyst. But perhaps that is the point when you have limited time between matches. You would hope what they're really looking for are any changes to what they normally do - because you'd expect they already have a decent idea about how England have been playing this year.
@booboo said in England Vs All Blacks:
But given unavailability I'm on the Parker bandwagon (still think Finau has more potential).
If you are on the Parker bandwagon can you please pump the tyres? I was on the bandwagon initially but I suspect the slow jolts have pushed me off.
Interesting discussion point from Razor in the presser about kicking - that there’s more aerial contests and a different type of kicking in Test Matches than in SR.
Now, I’m pretty sure I watched the SR final this year and….
@Victor-Meldrew said in England Vs All Blacks:
@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:
And Eddie Jones outsmarted us that night
I disagree. We were so fucking clueless the bloke running the West Looe Junior XV would have outsmarted us that night.
You’re doing a disservice to the poms. They were just too good. The ABs kept expecting things to go their way and realized too late that they were going to have to earn it. It felt like they never really were in it.