@DaGrubster I thought that Savea's best performance was against Argentina when he played 8. More balanced trio.
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@Devon-Kiwi said in England Vs All Blacks:
The English are the worst team in World Rugby to lose to and we did it so well!
Wales says hold my beer
@BerniesCorner said in England Vs All Blacks:
What was the yellow for
All the explanations I saw were perfectly cogent in respect of a penalty, but no rationale at all put forward for a yellow card offence. Austin Healy stated that no clean line break so just penalty.
Inexperienced referee spoils game again, although most of home crowd lapped it up.
Meanwhile, multiple dummy runners before Underhill try were worthy of a TMO look for obstruction, but none forthcoming.
Was working all-day yesterday so didn't see this live.
But thankfully watched it at 1am this morning not knowing the result.
Then read back this thread after watching it.
Lots of the comments aged like milk 
YC was absolute bullshit, but like Dodge said England made use of their one man superiority far better and that was more telling than the card itself.
I was gobsmacked when Roigard went off. Any word? Serious injury.
England are inches from unleashing big, big wins against anyone.
NZ as everyone has said need a major overhaul.
@Jet said in England Vs All Blacks:
Scott Barrett on the yellow card "I think its fair".
Razor on the yellow card "its cynical isnt it".
You pair of absolute fucking twats.
Fucking cowards
@Dodge said in England Vs All Blacks:
Lineout was the only area we got smashed, but every time it didn’t seem to result in much as we made metres in defence and attack one out. It’s genuinely weird, I’m not celebrating it, just gobsmacked
A team with more brains would have kicked every possession into touch so they could steal all your line out ball and then kicked it into touch again until they got into your 22
@MiketheSnow said in England Vs All Blacks:
I was gobsmacked when Roigard went off. Any word? Serious injury.
Robertson talked about this in his post-match press conference. Cam Roigard took a knock before half time. He thought he could run it off afterwards but couldn't run so he signalled that he needed to go off.
No news about the extent of the injury but I'd be amazed if he is involved against Wales.
@junior said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Dodge said in England Vs All Blacks:
Lineout was the only area we got smashed, but every time it didn’t seem to result in much as we made metres in defence and attack one out. It’s genuinely weird, I’m not celebrating it, just gobsmacked
A team with more brains would have kicked every possession into touch so they could steal all your line out ball and then kicked it into touch again until they got into your 22
In a way that's the most disappointing aspect of yesterday, our team's total inability to react to what was going on around them because of their compulsion to stick to "the master coach's" game plan.
That squad need to go away over the summer and watch some videos of classic All Blacks performances.
@booboo said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Gunner said in England Vs All Blacks:
Beauden Barrett, not once but twice, fucking TWICE missing touch
In BB's defence it was ONCE ... (once too many). Roigard fucked up the second one.
Which points fo the fact BB was injured, and should have been hooked.
For the prosecution, it's not the first time this tour he has done that - indeed, he did the exact same fucked up kick in the exact same filled position against the Paddies.
@African-Monkey said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
Around 32:30 we nearly scored in the corner, then meekly allowed England to drive us off the ball. See if you can spot a loose forward in these pictures ... Savea stands way off the ruck and looks disinterested. Terrible openside. Absolutely shithouse selection. They never even looked interested in the follow-up ruck after LF was tackled.
The much maligned Sam Cane at his peak would have cleaned someone out there.
Rewatch Crotty try after the hooter that won us the game in Dublin in 2013. The cleanout work is incredible. The Franks brothers made the try. Messam makes a bust down the right edge at one point and McCaw absolutely melts an irish player in the clean.
Watch it. Watch all the unseen stuff. Compare it to what we are served up by the current bunch.
@Jet said in England Vs All Blacks:
McCaw absolutely melts an irish player in the clean.
Probably wasn't thinking about street-wear colabs when there was the chance of getting to the ruck on time ...
@Jet said in England Vs All Blacks:
@African-Monkey said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
Around 32:30 we nearly scored in the corner, then meekly allowed England to drive us off the ball. See if you can spot a loose forward in these pictures ... Savea stands way off the ruck and looks disinterested. Terrible openside. Absolutely shithouse selection. They never even looked interested in the follow-up ruck after LF was tackled.
The much maligned Sam Cane at his peak would have cleaned someone out there.
Rewatch Crotty try after the hooter that won us the game in Dublin in 2013. The cleanout work is incredible. The Franks brothers made the try. Messam makes a bust down the right edge at one point and McCaw absolutely melts an irish player in the clean.
Watch it. Watch all the unseen stuff. Compare it to what we are served up by the current bunch.
The support work at the ruck/contact is incredible. And watch Nonu calmly waiting for the ball to bounce along to him, taking the perfect line to tie up THREE Irish defenders while Cruden, 16 & Crotty anticipate the space created. A team at ease playing together.
The more I watch Robertson's team, the more I think things aren't right in the camp
@Victor-Meldrew said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Jet said in England Vs All Blacks:
@African-Monkey said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
Around 32:30 we nearly scored in the corner, then meekly allowed England to drive us off the ball. See if you can spot a loose forward in these pictures ... Savea stands way off the ruck and looks disinterested. Terrible openside. Absolutely shithouse selection. They never even looked interested in the follow-up ruck after LF was tackled.
The much maligned Sam Cane at his peak would have cleaned someone out there.
Rewatch Crotty try after the hooter that won us the game in Dublin in 2013. The cleanout work is incredible. The Franks brothers made the try. Messam makes a bust down the right edge at one point and McCaw absolutely melts an irish player in the clean.
Watch it. Watch all the unseen stuff. Compare it to what we are served up by the current bunch.
The support work at the ruck/contact is incredible. And watch Nonu calmly waiting for the ball to bounce along to him, taking the perfect line to tie up THREE Irish defenders while Cruden, 16 & Crotty anticipate the space created. A team at ease playing together.
The more I watch Robertson's team, the more I think things aren't right in the camp
The current crop are petrified.
We struggled with the ball and were even poorer without it.
Team looks fatigued, small and worst of all, disinterested.
The only win for me was turning down a ticket and not going.
Biggest takeaway from yesterday was England were the more physically dominant team.
ABs completed more passes, had majority of possession and the territorial advantage yet had three fewer line breaks. England had more dominant tackles and effected more turnovers.
England had the upper hand in the collisions and at the breakdown. Lakai is the only AB loosie who would have a claim to a position in a combined NZ/Eng backrow based on yesterday's performance. Pollock clearly had more impact off the bench than Sititi.
Impressed and surprised to hear Wilson mention Papalii, Jacobson, and Mark Telea as experienced players who were available but haven't been selected. Also got a shot in about trying a 6-2 bench.
Also Wilson: "We spent years, and years trying to work out how to win World Cups. We let all that expertise walk out the door, and now those coaches don't want a bar of us. We burned those bridges."
That is not something that I ever expected to hear on the Breakdown.
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
"Are we taking what worked in Super Rugby and trying it in test rugby. That's what I see happening, and I don't see it working."
It's why Leicester and Quinn worked in the midfield at short notice.
Test footy is about winning collisions. Go forward ball. Territory.
If we had say a Harry Plummer at 10, Sam Cane at 7 and a Harry Wilson at 8 we probably win that game.
We lost that game due to the nuts and bolts not being good enough. Kicking pens, finding touch, cleaning out rucks, carrying hard.
Our current players are all icing. But no cake.
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
"Are we taking what worked in Super Rugby and trying it in test rugby. That's what I see happening, and I don't see it working."
Go back and watch Crusaders vs the Lions in 2017. The same things were said after the Lions won that game. Who was the Crusaders coach?
@Jet said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
"Are we taking what worked in Super Rugby and trying it in test rugby. That's what I see happening, and I don't see it working."
It's why Leicester and Quinn worked in the midfield at short notice.
Test footy is about winning collisions. Go forward ball. Territory.
If we had say a Harry Plummer at 10, Sam Cane at 7 and a Harry Wilson at 8 we probably win that game.
We lost that game due to the nuts and bolts not being good enough. Kicking pens, finding touch, cleaning out rucks, carrying hard.
Our current players are all icing. But no cake.
Parker is wearing Kaino's jersey......didnt see him all game.
Savea is wearing McCaws...didnt see him.
@Jet said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
"Are we taking what worked in Super Rugby and trying it in test rugby. That's what I see happening, and I don't see it working."
It's why Leicester and Quinn worked in the midfield at short notice.
Test footy is about winning collisions. Go forward ball. Territory.
If we had say a Harry Plummer at 10, Sam Cane at 7 and a Harry Wilson at 8 we probably win that game.
We lost that game due to the nuts and bolts not being good enough. Kicking pens, finding touch, cleaning out rucks, carrying hard.
Our current players are all icing. But no cake.
Feels very much like 2003 when Henry took over. He inherited the icing, as was seen in the 3N that year. Then he had to go and bake the cake. It took him until France in Paris in 2004 to find the recipe.
@stodders said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
"Are we taking what worked in Super Rugby and trying it in test rugby. That's what I see happening, and I don't see it working."
Go back and watch Crusaders vs the Lions in 2017. The same things were said after the Lions won that game. Who was the Crusaders coach?
Yes, and the Blues won their game due to the efforts of their loose forwards. Still can't get selected by shit NZ coaches.
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Jet said in England Vs All Blacks:
Sam Cane at 7
Papalii is the bigger, faster, and better option.
In fairness to Dalton, he’s done what has been asked of him in the AB XV and led well. If he doesn’t get selected after a good tour, NZ may as well disband the XV and save the money to pour into fixing the development pathways that are broken!
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
@cgrant I disagree. I think Simon Parker is a project worth persevering with and Twickenham is great stage for him to show what he's got. I think his ball carrying will cause England some real problems.
What is your opinion now ?
@cgrant said in England Vs All Blacks:
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
@cgrant I disagree. I think Simon Parker is a project worth persevering with and Twickenham is great stage for him to show what he's got. I think his ball carrying will cause England some real problems.
What is your opinion now ?
He is not even a patch on Liam Squire as it stands. Never mind Kaino.
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
Tupou Vaii and Josh Beehre will better options for the ABs at 6 in 2026, maybe Devan Flanders too.
Vaii's defence at 6 was truly terrible. @brodean has the stats on that. Beehre will play lock for the Blues. Cam Christie is our player to watch there.
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
Tupou Vaii and Josh Beehre will better options for the ABs at 6 in 2026, maybe Devan Flanders too.
Cam Christie is our player to watch there.
Only 21, but behind both Simon Parker and Devan Flanders for me at the moment.
God knows, what's going on with Samipeni Finau and why he had to go home?
6 will be a very open jersey next year.
@ACT-Crusader
Lakai was getting stuck in.
We can all see that our attack was rubbish. We literally give up at times and it results in a hope and hoist or low percentage cross kick by BB.
Ironically we have more attack runners than we have had in a long time but are using them ineffectively. Players like Sami, Williams, Vaai, Sititi, Lakai, Savea, Roigard, DMac, Jordan, Clarke are all good runners.
Send in Mauss to give Razor the heads up.
The most improved player for England this autumn is Immanuel Feyi-Waboso. He was all over the shop for England A against France A in June.
Yesterday he made most line breaks (3) and topped metres gained (99). A massive threat for England every time he touched the ball. He topped dominant tackles too with two.
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
On the negative, he made three carries for zero metres gained and he doesn't hit enough rucks.
<= 0.49m you round down?
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
The most improved player for England this autumn is Immanuel Feyi-Waboso. He was all over the shop for England A against France A in June.
Yesterday he made most line breaks (3) and topped metres gained (99). A massive threat for England every time he touched the ball. He topped dominant tackles too with two.
Yeah, he is a serious weapon. England have a plethora of quick wingers - him, Arundell, Radwan to name three.
England have the cattle to win a couple of 6N and genuinely contend for a WC in 2027. It just comes down to coaching.
@BerniesCorner said in England Vs All Blacks:
Lakai was getting stuck in.
He impresses me. Just doesn't give in, looks composed and seems like a bloke who gets pissed off with losing.
@Tim said in England Vs All Blacks:
Also Wilson: "We spent years, and years trying to work out how to win World Cups. We let all that expertise walk out the door, and now those coaches don't want a bar of us. We burned those bridges."
That is not something that I ever expected to hear on the Breakdown.
Hate to keep banging the same old drum, but a fish rots from the head down. When people like Gilbert Enoka publicly express disgust at the treatment of AB coaches and players by those who run NZR, you know where the real problems lie.
The most important selection in NZ rugby isn't 10, Robertson's assistants or himself, - it's the NZR CEO
@pakman said in England Vs All Blacks:
@akan004 said in England Vs All Blacks:
Even our scrum is under pressure. Ratima is as stupid as they come, clear it FFS.
I have severe doubts about Lord’s scrummaging. No point in tank with four cylinder engine.
Lord basically half stood up when we gave away a
scrum penalty with Codie off. Rassie would have
brought on the fresh legs of Darry when Sami came on.
@MiketheSnow said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Devon-Kiwi said in England Vs All Blacks:
The English are the worst team in World Rugby to lose to and we did it so well!
Wales says hold my beer
That view upsets the narrative. Back in your box please. We are the fluffybunnies.