Harry Wilson is a guilty pleasure of mine.
Great player.
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Highlanders
Well if we want a reminder about different levels of rugby that was a good one. You could see Reds pack was full of internationals , and the Clan had bugger all. When the big moments come they tend to make less mistakes.
And Fakatava who looked bloody good at NPC again showed why he has not featured for ABs since first little taste, he struggles at this level a bit. I also withdraw my comments of a couple of weeks ago wondering if Jacomb was making right choice going to Clan, with Millar there, much as Millar is a good capable 10, he's not going to win you many games with his game reading.
Funnily enough also for Reds probably one of their best forwards was Brial, the only non (up till now) test player in starting pack.
Fucking hell, that performance didn't help Joseph's AB chances, that team looks a bit underprepared and doesn't seem to play to their strengths at all.
That Reds team looks like they are improving every week, they are fun to watch and have loosies that actually throw themselves around, which doesn't seem that true for the Landers (apart from Casey).
It looks to me that the Landers were trying to play rugby as it was successful about 24 months ago, and now teams have moved beyond that, especially if you can't close them down and force them to play the same way.
@Tim said in Reds v Highlanders:
Tavatanawai looks slow.
Yip noticed that last week when lord made his break. Jim had nothing.. very slow especially as he is a hybrid wing/12
Didn’t catch the game, but it still seems to me our two main problems are:
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Backs aren’t getting a great platform as our loose forwards can’t clean rucks properly
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Our attacking shape isn’t very good (Almost if Corey Brown sucks!)
Highlanders have relied a lot on individual brilliance, Tangitau, Nareki etc. Just didn't happen for them last night. Lennox went pretty well, so one plus.
@ARHS said in Reds v Highlanders:
Highlanders have relied a lot on individual brilliance, Tangitau, Nareki etc. Just didn't happen for them last night. Lennox went pretty well, so one plus.
I think a lot of teams rely on individual performance now for scoring points because of how tight defences normally are. The Highlanders did not have a very tight defence in this game, however.
@WoodysRFC said in Reds v Highlanders:
Reds backline would know how to get the most out of Tangitau and JRK.
Thats the problem with most NZ teams, we are unable.to create space for the weapons we still have.