Jacobson has been doing a great imitation of DP last week and so far this week
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Italy
@Bones said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
Jacobson has been doing a great imitation of DP last week and so far this week
Poor bugger has to do all the work in the loose not much help from the other 2.
@Canes4life said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
@sparky said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
@Canes4life said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
The quality of this game versus the Super final is night and day.
It's an entirely different game when you have a northern hemisphere ref looking to slow it down as much as he can.
And no punch up front. De Groot, Taylor and Lomax etc aren’t the types to bend a defensive line if we want to play optimistic rugby.
Grooter just carried pretty bloody well then.
He is quality link guy as well. Throws some really nice passes.
@Chris said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
@Bones said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
Jacobson has been doing a great imitation of DP last week and so far this week
Poor bugger has to do all the work in the loose not much help from the other 2.
Are you sure? Ardie has most tackles and 2nd most carries.
Sititi has second most tackles.
Jacobson has 2 tackles
@sparky said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
You can't play Sititi and Savea in the same backrow. And neither screams All Blacks quality to me.
Certainly can't. Way too similar.
Savea has been fucking ordinary eh. Would do well to not go off his feet before the tackle, literally every carry
Darry the pick of the ABs in the first half. De Groot good too.
Not much else to celebrate.
Get the underperforming ones off at half time. Perfect time for these coaches to be ruthless and prove a point. Sititi the first that comes to mind
going to have to take the ref out of this one, we need to keep it a bit tighter they are offside a lot
@Tim said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
Pretty lousy half of rugby. Dumb Sititi ASAP. He's been absolute shit for two seasons.
Taylor proving again he’s done. Ardie as well. Both absolutely poor.
We're lucky Jacobson is on the field. Sititi and Savea have been trash when they've not been anonymous. McKenzie has decided to have another shit occasion.
Ruck speed is so slow, not enough close carries and no chip kicks keeping their offside defence honest.
Pretty shit half of rugby, not assisted by the cheese eating surrender monkey with the whistle.
Get a heap of the bench on
I wish we would employ a rush defence
Play around the fringes more
Good contest
Just for my steam back. Are we trying to punch up the middle like we did vs the Italians, or pushing it wide without earning the right?
If they are as ruthless as they make out they are, they would pull the trigger at half time on a few players
@Old-Alleynians said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
Are you counting his carry where he was held up ? Stats...
It happens sometimes.
Jordan has turned it over 3 times. Does that mean he's hopeless?
@Jnr said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
@Chris said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
@Bones said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
Jacobson has been doing a great imitation of DP last week and so far this week
Poor bugger has to do all the work in the loose not much help from the other 2.
Are you sure? Ardie has most tackles and 2nd most carries.
Sititi has second most tackles.
Jacobson has 2 tackles
Not one carry over the advantage line for Ardie yep he has been shit along with Sititi.
@game_film said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
Has Blueben Dove just been shovelling it out constantly or is it just me?
He's been average. Nothing spectacular, nothing poor. Happy with that on only his second start.
The mix of our pack is all off. Get Taylor out of there, start Tosi, get the reliable Lakai back in for either Sititi or Savea.
@W32 said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:
Come on Italy! Outstanding
I thought you were here for Bones. You're so loose with your affections...
Very frustrating that the drivers aren't looking for the inside runner on that rush, they've got it twice by accident and opened them up. Start putting someone there as a bail-out so that we don't need to run three fucking loops to get the ball across the field.