England v All Blacks

@MN5 said in England Vs All Blacks:

@reprobate said in England Vs All Blacks:

@BerniesCorner said in England Vs All Blacks:

Where are all the doom mongers pre Scotland that insisted the heights of Savea, Lakai and Sititi was a major issue. The issues we had were all about lack of composure, handling errors and loss of focus.
Savea, Lakai and Sititi... will be fine against England. All three have X factor and we saw that on Saturday.

For me at least: I thought that it wouldn't matter vs Scotland, we had 2 big locks and Scotland didn't have big loosies. However, if we want to develop a settled trio to compete with South Africa, then we need at least one of our loosies to be a first rate lineout option to match PSDT - so we effectively wasted an opportunity to get to where we need to be.

Dempsey is big......well, he certainly plays big at any rate.

He plays big in tackles and carries, not really a lineout forward though.

@taniwharugby said in England Vs All Blacks:

@reprobate I expect they possibly do watch everything, but maybe not start to finish as a fan might.

But out of sync, I dunno, I'm just speculating, especially when I the software I saw was about 7 or 8 years ago, expect t has evolved considerably since then.

Yeah, I'm just thinking that any insights you're getting into what patterns a team runs, what lineout they call etc is influenced by things like player fatigue in the moment e.g. what has been happening in the game for the few minutes prior etc. Then there's the way teams react to events, e.g. cards etc

@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.

@reprobate I mean coaches sit there often looking at thier laptops, I expect with live data that we dont have access to as well.

Too many locks, not enough big loosies

@Catogrande Freeman will be a loss if he’s unavailable. Would Cheesman start? Don’t think he’s in your top 2 locks.

Vaa'i was defensively poor at blindside. Both from a workrate point of view, positioning and accuracy. Also I dont think hes quick enough off the mark. That said I wouldn't be surprised if they went back to him

Even if Scooter is back to near full fitness, why would you start him? Holland, Darry and Lord haven't let anyone down and seem eager for work

@canefan of course they'll start him, probably with Holland and Lord dropping to bench.

@taniwharugby said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan of course they'll start him, probably with Holland and Lord dropping to bench.

Yup. Nothing like not being match fit, back from injury, and starting in our toughest game on tour. Oh and being a card magnet

@Catogrande 1973 as well - it really was a sequence!

I'd forgotten about 2002, which was the tour that Christian Cullen enjoyed so much. I think Ben Cohen gave us quite a lot of trouble in that game!

my memory is him rag dolling Blair in to touch like he was a child, and that snuffed out our final chance for an improbable win

@mariner4life said in England Vs All Blacks:

my memory is him rag dolling Blair in to touch like he was a child, and that snuffed out our final chance for an improbable win

Ben Blair. Ugh sigh

@mariner4life said in England Vs All Blacks:

my memory is him rag dolling Blair in to touch like he was a child, and that snuffed out our final chance for an improbable win

Kinghorn probably thought he was going to do that to McKenzie to be fair

Blair was running in quicksand that day. I think the best footy Blair played was after he left NZ. But I digress

The 02 and 03 losses were heartbreakers and looking back were against the best England side in our lifetimes!

@BerniesCorner said in England Vs All Blacks:

If you think about some of the props, locks and loosies we haven't had over the past 5 years, at the moment everyday is a good day.

Foster had his shortcomings but he was brave to bring Vaa'i and Lord into the environment as 20 yr olds, those selections bearing fruit for the nation nowadays

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

@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

Fuck you bru!

@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

Itoje probably played the match of his career. Curry and Underhill were dynamite.

@canefan 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

Fuck you bru!

Haha! Come on the poms!

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan 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

Fuck you bru!

Haha! Come on the poms!

@brodean 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

Itoje probably played the match of his career. Curry and Underhill were dynamite.

What was so impressive was the way they just refused to lose. The problem is they can put out a performance like that … only every few years.. lucky for the rest of us.

@W32 I bet you enjoyed that one after we smacked your boys around in pool play, gave you yet another easy RWC title

@No-Quarter said in England Vs All Blacks:

@W32 I bet you enjoyed that one after we smacked your boys around in pool play, gave you yet another easy RWC title

It was a good game to lose considering the path after that….. it all went according to plan….

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

@No-Quarter said in England Vs All Blacks:

@W32 I bet you enjoyed that one after we smacked your boys around in pool play, gave you yet another easy RWC title

It was a good game to lose considering the path after that….. it all went according to plan….

ah so the card imbalance was planned then. Noted.

In the 19 WC win… it’s hard when the boks have won so many, I know

@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.

Agreed

And a line out in minute 5 is very different from a line out in minute 75

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan 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

Fuck you bru!

Haha! Come on the poms!

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Jesus

How long are his fingers?

@MiketheSnow said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan 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

Fuck you bru!

Haha! Come on the poms!

View image

Jesus

How long are his fingers?

Must be AI

@brodean said in England Vs All Blacks:

Vaa'i was defensively poor at blindside. Both from a workrate point of view, positioning and accuracy. Also I dont think hes quick enough off the mark. That said I wouldn't be surprised if they went back to him

Some of that is likely owing to inexperience.

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

Even if Scooter is back to near full fitness, why would you start him? Holland, Darry and Lord haven't let anyone down and seem eager for work

Bigger motor in scrum, solid cleaner, hard tackler. Need one of those in engine room against top teams.

@pakman said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

Even if Scooter is back to near full fitness, why would you start him? Holland, Darry and Lord haven't let anyone down and seem eager for work

Bigger motor in scrum, solid cleaner, hard tackler. Need one of those in engine room against top teams.

I hope he's fit

@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.

@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...

CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.

Finau and Jacobsen are heading home

@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.