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We put so much pressure on ourselves not playing a better territory game. Our exits were killing me all game.
37 phases and OUT! Whitelock the hero as All Blacks win epic RWC QF to break Ireland's hearts again
Jacko – geez how good was that. I’ve been sceptical of this ABs team but wow they dug deep.
You were spot on about the short side and tight approach. Reckon that was a great tactical option from Fozzie and the others.
I’ve slagged off McLeod as defence coach too but have to say we mostly dealt with their out the back play and contained Sexton (as much as you can).
We need to sort out our exits because we put ourselves under unnecessary pressure but other than that, what a performance.
37 phases and OUT! Whitelock the hero as All Blacks win epic RWC QF to break Ireland's hearts again
SA in 2019 had the easiest run ever to the final… didn’t hurt them
Parkes Life: The joke's on us - could it be that World Rugby knew what they were doing all along?
The reserve props had to be picked. Nepo and Ofa are way too slow, Ireland attack relentlessly in around the ruck and those two are statues. For big blokes they are very passive carrying too, and offer less than zero with ball in hand as they’re typically good for a few knock-ons per game.
Tamaiti and Newell are as good in the scrum, they’re just young.
Christie is a mystifying selection, that could really hurt us. He was absolutely dreadful against France.
Would much prefer Blackadder on the bench, having 2 guys in the 23 who only play 7 seems unbalanced to me. We need more grunt and presence rather than more ball carrying so would prefer Blackadder.
'Burdens that everyone carries': All Blacks star stood down for World Cup QF, Foster turns up heat on Ireland
Geez you don’t want me picking your lotto numbers do you.
Guess I was right about Papali’i and ALB on the bench (although Telea made the ALB the only choice anyway)
COMPLETE RWC QF teams: Dupont returns, Boks make HUGE halves call, Borthwick picks his No.10, Semi back for Fiji
I think Jacko said this on another article – wonder if the ABs load up the shortside attack at times. We did it against Aus pretty well, and in the odd occasion we have used a pick and go style (Lions in 2017, Wales last year, France a couple years ago) it has worked very well.
I think those 2 approaches will to some degree neuter Ireland’s defensive structure of fanning out (and having Ringrose rush up). If we force them to commit tighter and get them on the back foot, might open up spaces wider. If we try sling it wide early on, Ireland will love that.
Agee as well that territory, discipline and scoreboard pressure will be the key.
Will the All Blacks' bench be the difference-maker against Ireland?
To believe we have been foxing would mean we have been training some style of play that hasn’t been properly tested before, and expect it to work in a WC quarter final. Not sure that is realistic.
I think fans want to believe it (especially us AB fans), because surely our team isn’t actually this bad… unfortunately under Fozzie we are just an average team.
Now, if we get the right players on the park (no certainty), and they all click, then we have the potential to dominate. The Mt Smart SA game is the obvious example. If we can replicate that accuracy then we should win.
However, I expect Fozzie to start our worst props (Nepo and Ofa), leave out Samisoni from the 23, pick a specialist 7 (Papali’i) and out least impactful back reserve (ALB) on the bench.
We are going to go down with a classic Fozzie team playing a classic Fozzie game. Despite him continually talking about learnings from all the losses he’s racked up, we won’t have actually learnt anything and we’ll lose very predictably. It’ll end with us desperately throwing the ball around side to side getting squeezed out of the game.
Razor 2024.
Has Fozzie been foxing? Ireland beware, the All Blacks could be about to reignite
I’m going to throw the remote the first time he comes into first receiver and aimlessly chips the ball away.
'S--t Richie': Ireland embracing 'biggest challenge in rugby' against 'hurting' All Blacks in RWC QF after THAT sledge
I agree the TMO should look at a try in terms of grounding or in touch or a forward pass, but going back to find an infringement at a ruck however many phases ago seems an inconsistent overreach.
The Wrap: Wallabies are on their way home - can they please take the TMOs with them?
I don’t agree with that. A penalty missed or given can absolutely change the game at any point.
It could lead to a 5m lineout / maul for example, which is a clear try opportunity. Could be an easy exit that relieves pressure and changes the shape of the game.
It seems wrong to me that only at certain points of the game do we change how we rule on penalties. Either do it all or none (me preference).
You are going to get punters outcrying anyway, we do now. But I think most if not all will agree that the TMO is more bad than good (in general play).
The Wrap: Wallabies are on their way home - can they please take the TMOs with them?
Pretty much agree with all of this.
Main issue I see for Wales is if they don’t have Anscombe or Biggar at 10. Their game requires a good tactical kicker, haven’t seen enough of Costelow to know if he can do it. But I think they should be too hard to beat for the Pumas who won’t be able to beat them up at set piece.
England should be able to contain Fiji and play a disciplined enough game to roll over the top of them.
France vs. SA is a genuine 50/50. I think SA should win, but France will be right up for it.
Ireland should beat us. They’ll be able to control the rucks, I think we will infringe and they’ll control territory. It’s the classic way to beat Fozzie and he walks into it every time. I imagine our selections will help Ireland as well (Ofa & Nepo starting, Papali’i and ALB on the bench). Losing their wingers will hinder the attack a little but I imagine they’ll still beat us anyway.
COMPLETE RWC QF teams: Dupont returns, Boks make HUGE halves call, Borthwick picks his No.10, Semi back for Fiji
It’s the inconsistency that does my head in.
If a try is scored the TMO gets out his microscope and goes looking for any and all infringements in the preceding rucks etc, but during the rest of the game we just let the ref judge it (outside foul play).
I’m sure you could find a penalty at most rucks if you really wanted to, so no sure why they have to go trawling through footage to find something. Should be ruling on foul play or acts of scoring, let the ref deal with the 50/50 stuff at ruck time.
The Wrap: Wallabies are on their way home - can they please take the TMOs with them?
I think that is right – if the ABs want to win they’ll have to come out on top of the penalty ledger, which has proven a challenge with Fozzie.
Free exits and cheap entries into our half will kill us.
'S--t Richie': Ireland embracing 'biggest challenge in rugby' against 'hurting' All Blacks in RWC QF after THAT sledge
Likewise – I genuinely expect we will lose.
Think it’ll be like the 2019 semi final all over again. We’ll have no answers and look lost, and just get beaten comfortably. Winner of this one gets a good draw into the final so I expect Ireland to beat us and then probably win the WC too. Record win streak + world cup would be one heck of an achievement.
'S--t Richie': Ireland embracing 'biggest challenge in rugby' against 'hurting' All Blacks in RWC QF after THAT sledge
We don’t benefit from recruiting fully fledged professional players from other countries though do we.
The 5 year rule stops it now though I guess so Ireland will have to go back to producing their own players.
17 STRAIGHT! Ireland smash Scotland to set up quarter-final vs All Blacks, sweat on Aussie Mack
So JGP, Aki and Lowe who were all developed to the point they were professional rugby players for several years had nothing to do with them being good? Lowe and JGP were both in the NZ Māori and Aki was starting for one of the better Super sides. It was all Ireland’s system? How are there 4 foreigners in the backline if Irelands development is so good? Listen to yourself pal. You missed my initial point entirely and now you’re just blindly making weird arguments.
17 STRAIGHT! Ireland smash Scotland to set up quarter-final vs All Blacks, sweat on Aussie Mack
We’ll be up for it no doubt. But we have a dud coach who is holding us back and limiting our chances. I’ve had enough Cane and Fozzie talking about learnings to last me a lifetime. No doubt Fozzie will have plenty more learnings after this game too. We’ve learnt nothing in 4 years, the only good thing is it’ll be over very soon.
17 STRAIGHT! Ireland smash Scotland to set up quarter-final vs All Blacks, sweat on Aussie Mack
There’s a difference between kids coming in at primary or even secondary school age, and players who have been born, raised, schooled and then been professional for several years before switching. If you think they’re the same, then good luck to you!
17 STRAIGHT! Ireland smash Scotland to set up quarter-final vs All Blacks, sweat on Aussie Mack
I’m allowed to be an AB supporter and also predict another team will beat us. Of course I’ll be on the edge of my couch cheering us on, living and dieing with every pass and tackle.
But I’m also allowed to be a realist. The reality is there’s no secret game plan up the sleeve, there’s no magic formula Fozzie has been working on. We’ll play the exact same way, and I’m expecting us to be beaten the exact same way. We are who we are, and we aren’t the sort of team to overcome a diligent, accurate, disciplined side like Ireland. If Sexton gets injured in the first half like Eden Park then yeah maybe we’ll win
17 STRAIGHT! Ireland smash Scotland to set up quarter-final vs All Blacks, sweat on Aussie Mack
Imagine what Farrell would achieve with the calibre of players Foster has at his disposal. No offence to Ireland but 4/7 of their backline are genuine foreigners (I.e. moved to Ireland in their early/mid twenties).
The fact the ABs have remained semi competitive is purely down to player ability.
17 STRAIGHT! Ireland smash Scotland to set up quarter-final vs All Blacks, sweat on Aussie Mack
Ireland will beat us, and I actually think they’ll do it comfortably.
They’re too patient, disciplined and accurate for us. We are none of those things under Fozzie.
Listening to Foster speak and he’s learnt nothing. We’ll lose trying to play running rugby from our half and will get squeezed out of the game.
1 more game until Razor, one good thing from this terrible era of AB rugby.
17 STRAIGHT! Ireland smash Scotland to set up quarter-final vs All Blacks, sweat on Aussie Mack
I thought Mo’unga and McKenzie both combined very well in that game. McKenzie didn’t get in Mo’unga’s way as much, wasn’t inserting himself at first receiver too often. Played a nice distributor role a bit wider.
As was the case in Super Rugby, he looks at his best at 15.
Given Barrett is out of form, why wouldn’t you want McKenzie at 15?
DMac delivers iconic World Cup moment as All Blacks charge into quarters - but big concerns over injured props
Ioane hasn’t started on the wing in years. Of all the changes Fozzie won’t make, this is the least likely. The one he absolutely should make is to drop B.Barrett, but that’ll never happen.
DMac delivers iconic World Cup moment as All Blacks charge into quarters - but big concerns over injured props
Nobody is more ponderous than Nepo Laulala. So compared to him, Williams is Damian McKenzie.
Sami looked better today and has been accurate with his throwing all year (hadn’t missed a throw before this game, didn’t keep count in this one). He is far more powerful than Coles and we’ll need go forward and strength at the ruck.
Likewise Jacobsen has been mediocre at this level which is about right for him – Blackadder has a higher ceiling. Risk but more upside there.
DMac delivers iconic World Cup moment as All Blacks charge into quarters - but big concerns over injured props
Given Savea got penalised for the exact same thing earlier I was fuming.
And the penalty that got them the penalty try – Leicester was over the ball cleanly and should have been ours.
Man we dug deep, 20mins with a man down. Huge
37 phases and OUT! Whitelock the hero as All Blacks win epic RWC QF to break Ireland's hearts again