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Rugby World Cup 2015
[2015 RWC] Pool C: New Zealand vs. Namibia (24/09/2015)
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 749487" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Now I've had some time to cool down here are my thoughts.</p><p></p><p> First of all, yes I know every single thread has a go at the referee. But he destroyed it for me. It's not so much that he favoured any one team - overall he was reasonably consistent - it's that his officiating was incompetent, laboured and without initiative. The amount of time killed during the 10 minute of the yellow card was around 7 minutes. Yes some handling errors caused plenty of scrums, but the fact that they had not only to be constantly reset, but the amount of time wasted - standing there doing nothing before the next scrum was just absurd. Took any pace out of the game. Now that I have gotten other over with.</p><p></p><p>The front row actually performed pretty well. Codie Taylor certainly has plenty of ball skills (which I don't think was ever in doubt) - but the scrum did well, albeit against average opposition - and his lineout throwing was spot on. Franks I felt got in front of the ball carrier a few too many times, but wasn't bad by any means. Faumuina had another solid game.</p><p></p><p>The second rows also did pretty well. Whitelock looked like he used a bit too much, as he doesn't quite have the same ball handling as Retallick so was put under a fair bit of pressure. Romano I actually thought was very solid - still runs far too upright but it seemed not to hurt him this game (as we saw with his bump on Burger). Kieran Read did okay as a lock, didn't make much of a different as it was all scrimmaging while he was on..</p><p></p><p> Vito was the standout in the loose forwards - did everything with great speed and energy. No one else really stood out to me. I'm not down on Cane's leadership, not really his fault this game moved as it did, just didn't have much opportunity to be a standout with so little Namibian ball.</p><p></p><p>TJ Peranara frustrated me. Just too many knock ons, which is strange as he went through a period in 2012 of having hands like glue. What he actually did well, worked well. His ball delivery was fine and he was pretty quick to the breakdown. Just a few too many errors. Tawera Kerr-Barlow didn't look much more dynamic when he came on either.</p><p></p><p> Barrett had an average game from tee - but otherwise had an okay game...he looked dangerous when taking on the line but I feel he spent a bit too much time simply distributing.</p><p></p><p> SBW was good again. No complaints.</p><p></p><p>Fekitoa demonstrated why I have concerns about him. Despite me stating his defence wasn't great during Super Rugby (to which everyone seemed to think he was just amazing at spot tackles). Well he is credited with 0 tackles all game - and 1 missed which resulted in a try...from being bumped by a basically stationary player with two people holding him). His decision making is also frustrating. He does this thing where he runs to the outside and throws a blind pass infield while he is being tackled. Or he doesn't draw in the defender, tries to sidestep and then passes. It just is poor decision making. I like him as he is a great talent, but has a lot of work o's before I want him starting big matches.</p><p></p><p> Outside backs all weren't bad. I can forgive Savea for not cutting on this inside - it may be ambitious, but I'd rather see a Savea who backs himself than one who looks for other options (even if it resulted in a lineout). He looked well covered but it's still an improvement in his mentality for my mind.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not that I saw - but I figured there had to be some way to entertain the crowd during the 15 minute scrum resets..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 749487, member: 38640"] Now I've had some time to cool down here are my thoughts. First of all, yes I know every single thread has a go at the referee. But he destroyed it for me. It's not so much that he favoured any one team - overall he was reasonably consistent - it's that his officiating was incompetent, laboured and without initiative. The amount of time killed during the 10 minute of the yellow card was around 7 minutes. Yes some handling errors caused plenty of scrums, but the fact that they had not only to be constantly reset, but the amount of time wasted - standing there doing nothing before the next scrum was just absurd. Took any pace out of the game. Now that I have gotten other over with. The front row actually performed pretty well. Codie Taylor certainly has plenty of ball skills (which I don't think was ever in doubt) - but the scrum did well, albeit against average opposition - and his lineout throwing was spot on. Franks I felt got in front of the ball carrier a few too many times, but wasn't bad by any means. Faumuina had another solid game. The second rows also did pretty well. Whitelock looked like he used a bit too much, as he doesn't quite have the same ball handling as Retallick so was put under a fair bit of pressure. Romano I actually thought was very solid - still runs far too upright but it seemed not to hurt him this game (as we saw with his bump on Burger). Kieran Read did okay as a lock, didn't make much of a different as it was all scrimmaging while he was on.. Vito was the standout in the loose forwards - did everything with great speed and energy. No one else really stood out to me. I'm not down on Cane's leadership, not really his fault this game moved as it did, just didn't have much opportunity to be a standout with so little Namibian ball. TJ Peranara frustrated me. Just too many knock ons, which is strange as he went through a period in 2012 of having hands like glue. What he actually did well, worked well. His ball delivery was fine and he was pretty quick to the breakdown. Just a few too many errors. Tawera Kerr-Barlow didn't look much more dynamic when he came on either. Barrett had an average game from tee - but otherwise had an okay game...he looked dangerous when taking on the line but I feel he spent a bit too much time simply distributing. SBW was good again. No complaints. Fekitoa demonstrated why I have concerns about him. Despite me stating his defence wasn't great during Super Rugby (to which everyone seemed to think he was just amazing at spot tackles). Well he is credited with 0 tackles all game - and 1 missed which resulted in a try...from being bumped by a basically stationary player with two people holding him). His decision making is also frustrating. He does this thing where he runs to the outside and throws a blind pass infield while he is being tackled. Or he doesn't draw in the defender, tries to sidestep and then passes. It just is poor decision making. I like him as he is a great talent, but has a lot of work o's before I want him starting big matches. Outside backs all weren't bad. I can forgive Savea for not cutting on this inside - it may be ambitious, but I'd rather see a Savea who backs himself than one who looks for other options (even if it resulted in a lineout). He looked well covered but it's still an improvement in his mentality for my mind. Not that I saw - but I figured there had to be some way to entertain the crowd during the 15 minute scrum resets.. [/QUOTE]
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