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[2017 Rugby Championship] Round 2: New Zealand v Australia (26/08/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="The Jones Boy" data-source="post: 870167" data-attributes="member: 70721"><p>The All Blacks were'nt bad at all.</p><p>The Lions defense was rock hard.</p><p>The single biggest problem for the Lions was they needed more time together to gel their attacking options from the backline.</p><p>Jonathan Davies was fantastic.</p><p>Maro Itoje was excellent.</p><p>The AB's had three main problems; Ben Smith, Dane Coles and Crotty. A 4th arguably being Sonny Bill.</p><p>Ifwe had the top side out it would have been different but it still would never have been a cake walk.</p><p>I'm not convinced that Gatland is one of the great attacking coaches.</p><p>But, he knows how to make a team hard to beat.</p><p></p><p>Part of some Kiwi's issues is that because the AB's do win a lot and sometimes convincingly, they perceive the AB's can win everything all the time and do it constantly with élan.</p><p>It's just not possible to keep that up and if it was it would become dull very quickly.</p><p>Think about our catchment area. We are dwarfed by England, even the saffers have nearly three times the choice and the Aussies have around twice as many players we even come in behind Japan.</p><p>Sooner or later the rugby world will catch up with us and overtake us. </p><p>We can't keep this kind of run going against these other power houses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Jones Boy, post: 870167, member: 70721"] The All Blacks were'nt bad at all. The Lions defense was rock hard. The single biggest problem for the Lions was they needed more time together to gel their attacking options from the backline. Jonathan Davies was fantastic. Maro Itoje was excellent. The AB's had three main problems; Ben Smith, Dane Coles and Crotty. A 4th arguably being Sonny Bill. Ifwe had the top side out it would have been different but it still would never have been a cake walk. I'm not convinced that Gatland is one of the great attacking coaches. But, he knows how to make a team hard to beat. Part of some Kiwi's issues is that because the AB's do win a lot and sometimes convincingly, they perceive the AB's can win everything all the time and do it constantly with élan. It's just not possible to keep that up and if it was it would become dull very quickly. Think about our catchment area. We are dwarfed by England, even the saffers have nearly three times the choice and the Aussies have around twice as many players we even come in behind Japan. Sooner or later the rugby world will catch up with us and overtake us. We can't keep this kind of run going against these other power houses. [/QUOTE]
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