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[2019 Rugby Championship] Round 2: New Zealand vs. South Africa (27/07/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="Rinkadink" data-source="post: 950906" data-attributes="member: 74190"><p>This is a bit disingenuous, SA dominated first half with things like 57/59% territory and possession yet still went in behind (I agree there is more to a game than stats), the second half was vice versa. Running stats don't tell you everything as by full time SA put in significantly more kicks (30 vs NZ's 20) which of course will result in more tackles being made. NZ only put the ball in to a scrum 4 times (conceding 19 turnovers) vs SA's 8 (conceding 13 turnovers) and that's without getting to a major point of NZ only having a 67% kicking success from the tee vs SA's 80%.</p><p></p><p>Luck didn't really come into it as it was pretty neutral. Both teams can and will likely do better during the WC, draw seems a fair result when you take everything into account.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rinkadink, post: 950906, member: 74190"] This is a bit disingenuous, SA dominated first half with things like 57/59% territory and possession yet still went in behind (I agree there is more to a game than stats), the second half was vice versa. Running stats don't tell you everything as by full time SA put in significantly more kicks (30 vs NZ's 20) which of course will result in more tackles being made. NZ only put the ball in to a scrum 4 times (conceding 19 turnovers) vs SA's 8 (conceding 13 turnovers) and that's without getting to a major point of NZ only having a 67% kicking success from the tee vs SA's 80%. Luck didn't really come into it as it was pretty neutral. Both teams can and will likely do better during the WC, draw seems a fair result when you take everything into account. [/QUOTE]
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