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[2021 Rugby Championship] Round 3 Australia v South Africa (12/9/2021)
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 1055045" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>Well the loss certainly doesn't come as a shock but in some regard it almost doesn't feel as if Aus actively won that one if that makes any sense? There were just too many flat performances, soft penalties given, kicks at goal missed, first time tackles missed (credit where its due though!). Can't blame anyone but ourselves for that one. Not wanting to take anything away from Aussie who looked like they just wanted it more which is often enough the difference in rugby. That'll probably take some pressure off of the team and I hope Aus can build from here (though not quite next week!) because its a very young team. Cooper, Hooper and especially Kerevi the standouts for me. The old heads.. though the rest certainly held their own well enough.</p><p></p><p>To some extent I am happy for a close loss if it translates into just a bit of introspection. I hope it shows that we'll need to add a few strings to our bow if we aren't going to just go back to being that team that oscillates between 2 and 5 and here and there beat NZ and win a world cup every 12 years. Not saying we need to throw away what we have, I'm not one of those people who wants everyone to have a chuck about and I can see and appreciate the subtle differences in the ways team that do play wider differ NZ =/= Scotland =/= Aus =/= Japan for instance BUT we should be able to put more pressure on the opposition ball in hand. I am of the opinion that if we mix it up just that little bit more our core will be that much more effective because you have to plant some doubt into the oppo.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You can hardly blame a nation for striving to be the best. And I'm splitting hairs here but for a surety NZ hasn't been #1 for 150 years. I'll give you the modern era but pre-isolation and professionalism SA was #1 if you apply the rankings backwards. Forget the rankings even, SA have the era 1921 to 1976 by 21 wins to 13 for NZ. That's a 62% win ration over NZ specifically prior to isolation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 1055045, member: 39190"] Well the loss certainly doesn't come as a shock but in some regard it almost doesn't feel as if Aus actively won that one if that makes any sense? There were just too many flat performances, soft penalties given, kicks at goal missed, first time tackles missed (credit where its due though!). Can't blame anyone but ourselves for that one. Not wanting to take anything away from Aussie who looked like they just wanted it more which is often enough the difference in rugby. That'll probably take some pressure off of the team and I hope Aus can build from here (though not quite next week!) because its a very young team. Cooper, Hooper and especially Kerevi the standouts for me. The old heads.. though the rest certainly held their own well enough. To some extent I am happy for a close loss if it translates into just a bit of introspection. I hope it shows that we'll need to add a few strings to our bow if we aren't going to just go back to being that team that oscillates between 2 and 5 and here and there beat NZ and win a world cup every 12 years. Not saying we need to throw away what we have, I'm not one of those people who wants everyone to have a chuck about and I can see and appreciate the subtle differences in the ways team that do play wider differ NZ =/= Scotland =/= Aus =/= Japan for instance BUT we should be able to put more pressure on the opposition ball in hand. I am of the opinion that if we mix it up just that little bit more our core will be that much more effective because you have to plant some doubt into the oppo. You can hardly blame a nation for striving to be the best. And I'm splitting hairs here but for a surety NZ hasn't been #1 for 150 years. I'll give you the modern era but pre-isolation and professionalism SA was #1 if you apply the rankings backwards. Forget the rankings even, SA have the era 1921 to 1976 by 21 wins to 13 for NZ. That's a 62% win ration over NZ specifically prior to isolation. [/QUOTE]
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