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[2021 Rugby Championship] Round 4 Argentina v New Zealand (18/9/2021)
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<blockquote data-quote="NZbloke" data-source="post: 1055851" data-attributes="member: 85358"><p>I didn't say we don't need to develop combinations, I said we don't need to build combinations too much, we're way overdoing it in the area - yeah, you can't always start your best 15 as some players need to be rested, while others might be out injured... reckon it's fine to make 5 or 6 changes at times, that's still changing about a third of your team, but the real big matches need your best starting 15 & bench playing.</p><p></p><p>From what I've seen Foster hasn't got the team to kick in behind the rushing defence much at all - what I do like as mentioned before is the ABs forwards taking the ball up through a lot more phases, which is also giving us more possession, that's not really due to Foster... it's because we don't have Aaron Smith constantly firing the ball out to the backs a heap of times, so our forwards weren't doing enough hard yakka smashing the ball up to give us more forward momentum & better front foot ball for the backs.</p><p></p><p>Really made me laugh when the NZRU said Foster got the job because of the outstanding coaching staff he selected - really ??? Plumtree his assistant coach use to be our Canes head coach as you know, he's clearly in the same category as Foster, an average coach... Chris Boyd use to be the head coach for the Canes & Plumbtree was his assistant, Boyd had 3 years with the Canes, where we made two Super Rugby Finals, winning one of them, also a Semi, that's a great effort when you consider the Canes have always had poor tight-fives... Crusaders have won so many Super comps over the years because they've always had an excellent front 5, as we all know that's where you control the game from.</p><p>When Boyd went overseas Plumtree took over the team & we started to go down hill, then he got selected on the AB coaching staff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NZbloke, post: 1055851, member: 85358"] I didn't say we don't need to develop combinations, I said we don't need to build combinations too much, we're way overdoing it in the area - yeah, you can't always start your best 15 as some players need to be rested, while others might be out injured... reckon it's fine to make 5 or 6 changes at times, that's still changing about a third of your team, but the real big matches need your best starting 15 & bench playing. From what I've seen Foster hasn't got the team to kick in behind the rushing defence much at all - what I do like as mentioned before is the ABs forwards taking the ball up through a lot more phases, which is also giving us more possession, that's not really due to Foster... it's because we don't have Aaron Smith constantly firing the ball out to the backs a heap of times, so our forwards weren't doing enough hard yakka smashing the ball up to give us more forward momentum & better front foot ball for the backs. Really made me laugh when the NZRU said Foster got the job because of the outstanding coaching staff he selected - really ??? Plumtree his assistant coach use to be our Canes head coach as you know, he's clearly in the same category as Foster, an average coach... Chris Boyd use to be the head coach for the Canes & Plumbtree was his assistant, Boyd had 3 years with the Canes, where we made two Super Rugby Finals, winning one of them, also a Semi, that's a great effort when you consider the Canes have always had poor tight-fives... Crusaders have won so many Super comps over the years because they've always had an excellent front 5, as we all know that's where you control the game from. When Boyd went overseas Plumtree took over the team & we started to go down hill, then he got selected on the AB coaching staff. [/QUOTE]
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