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[2021 Rugby Championship] Round 5 South Africa v New Zealand (25/9/2021)
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<blockquote data-quote="Gay-Guy" data-source="post: 1056381" data-attributes="member: 12225"><p>100th test and Springboks go back to what worked for them in 1921. </p><p></p><p>Beauden is never going to take the 10 jersey from Mounga as the speed of the ball leaving his hand is not as fast. DMac passes faster than Beaudy. Beauden also has not got the speed he once had. I am afraid with his brother being a better punter and goal kicker the days of Beaudy starting at 15 may also be over. </p><p></p><p>All Blacks need to go back to the days of the light and heavy winger combinations. Williams and Batty, Fraser and Wilson, Kirwan and Wright, Jonah and Wilson, Gear and Rokocoko, Kahui and Jane, Savea and Skudder. When the All Blacks played England they chose not to have a power winger and paid the price. Yesterday they excluded a power winger and had 3 bomb defusers at the back which makes for a one dimensional back field gameplan. They would have done better if Clarke or Fainganuku were playing on the right wing instead of Bridge. Even Wallabies know to play the light heavy wing combination with Koroibete and Kelleher. It gives the outside backs more options for the opposition defence to consider.</p><p></p><p>Faf's box kick game is top class. Kiwis had trouble figuring out whether it was underspin or overspin with every kick let alone trying to catch it under pressure. I suspect Faf has done his homework and knows what type of spin Bridge, Jordan, and Barrett struggles to catch. Near the end you could see Jordie looking at the spin on the bombs and calling Dmac to catch it even though he was closer.</p><p></p><p>Boks defence at the lineout was immense. Boks also got ascendency on the scrum when the reserves came on. Both teams did not dominate their mauls and also cancelled each other out in the middle of the park. </p><p></p><p>Footage of the All Blacks training showed their backs hitting the line quite flat...a different approach to the Wallabies who had their spine standing further back. The All Blacks backs looked like they were trying to play a Crusaders type of attack with Hurricane halves.</p><p></p><p>Once Jacobson could not play then NZ was stuffed as they need a true grafter at 8. Savea is too light to be an 8. Akira and Sotutu are inconsistent at 8 with the dirty work. Blackadder is a fetcher/link player and could be an 8 in time but not yesterday. Jacobson's withdrawal impacted the NZ loosies chemistry more than people realised and you could see that lack of linking when it came to supporting tackled players.</p><p></p><p>Brodie (like BB) is struggling to regain his mojo. The question is whether he ever will? Will he have a career resurgence like Carter or will it be like Read? Brodie did show his defence has returned...all he has to do is get that offensive confidence back. He missed a few tail pass opportunities that would have opened things up and some of his communication with his pod was off.</p><p></p><p>The All Blacks pack looked tired trying to take the Boks up front and perhaps were trying to redeem themselves from the England game. They did hold their own but part of that could be down to the Bok pack not having more variety in their attack. They need to know when to change tactics but I suspect this was because there was a lack of leadership. Ardie is the captain but there was hardly any talk from him and subsequently the team until the final quarter. Maybe TJ should have been the captain?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gay-Guy, post: 1056381, member: 12225"] 100th test and Springboks go back to what worked for them in 1921. Beauden is never going to take the 10 jersey from Mounga as the speed of the ball leaving his hand is not as fast. DMac passes faster than Beaudy. Beauden also has not got the speed he once had. I am afraid with his brother being a better punter and goal kicker the days of Beaudy starting at 15 may also be over. All Blacks need to go back to the days of the light and heavy winger combinations. Williams and Batty, Fraser and Wilson, Kirwan and Wright, Jonah and Wilson, Gear and Rokocoko, Kahui and Jane, Savea and Skudder. When the All Blacks played England they chose not to have a power winger and paid the price. Yesterday they excluded a power winger and had 3 bomb defusers at the back which makes for a one dimensional back field gameplan. They would have done better if Clarke or Fainganuku were playing on the right wing instead of Bridge. Even Wallabies know to play the light heavy wing combination with Koroibete and Kelleher. It gives the outside backs more options for the opposition defence to consider. Faf's box kick game is top class. Kiwis had trouble figuring out whether it was underspin or overspin with every kick let alone trying to catch it under pressure. I suspect Faf has done his homework and knows what type of spin Bridge, Jordan, and Barrett struggles to catch. Near the end you could see Jordie looking at the spin on the bombs and calling Dmac to catch it even though he was closer. Boks defence at the lineout was immense. Boks also got ascendency on the scrum when the reserves came on. Both teams did not dominate their mauls and also cancelled each other out in the middle of the park. Footage of the All Blacks training showed their backs hitting the line quite flat...a different approach to the Wallabies who had their spine standing further back. The All Blacks backs looked like they were trying to play a Crusaders type of attack with Hurricane halves. Once Jacobson could not play then NZ was stuffed as they need a true grafter at 8. Savea is too light to be an 8. Akira and Sotutu are inconsistent at 8 with the dirty work. Blackadder is a fetcher/link player and could be an 8 in time but not yesterday. Jacobson's withdrawal impacted the NZ loosies chemistry more than people realised and you could see that lack of linking when it came to supporting tackled players. Brodie (like BB) is struggling to regain his mojo. The question is whether he ever will? Will he have a career resurgence like Carter or will it be like Read? Brodie did show his defence has returned...all he has to do is get that offensive confidence back. He missed a few tail pass opportunities that would have opened things up and some of his communication with his pod was off. The All Blacks pack looked tired trying to take the Boks up front and perhaps were trying to redeem themselves from the England game. They did hold their own but part of that could be down to the Bok pack not having more variety in their attack. They need to know when to change tactics but I suspect this was because there was a lack of leadership. Ardie is the captain but there was hardly any talk from him and subsequently the team until the final quarter. Maybe TJ should have been the captain? [/QUOTE]
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