Ouch, my eyes!
Don't forget the abs had to quarantine too, may be closer to home but most have still been away for over 8 weeks
What are you watching ? Jordan doesn't make a lot of mistakes, also handles the pressure well, the bloke has scored 11 tries in 7 tests - you don't wrap players up in cotton wool anyway... Toeava was an exciting running back, he failed at international level because his mental toughness under pressure was really poor, so constantly made silly errors.
I don't think the ABs have "a lot" more talent than any other nation. I the depth is the best in the world, but I would say France and Boks are right behind them. Honestly, I'd say France has the most pure talent in the world right now. Some of it is unproven, but they are dripping with potential at so many positions.
Jordan made 5 errors that I counted in the one game against Tonga for instance. He made at least two errors in The last game, but I wasn't analysing that one so closely because I had intended to watch a second time, which I didn't. In both of the crusaders games where they were under pressure, he made a lot of errors. Those two games and the last one against the springboks are the only super rugby or above games that he has played where there has been substantial pressure. Therefore it's reasonable to suspect he is poor under pressure.
Really ? that's very pedantic, you could have the same stat for all our players & any player can easily have a one-off shocker, no one plays the perfect game, all you can do is try to make the least amount of mistakes you can... as said his mental toughness is good under pressure overall.
Would have to disagree, as the other teams are not able to play the fast pace game the ABs execute, they are all looking to nullify us by constantly slowing our possession down, not just because of our backs, also because our forwards have the speed to link up with them to keep the movements going.
Just pointing out that one game because I'm guessing from your approach of analysing players that you would have missed that he had a poor game against Tonga and just said he was great because he scored 5 tries. How you can say he is generally good under pressure when he has very rarely been under pressure and then has been extremely poor when he has been under pressure is beyond me. It's pretty arrogant to dismiss someone's opinion that is based in objective things they have noticed but you haven't.
Keep hearing this but France are yet to fire a shot. To suggest they have better depth than the All Blacks is laughable.
Yeah, Captaincy hasn't been that great, that's just not about the captain, also involves the leadership group.
Not dismissing your opinion, but your just not talking much sense - you can't just go pin pointing bits of each game he plays in... what about talking about our poor option taking against the rush defence, how to improve our lineouts etc ?
Ok now I see where you are coming from - you don't think errors are as significant as I do. I am pin pointing bits of each game, but only because some bits are more important than others. Just like I would pin point how his well timed insertion into the line or 'always In The right place at the right time' support play had caused a try that most likely wouldn't have been scored by another player, but I wouldn't pin poibt each time he caught an easy pass or made an easy tackle or took an easy high ball, or scored an easy try at the end of an overlap where any other winger would have done the same. To me even two errors is too many unless you are doing something special that the other winger you could have chosen would t have done. And five errors against a third string Tonga is more significant than five tries when the team would have been aiming to be clinical.
The Wallabies barely beat a D side France team at home. France won back to back junior world championships. Have the wallabies even won one?
