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<blockquote data-quote="Gay-Guy" data-source="post: 81915"><p>The AB defeat is good in the long run because this season they had some serious flaws to fix up.........but every game they won and nothing was being done about it.</p><p></p><p>1. Lineouts</p><p></p><p>2. Tactical kicking</p><p></p><p></p><p>This year the AB's sucked at these things. Carter was fantastic with his touch finders last year but now he kicks like a schoolboy. This also goes for every other back. NZ never kicked the ball down the paddock when they were ahead on the scoreboard and applied pressure on the opposition down the other end of the field. They often ran it from their own 22 when NOTHING was on and often paid the price. Aussie played superbly with their tactical kicking against the AB's this season and Pretorius notably did the same in the game over the weekend. Good kicking can keep a team that is not as good close to you. Remember Stpehen Bachop for Manu Samoa at the '91 RWC? The AB's should work field position more wisely, especially when they are ahead.</p><p></p><p>The lineouts for the AB's are honestly a mess. Jack, Eaton and Williams are good lineout jumpers and have already proven themselves.......so what the hell is going wrong with their systems if they can only win throws to MaCaw and Sooialo?????? Seems more of a system thing than a personnel one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gay-Guy, post: 81915"] The AB defeat is good in the long run because this season they had some serious flaws to fix up.........but every game they won and nothing was being done about it. 1. Lineouts 2. Tactical kicking This year the AB's sucked at these things. Carter was fantastic with his touch finders last year but now he kicks like a schoolboy. This also goes for every other back. NZ never kicked the ball down the paddock when they were ahead on the scoreboard and applied pressure on the opposition down the other end of the field. They often ran it from their own 22 when NOTHING was on and often paid the price. Aussie played superbly with their tactical kicking against the AB's this season and Pretorius notably did the same in the game over the weekend. Good kicking can keep a team that is not as good close to you. Remember Stpehen Bachop for Manu Samoa at the '91 RWC? The AB's should work field position more wisely, especially when they are ahead. The lineouts for the AB's are honestly a mess. Jack, Eaton and Williams are good lineout jumpers and have already proven themselves.......so what the hell is going wrong with their systems if they can only win throws to MaCaw and Sooialo?????? Seems more of a system thing than a personnel one. [/QUOTE]
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