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[EOYT] England vs New Zealand 16/11/13
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<blockquote data-quote="The Jones Boy" data-source="post: 606627" data-attributes="member: 70721"><p>Kaino coming back will be a great help to the AB back row.</p><p>We are fine with locks but the replenishment of the front row is a little bit more tricky.</p><p>We seem to have loads of halfbacks and first fives but at 2nd five and centre we don't have much in the cupboard.</p><p>We missed Conrad on the northern tour.</p><p>Ma'a missed Conrad as well.</p><p>Sonny Bill is only going to be a short term prospect at best. Careers are short but SBW is certainly keen to maximise his time in the limelight. If he does come back he won't stay for long so it's back to the drawing board. I had high hopes for Kahui but I haven't heard anything about him coming back from Nippon.</p><p>Wings we have in abundance. I like the three we have at the moment a lot and Dagg is a wonderful fullback, Piatau an excellent cover for Fullback.</p><p></p><p>Are we sliding?</p><p>Maybe a little in the front row. Mealaamu and Hore must be close to retirement, maybe Woodcock as well and McCaw can't play forever. Yet to see any Kiwi sniffer rising up through the ranks who could come close to comparing against the great man.</p><p>Other than that I'm ok with what Hansen has and is doing.</p><p></p><p>Joubert got swayed by the crowd at Twickenham. For a while he reminded me of that other referee from saffer-ville, Andre whats-his- face, who would actively bring other teams back into the game to keep the score 'toit' and 'abso-lute-lee more-villous'.</p><p></p><p>The AB's made mistakes yesterday afternoon and got pinged for them, the English made mistakes and got away with 50% of them. That was worth 9 points at a time when England were 17-3 down and changed the momentum of the game considerably before gifting them the one man advantage after Read clearly came in from the rear and behind the last feet.</p><p></p><p>I know the Aussies are classic for moaning about the reffing at Twickenham, and over the years i have seen them suffer unduly (which ultimately led to a chortle or two). I hadn't noticed it so much against us until yesterdays match, and then had to suffer the outraged audacity of the stripey blazer gang at the ground who claimed that the ref hadn't given them anything.</p><p>Oh dear...</p><p></p><p>The AB's were not at their best but fairness tells us that is because England were stronger in areas that caused pressure and pressure brings mistakes. England were stronger in the game at times partly because of advantageous reffing decisions that gave them field position and easy shots at goal and an extra man for 10 minutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Jones Boy, post: 606627, member: 70721"] Kaino coming back will be a great help to the AB back row. We are fine with locks but the replenishment of the front row is a little bit more tricky. We seem to have loads of halfbacks and first fives but at 2nd five and centre we don't have much in the cupboard. We missed Conrad on the northern tour. Ma'a missed Conrad as well. Sonny Bill is only going to be a short term prospect at best. Careers are short but SBW is certainly keen to maximise his time in the limelight. If he does come back he won't stay for long so it's back to the drawing board. I had high hopes for Kahui but I haven't heard anything about him coming back from Nippon. Wings we have in abundance. I like the three we have at the moment a lot and Dagg is a wonderful fullback, Piatau an excellent cover for Fullback. Are we sliding? Maybe a little in the front row. Mealaamu and Hore must be close to retirement, maybe Woodcock as well and McCaw can't play forever. Yet to see any Kiwi sniffer rising up through the ranks who could come close to comparing against the great man. Other than that I'm ok with what Hansen has and is doing. Joubert got swayed by the crowd at Twickenham. For a while he reminded me of that other referee from saffer-ville, Andre whats-his- face, who would actively bring other teams back into the game to keep the score 'toit' and 'abso-lute-lee more-villous'. The AB's made mistakes yesterday afternoon and got pinged for them, the English made mistakes and got away with 50% of them. That was worth 9 points at a time when England were 17-3 down and changed the momentum of the game considerably before gifting them the one man advantage after Read clearly came in from the rear and behind the last feet. I know the Aussies are classic for moaning about the reffing at Twickenham, and over the years i have seen them suffer unduly (which ultimately led to a chortle or two). I hadn't noticed it so much against us until yesterdays match, and then had to suffer the outraged audacity of the stripey blazer gang at the ground who claimed that the ref hadn't given them anything. Oh dear... The AB's were not at their best but fairness tells us that is because England were stronger in areas that caused pressure and pressure brings mistakes. England were stronger in the game at times partly because of advantageous reffing decisions that gave them field position and easy shots at goal and an extra man for 10 minutes. [/QUOTE]
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