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[EOYT] England vs New Zealand 16/11/13
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 606639" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>mmmyeah, so anyways admist the flaws and things both sides really really should look into, and the bad refereeing, this still had a lot of good for England. I'll repeat neither fans should be happy with this match, there's no way I'd be happy as a NZ'er or an Englishman, but I'd like to say this for both teams:</p><p></p><p><strong>New Zealand</strong> can thank the Lord they have Kieran Read (except for forgetting the ball 3m from the try-line, that was shocking). In a sea of great competences and ability that are the All-Blacks, he's one of the special guy who seems to be hellbent on leaving his imprint on a game noticeably. His offloads, running, rucking, all the subtle little things that make a huge difference. I think with Carter and McCaw toning down lately, they really needed the one guy to be able to step up and kind of always have his thing going when the rest of the team are at a loss.</p><p></p><p>Another thing is the <u>breakdown</u>. Surely they had some strong moments, but referees seem to actually be calling penalties more and more on ground play against NZ lately.</p><p>NZ have not enjoyed the counter-attacking, turnovers and all the things that make them so good at the breakdown against France and England these last two tests. They haven't looked panickingly frightening with ball in hand for a while and have had to score tries the *hard way* so far in Europe, in traffic and with a lot of fixing 2 defenders on one guy to free up the finisher. Plays that require a lot of dexterity, and multiple stages of a play to all go right for the 7 points to come. Tries have not come off like 60m running and stuff we've seen a lot against France in test 2 last summer for e.g. And just for emphasis on that point, they have been comprehensively out-rucked against both France and England. How uncommon is that of a notion ?</p><p></p><p>And again the 60-40% possession and territory to the home team against NZ.</p><p></p><p><strong>England:</strong></p><p><strong></strong>Vunipola and Twelvetrees have been really solid and visible the whole game. BIG contributors for England and still young (esp. the no8). Farrell making all his kicks in such a high pressure game is a *big* plus for England. They know they can really count on him by now; sheer confirmation there.</p><p>Mike Brown is awesome. He keeps breaking tackles, 1-2-3-4, keeps going...he's a ball of nerve, has good experience now and yet still the vigor of youth. He can run, confuse opponents not just straight running, makes the timely pass and his lateral movement evades so many tackles it's scary for opposite sides.</p><p></p><p>If England can keep him healthy, add Yarde+Wade and see them playing to their potential, along with 12trees and Tuilagi, they'll have a formidable backline for the next few years. And they won't have to rely so heavily on Tuilagi for scoring opportunities, which was the goal I think England set themselves for the near future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 606639, member: 57076"] mmmyeah, so anyways admist the flaws and things both sides really really should look into, and the bad refereeing, this still had a lot of good for England. I'll repeat neither fans should be happy with this match, there's no way I'd be happy as a NZ'er or an Englishman, but I'd like to say this for both teams: [B]New Zealand[/B] can thank the Lord they have Kieran Read (except for forgetting the ball 3m from the try-line, that was shocking). In a sea of great competences and ability that are the All-Blacks, he's one of the special guy who seems to be hellbent on leaving his imprint on a game noticeably. His offloads, running, rucking, all the subtle little things that make a huge difference. I think with Carter and McCaw toning down lately, they really needed the one guy to be able to step up and kind of always have his thing going when the rest of the team are at a loss. Another thing is the [U]breakdown[/U]. Surely they had some strong moments, but referees seem to actually be calling penalties more and more on ground play against NZ lately. NZ have not enjoyed the counter-attacking, turnovers and all the things that make them so good at the breakdown against France and England these last two tests. They haven't looked panickingly frightening with ball in hand for a while and have had to score tries the *hard way* so far in Europe, in traffic and with a lot of fixing 2 defenders on one guy to free up the finisher. Plays that require a lot of dexterity, and multiple stages of a play to all go right for the 7 points to come. Tries have not come off like 60m running and stuff we've seen a lot against France in test 2 last summer for e.g. And just for emphasis on that point, they have been comprehensively out-rucked against both France and England. How uncommon is that of a notion ? And again the 60-40% possession and territory to the home team against NZ. [B]England: [/B]Vunipola and Twelvetrees have been really solid and visible the whole game. BIG contributors for England and still young (esp. the no8). Farrell making all his kicks in such a high pressure game is a *big* plus for England. They know they can really count on him by now; sheer confirmation there. Mike Brown is awesome. He keeps breaking tackles, 1-2-3-4, keeps going...he's a ball of nerve, has good experience now and yet still the vigor of youth. He can run, confuse opponents not just straight running, makes the timely pass and his lateral movement evades so many tackles it's scary for opposite sides. If England can keep him healthy, add Yarde+Wade and see them playing to their potential, along with 12trees and Tuilagi, they'll have a formidable backline for the next few years. And they won't have to rely so heavily on Tuilagi for scoring opportunities, which was the goal I think England set themselves for the near future. [/QUOTE]
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