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[EOYT] France vs South Africa 23/11/13
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 607210" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>I completely disagree about defense. Sure SA has an advantage in terms of the line-out, and possibly maul (though France aren't avg. in that field either).</p><p></p><p>S.A. haven't managed good defense on the All-Blacks, neither of the times they played them. They conceded 4 tries in Auckland, then 5 at home in Jo-Burg. And in terms of a clinical, downright scary attack, the All-Blacks reign supreme. </p><p>Even in test 2 we played the AB in NZ, the one where we got smashed 30-0, we conceded 3 tries, not more. Tests 1 and 3 we conceded 2 tries each. And needless to repeat that when they came to Paris, our defense was the best I've seen all year, by a healthy margin, of any side on them.</p><p></p><p>The fact that S.A. hasn't conceded a try against Wales and Scotland this year means they're good. But it doesn't mean they're great. In fact when Wales started the match two weeks ago they were making good breaks, but never managed to score.</p><p></p><p>So I disagree SA have a better defense, especially when they've conceded 4 then 5 tries against the AB, including one try NZ scored with 14 men, and it wasn't close.</p><p></p><p>Defensively, France will have to be right at the top of their form, produce smt like against the All-Blacks. It will be very hard, and we may not manage it, but we can do it.</p><p>South Africa have to make sure they leave nothing to the French on attack, and saturate any potential awakening and good sensations on attack the French will want to harvest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 607210, member: 57076"] I completely disagree about defense. Sure SA has an advantage in terms of the line-out, and possibly maul (though France aren't avg. in that field either). S.A. haven't managed good defense on the All-Blacks, neither of the times they played them. They conceded 4 tries in Auckland, then 5 at home in Jo-Burg. And in terms of a clinical, downright scary attack, the All-Blacks reign supreme. Even in test 2 we played the AB in NZ, the one where we got smashed 30-0, we conceded 3 tries, not more. Tests 1 and 3 we conceded 2 tries each. And needless to repeat that when they came to Paris, our defense was the best I've seen all year, by a healthy margin, of any side on them. The fact that S.A. hasn't conceded a try against Wales and Scotland this year means they're good. But it doesn't mean they're great. In fact when Wales started the match two weeks ago they were making good breaks, but never managed to score. So I disagree SA have a better defense, especially when they've conceded 4 then 5 tries against the AB, including one try NZ scored with 14 men, and it wasn't close. Defensively, France will have to be right at the top of their form, produce smt like against the All-Blacks. It will be very hard, and we may not manage it, but we can do it. South Africa have to make sure they leave nothing to the French on attack, and saturate any potential awakening and good sensations on attack the French will want to harvest. [/QUOTE]
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