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Saturday, 6 August: Springboks v New Zealand
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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1097708" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p><em>Obviously we were poor under the high ball and the boks were great. We don't have the best players to fix this entirely but we can get better at the blocking.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Tactics were probably right but the poorly balanced midfield keeps showing itself as a failure. I wonder if goodhue will be available next week.<em>Beauden taking the line on helped with the situation but wasn't enough. </em>Tupaea's connection with his insides has been poor now in several tests. Riekos passing under pressure is often not the best. Maybe we just play faingaanuku and goodhue next week if available, especially if beauden isn't available.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Not sure how much we can do about the scrums but was positively surprised that lomax only gave away the one penalty. Newell shoild definitely be considered. Start him so if it doesn't work out you can sub him off.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Put ardie at seven. He may be good at 8 against some countries but not so much the boks. Put akira at 8 and vaai at 6. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>On the other hand, making too many changes means we might be rusty again.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Fakatava should be in the 23.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The connection between the players, in terms of attack and at rucks, and under the high ball, needs to be better. Fix that somehow.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>And the discipline, you can't give away dumb penalties when the opposition is better than you. </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1097708, member: 65365"] [I]Obviously we were poor under the high ball and the boks were great. We don't have the best players to fix this entirely but we can get better at the blocking. Tactics were probably right but the poorly balanced midfield keeps showing itself as a failure. I wonder if goodhue will be available next week.[I]Beauden taking the line on helped with the situation but wasn't enough. [/I]Tupaea's connection with his insides has been poor now in several tests. Riekos passing under pressure is often not the best. Maybe we just play faingaanuku and goodhue next week if available, especially if beauden isn't available. Not sure how much we can do about the scrums but was positively surprised that lomax only gave away the one penalty. Newell shoild definitely be considered. Start him so if it doesn't work out you can sub him off. Put ardie at seven. He may be good at 8 against some countries but not so much the boks. Put akira at 8 and vaai at 6. On the other hand, making too many changes means we might be rusty again. Fakatava should be in the 23. The connection between the players, in terms of attack and at rucks, and under the high ball, needs to be better. Fix that somehow. And the discipline, you can't give away dumb penalties when the opposition is better than you. [/I] [/QUOTE]
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