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<blockquote data-quote="shtove" data-source="post: 167178"><p>Hallo, is there anybody out there? Hallooooo?</p><p></p><p>Sorry, Gay Guy - most NZ international posters have flown south for the winter. But the SA guys stuck around!</p><p></p><p>That psychological approach sounds like the Borg - each member focuses on a small task, and collectively they move as one. I suppose there's plenty of fine theory to back it up - flocking patterns, wisdom of crowds etc. Interestingly, Ireland's WTF! campaign has officially been put down to a collective failure - so it works both ways. And Ireland's lack of strength up front is blamed on not having full internationals before the tournament. But Ireland were a very settled team. So lots of parallels and contrasts there.</p><p></p><p>The weakness I saw in Carter was his failure in tactical kicking, or really just kicking long in to the corners. But then I'm a fan of Ireland's O'Gara. In THE match, Carter wasn't on the pitch (nor was his replacement) to prove his quality as general in choosing a 2003 Jonny-style late DG. If you take that actual score as a comparison, you can see that England were bent on DGs throughout the final - Jonny missed two, I think - but that the last, wonderful move was down to three key players: Johnson, Dawson and Jonny. So England kept plugging at a tactic that could have lost them a game they should have won, and finally it paid off. The ABs too kept plugging away with forward drives, but they didn't have those key players when it mattered.</p><p></p><p>And let's not forget two brilliant tries by France! I was delighted at the result, but as the tournament unfolded after that I kind of wished we could turn back the clock. We'll see in the 6N if the ping-pong horror is with us long term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shtove, post: 167178"] Hallo, is there anybody out there? Hallooooo? Sorry, Gay Guy - most NZ international posters have flown south for the winter. But the SA guys stuck around! That psychological approach sounds like the Borg - each member focuses on a small task, and collectively they move as one. I suppose there's plenty of fine theory to back it up - flocking patterns, wisdom of crowds etc. Interestingly, Ireland's WTF! campaign has officially been put down to a collective failure - so it works both ways. And Ireland's lack of strength up front is blamed on not having full internationals before the tournament. But Ireland were a very settled team. So lots of parallels and contrasts there. The weakness I saw in Carter was his failure in tactical kicking, or really just kicking long in to the corners. But then I'm a fan of Ireland's O'Gara. In THE match, Carter wasn't on the pitch (nor was his replacement) to prove his quality as general in choosing a 2003 Jonny-style late DG. If you take that actual score as a comparison, you can see that England were bent on DGs throughout the final - Jonny missed two, I think - but that the last, wonderful move was down to three key players: Johnson, Dawson and Jonny. So England kept plugging at a tactic that could have lost them a game they should have won, and finally it paid off. The ABs too kept plugging away with forward drives, but they didn't have those key players when it mattered. And let's not forget two brilliant tries by France! I was delighted at the result, but as the tournament unfolded after that I kind of wished we could turn back the clock. We'll see in the 6N if the ping-pong horror is with us long term. [/QUOTE]
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