![]() ![]() I would like to be believe this, but I’m struggling after last night’s performance. ![]() It may well be masterclass of strategic brilliance by the All Blacks’ coaches – learning, of course, and holding back on some juggernaut of dominance (not yet seen by this edition of the All Blacks) until the quarter-finals. It was just some of the execution that let us down.” (Aaron Smith) “There was a lot of attention and nervousness around the game, a big game in a hostile environment. That’s where we’ve got to adapt and grow and get better.” (Sam Whitelock) “You’ve got to take your opportunities, you don’t get many, and there were a couple of key moments there that we didn’t execute our simple skills, whether that’s a catch-pass or cleaning a ruck. “When you look at the amount of opportunities we had in that game, we are just gutted about the way we let France back into the game when we had all the pressure.” (Richie Mo’unga) “We will be bringing someone in and don’t be surprised if it is a loose forward.” (Ian Foster) (and don’t’ drop Ethan de Groot – help him get out of his funk and get some energy and finesse back into his scrummaging). And why not rest Sam Cane, have Ardie Savea start as openside flanker and put Luke Jacobson at No.8. I would like to see Damian McKenzie, Cam Roigard, Leicester Fainga’anuku and Samipeni Finau/Ethan Blackadder all start the Namibia match and be told to play their own style of rugby. Use these X-factor guys with the many different options available at set-pieces. ![]() We do have X-factor backs but somehow the collective team has lost its way and it’s almost as if the x-factor players feel constrained by directives that are given to the team as a whole. Errors – way too many.Īs for the kicking, surely there was a Plan B, or Plan C if it was seen that the kicking game – kicking tennis Beauden Barrett called it – wasn’t working. So, kudos to the All Blacks for creating the opportunities but an F grade for not making the most of them. They reflect the fact that there were numerous lost opportunities throughout the match. ![]()
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