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I don't see our current game plan as building pressure on teams. We move the ball until a hole is found and then send one runner through. But we can't execute well enough to turn this into pressure or points. Worse, the mistakes we make turn into 7 points for the opposition but our poor...

Awesome post Athilnaur, worthy of a front page blog. I also think there is a level of disinterest (although maybe thats too harsh). Another indicator (over the bombs hitting the ground) is the number of Wobbs just jogging around following the play, but not actually getting to the current...

3. JOC (James O'Connor) 2. Fardy 1. Izzy

I can't remember the last time we played so poorly for 3 tests in a row. The boks have won all the collisions tonight.

We are playing into their hands

Cummins, two touches for two drops

Geez we are playing with heaps of width

Looked to be a deliberate knock down, you hae to be trying to catch it, not slap it

I like the team. This is the most excited I have been since the first bledisloe of 2013, oh wait...

My 2c on the historical rivalries, I happened to be in NZ when the AB’s played the boks at Eden park in 1997. I was in a Wellington pub, but my memory was that, in addition to the joy of the result, there was sheer disbelief from the NZer’s that the AB’s could put 50+ points on the Boks and win...

The nrl bulldogs CEO said she he understanding was that izzy was re-signing with rugby and wouldn't be going to belmore

3. Fardy 2. Lilo 1. Hooper

Yeah, but they play with confidence knowing that at anything up to say 10 behind they are still within striking distance. Plus one of the reasons the abs don't get carded is that we take the 3 rather than keep the pressure on. I just get the feeling they are quite happy for us to go for 3...

We need to make more of our opportunities. After 25 mins we were playing well, had made some breaks but were only up 6 nil. We score our points in 3s, NZ score there's in 7s' plus they tend to hit back straight after we take the 3, which makes our decision to take 3 doubly poor. Maybe our...

I think yes, despite the terribly disappointing results. We don't quite have the starting 15 right, plus we are making too many mistakes. We can also learn a lot from the ABs about defence in test matches. When it clicks we will win, I am expecting the EOYT to be when we really start to get a...

There wont be

Which one? nonu or Read?

But if you have Genia inside him and Lilo outside him (and izzy, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) and JOC (James O'Connor) further out) isn't it ok for To'omua to underplay his hand and to be more of a game manager than a game breaker? Or is it not ok?

After watching the game again, a few things that I didn't see real time: - kuridrani was very poor in his stint. - Genia was also poor, masked by his runaway try which was set up by hooper anyway. His decision to chip for Horwill to chase was as bad as they come, his box kick was also poor...

The wobbs game felt like a preseason trial in some ways. Players not really sure what their team mates would do or fully trusting them, lots of experimental play, indecision and the associated mistakes. Combine that with a AB team that capitalises on mistakes and you get the thumping that...