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It was a brilliant move that deserves to be studied so I've taken a look at the various players' roles and running lines http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/video-anlaysis-how-did-that-all-blacks-1st-phase-move-work/

Mr Timms and I just had a good session on the Podslam with Richard Graham regarding the match last Saturday and what needs to be done before this Saturday. Should be uploaded soon - we got his views on: The slow ruck ball option used by the Wallabies; The All Black 1st phase tries; Why aren't...

I didn't see any instances on Saturday where play slowed down because Barnes was out of play and the Wallabies had to wait for Beale to come up from the back. Regardless of who plays #12 they have a big role to play in the decision making process - they have to feed information in to the #10...

Scoey - I record a line break for the first player in a phase to get beyond (through or around) the main line of defenders but only when they are not being held onto by a defender. In the case of a play from a static point (scrum, lineout or breakdown) it's easy to see where the line is but on...

Same reply as I made on the blog too Bullrush - Genia runs the show at the Reds where he controls the momentum of the forwards. At the Reds his coaches know the importance of quick ball and he doesn't have a #10 slowing the play down - as a result they play as you say they should. Agree with...

This is a complex topic but for a little background on the discrepancies between stats providers try this http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/video-statistics-how-accurate-are-they/

My video analysis of the Wallabies slow ruck tactics http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/why-are-the-wallabies-slowing-their-rucks-down/

My video analysis on the Wallabies slow ruck tactics http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/why-are-the-wallabies-slowing-their-rucks-down/

Seriously guys, you need to watch a replay! Genia is either waiting for forwards to realign or Barnes to waive his arms around telling players where to go. Of the 79 passes Genia threw in the game, only one was slowed down by him when players were in position and don't get me wrong, he...

BH I'm with you on the starting XV with one comment and one change to your 22: 1. Samo has to be replaced no later than 55 mins; 2. If you want to go with a 5: 2 bench, Harris is more versaltile than Mitchell.

Richo Genia was really good through the whole game. Here are the game times for the passes to Barnes in the first half, which one was the problem? 2:41 2:53 4:24 16:00 16:27 20:13 24:56 35:21 35:36 37:56 38:09 The two inside the 22 you might like to examine are at 16:00 where Genia hit...

Richo Genia threw 27 passes to Barnes (11 in 1st half and 16 in 2nd) - only 1 wasn't a good pass - at 76:27 when Mealamu came through offside to tackle Genia as he passed which earned the Wallabies a penalty. Genia threw 79 passes in the game (including those to Barnes). I rated 4 poor...

Ash I watched Timani closely when I did an anlaysis on the game this afternoon. Your comments are all valid. Having said that I think that's the best game I've seen him play for a long time. Having said that his best game in a while was not good enough for test level - if you watch him...

I've finished my analysis of the match and I say Graham Henry's claims are not credible - see the article that supports my claim at http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/debunked-why-graham-henrys-claims-regarding-the-2007-rwc-are-not-credible/

I love a challenge! I've now analysed this game frame by frame and by the end of next week will publish a detailed assessment of Graham Henry's view of what happened. There are some very interesting details that I believe show the claims about what impact decisions had on the score in the...

If you're correct TOCC and we have limited clean ball on the front foot, our backline won't be able to function. Genia's running game will be nullified and the defensive line will be moving forward pressuring our #10. If it's Barnes at #10 working off back foot ball, he'll drop back into the...

BH - agree Genia is the key regardless of who's at #10 and the key to Genia playing well is the forwards performance. If any team drives our forwards back in defence or can slow our ball at the breakdown, Genia's performance will be down. If our forwards are slow to re-align, Genia won't...

Barbarian you seem to have a problem with anyone who doesn't agree with your opinion. I point you to your comment on 26 July 2012 in response to Jiggles who said "Shame not to see Holmes there. Not sure what he has to do to get a call up." Seems like a perfectly constructive engagement to me...

We got pulversised well before Benny A came on and it continued when he came on - see http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/wallabies-scrumaging-woes/ for examples from that game. Those clips are only from the third test but the same issues existed in the first two tests - the reality is that the...

The two biggest problem positions in the Wallabies for me are #8 and #13. In my view the two best players in those positions in the world are Read and Smith so they would be my choice.