The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Inman will probably play at 13 and rightly so IMHO. He did a very serviceable job there in the latter part of this years S14.
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Inman will probably play at 13 and rightly so IMHO. He did a very serviceable job there in the latter part of this years S14.
For you, pedallist, I'd suggest ANY haircut is just wrong!
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John Eales (66)
Thanks for posting that. I liked these bits:
For successful attacking play, there are three vital ‘ commodities’ – ask questions of the defence, recycle without delay, realign with urgency to capitalise of the resultant space.
They've been doing this aligning for years. All good teams do the first two things fairly well but it is the third item that most teams are deficient in. Teams are ready enough to realign on defence but the realigning on attack is essentially a Kiwi thing.
I first noticed it with the Auckland NPC team of 2002 and the 2003 Blues S12 team and 2003 All Black team did the same. It was the tool to convert quickly recycled ball into a lethal weapon. Deans' Crusaders got good at it too and it's ironic that the current Wallabies are not.
Sometimes we see the backs of good Kiwi teams run backwards to get into the right attacking position, then run forward.
“Stay tight on the ball carrier and maintain a good depth! Give the ball-carrier the space and the opportunity to play! He’s got the ball; he owns the game!” They are playing well; they’re doing “the ordinary things, extraordinarily well.”
He's got the ball; he owns the game - I love it; also the playing tight but not level with the ball runner; how can you accelerate on to a pass if you are level?
If Richie McCaw decides to relinquish his position as the world’s best rugby player, he could make a fortune as the world’s best con-man. How, in an incident under the New Zealand posts immediately after half-time, did he manage to avoid a penalty and a yellow card, when he was massively off-side and prevented quick ball for the Springboks, which would almost certainly resulted in a try – and a 23-14 lead? “Oops! Sorry ref!”?
I mentioned this last week: it's the All Black Captain syndrome and as I have mentioned a dozen times over the years: the Oz cricketers in their pomp were pampered by umpires also.
TIM (The Invisible Man) McCaw is alive and well.
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For successful attacking play, there are three vital ‘ commodities’ – ask questions of the defence, recycle without delay, realign with urgency to capitalise of the resultant space.
They've been doing this aligning for years. All good teams do the first two things fairly well but it is the third item that most teams are deficient in. Teams are ready enough to realign on defence but the realigning on attack is essentially a Kiwi thing.
I first noticed it with the Auckland NPC team of 2002 and the 2003 Blues S12 team and 2003 All Black team did the same. It was the tool to convert quickly recycled ball into a lethal weapon. Deans' Crusaders got good at it too and it's ironic that the current Wallabies are not.
Sometimes we see the backs of good Kiwi teams run backwards to get into the right attacking position, then run forward.
“Stay tight on the ball carrier and maintain a good depth! Give the ball-carrier the space and the opportunity to play! He’s got the ball; he owns the game!” They are playing well; they’re doing “the ordinary things, extraordinarily well.”
He's got the ball; he owns the game - I love it; also the playing tight but not level with the ball runner; how can you accelerate on to a pass if you are level?
If Richie McCaw decides to relinquish his position as the world’s best rugby player, he could make a fortune as the world’s best con-man. How, in an incident under the New Zealand posts immediately after half-time, did he manage to avoid a penalty and a yellow card, when he was massively off-side and prevented quick ball for the Springboks, which would almost certainly resulted in a try – and a 23-14 lead? “Oops! Sorry ref!”?
I mentioned this last week: it's the All Black Captain syndrome and as I have mentioned a dozen times over the years: the Oz cricketers in their pomp were pampered by umpires also.
TIM (The Invisible Man) McCaw is alive and well.
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The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Lee, that was the point I was trying to make about the refereeing. Owens should have pinged McCaw for that and probably yellow carded him. But nothing happened!
MajorlyRagerly
Trevor Allan (34)
He was penalised??? Or are we not talking about the same incident?
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Now I'm confused as well. I think I'll shut up about the issue at this point.
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