Not wanting to blame any individual however I am surprised no one has commented on Mark N (Nawaqanitawase)'s defense.Backline defence for Penaut's second was some of the worst I've seen recently. Whoever thinks we are improving is wrong.
what did you see? I wasn't watching him too closely.Not wanting to blame any individual however I am surprised no one has commented on Mark N (Nawaqanitawase) (Nawaqanitawase)'s defense.
The bloke has history on his side and proven performance at this level. Carter has neither……..yet. Quade is coming of a major injury with a shortened recovery period due to the timing of this RWC. He was our best option for a lot of reasons.Like the direction he showed in Pretoria? or vs Argentina? I must be a hater for pointing things out
Backline defence for Penaut's second was some of the worst I've seen recently. Whoever thinks we are improving is wrong.
You're talking as if he's Dan Carter or something. Outside of a bizarre Covid tournament with all games at home and 2 opponents that hadn't trained let alone play rugby all year, please show me all these World class performances from himThe bloke has history on his side and proven performance at this level. Carter has neither……..yet. Quade is coming of a major injury with a shortened recovery period due to the timing of this RWC. He was our best option for a lot of reasons.
If performance was really a deciding factor then both Gordon and now Donaldson would also have been banished.
World Cups are won on the back of experience. We have little of that throughout. Eddie obviously feels threatened by experienced players who want to have a say.
what did you see? I wasn't watching him too closely.
Looks like it's Foketi, Hooper and Leota who all press in and shoot rather than fanning to cover for the dropped winger Marky M (Nawaqanitawase) (who was correctly positioned).He ran through our backrow, not our backline
The bloke has history on his side and proven performance at this level. Carter has neither……..yet. Quade is coming of a major injury with a shortened recovery period due to the timing of this RWC. He was our best option for a lot of reasons.
If performance was really a deciding factor then both Gordon and now Donaldson would also have been banished.
World Cups are won on the back of experience. We have little of that throughout. Eddie obviously feels threatened by experienced players who want to have a say.
They had numbers anyway as Fines-Leliwasa had the inside man covered. He needed to call that and the others needed to react and driftLooks like it's Foketi, Hooper and Leota who all press in and shoot rather than fanning to cover for the dropped winger (who was correctly positioned).
What I didn't notice on first viewing was that they also jog after the break is made, except for Foketi, which makes it even worse. Fucking pathetic particularly from Leota who was a sub. Pea-hearted bullshit where you can't even be arsed to try and recover from a mistake you've made that's lead to a line break.
Went and had a look at the stats, he only made 1 out of 3 attempted tackles and conceded two turn overs.
Interestingly enough Gordon made 10/12 though we all saw that a couple of those successful tackles took him 10m to bring down Danty. Gordon made the most amount of tackles out of anyone on the field (tied 1st with Fraser), he had a better tackle percentage than Foketi, Petaia, Nawaqanitawase, and Kellaway. Suli nailed his 5/5.
ESPN scrum statswhere from?
People like that probably think Tupou wins scrums single-handedly.
For a few games now I’ve noticed he’s tackled higher and from the side, which doesn’t work against big, fast runners. Perhaps that’s because the guys inside and in front of him haven’t done their job. I’m not sure.what did you see? I wasn't watching him too closely.
These are really bad trolls, even for you.Probably for the same reason Jonny Wilkinson used to kick for England...