Wallabies vs Boks Bloemfontein
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Geoff Shaw (53)
I think how good your defense is isn't a quantitative stat, it's qualitative.
Tackle made/missed in pure numbers doesn't take into account the tackle effectiveness or the situations where you are the secondary tackler ect, not to mention defensive pressure that mightn't have resulted in a actual tackle needing to be made. Also with the missed ones sometimes you are forced to attempt a tackle that should have been someone elses and that still goes down as a missed.
I think the front 5 tend to clock up the highest tackle count because they are usually piller and post and the boks like to keep it close.
Tackle made/missed in pure numbers doesn't take into account the tackle effectiveness or the situations where you are the secondary tackler ect, not to mention defensive pressure that mightn't have resulted in a actual tackle needing to be made. Also with the missed ones sometimes you are forced to attempt a tackle that should have been someone elses and that still goes down as a missed.
I think the front 5 tend to clock up the highest tackle count because they are usually piller and post and the boks like to keep it close.
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Rocky Elsom (76)
Interesting stats. Several critics are getting stuck into the wet lettuce defence of QC (Quade Cooper), however he missed the same number of tackles as the GAGR MOM.
I guess the numbers do not reveal the consequences of the tackles missed.
A fattie missing a tackle for the runner to be brought down a metre or so away by another fattie is way different to a missed tackle in the backline which may end up in a try or a 30-40 metre gain.
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Chilla Wilson (44)
Agreed, he is just as good a defender, and just as good under the high ball as AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper). if not, better.
DPK
Peter Sullivan (51)
You mean the calls made before this game? Before he had a truly successful game on the wing?
Yeah, I agree DPK.
JO'C is a good player, and he played well last night, but he had not looked great as a winger prior to that. Because he is not a winger, but a good utility back who will probably be a 12 long term.
Turner is a good winger, who is a good winger, and I think it is impossible to say what he might or might not have done last night. I think with our back-line make-up, including the bench, Turner still makes more sense than Fainga'a. What does Faiingaa offer that Giteau, Barnes, Beale, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), and JO'C offer more or less. Turner is fast, defensively good this year in S14, and chases very well. Don't really see his future at international level at 13.
JO'C is a good player, and he played well last night, but he had not looked great as a winger prior to that. Because he is not a winger, but a good utility back who will probably be a 12 long term.
Turner is a good winger, who is a good winger, and I think it is impossible to say what he might or might not have done last night. I think with our back-line make-up, including the bench, Turner still makes more sense than Fainga'a. What does Faiingaa offer that Giteau, Barnes, Beale, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper), and JO'C offer more or less. Turner is fast, defensively good this year in S14, and chases very well. Don't really see his future at international level at 13.
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Dave Cowper (27)
OK, I'll say it and am standing by to receive all incoming fire. To paraphrase Shania Twain (there's a way to get your argument off on the right foot if ever I saw one), McCalman didnt impress me much. Yes, he was a marginal improvement on Brown, yes he did the basic stuff OK but to me he didnt play like a true test #8 (yes, I know it was his first run on cap). Where were the bulldozing runs? Where was the smashing of pillars at the ruck? Where did he put the Jarpies in two minds when they thought "shit, it's McCalman, what are we going to do? How can we stop him?" To compound my weird theory, and I cant believe I'm saying this, I think that bringing Mad Dog on as a substitute was a warranted and appropriate move.
Am now taking cover........
Am now taking cover........
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
I thought that Brown as a sub worked quite well, so I agree with you there Riddler. Benny had an OK first game, but much improvement is needed. Still, not a bad start.
As much as I think Davies has a lot to offer, he really does not deserve to be that high in the pecking order just yet. Ioane, sure.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Just as an aside and apropos of nothing: how hot is that Saffer physio. She is absolutely smokin'.
Oh, yeah. If they drop Smit, think of all the gratuitous shots of her we will miss out on.
By memory when McCalman ran he got over the gainline by 2m, rather than getting wrestled backwards - need to watch replay
Whatever happened though, the backrow was so much better balanced - witness Rocky able to play more of his old game.
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Mark Ella (57)
I agree with you cyc but don't get me wrong, his pace and finishing skills have the potential to be dynamite for the Wallabies. Take him on the EOYT, run him in some mid week games and let him stake his claim there. If he does so, he would be a great addition.
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