Saturday, July 18th, 2009...10:18 am
ALL Blacks(22) vs Aussie(16)
ONE hand on it !
What was good:
1) Winning after being 10 pts down.
2) Tactical nouse to play the conditions correctly.
3) Subs in second half had a purpose.
4) Donalds play after the first 20 minutes.
5) Richie and Conrad game after the first 20 minutes.
6) Our forwards beat there forwards, just.
7) Turnovers swung our way in the second half.
What was NOT good:
1) Aussie scrum won the night, we subbed two front row forwards off.
2) Lineouts where won by Aussie. As we cant throw straight.
2) Scheduling a night game in July by the NZRU is just stupid.
3) Refs a little slow on the forward passes.
ABs coaches did better. But I must say Aussie are getting better, and you can see Deans scars on them. He knows what he is doing. Aussie needs a meaner and stronger forward pack. Then they would roll any team in the world as there backline has the goods. Mind you when has any rugby team won anything unless the forward pack is dominates.
Well done ABs. RWC champs are next. I dont expect much there, home advantage to the Boks. Its gonna be a tough one !
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