Saturday, July 25th, 2009...10:20 am
ABs(19) vs Boks(28):63rd minute disaster!
The ABs spent only 2 minutes in the Boks 22 in the first half. The ABs fueled the ball possession of the Boks by penalties and dumb mistakes. The the ref liked the roar of the home town crowd when he penalised the ABs as well.
If this ABs side was a batch of pancakes, half of them were under cooked, and some aren’t pancakes at all.
NOT PANCAKES (or should not be ABs)
Donald – Kicked well, but decision making still at Super 14 level.
Nonu – Super 14 is his level. He is a ‘fridge’ standing outside 1st five, not too smart, cant kick, no pace. Easy mark for someone who can tackle.
Tialata – Breaks down every test match. His bench replacement does better.
Eaton – Was a bright light 2 years back, but whats happened.
UNDER COOKED PANCAKES (Can be ABs, not there yet)
Leonard – Not enough experience on the park in the big games, shows promise.
Rokocoko – Huge holes in his game, more so in defense. First Bok try was evident of that.
So Oialo – Maybe past it, Read looks good when he come on. Maybe more games will bring his form back.
Weepu – Hot and cold. He was very cold in the 63rd minute of the game.
McAlister – As we saw against the French he has lost some class on his revenue collection mission up north.
63rd Minute of the Game – DISASTER
Weepu passing, Eatons positional play: Two players that basically went all stupid and while the ABs were in a catch up rugby mode. Really dumb rugby.
You learn more from loses that you do from wins. You cant fix this team with coaching, some players just shouldn’t be there. Maybe due to injury and lack of depth nothing can be done. The Boks are getting there rewards from ‘team building time’ by playing consistent players in specialised positions. Maybe we should learn something there.
You cant expect much this year from ABs, critical injuries and player losses after last world cup are still hurting the team. And of course some of the coaching has not been that great. Back line especially.
Conrad Smith, Thorn, Kaino, WoodCock all did very well.
Go the ABs better luck in Durban !
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