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All Blacks want to be All Blacks

Started by Mozart5 REPLIES121 VIEWS· 10 Nov 2014, 06:36
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
10 Nov 2014, 06:36
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10 Nov 2014, 06:36#1

....but it seems the Bok fans and press want the Boks to be All Blacks, and that's  a problem. When an AB player takes the field there is no confusion, he plays the game he learned as a kid and honed in lesser tournaments. All the players share the same vision. There is no meaningful pressure to play a different game...and the game they play is entirely consistent. There is no confusion. No different playing style...no social objectives....no history to set right


Just rugby played ruthlessly to win. Even the relative isolation from the rest of the world is an advantage. It keeps the effort pure, free of aberrant inputs. Therein lies the ABs strength....a consistency we used to have, but will likely never have again.


JW
Just_winCaptain18,570 posts
10 Nov 2014, 07:28
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10 Nov 2014, 07:28#2
 It was one loss Mozart. Boks are still in transition though & we will see if the clear vision & execution can be achieved in time for the RWC.
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WardadPro6,663 posts
10 Nov 2014, 08:18
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10 Nov 2014, 08:18#3
M ozart is correct though , skills honed as kids through juniors and ITM S15 then ABS all have a clear path .Just check Maccaws uncle mapping out his future path to being not just an AB but a great one.Then you have all the coaches from juniors up all singing the same song with he head coach waving the baton .The boks in the Ireland game seem to have decided that mere penalties are no longer worthy of their new style and only tries will do as befits the ball in hand style of play [ unless its poor Wee Wullies hands that is ...hehehehe...] .You wouldnt show another team that sort of disrespect even were it the Ekatahuna Senior Ladies XV ! I cant believe the boks waved away the easy 3 pointers until 3 pointers would no longer suffice.
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Beeno1Captain40,032 posts
10 Nov 2014, 09:40
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10 Nov 2014, 09:40#4
 We have for masny decades played a balanced game of forard power and good attacking backline play.
Over the last decade thanks to the influence of the Bulle we lost our way and adopted a game plan focused soley on defence and kicking with the oddd flash of brilliance and the rolling maul.
Recent matches have seen us return to this more balanced game plan.
There is nothing mysterious about it or new. Simply going back to our roots.Our provinces are doing likewise and if Moz you watched our schoolboy rugby you would scrap the comment you made and say hey what in the world am I talking about!
How amny tries are the abs scoring against toip sides. Mallet and Mitchell agreed the wee abs are becoming predictable. They go wide without earling the right to do so and fences are reading them.
JW
Just_winCaptain18,570 posts
10 Nov 2014, 10:44
#5
10 Nov 2014, 10:44#5
Err Beeno, the ABs are wining so in that respect they are predictable. The Boks are less "predictable" in that regard. 
HA
hakwaPro4,146 posts
10 Nov 2014, 15:33
#6
10 Nov 2014, 15:33#6
 Please stop JW - you might confuse him
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