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Junior World Cup 2014

Started by moolaa43 REPLIES810 VIEWS· 20 Jun 2014, 13:22
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DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
20 Jun 2014, 19:25
#41
20 Jun 2014, 19:25#41
 That's how a final should look like. On the edge of your seat with 1 point in it with 10min to go. Like I said, yet to watch the game, but the scoreline and the fact that there was no controversy says it all.
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Beeno1Captain40,032 posts
20 Jun 2014, 20:56
#42
20 Jun 2014, 20:56#42
 It could have gone any way but it really, really should have gone the Boks way. Having outplayed England in the first half (per the NZ commentators and obviously to anybody watching the game) and dominating the last 30 minutes of the second half logic demands such a verdict.
AJ you probably didnt even watch the game. Beeno generously giving AJ the benefit of the doubt. 
By the way AJ ou JW is the pie man but not of the humble version! These kbbs find ways to chest beat when they are not even playing in the final!We salute the junio r Boks and compliment England on a very fortunate win.

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DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
20 Jun 2014, 21:00
#43
20 Jun 2014, 21:00#43
 OK
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BoklogicPro1,978 posts
21 Jun 2014, 03:53
#44
21 Jun 2014, 03:53#44
 Made the trip to Eden park last night. Very disappointing. Firstly, Moolaa needs to watch the game again before he writes his opening dribble...Brycy has never played a game of rugby in his life so we can forgive him for thinking Samoa would have produced that performance in a dry game against the Boks..I mean, it was the same day England scraped past Argentina by 1 point and Wales held France out..
We were making big yards last night in the first 40 by carrying it through the forwards with midfield hit ups. England were well versed on what the Boks would do (repeated box kicks) and they often got their tallest forwards defending "post" position to charge down..SA did not wake up to this all night and why we never had players form a screen at every kick is beyond me..Its box kick 101!!! We were charged down no fewer than 3 times which is far too many..Immense pressure pursues!!!
Clean Cut hit the nail on the head..10 mins to go, we were right in front of the posts..A ruck formed about 12metres from the English try line and Pollard dropped back to just about the 22..Easy bang over. We got exceptionally quick ruck ball so Pollard decided to run it instead of bang the drop kick over with no pressure as the ball came back too quick for England to retreat then charge! No issue with going for the try there as we still had the ball and can keep applying pressure at the right end of the field. England were under immense pressure and a penalty was imminent (although one can never tell with a kiwi ref). What bothered me is why Pollard decided to hit the drop from an angle 40 metres out. Much lower percentage than the position we were in a couple mins earlier.
Anyway, it was a great game and England took their chances and SA were not clinical enough. Definitely the two best teams on show so a really fitting final. Congrats to the Poms...Lets hope their senior team replicates this performance tonight!
NZL were a lucky 3rd place..I feel Aussie were better than them..Its a pity things worked out how they did because it would have been better to have Aussie replace NZL as the 4th qualifier..A bigger and more worthy team!
One issue SA needs to address is why we struggle in finals footy! Pool play we showed the NZL forwards no style and we ran at them all night and showed the world what a dominant pack looks like. Also through the backs. We then get to the final and we try this kicking bullshit instead of doing what worked a treat first time around..We made NZL u20 look better than they actually are! Same as with the final last night. When we rumbled it up through forwards coming from depth, we were eating metres up on the field but then we resort to kicking!!! Why????We are so big, so fast and so strong... Why not play to our strengths which was clearly the plan we employed against the Kiwi's in pool play! A final should be no different despite added pressure...
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