Firstly I think this is one of those occasions when Dud Allende was motivated, perhaps the criticism is having an effect. Dud Toit had an effective first half, hardly made a contribution in the second half and then finally pinched the last lineout ball.
Dud Allende first. He had a series of Dud runs that produced nothing. The usual charge into contact. No offloads although the commentator at 64.59 says he offloaded in contact, it was a simple pass….no contact. This is the sort of bs that abounds.
Dud Allende did make one steal….it came seconds after his roll on the deck gave NZ a steal. He charged down a Barrett kick, which was significant because it led to our last try. But in truth he never even needed to jump. It was an awful kick by Barrett.
For the rest he defended well with a fine tackle on Taylor early on….but two wild no look passes blotted the copy book. Last year Dud was instructed to grubber…this year it’s the no look pass…there is no generative AI here. And run after run where he never offloaded and died with the ball. Nothing new…a more energetic game, the same bankrupt ball carrying.
Now Dud Toit….two missed lineouts to start….one his opponent got ahead of him….Bongi adjusted higher, then Dud couldn’t get high enough. He made a lot of tackles in the first half. Mostly successful although Jordan left him for dead once.
And of course no turnovers by Dud
The running was the usual inept show….after Kolbe breaks Dud throws a pass to no one…is penalized a few metres out at 29.20…..fails to secure the Kolbe pop under pressure from Savea….cant keep up with the Willie break at 44.00.
These are all things a lock might do, your primary forward ball carrier needs to do better.
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So both these players made contributions but failed to make the contributions you might expect of them. Dud Toit should be playing lock. Dud Allende will never be a part of a creative backline, we have to chose one or the other.