Good first half from the green and gold, let's hope they can back it up
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Schmidt's still got it with the set plays eh, they're right in the hunt.
Just started following Rugby recently. Does anyone have a link to a free stream?
Vipbox does. Sky in the UK and NZ, Super Sports in SA. Not sure the rest of the world
Well done the ABs, Australia looking better this week at least. That defence from the NZ pack was outstanding all game
As I type, the ABs have only 18 minutes to build a lead before the final quarter begins and we get to see if they'll be shut out 6 games in a row.
Both looking accident prone after the break. Could be a low scoring affair from now. Meaning anyone's game!
Still think Razor was a bit slow on pulling the trigger on getting the bench on, but the forwards replacements in particular did really well once they were on.
The question from the game is, has Schmidt coached a bunch of lesser players to perform well above their #10 ranking, or are Razor's ABs just that clunky at the moment?
33 pts isn't that clunky though. There was some great handling and broken play they excelled in. Hard to fault the team imo, first phase maybe a touch uncreative, certainly Austrailia playing with more flair. But they lost
Yeah first phase Australia looked much better, and they were also more patient were able to build phases and still look like they had a plan going deep into them. After 5 or 6 phases the ABs attack fairly consistently fell apart and looked like it didn't really have a successful out.
Pretty consistently through this year though its the out wide defence and then lack of punch on gain line that's the worry heading up north. Defence in particular has gone backwards this year, the system looks very exploitable.