Internationals Kiwis vs Kangaroos 2018

[mt.wellington]

Only disappointment of the night was the crowd turnout. Missed an unforgettable game...

 

[ttkk19]

what do we think needs to improve going forward?

Edge defense is probably the biggest thing for me, quite a few missed tackles down both sides.

Also need to improve our left hand attack, the first try came from a Taupau offload and the second was from some Johnson magic so I'd like to see something more there. They went to Liu a lot with the short ball but never really managed to create the gap for him to get through so might need to put that one on the shelf for the time being. There were quite a few chances where we sucked in the defense and had Maumalo unmarked on the wing so hopefully they keep that in mind next time and look for the long ball.

I'd like to see the team use Dallin Watene-Zelezniak more in the attacking 20, there were a few times where they had a setup where he'd run the inside line or the sweep role but the ball just didn't seem to find him much.

Missed opportunities also got us, Johnson and Smith both missed out on what should have been tries. Johnson should have pinned his ears back and Smith needed to play closer attention to what he was doing. Kata would have been wrung out for 3-4 pages if he had grounded the ball on someone's foot while looking right at it. Think those two will definitely be regretting those.

The mid to long kicking game also needs a bit of work as well imo.

 

[ArtySubs]

Watching the replay how good was Liu, and how good was it to see a guy who could play for someone else bleed black!
I love Kiwis every other team can go jump

 

[playdaball]

I’m thinking he’ll return to the wing in place of Maumalo, his carries are arguably as strong out of the backfield and I reckon he scores that try on the weekend with his extra speed.

Trying to recall the last player to Captain from the wing, maybe big Dell for the Broncos or Luke Burt (Eels), anyway, it doesn’t happen that often.

Dane O’ Hara for the Kiwis around 1979

 

[playdaball]

Brother Quentin has cancer mate.

Really sorry to hear that.

 

[Brother Faisal]

An interesting stat. Since the 2010’s wins between kiwis and kangaroos

Australi 15 - Kiwis 5 - kiwis win 1 game every 3 test matches

End of your year test matches

Australia 8 - Kiwis 4 - kiwis win every 2 test matches

Not as bad as you would think. Hopefully that record improves over the next 2 years. Hopefully now the Anzac test is taken out we will see better test results against Aussie.

 

[Fonzie]

An interesting stat. Since the 2010’s wins between kiwis and kangaroos

Australi 15 - Kiwis 5 - kiwis win 1 game every 3 test matches

End of your year test matches

Australia 8 - Kiwis 4 - kiwis win every 2 test matches

Not as bad as you would think. Hopefully that record improves over the next 2 years. Hopefully now the Anzac test is taken out we will see better test results against Aussie.

Your maths is off - 4 wins out of 12 is 1 in 3

But good perspective when you take out the mid-year tests

Much more competitive than the Bledisloe I would think

 

[Run_it_str8]

Interesting that the kangaroos had a number of players who were apparently "undercooked" from not having played in a number of weeks.

Eg: Cook, Gagai bowes out in the preliminary final I think.

The Trbojevic brothers and DCE hadn't played since round 25.

Hunt and Frizzell were week 2 finals exit guys I believe.

Mclean round 25.
Klemmer round 25.
Mcguire week 1 of the finals.

So does that mean Esarn. Rapz. Proctor. Marty T were all under cooked too? Or our Warriors as week 1 exits? Or Dragons and Broncos reps?

What a cop out?

My highly opinionated opinion is that the Kangaroos assumed victory.
Meanwhile Madge set about creating change in the Kiwis during the NRL season.

Out coached and out played.

Might not happen next time we play but it sure shook their attitudes up a bit.

 

[Brother Faisal]

Your maths is off - 4 wins out of 12 is 1 in 3

But good perspective when you take out the mid-year tests

Much more competitive than the Bledisloe I would think

Thanks for the correction. 11 of those games were played away in Aussie as well.

 

[shuffle]

Just watched the highlights from YouTube it has the Aussie commentary I think it’s Joey Johns refers the Kiwis as the Warriors and it got me think damn I wish that was the team for the Warriors lol.

 

[ttkk19]

Just watched the highlights from YouTube it has the Aussie commentary I think it’s Joey Johns refers the Kiwis as the Warriors and it got me think damn I wish that was the team for the Warriors lol.

I remember Gould making the same mistake after Johnson set up the Marsters try. Felt good lol.