AI Squad & general match thread

[hugh_woatmeigh]

That's one hell of a get out of jail free card. Good boot from Hoggy.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Superb again from Hogg. Good save from the saffa full back. Simple driving maul needed?

[hugh_woatmeigh]

WHAT A TRY.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

That's got to be the f*cking riskiest tactic going but what a try.

[Big D]

We love a line out trick play v SA. Pyrgos scored one a few years back.

[Big D]

Their loosehead is getting away with murder.

Popping out and walking around, head and shoulders below hips etc.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Laidlaw, Russell & on occasion Hogg's hesitation to commit to a ruck whilst understandable is a bit of a problem. There's been some occasions when that half a second of hesitation has left the ruck a body light & the saffas have managed to turn it over or slow it down significantly.

I think Nel & Reid are struggling today & would change them at the break.

[laribold]

so on the SA second try, can someone explain to me how Kolisi could pick that up from between Gray's(?) legs?
It was still in the ruck, wasn't it?

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Was it? Looked like it spilled out of Jones' grasp and out of the side? I'd be more concerned with the idiocy that led to that ruck tbh.

[Big D]

Laidlaw standing watching the ball scoot away there.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Good percentage play from Russell.

[Big D]

That has to be a penalty.

[Big D]

Shouldn't be a yellow but it's definitely a penalty imo

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Dell on for Reid.

Thoughts? I don't think I'd be taking him to the RWC. I think he's made his bed by choosing to stay with LI in the championship. His conditioning does not look great.

[Big D]

He may have had a chance to catch it but he didn't try to catch it.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Shouldn't be a yellow but it's definitely a penalty imo

I'll take both. About time we had something go our way.

[Big D]

Dell on for Reid.

Thoughts? I don't think I'd be taking him to the RWC. I think he's made his bed by choosing to stay with LI in the championship. His conditioning does not look great.

Depends how McCallum develops and Allan, Bhatti and Sutherland play the rest of the season. Likely to be 2LHPs plus one that can play either side that goes.

[Big D]

Why isn't Wilson screaming for that/Gray leaving it for him?

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Equalise, fluff the restart and concede points. This happens all the time. Do we really think Jones or Schmidt would stand for this crap time and time again?

[hugh_woatmeigh]

We've also got to be one of the worst teams in world rugby at making the extra man count when there's a yellow.

[Big D]

Danny Wilson trying something different. I like that option.

[Big D]

I think we need to be thinking of the RWC and trying some game scenarios. Work a drop goal, try and create a pen etc.

It would also help win this game.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Why would you not take the 3 points there? Now we're in the exact same position score-wise only without the ball.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

I wish we had G Horne on the bench. Gaps are starting to open up around the fringes but Laidlaw hasn't tried to keep them honest once.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

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