I'm in the UK so don't really start paying attention to matches before the pointy end of the season. The highlights I've watched though do show some average skill levels and some poor strategic thinking. The under 16s team I coach sometimes show better ball retention and ability to resist 50/50 passes.
Hard to blame Foster for the ABs malaise when Super Rugby teams (including the Crusaders, with nearly as many ABs as the actual ABs and a Coach many think should have the big job) are so poor. Maybe we're promoting too many too early before their skills and rugby brains are polished at club level?
Yes super rugby has declined for some time with the skill levels .. it’s average viewing .. not many games of must see like in the past .. the standard is a major worry .. so is the competition..when the great good is the All Blacks .. you got major issues
Hi Dylan, firstly the Warriors, just played like the Warriors. I lost count of the number of 50/50 passes, bad execution and bad judgment early in the tackle count. They gave up field position which led directly to 2 tries. SRA, I like to think that all teams are being ravaged by C19 and that the team that is named at the start of the week bears little resemblance to that which takes the field. The thing about the Crusaders is that Scott R gets handed an All Black team at the start of the year and it is only fine tuning that is required. Consequently they SHOULD win everything.
I'm in the UK so don't really start paying attention to matches before the pointy end of the season. The highlights I've watched though do show some average skill levels and some poor strategic thinking. The under 16s team I coach sometimes show better ball retention and ability to resist 50/50 passes.
Hard to blame Foster for the ABs malaise when Super Rugby teams (including the Crusaders, with nearly as many ABs as the actual ABs and a Coach many think should have the big job) are so poor. Maybe we're promoting too many too early before their skills and rugby brains are polished at club level?
Yes super rugby has declined for some time with the skill levels .. it’s average viewing .. not many games of must see like in the past .. the standard is a major worry .. so is the competition..when the great good is the All Blacks .. you got major issues
The great nz rugby decline has arrived. Allez Les bleus. $3.50 at the tab to win a long overdue rwc at home. Stealing.
Hi Dylan, firstly the Warriors, just played like the Warriors. I lost count of the number of 50/50 passes, bad execution and bad judgment early in the tackle count. They gave up field position which led directly to 2 tries. SRA, I like to think that all teams are being ravaged by C19 and that the team that is named at the start of the week bears little resemblance to that which takes the field. The thing about the Crusaders is that Scott R gets handed an All Black team at the start of the year and it is only fine tuning that is required. Consequently they SHOULD win everything.