I love Squidge and I love this video, but it is funny to me that the dominant defense team gave up 3 tries and the dominant attacking team gave up 1 try and held out a desperate England down a player in the dying moments. I would be keen to see a video about how NZ manage their defense whilst maintaining their attacking identity.
Yeah totally! Squidge has a story to tell and he uses videos stitched from random times of the game to tell it instead of actually analysing what happened.
Ha, good call! Also think that some of the takes are a bit of a stretch, like Ford as a dummy jackal - probably just in the wrong place at the wrong time lol
There doesn’t need to be a warning or successive penalties for a professional foul. How Itoje stayed on the field is beyond me. Even once told to release, had he done so, the try was on to the right. He just refused and the ref bottled it.
@@user-vs2hr1wq8d I can't remember but did the abs get a card for tackling people off the ball or not? Warned about then didn't do it again for a good 45/50 mins
@@EGM534yes they did. Near the end Anton Lienert-Brown was carded for an off the ball tackle but it quickly was replaced with another yellow card (sent for review) for a high tackle he made like 30s later lol.
He’s looking at it from the point of view that the top teams do! SA with all the momentum go for the throat and kill off the game! Ultimately we took the 3 points lost momentum and lost the game! He’s saying to be the best you need to be ruthless when you on top especially against top tier teams!
I honestly think that England going for the 3 points there at the end was the correct decision. As a NZ fan i was devastated knowing that we had to score twice to take the lead, and if Ben Earl didn't save us by doing that stupid no arms tackle gifting us 3 points England probably would have held out. Great video though :)
@tomassanderson8139 the mistake wasn't going for the drop goal, it was completely signposting that was the plan rather than making anyone think they might give for a try then fucking up every moment in the lead up to the kick
I agree but I think he’s talking about the 3 points smith kicked. He’s saying against top tier teams when you’ve got all the momentum to get over the line you need to go for the throat like SA do! Ultimately we took the 3 points lost momentum and lost the game!
We're lucky to be watching rugby in a time where there are five top teams almost on a par- (NZ, SA, Ireland, England and France) and a couple of dangerous ones that could spoil their day (Scotland and Argentina). Who's with me?
imagine having "great defence" and letting in 3 tries. Imagine defence not being a feature of your team and you only let in one opportunistic try. No one can defend like england a whole game. You cant.
I've always wondered if a team can keep that rush defence the entire game because it would absolutely be energy-draining. I got my answer with this game. The forwards looked completely spent by about the 65th minute and then you add in all the fresh new ABs in the front row.... you can't keep it up an entire game.
I know you break down how NZ's phases led Genge to be in that position but you can see in the video how poor Genge's effort on Telea was. Stood off him and showed him the outside when there was 5m of space. Should've closed down the space much earlier, allowed Curry to cover on the inside if he got stepped. Also could have dived at Telea's legs when he was still 7m out. Got exposed badly on NZ's 1st 2 tries.
England's defense was absolutely monstrous on Saturday and had this game been in the wet, I think England would have clinched it. They are going to claim some big scalps with this playing style. That being said, this is the All Blacks who we're talking about. As a Springbok fan, I am well aware how you could have the best defense and still be undone by this team, who are historically the greatest attacking force in the sport. No matter how disciplined your defenders, no matter how quick your linespeed, no matter what jackling threats are around, its as if they are just able to find a way. Well done to the AB's and hard luck to the English. They will meet again. Also, the NZ v Ireland game is going to be an absolute cracker.
So now England can only win in the rain with a team who cannot attack and their defence concedes 3 trys to one its easy to work who’s defence was better…
Every squidge video is like a beautifully tasty pallet cleanser from the other rugby youtube channels full of reactive personnel changes, blaming single players, screaming so and so should be in the team or "bring in the youth!" despite England only having 4 players in the 23 over the age of 30. Thank you squidge, never change.
His next step is accurate non biased analysis. England were outclassed by a cantering all blacks not at top gear and the referee and luck kept it close
I agree with everything you said in this video, but felt it was weird you didn’t mention Smith’a performance. I personally thought it was almost flawless, and easy to see how much he’s grown over the past year.
@ I agreee but irrelevant to mention Ntamack when he wasn’t playing. Smith was amazing that game and thought it was “weird” (for lack of better word) that Squidge didn’t mention him more.
CHCS tackle on Vaa'i comming from a blindspot reminds me of one comment on Jacques Burger's tackles: "It's a good thing if you see Jacques Burger comming, is a bad thig if you don't". Greeting from Chile.
I love that you point out the defensive player on the blindside at 13:02 but ignore the fact that he's standing miles offside lmao Englands best defensive strategy was to somehow not get penalised for offside
LOL... funny listening to kiwis complain about off-sides. Next you'll be bitching about forward passes. Just enjoy the win, as you're getting smashed in Dublin.
I thought England looked better playing in New Zealand, they had more going in their attack. But to get the points on the board is what matters and they did very well in this game to keep in it over and over until they fell short in the end. They can beat anyone on any given day .
I don't know why people think Eng are not a good side. It's not pretty winning, it's almost a style SA played before Tony Brown? When the last 5% clicks for the ABs attack, they'll start putting up higher scores again. Whether they end up being mostly dominant again will all depend if everything else is also clicking simultaneously (like it is for SA).
@@Dilmahkana Yeah there is definitely a whiff of the old Bok playbook in there. Which is fair - if it works, it works! Had this game been in wetter conditions, England would have clinched it.
As much as the English are using the blueprint laid down by the Boks, but honestly England are never looking like they'll score a try from their own ball. They are just not threatening enough or suffocate an opposition to a point of submission. Either they lack the Xfactor talent or they lack creatively. Contrary to Boks who use brute and magic.
@@dumezweninduweni158 i disagree, anytime england got an opportunity to score POINTS they took them, points win games and if England kept up their suffocation they had in the first 50 by using players on form off the bench rather than people who weren't as well as not allowing the stupid first tries be so easily had through people not being sharp enough then England look so much better and could easily have won the game by a lot more. shame the 10% the all blacks were fully on top was when they did what they do best and find miracles (whether they scored them or not)
Definitely made for an English audience. England missed two opportunities to win. If NZ had made more offloads stick; England could have been beaten by 20. England defended for most of the game. You don't get points for defending.
11:18 "Beaudy overrules this play".. How is Squidge able to come to this conclusion with him literally just standing there completely still, no pointing, and Ratima seems to make the switch of play... "His brother is listening" lol OK Professor X!
Because he's clearly starts speaking animatedly, and then the halfback switches where he's passing with his brother suddenly moving to the other side as well.
@@tafatapaleao4588or is it because he’s giving props to another team and not the AB?! AB got dominated by a young inexperienced England team but managed to get over the line! Well done the AB 👏🏻
Delicious analysis again, Squidge! The current England defence is a joy to behold, and gave unusual challenges to the All Blacks. Yes, it took exceptional individual skills to overcome. Great match.
Great video, and very fair. I was there, and the England defense was immense. But NZ ball retention was shocking, and we trashed four half chances. They have lost that clinical edge. However, even with an intercept that the inadequate Ratima is making a habit of, it was only Smith's genius hold pass that got it to the line. Tries maketh the man er team. England, doesn't score them.
Its ironic the amount of praise the England defence received yet they were opened up 3 times for tries and countless times where a final pass just didn't stick . Ioane had a clear overlap but held onto the ball. England on the other hand had one intercept try against the run of play and never really looked like scoring any more because NZ managed England attack pretty well. Englands defensive pressure was outstanding that is true but a NZ team with greater discipline would not have allowed that many scoring penalties and the silly yellow card which placed NZ under pressure. The real point of difference in a game with fine margins was the clutch kick by McKenzie. Ford had two arguably easier chances to win but in the end it wasn't to be.
Itoje's cheating is part of the problem with rugby. He clearly cynically cheated and should have been automatically sinbinned. His jackal attempt earlier in the game was also clearly off his feet.
he was also very lucky some how avoiding being looked at when he tried to kick Telea in the head when he scored in the corner, Once again we got pinged for everything and most of it fair enough but the same cant be said against England constant hands in the ruck, creeping the offside in phase play and the most obvious rolling away into the passing line of the half back, will concede Clarke was a yellow.
@@glenellia1476 I noticed that kick to the head too - I wonder if there was no try from the original not releasing if it would have been a card, but ABs scored and the ref was like, oh well and the TMO didn't check back that far. Also it's celebrated when Itoje does it but reverse that to any of the ABs people would be up in arms and probably carded.
All Blacks lose by 1 point with 14 mean means they got dominated. All Blacks win by a close margin means they still got dominated but they were lucky or the other fxcked up 😂😂😂.
In the England try there is a brilliant bit of shithousery. I think its Furbank who passes, and in doing so then carries on his line, so partially blocking the Clark (all very legal), and then slides over making himself into a speed bump (still legal) and then sticks his foot out that "accidentally" trips Clark. He had already done enough to make sure Clark was effectively slowed, but the "trip" is a beautiful coup-de-grace. Kudos to him from this Kiwi.
That's what happens when you don't prepare a singer for the new Zealand anthem, I seen how offended some players were but the then the England guy sings his heart out like he was trying to rub it in their faces lol
If England's defence is as brilliant as this video seems to purport, and yet their opposition crossed the chalk 4 times (1 disallowed only due to an earlier infringement), I think we need to start thinking that scoring in multiples greater than 3 might be necessary! Would've loved to see some analysis of the Clarke-Barrett no-try too, it was disallowed, but still broke down the defence. Title of the video should probably be "how great England's defensive patterns" are.
Agree. No one seems to be talking about this. He seemed to fall over for apparent reason - except of course to trip over Caleb Clarke. I was wondering at the time why the try wasn’t disallowed. It didn’t affect the outcome but was blatantly foul play.
This happens fairly often (and rarely works!) - it shows the desire of the defenders to stretch every sinew and exhaust every possible opportunity to stop the try - it is always a good sign of the defender's attitude :)
@@iteamy ah - I had to look it up because of what @iceswallowgum8540 wrote... so it is illegal to disposess the opposition by kicking the ball out of their hands according to Law 22(f)... so I will be charitable and say that Itoje (and all others I have seen do this) was trying to put his foot 'under' the ball in order to prevent a grounding - which would be perfectly legal... I think!
I think it’s fair to say that Bothwick has had more than enough time to get a team which can get over the winning line. Unfortunately we have seen time and time again the Coach has been found wanting and simply not good enough
I think the scoreline flattered england. 3 tries to 1 at the end of the day. The rush defence will win them knock ons but it will lose them games against the better opponents will exploit it
Squidge, you need to stop wanking on about how good you thought England were. They NEVER put together a single attack that looked remotely like scoring a try. After all, that is what we watch the game for: tries. Certainly not waiting for infringements followed by penalty kicks, I would rather watch table tennis than that.
Both teams had control for periods of the game. But neither truly or intentionally determined the final result! Games don’t get more exciting to watch than that
Excellent review of an excellent rugby match. I am nervous for my Bokke facing both Scotland and England (and I am glad for that order). Both are looking on the up and up. If England can find two decent props in the interim and they manage to stay fit I can see them making a RWC final in 2027.
its enormously positive for england that the subs that could ahve been werent the ones selected. While ben curry was immense when he came on think of what it may have been like if the likes of barbeary, pearson, fin smith, ted hill or even JVP came on instead of players that haven't been on great form (or in the case of Randall was completely wrong for the style that england needed in the last 20). If borthwick chooses the right bench we might have won with another few points if we are lucky. the starters were phenomenal with none putting a foot wrong all game (genge was very unlucky to be in those scenarios) and thats great considering the youth of all but slade and spencer.
All Blacks fan here, England played pretty well in New Zealand back in June, and were unlucky not to get a win. They got some seriously good players, and will always be hard to beat for any team. Probably only 5% separates them and the Springboks and All Blacks, if they can just get those final touches and decision making right under pressure, they'll be a top 4 in the next World Cup.
Interesting analysis. Smith messing up two attacking set plays in the first 5 minutes would be a reason too. One with carp execution, one with carp decision-making. Stil he kicked a load of goals from straight in front of the posts so yay!
I don’t like how it’s made out to be a good performance against a dominant all blacks team. If England couldn’t beat this team which is wobbly at the moment, why are we giving them so much credit.
I’m normally a fan of his analysis but way off this time… England very lucky not to loose by 20… they never pressured the All black line and didn’t have a clue what to do with possession…..
A lot of chat about the Cunningham-South hit on Vai’i but no mention of the Aumua rib tickler on Feyi-Waboso. Perhaps cos he didn’t jump around celebrating afterwards.
Bad day in the office for Genge! But as you explain, it's a system error not an individual error as such. Don't think we'll see that again from England!
Your analysis is amazing I love watching your videos and it's a breath of fresh air against reading all the negative FB comments by armchair experts calling for Borthwick to be sacked.
In the last year how many times have the AB’s defense held teams out, specially at the death of games a man down and we are still saying there defense is exploitable? Didn’t you say that yourself? Why then couldn’t they exploit the fact they closed the game down with a man advantage and still resorted to a drop goal? Bc the defense was too good mate. England need the other team to beat themselves And next time show the bone crunching tackle of jordie Barrett melting Jamie George😂
I was suprised at the time that itoje didnt get a yellow for that deliberate penalty, seemed so brazen. Obviously he understands the refs better than most, bloody good gamesmanship
Wow did we watch the same game, England employed spoiling tactics that would have been penalised off the pitch Downunder, you don't play at the ball when you are off your feet for example, and you don't obstruct the half back as England constantly did. The much vaunted English defense leaked tries at crucial times and its back to old timey England relying on kicking goals to keep them in the game. Seriously had a room of non-rugby friends watching the game, and lets just say no rugby converts were made on the night. Hoping Ireland v ABs turns out to be a much more dynamic game without the negative tactics. Well done ABs, deserved your win, still a lot of work to be done on that team.
I agree that England's defence, despite conceding 3 (wonder) tries from individual brilliance looks like a good system that will lead to scores for them and eventually wins. I think that in attack though we need to try to use our players more - none of our backs/backrow play in as conservative a system with as few passes as the England one, and ir feels like we currently have the players to be dynamic and fast and aggressive (in the 15 but especially on the bench) rather than tight set piece reliant control. If nothing else, we have to try to finish the last 20 mins trying to up the pace and extend leads, not close them. We have the players to do that! Hill, B Curry, Pearson, Dombrandt, Randall, JVP, F Smith, Daly, Northmore, Dan, Baxter etc. As we as Marcus, Lawrence, Furbank, Earl, CCS, ETC starting. We don't, aside from maybe Cole and Ford, have the players to shut down shop.
England played very well, the defense for the most part was amazing, and if Smith had still been on the paddock to take the last kick, England win this one, all 3 games this year could have gone either way, good to see a strong English side.
"to give it its proper christian name" was hilarious lmao. please do keep sporting the hats! great stuff as always, identifying momentum and going for the kill is a skill indeed
1:46 Cunningham only got Savea behind the gainline because Jamie George was ofside and slowed down the pass. I think Jamie George is one of the few real class acts in the English team and did not do that intentionally but still illegal and it was enough to give the advantage in defense.
The three best wingers I've ever seen. Lomu: I'll just run over you, Mate Habana: I'll just burn you, see ya, Boet Kolbe: I'll step you three ways to Sunday, Maat The next contender for the best I've ever seen.... Tele'a: You'll grab me and you'll slip off, and then you grab me and you grab me and you'll both slip off, and then I'll score, Bro.
I would have liked to hear your view about England substituting a fly half who is in great form for his club and was having a superb game to that point with a player who has played little and is returning from injury. As an ex forward I’m unsure as to why a starting 10 would ever need to be replaced unless he was having a nightmare.
When is a rugby journalist going to address the elephant in the room with England. They don’t and haven’t picked the best players available to them for years. The bench wasn’t good enough and that cost England the game. If Borthwick was more willing to select higher quality players in the wider squad the impact off the bench would be more. Tizard, Ted Hill, Will Evans, Barbeary, Pearson, Ibitoye, Wade to name a few are simply better than a lot of the selections than the ones that made the wider squad. English arrogance is not picking the best players and still expecting to win
It does seem that England are playing not to lose, rather than really playing to win. This has been a problem for the England mindset for a long time. Trying to defend a narrow lead against a team like the ABs is simply not going to work - you need to go for the jugular when you have the momentum. I hope this changes or I can't see England beating the top teams on a consistent basis, no matter how good their general game plan is.
The ABs are in rebuild mode, and are working hard to build a team that’ll unpick all these teams rush defense tactics, if they work it out they’ll leave the rugby world behind again…
8 years looks like a long time but they have only played twice at Dublin in that time. A six day turnaround seems like a bit of a handicap-especially with Codie Taylor out so it will be a very good test for the ABs.
That Will Jordan try is a fantastic example of attacking where the space will be rather than where it is.
Simple backyard stuff the late cut, but helps if you got speed to really expose it
It is usually the ball carier that initiate a scissor, not the support. BB is the one to praise here. But yeah, Jordan is an amazing player.
Got to this video so early that Joe Marler hasn’t retired from England yet
Meh
or un-retired ;-)
Who😂
I love Squidge and I love this video, but it is funny to me that the dominant defense team gave up 3 tries and the dominant attacking team gave up 1 try and held out a desperate England down a player in the dying moments.
I would be keen to see a video about how NZ manage their defense whilst maintaining their attacking identity.
I absolutely love squidge but there is a sense of bias here and I feel like there has been from other vids
+1
Yeah totally! Squidge has a story to tell and he uses videos stitched from random times of the game to tell it instead of actually analysing what happened.
@@tomballer439 He is the definition of guy who uses likeability and reputation to get away with terrible takes
Ha, good call! Also think that some of the takes are a bit of a stretch, like Ford as a dummy jackal - probably just in the wrong place at the wrong time lol
There doesn’t need to be a warning or successive penalties for a professional foul. How Itoje stayed on the field is beyond me. Even once told to release, had he done so, the try was on to the right. He just refused and the ref bottled it.
A la the repeated tackling man without the ball....
@@user-vs2hr1wq8d caused by english players running interference.
@@user-vs2hr1wq8d I can't remember but did the abs get a card for tackling people off the ball or not? Warned about then didn't do it again for a good 45/50 mins
Gotta give them a chance
@@EGM534yes they did. Near the end Anton Lienert-Brown was carded for an off the ball tackle but it quickly was replaced with another yellow card (sent for review) for a high tackle he made like 30s later lol.
Squidge, not often I disagree with you but going for the 3 to give you an 8 point lead going into the last 20 is absolutely the right call.
I agree take the points on offer 8 points is still a safe lead
He’s looking at it from the point of view that the top teams do! SA with all the momentum go for the throat and kill off the game! Ultimately we took the 3 points lost momentum and lost the game! He’s saying to be the best you need to be ruthless when you on top especially against top tier teams!
England conceding 3 tries and gifted their try, the better won in the end
if thats the only metrics that matter it wouldn't be down to the wire like that. Watch the actual game and youll see how much momentum was there
@warrust I did watch it and I thought the All Blacks were the better team and I don't even support them. England never seemed like scoring a try
I honestly think that England going for the 3 points there at the end was the correct decision. As a NZ fan i was devastated knowing that we had to score twice to take the lead, and if Ben Earl didn't save us by doing that stupid no arms tackle gifting us 3 points England probably would have held out. Great video though :)
Completely agree
@tomassanderson8139 the mistake wasn't going for the drop goal, it was completely signposting that was the plan rather than making anyone think they might give for a try then fucking up every moment in the lead up to the kick
I agree but I think he’s talking about the 3 points smith kicked. He’s saying against top tier teams when you’ve got all the momentum to get over the line you need to go for the throat like SA do! Ultimately we took the 3 points lost momentum and lost the game!
It was Ben curry not Tom 😂@3:16
I thought nobody might notice, but someone gets it inside the first five minutes of the video going up! You guys are way too good.
@@SquidgeRugbyhere i am looking at 3:16 trying to see what is wrong when I should be listening lol.
Haha hard to tell sometimes
Curry Squared aka Twindaloo
Speaking of swapping brothers ...
We're lucky to be watching rugby in a time where there are five top teams almost on a par- (NZ, SA, Ireland, England and France) and a couple of dangerous ones that could spoil their day (Scotland and Argentina). Who's with me?
Im mostlly with you. Just not sure about that Scotland bit....
How sad is it that Australia aren’t even on anyone’s list of ‘spoilers’ anymore
@@AngusRobertwe lost Wales and Australia as key upsetters and Fiji just don’t have enough games. A real shame
Yeah bro....
100% makes it interesting and opens up a good fan debate about who's the best.
imagine having "great defence" and letting in 3 tries. Imagine defence not being a feature of your team and you only let in one opportunistic try. No one can defend like england a whole game. You cant.
1 try = countless penalties 🤦♂️ can’t build attacks when cynical fouls are being made!
I've always wondered if a team can keep that rush defence the entire game because it would absolutely be energy-draining. I got my answer with this game. The forwards looked completely spent by about the 65th minute and then you add in all the fresh new ABs in the front row.... you can't keep it up an entire game.
I know you break down how NZ's phases led Genge to be in that position but you can see in the video how poor Genge's effort on Telea was. Stood off him and showed him the outside when there was 5m of space. Should've closed down the space much earlier, allowed Curry to cover on the inside if he got stepped. Also could have dived at Telea's legs when he was still 7m out. Got exposed badly on NZ's 1st 2 tries.
England's defense was absolutely monstrous on Saturday and had this game been in the wet, I think England would have clinched it. They are going to claim some big scalps with this playing style.
That being said, this is the All Blacks who we're talking about. As a Springbok fan, I am well aware how you could have the best defense and still be undone by this team, who are historically the greatest attacking force in the sport. No matter how disciplined your defenders, no matter how quick your linespeed, no matter what jackling threats are around, its as if they are just able to find a way.
Well done to the AB's and hard luck to the English. They will meet again. Also, the NZ v Ireland game is going to be an absolute cracker.
It’s a tough defence to unlock but this new ABs team are working hard to pick the lock, and if they do they’ll leave the rugby world behind again
@mikegalaxie2352 Let's get the AB's across the line against the Irish first 🙏🏻
@ yes, I think Ireland will take their chances on attack a bit more ruthlessly than England did
So now England can only win in the rain with a team who cannot attack and their defence concedes 3 trys to one its easy to work who’s defence was better…
@ pretty much how it’s always been
Every squidge video is like a beautifully tasty pallet cleanser from the other rugby youtube channels full of reactive personnel changes, blaming single players, screaming so and so should be in the team or "bring in the youth!" despite England only having 4 players in the 23 over the age of 30. Thank you squidge, never change.
His next step is accurate non biased analysis. England were outclassed by a cantering all blacks not at top gear and the referee and luck kept it close
Get off his nuts ow 😂
Tele'a is an eel
I agree with everything you said in this video, but felt it was weird you didn’t mention Smith’a performance. I personally thought it was almost flawless, and easy to see how much he’s grown over the past year.
you should compare smith to ntamack, they are rivals since 2018 u20 world cup final! obvious dupont does of the smith magic so some differences
@ I agreee but irrelevant to mention Ntamack when he wasn’t playing. Smith was amazing that game and thought it was “weird” (for lack of better word) that Squidge didn’t mention him more.
give it 2 years and smith will be back working as a barista at the local Costa. You want donut with that maam sir?
CHCS tackle on Vaa'i comming from a blindspot reminds me of one comment on Jacques Burger's tackles: "It's a good thing if you see Jacques Burger comming, is a bad thig if you don't".
Greeting from Chile.
It's funny how every Squidge video on the All Blacks leaves me with the impression that BB is still the best!
I could have sworn that putting your hands on the ground at the ruck and not supporting your own weight was illegal?
Only if you get caught
I was screaming at my tv watching that live.
I love that you point out the defensive player on the blindside at 13:02 but ignore the fact that he's standing miles offside lmao
Englands best defensive strategy was to somehow not get penalised for offside
Not sure how rush defenses don’t get called more often, what are the touch judges even looking at?
Exactly! Check out 1:46 as well…
LOL... funny listening to kiwis complain about off-sides. Next you'll be bitching about forward passes. Just enjoy the win, as you're getting smashed in Dublin.
Reffing was so biased this game
@@fidget2020you both blind
I SO love your analysis of defence! Hope that some club/country is paying (or one day pays) you the big bucks for your excellent analysis.
I thought England looked better playing in New Zealand, they had more going in their attack. But to get the points on the board is what matters and they did very well in this game to keep in it over and over until they fell short in the end. They can beat anyone on any given day .
Well the ABs had new players just remember we lost heaps of players after the World Cup we are learning again
The ABs did d t give England a chance to build attacks before they gave away cynical penalty! Should really had a yellow first half imo
I don't know why people think Eng are not a good side. It's not pretty winning, it's almost a style SA played before Tony Brown?
When the last 5% clicks for the ABs attack, they'll start putting up higher scores again. Whether they end up being mostly dominant again will all depend if everything else is also clicking simultaneously (like it is for SA).
@@Dilmahkana Yeah there is definitely a whiff of the old Bok playbook in there. Which is fair - if it works, it works!
Had this game been in wetter conditions, England would have clinched it.
@@randomlyfactual1943 Oh it works for sure. And Eng would win that usually. Luck moved back and forth the whole game
As much as the English are using the blueprint laid down by the Boks, but honestly England are never looking like they'll score a try from their own ball. They are just not threatening enough or suffocate an opposition to a point of submission. Either they lack the Xfactor talent or they lack creatively. Contrary to Boks who use brute and magic.
@@dumezweninduweni158 i disagree, anytime england got an opportunity to score POINTS they took them, points win games and if England kept up their suffocation they had in the first 50 by using players on form off the bench rather than people who weren't as well as not allowing the stupid first tries be so easily had through people not being sharp enough then England look so much better and could easily have won the game by a lot more. shame the 10% the all blacks were fully on top was when they did what they do best and find miracles (whether they scored them or not)
@@dumezweninduweni158 Keeping Marcus Smith on longer would help.
Definitely made for an English audience.
England missed two opportunities to win.
If NZ had made more offloads stick; England could have been beaten by 20.
England defended for most of the game. You don't get points for defending.
Big word 'IF'.
England had more possession than NZ, so in terms of time it was the ABs who did more defending.
Bro ABs are a ticking time bomb 😂
@@fidget2020
Possession:
England: 43%
New Zealand: 57%
Territory:
England: 54%
New Zealand: 46%
Line Breaks:
England: 5
New Zealand: 8
Offloads:
England: 3
New Zealand: 9
You don’t get points from defending 🤣🤣🤣 it’s the most efficient way of getting them ffs 🤦♂️
Superb analysis. Greetings from AUS 👍
How, I say HOW does your mind work so fast and in such detail! Amazing! England should make you their OFFICIAL analytics guy! Nicely done mate!
Im glad to see you enjoyed this game because a lot of people hated it. I thought the first half was a belter.
I think you overlooked Australia while looking forward to see how England will verse South Africa
What an amazing video. Great work Rob.
Great to see you back doing videos again Squidge
Brilliant analysis as usual Squidge!!
Nice work Squidge!!
11:18 "Beaudy overrules this play".. How is Squidge able to come to this conclusion with him literally just standing there completely still, no pointing, and Ratima seems to make the switch of play... "His brother is listening" lol OK Professor X!
Because he's clearly starts speaking animatedly, and then the halfback switches where he's passing with his brother suddenly moving to the other side as well.
Squidge sucks now lol his analysis isnt as accurate. He thinks things that arent that deep lol
@@tafatapaleao4588or is it because he’s giving props to another team and not the AB?! AB got dominated by a young inexperienced England team but managed to get over the line! Well done the AB 👏🏻
Delicious analysis again, Squidge! The current England defence is a joy to behold, and gave unusual challenges to the All Blacks. Yes, it took exceptional individual skills to overcome. Great match.
So the answer to your question. One side knew how to score tries and the other didn't have a clue how to do the same!
1 try = countless penalties 🤦♂️ can’t build attacks when cynical fouls are being made!
Great video, and very fair. I was there, and the England defense was immense. But NZ ball retention was shocking, and we trashed four half chances. They have lost that clinical edge. However, even with an intercept that the inadequate Ratima is making a habit of, it was only Smith's genius hold pass that got it to the line. Tries maketh the man er team. England, doesn't score them.
Thank you, Squidge!! 🤝
Its ironic the amount of praise the England defence received yet they were opened up 3 times for tries and countless times where a final pass just didn't stick . Ioane had a clear overlap but held onto the ball. England on the other hand had one intercept try against the run of play and never really looked like scoring any more because NZ managed England attack pretty well.
Englands defensive pressure was outstanding that is true but a NZ team with greater discipline would not have allowed that many scoring penalties and the silly yellow card which placed NZ under pressure.
The real point of difference in a game with fine margins was the clutch kick by McKenzie. Ford had two arguably easier chances to win but in the end it wasn't to be.
Thanks for breaking down the drop goal, the lead up and pass was a mess. Blame can't soley be given to Ford
Great analysis. Thank you for the indepth insights. Always learn a lot. Should be doing analysis on TV too. Keep up the good work
Love these videos~
Itoje's cheating is part of the problem with rugby. He clearly cynically cheated and should have been automatically sinbinned. His jackal attempt earlier in the game was also clearly off his feet.
he was also very lucky some how avoiding being looked at when he tried to kick Telea in the head when he scored in the corner, Once again we got pinged for everything and most of it fair enough but the same cant be said against England constant hands in the ruck, creeping the offside in phase play and the most obvious rolling away into the passing line of the half back, will concede Clarke was a yellow.
@@glenellia1476 I noticed that kick to the head too - I wonder if there was no try from the original not releasing if it would have been a card, but ABs scored and the ref was like, oh well and the TMO didn't check back that far. Also it's celebrated when Itoje does it but reverse that to any of the ABs people would be up in arms and probably carded.
If you penalised all cynical cheating England would have been playing against an ABs team of 5 after about half an hour!
This is really well said, good video 😊😊
brilliant content here
Not if you like realistic and accurate perspectives
All Blacks lose by 1 point with 14 mean means they got dominated.
All Blacks win by a close margin means they still got dominated but they were lucky or the other fxcked up 😂😂😂.
Agreed. ABs are still jot the same side they were. See what SA did to them lol
Exactly right
In the England try there is a brilliant bit of shithousery. I think its Furbank who passes, and in doing so then carries on his line, so partially blocking the Clark (all very legal), and then slides over making himself into a speed bump (still legal) and then sticks his foot out that "accidentally" trips Clark. He had already done enough to make sure Clark was effectively slowed, but the "trip" is a beautiful coup-de-grace. Kudos to him from this Kiwi.
England still havent learnt. Stop celebrating every ruck or scrum like you have won the game.
Learning lot from your vidoes ❤
15:51 Dombrant is the one who makes this tackle the commentary also said Baxter as well idk why
205 passes for the All Blacks 96 for England I think we know who played the most rugby !
All blacks love a bit of no ruck rugby, just keep it alive and not let the defense get set
Yes, thanks Squidge!
That's what happens when you don't prepare a singer for the new Zealand anthem, I seen how offended some players were but the then the England guy sings his heart out like he was trying to rub it in their faces lol
If England's defence is as brilliant as this video seems to purport, and yet their opposition crossed the chalk 4 times (1 disallowed only due to an earlier infringement), I think we need to start thinking that scoring in multiples greater than 3 might be necessary! Would've loved to see some analysis of the Clarke-Barrett no-try too, it was disallowed, but still broke down the defence. Title of the video should probably be "how great England's defensive patterns" are.
Sorry, defence is not their main weapon. For some bizarre reason they have chosen to make it their only weapon.
14:26 Thought you’d pick up Furbanks tactical slide tackle
Agree. No one seems to be talking about this. He seemed to fall over for apparent reason - except of course to trip over Caleb Clarke. I was wondering at the time why the try wasn’t disallowed. It didn’t affect the outcome but was blatantly foul play.
@ There was no need either, if he kept his line he’d have blocked Clarke anyway.
Itoje trying to boot the ball out of Te'lea's hand in the winning try 😂 didn't notice that at the time ❤
This happens fairly often (and rarely works!) - it shows the desire of the defenders to stretch every sinew and exhaust every possible opportunity to stop the try - it is always a good sign of the defender's attitude :)
@@shonunezekiel is it legal?
@@shonunezekielvery dangerous luckily he only grazed his head. In league it’s illegal
@@iteamy ah - I had to look it up because of what @iceswallowgum8540 wrote... so it is illegal to disposess the opposition by kicking the ball out of their hands according to Law 22(f)... so I will be charitable and say that Itoje (and all others I have seen do this) was trying to put his foot 'under' the ball in order to prevent a grounding - which would be perfectly legal... I think!
I think it’s fair to say that Bothwick has had more than enough time to get a team which can get over the winning line. Unfortunately we have seen time and time again the Coach has been found wanting and simply not good enough
I think the scoreline flattered england. 3 tries to 1 at the end of the day. The rush defence will win them knock ons but it will lose them games against the better opponents will exploit it
Squidge, you need to stop wanking on about how good you thought England were. They NEVER put together a single attack that looked remotely like scoring a try. After all, that is what we watch the game for: tries. Certainly not waiting for infringements followed by penalty kicks, I would rather watch table tennis than that.
Good analysis bro
"side-dish for Currie"... love it.
Both teams had control for periods of the game. But neither truly or intentionally determined the final result! Games don’t get more exciting to watch than that
Excellent review of an excellent rugby match.
I am nervous for my Bokke facing both Scotland and England (and I am glad for that order). Both are looking on the up and up.
If England can find two decent props in the interim and they manage to stay fit I can see them making a RWC final in 2027.
England 1 intercept try against NZ 3 try... and you reckon Eng were the better team... deluded.
Mate he has never liked the All Blacks.
they have lost 4/5, but apparently #BorthwickBall - 2 years of it - is working out! (no 6N success either)
@@AdrianKerr yep,that's why I came here - to listen to his excuses.
this guys a bloody hater
100% this video was piss weak
The vast steppe of Englands finest grass is just behind that mighty defensive line.
its enormously positive for england that the subs that could ahve been werent the ones selected. While ben curry was immense when he came on think of what it may have been like if the likes of barbeary, pearson, fin smith, ted hill or even JVP came on instead of players that haven't been on great form (or in the case of Randall was completely wrong for the style that england needed in the last 20). If borthwick chooses the right bench we might have won with another few points if we are lucky. the starters were phenomenal with none putting a foot wrong all game (genge was very unlucky to be in those scenarios) and thats great considering the youth of all but slade and spencer.
All Blacks fan here, England played pretty well in New Zealand back in June, and were unlucky not to get a win. They got some seriously good players, and will always be hard to beat for any team. Probably only 5% separates them and the Springboks and All Blacks, if they can just get those final touches and decision making right under pressure, they'll be a top 4 in the next World Cup.
Great analysis! Although calling any blindspot tackle a candidate for one of the best of the year is wild (coming from a NZer so maybe I'm biased!).
Interesting analysis. Smith messing up two attacking set plays in the first 5 minutes would be a reason too. One with carp execution, one with carp decision-making. Stil he kicked a load of goals from straight in front of the posts so yay!
Great video
I could not believe Maro didnt get yellow carded for that infringement. You are right, that is a typical McCaw move.
I don’t like how it’s made out to be a good performance against a dominant all blacks team. If England couldn’t beat this team which is wobbly at the moment, why are we giving them so much credit.
To be fair England are also in a rebuild phase they’re also wobbly
I’m normally a fan of his analysis but way off this time…
England very lucky not to loose by 20… they never pressured the All black line and didn’t have a clue what to do with possession…..
A lot of chat about the Cunningham-South hit on Vai’i but no mention of the Aumua rib tickler on Feyi-Waboso. Perhaps cos he didn’t jump around celebrating afterwards.
Bad day in the office for Genge! But as you explain, it's a system error not an individual error as such. Don't think we'll see that again from England!
Your analysis is amazing I love watching your videos and it's a breath of fresh air against reading all the negative FB comments by armchair experts calling for Borthwick to be sacked.
In the last year how many times have the AB’s defense held teams out, specially at the death of games a man down and we are still saying there defense is exploitable? Didn’t you say that yourself? Why then couldn’t they exploit the fact they closed the game down with a man advantage and still resorted to a drop goal? Bc the defense was too good mate. England need the other team to beat themselves
And next time show the bone crunching tackle of jordie Barrett melting Jamie George😂
I'm looking to your review of the Australia game. As an Australian the result took me totally suprise.
Ref kept England in the game. Mediocre by the ABs again but clearly far superior on the day
I was suprised at the time that itoje didnt get a yellow for that deliberate penalty, seemed so brazen. Obviously he understands the refs better than most, bloody good gamesmanship
Wow did we watch the same game, England employed spoiling tactics that would have been penalised off the pitch Downunder, you don't play at the ball when you are off your feet for example, and you don't obstruct the half back as England constantly did. The much vaunted English defense leaked tries at crucial times and its back to old timey England relying on kicking goals to keep them in the game. Seriously had a room of non-rugby friends watching the game, and lets just say no rugby converts were made on the night. Hoping Ireland v ABs turns out to be a much more dynamic game without the negative tactics. Well done ABs, deserved your win, still a lot of work to be done on that team.
I agree that England's defence, despite conceding 3 (wonder) tries from individual brilliance looks like a good system that will lead to scores for them and eventually wins.
I think that in attack though we need to try to use our players more - none of our backs/backrow play in as conservative a system with as few passes as the England one, and ir feels like we currently have the players to be dynamic and fast and aggressive (in the 15 but especially on the bench) rather than tight set piece reliant control.
If nothing else, we have to try to finish the last 20 mins trying to up the pace and extend leads, not close them. We have the players to do that! Hill, B Curry, Pearson, Dombrandt, Randall, JVP, F Smith, Daly, Northmore, Dan, Baxter etc. As we as Marcus, Lawrence, Furbank, Earl, CCS, ETC starting. We don't, aside from maybe Cole and Ford, have the players to shut down shop.
England played very well, the defense for the most part was amazing, and if Smith had still been on the paddock to take the last kick, England win this one, all 3 games this year could have gone either way, good to see a strong English side.
"to give it its proper christian name" was hilarious lmao. please do keep sporting the hats! great stuff as always, identifying momentum and going for the kill is a skill indeed
"a genius bit of cheating" how can you celebrate that!
1:46 Cunningham only got Savea behind the gainline because Jamie George was ofside and slowed down the pass. I think Jamie George is one of the few real class acts in the English team and did not do that intentionally but still illegal and it was enough to give the advantage in defense.
Particularly good video today
We can always rely on Squidge to get to the bottom of things.
The three best wingers I've ever seen.
Lomu: I'll just run over you, Mate
Habana: I'll just burn you, see ya, Boet
Kolbe: I'll step you three ways to Sunday, Maat
The next contender for the best I've ever seen....
Tele'a: You'll grab me and you'll slip off, and then you grab me and you grab me and you'll both slip off, and then I'll score, Bro.
How could Itoje keep holding on to the ball after being penalised five metres out from his try line and not get a yellow card?!
I know I'm late but 3:17 is Ben not Tom Curry. Thanks for this Robbie and Will
Good analysis, England lack the ruthlessness in the last 5-10 minutes.
Ah yes! The 'curry chips' of rugby videos, unbeatable.
I would have liked to hear your view about England substituting a fly half who is in great form for his club and was having a superb game to that point with a player who has played little and is returning from injury.
As an ex forward I’m unsure as to why a starting 10 would ever need to be replaced unless he was having a nightmare.
Heads up the "brilliant smash tackle" at the NZ tap penalty is Dombrandt
When is a rugby journalist going to address the elephant in the room with England. They don’t and haven’t picked the best players available to them for years. The bench wasn’t good enough and that cost England the game. If Borthwick was more willing to select higher quality players in the wider squad the impact off the bench would be more. Tizard, Ted Hill, Will Evans, Barbeary, Pearson, Ibitoye, Wade to name a few are simply better than a lot of the selections than the ones that made the wider squad. English arrogance is not picking the best players and still expecting to win
Like many teams, England prefer consistency. It explains why Reiko Ioane is still starting.
It does seem that England are playing not to lose, rather than really playing to win. This has been a problem for the England mindset for a long time. Trying to defend a narrow lead against a team like the ABs is simply not going to work - you need to go for the jugular when you have the momentum. I hope this changes or I can't see England beating the top teams on a consistent basis, no matter how good their general game plan is.
The ABs are in rebuild mode, and are working hard to build a team that’ll unpick all these teams rush defense tactics, if they work it out they’ll leave the rugby world behind again…
Why did the All Blacks, with one Wallace Sititi, not clone him 14 times so they had Wallace Sititi x 15? are they stupid?
As a kiwi England to me are rebuilding just like the ABs they will be a threat in the near future as will the AB’s
8 years looks like a long time but they have only played twice at Dublin in that time.
A six day turnaround seems like a bit of a handicap-especially with Codie Taylor out so it will be a very good test for the ABs.
Plus another 4 times outside Dublin with the results going 50/50.
I think a win in Dublin will be a tough ask.