All Blacks too much for England
After performing a Haka of frightening intensity in front of the hostile
Twickenham hordes, New Zealand proved that they have the substance to
complement their increasingly theatrical pre-match ritual. Outscoring the
home side by three tries to one, New Zealand were much more comfortable on
the ball than their opponents, able to create magic from scraps of possession.
For the home side, it was three missed penalties from young Jonny Wilkinson
proved crucial in allowing the All Blacks a 13-6 half-time lead. The left -
footed fly-half could consider himself unlucky, though, that all three were
tothe left of the field.
England had started well in terms of territory and possession but in the
16th minute a try from Jeff Wilson that went completely against the flow of
play, showed ominous signs that when the ball emerged from the even tussle up
front there was only one side who looked capable of building a cohesive
attack and that was New Zealand.
Wilson's score had come from a midfield run by England's traditional nemesis
Jonah Lomu who scattered the England defence, giving Tana Umaga some space to
stretch his legs. The winger was tackled just inches from the tryline but had
the presence of mind to slip the ball to Wilson who made a great finish.
Try as they might, England could not create space for their runners and only
looked dangerous when they brought back row players like Richard Hill and
Lawrence Dallaglio into the line. But they were missing that vital spark in
midfield, that creative impulse which opens up the field. Indeed their only
try came from a kick ahead by Guscott which bounced off the post for that
tremendous support player Phil de Glanville to sneak over for the try. The
veteran centre actually outshone some of his more hyped team-mates during this
match with some deft handywork in the midfield.
If England needed a touch of luck to cross the tryline, there was no such
reliance on fate for the All Blacks' other two scores. Their second try came
from England's chief tormentor of RWC '95 Jonah Lomu. After a turnover in
midfield, the giant wing suddenly found himself in acres of space on the right
as a gaggle of desperate England defenders frantically tried to head the big
man off at the pass. As in Cape Town four years ago, there was nobody in an
England shirt who looked remotely capable of stopping Lomu in full flight as
he skipped over the line.
The third try came from a moment of indecision by England winger Austin
Healey who hesitated for a few vital seconds when he found himself as stand -
in scrum-half at the back of a ruck. As he finally opted to pick up the ball,
he was hit by All Black prop Craig Dowd and as the ball went loose it was
seized upon by replacement Byron Kelleher who wriggled out of a Dawson tackle
for the try.
England never threw in the towel until the final whistle and performed
impressively close to the breakdown with the much-vaunted pack rumbling on.
But when the ball was moved wide, the moves often stuttered allowing All Black
No.7 Josh Kronfeld to snaffle the ball or simply delay it for the vital few
seconds needed for his backline to reset their defensive formations.
Now the All Blacks find themselves on the expressway to the World Cup Final.
On this performance it will need a team with a better all-round game than
England currently possess to stop them.
資料來源 : http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/rugb/wc99/
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作者: Seagull (西狗) 看板: NTURugbyTeam
標題: Re: All Blacks too much for England
時間: Sun Oct 10 20:58:41 1999
真是辛苦辛苦大家了....
雖然都是英文的, 不過有看那場精彩比賽的
再看上面一篇應該是不會太難的吧..!!?
大家加油
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