Joey Carbery sidelined for six weeks

It was when Eddie Jones nearly won a game in Dunedin.

But you did somehow hit the nail on the head! He is his own worst enemy in general with his laid back style. What makes him great at what he’s good at, but when you compare him to someone who is completely the opposite like Love, it’s what stands out as the actual difference (rather than stats telling the true story).

He was on fire in 2023 with such great form those errors for being a fraction slow reacting/thinking were few and far between. He wasn’t close to those same standards last year, but obviously it was still wrong for players like Fihaki to be selected ahead of him just because hes a short drive, rather than flight, away.

That end was a lovely throw back to how rugby was 5 10 years ago, before there was all this control being put in place by coach’s. JJ said his team tried not to place any pressure on the team this week with specific messages, and you have to assume that is why there there was no structure at the beginning, trying to run every play to the opponents goal line, but I also credit it for the team just finding their own grind and taking to the Canes. Perhaps the last 20 phases they did sort of start loosening that momentum, stop pressuring the line, and it was a bit of a waving the white flag of a drop kick, but it was probably just the lack of oxygen. Would have loved a few more phases in the middle their before the drop goal.