How the All Blacks Nullified David Pocock

[@iRastapus]

Imagine being so good and renown at your position that people create in-depth analysis videos on how to beat you. Legend.

[@Caine846]

Great analysis, mate. I was always amazed by Richie McCaw's work, his amazing ability to read the match and the situation.

[@tonalambiguity3345]

Ivan Majingilane he was great, just wish he didn't use those dirty/illegal tactics.

[@geoffwaldman]

All blacks just clearing out anyone at the rucks. doesnt matter if pocock is there or not

[@decinhuman]

Geoff Waldman the point is that pocock is arguably the best in the world at turn overs and the allblacks just made him a "anyone"

[@JAJones-qz4vv]

Exactly, just what's expected any rugby player. However, the clip focuses on where games are really managed.

[@gwarden_nz]

That last tackle turnover on Genia was insane.

[@todayssam153]

+LIGER ZERO to be fair, in 2011 he was voted Australian Super Rugby Player of the Year (there are 5 australian teams to choose from!) He went on to captain the wallabies against USA during this world cup, he won the Pilecki medal twice given for being an outstanding player for his city team (queensland reds), and last but not least, he was featured in the starting line up for RWC 2011and played in the semi-final match (this match). Are you telling me during 2011 he played his worst? lol piss off. He was in his prime here and you know it, stop trolling.

[@todayssam153]

+LIGER ZERO Gwarden was saying the turnover richie did was insane, you replied to be fair genia is worst half back in australian history, I'm saying in 2011 genia was brilliant. So whats your point? genia sucks now? we're not talking about now, we're taking about this game in 2011.

[@todayssam153]

+LIGER ZERO yes, 2011 world cup semi-final, where genia played as a starter.

[@christianizzy8082]

liger your argument is pretty invalid bruh..if he was performing so bad, and his percentage of performance dropped, or whatever you're saying, wouldnt you think the selectors would have cast him out? rather than let him play on. I'm sure the selectors know more about their Job than you do about theirs. Thats why you're here, and they are selecting.

[@christianizzy8082]

+Todays sam I agree

[@dicessdontbenosey438]

RICHIE MCCAW WILL BE VERY HARD TO REPLACE I DON'T THINK THE ALL BLACKS WILL EVER HAVE A RUGBY PLAYER LIKE HIM.

[@MrAhuapai]

love how the Aussie commentators actually call Mulliana who isn't even on the field the try scorer. Thats pretty poor work. Maa Nonu also looks nothing like Muliaina

[@Reformed1-e1c]

Look closely he has slight resemblance haha

[@twosnakse]

Great analysis! Im a Kiwi but Pocock is an outstanding player, can't wait to see what happens on Sunday morning.

[@thedr00]

That turnover by McCaw was insane. GOAT no doubt.

[@thakrak]

Thanks for this. There are aspects of the game you don't appreciate during live transmision

[@2011matty]

+thakrak your right there, do the coaches pick this kind of stuff live.

[@willliam1343]

Good player is pocock

[@jeremypopham2291]

Macaw is such a smart rugby player.

[@joedennehy386]

Good analysis, they actually bought in matt todd, a very good crusaders 7 and practiced with him as pocock. They decided the best stategy was to firce povock to make the tackle so he couldn't legally filch the ball. Great tactics against a great player

[@pashazafar3490]

This video show how brilliant McCaw is.

[@perikauwhata56]

I'm an AB supporter and Pocock to me is a legend and cause for any team to be concerned about.

[@MrSebastianMonty]

I would love more analysis like this. Outstanding!!

[@emmanuelrodriguez7427]

The analysis is excellent, but the match is from 2011!

[@FlandersNeighbour]

+Emmanuel Rodríguez Exactly, Piri Weepu, Chris Kahui ?

[@FlandersNeighbour]

995sean Thanks Lol, bit of a freudian slip haha

[@tristankrooks528]

richie mccaw is my favourite player and hes the best flanker in the world!!!!!

[@perezconsultancy]

Great analysis mate!

[@cutler12345]

the wallabies from 2011 were of a completely different breed. pocock is better now than he has ever been, and with hooper along side, the problem only gets more complex. it will be a match to remember this weekend. CANT WAIT!

[@PepeAgain1025]

Completely agree. Even their set-piece is so much more improved.

[@scrumhalforegon]

Playing Pocock and Hooper severely limited the Wallabies in terms of both running #8 options as well as severely limiting their lineout options. Wallabies paid for it dearly.

[@ToBe0rNotToBe1]

+Lemon Meringue Apparently the AB's did what most teams should've done and was pretty much the only logical thing to do. Keep play away from them 2, yes they turned over possession here and there but they were pretty much left having to just watch the ball passed away from them.

[@oliverburke]

Great tactics! Thanks for the vid! That last one was masterful magic/hard work! :)

[@samsonmorrell]

I would love to hear what Phil Kearns at the end

[@ketherday6371]

McCaw the GOAT

[@AK-wc9rl]

+LIGER ZERO You have no idea about rugby, and you're probably an Aussie.

[@AK-wc9rl]

***** "Australia probably has a half dozen flankers in their super rugby franchises right now that are better than him." Yep, definitely an Aussie. Richie outplayed Pocock again in the 2015 rwc final and made him look like the one dimensional, and overrated player that he is. I mean, apart from pilfering, what else does Pocock do? He has no running game, no linking game and his lineout play is non existent. Way overrated by the Aussie media and fans... Take a look at the stats on Green and Gold, Richie had 70% more involvement at ruck time, just as many turnovers, made three times more running metres than Pocock and was the first three to the breakdown 55 times as opposed to Pocock's 34. I actually can't remember Pocock outplaying McCaw when it really matters, same with George Smith before him. As for these six flankers, who are they? McCaw is head and shoulders above any flanker in the world atm in terms of workrate. If we are talking pure skills, then I will give it to Ardie Savea, but Richie is still the best overall flanker imo.

[@TimeAllen]

+LIGER ZERO four more years

[@AK-wc9rl]

+LIGER ZERO "But you are simply filled with too much arrogance and bigotry to see clearly." You're talking as though I am the only one in the world who rates McCaw highly. Mate, most people involved in the game, including ex wallaby players have rated him as either the best or in the top three of all time. And frankly I think you have to be blind to suggest that Pocock outplayed Richie in the final. Pocock was great at what he does, which is pilfering, but there's so many other aspects to a flanker's play that you conveniently don't seem to be interested in. Playing the Pooper for instance severely weakened your lineout and the ABs got four lineout turnovers as a result of that. Here's the Green and Gold link that you requested. www.greenandgoldrugby.com/rwc-final-ruck-analysis-all-blacks-v-wallabies/ "This is the 2nd world cup in a row where the referee has won you guys the final." Liger, not one Aussie I know including even the most biased ones have said that the ref cost Australia the game. You are the only one. I suggest you watch the game again with both eyes open, and try to show some objectivity. I watched Pocock come in from the side a few times, including at the ruck that led to his first turnover at the 18.05 mark, but of course you will deny it. And I'm ok with what Pocock did, as that's the role of a decent no 7. I also saw Kepu not get a yellow after three head high tackles, which was a complete joke, but you just have to deal with the dud calls. The ref missed a blatant spear tackle on Nonu in the 21st minute which should have been a yellow as well. At 47.53, McCaw gets a legitimate turnover and is subsequently cleaned out by Hooper from the side and then he lies all over McCaw which prevents the ball from coming out. That should have been a penalty to NZ but a scrum was awarded to Aussie instead, and two minutes later Ben Smith gets binned and Australia scores a try. Dud calls were made both ways, it's the team that handles it better that comes out on top. NZ did and Australia didn't. Your list of flankers btw are frankly a joke and no hint of Aussie bias at all coming through lol. Butler? You have to be kidding me. Basically the All Black pack demolished the wallaby eight, and if not for Ben Smith's brainfart, this average wallaby team , who were extremely lucky to get past that superpower known as Scotland, courtesy of a dud call from the ref, would have been slaughtered by forty points.

[@07Gixxer]

+LIGER ZERO Its ok to feel like that :) Keep looking for excuses why the All Blacks continue to dominate World Rugby. Wallabies were never going to win. Even when momentum swung their way the ABs found a way to swing it back. Remember it was the ref that actually let the Wallabies back into the game with the yellow card when Kepu could have easily been yellow carded for his indiscretion! Wallabies done unreal to get where they did, and in a few years time the Bledisloe will be in Australia. Just not yet

[@rwilson981]

The analysis is great, but I can't help but go back and watch daggs offload over and over. Sonny bill is probably the best at it but dagg just made arguably the greatest offload of all time!

[@temokootapuhi4588]

Love watching this vid, just shows a team sticking to a good game plan

[@franlafosse]

man, this is great! keep making this kind of videos!

[@Awesome14450]

right at the end, Phil Kearns- "Aww gee, I'll tell you what........"What? Why.....why would you stop it there?

[@vonteflon]

I thought the same! Frustrating isn't it? I really want to know what Kearnsy had to tell us!

[@bendobson1380]

Its the 2011 RWC semi final match, 2nd half. He says "Aww gee, I'll tell ya what. That was either magnificent or he was a mile offside".

[@msilve8389]

such an excellent video! Wish more people would watch and learn

[@michaeltoeta278]

I checked out Ritchie's other videos back in high school. so as keiran read and Jerome kaino. They haven't changed their styles of play one bit. Gifted players.

[@FairladyS130]

Now as then the AB's playing for each other as a team, in contrast what support did Pocock get from his 'team mates'?

[@Wardads1]

Excellent analysis . I see the ABs in the final managed to steer the play away from Pocock as well.

[@stylesoftware]

After thinking this is rubbish. It is actually a good way to knock out a player, and if the coach said so, he's a genius. Otherwise it is just positional play; Pocock has his job, and Ab players know how to respond as an opposite player, rather than some master plan. I'd give this a vid a 25% chance of being true to the letter.

[@archvermin]

What's the exact meaning of "jackal"? As in: they scavenge the ball at the breakdown?

[@LuisAndrade-vg1hf]

What a great players they both are 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@georgieboi097]

@ 1:48 try scorer Muliaina? lol I think he ment Maa Nonu lol

[@andyklyen6885]

Excellent analysis

[@仲直毅]

great analysis, can you do the 2015 one? pretty sure pocock got way better

[@wyrw]

仲直毅 Yeah him and Hooper man handled England

[@pedrorivera8255]

Great analysis👍

[@liljnnaps1]

Excellant video analysis.

[@urchinator9110]

Richie is the only bloke on earth that can completely nullify pocock and hooper.

[@gesus44]

So yes Richie is Mac Awesome!

[@lao3970]

do the 2015 world cup final of how they shut him down!

[@TCt83067695]

+Nikolao Faataape yes please. don't think he had a single turnover in that match

[@tobywilson163]

Good analysis.

[@tuterangiangus6826]

were r u from

[@27FreddyG]

How is Pocock's turnover legal? The ruck is formed, he has hands in?

[@Toymit]

Would've been easier saying, the All Blacks negated the Pocock threat by protecting the ball at the breakdown, rendering him ineffective. The other times, Pocock just happened to be the first tackler.

[@Sebbettful]

+Toy Mit making Pocock be the tackler is a definite tactic of the ABs, McCaw has even talked publicly about it. Thorn and Weepu didn't just happen to step back into Pocock in the video above, they were looking for him to force him to make the tackle so he couldn't come in and go for the turnover

[@Toymit]

Same thing.....just said it would've been easier saying the above rather than spend 5mins on a video with pop up notations.

[@luchiboy]

What an over the top analysis, there are 14 other players the AB's have to "Nullify". David Pocock will always be a threat but so too the other 14. DP gets cleared out just like every other player in the ruck. It's not like they just go for DP. Richie has his eyes on the ball not DP

[@dpj1]

I think you're reading to much in this. It's how you play rugby

[@smokeycloudz2132]

So the answer was neck roll?

[@charliesinden8711]

We’ve got Pocock... we’ve got McCaw 🏆

[@jarrethcutestory]

McCaw neck-roll at 3:44. Fucking dirty.

[@sicboi]

that's a lot of flattery to single all these out to identifying Pocock to be that dangerous to the ABs running plays.

[@JJ-xp6mr]

This video should just be called “How McCaw nullified Pocock”

[@cowboyup6744]

0:38 The All Black are so good at professional fouls. They are diving over the ball there because they know the ref wont blow it. Not just that ruck, all the rucks from there forward.

[@Lizardbrainzzz]

It's like you wallabys think pocock was the whole team. Major downfall

[@mruv5944]

Further proof Richie mcCaw is the GOAT 🐐

[@specialatk880]

Love him or hate him Richie McCaw has set the blueprint on how to be as effective as possible. Not as fast or strong as Pocock or many others but he knows how to play to the absolute limit of the law which EVERY 7 should be. Pocock will dominate the breakdown without question with McCaws imminent retirement.

[@AK-wc9rl]

+SWG 92 He's actually a lot faster than Pocock, and was even faster in his younger days. And his workrate is a lot higher than Pocock's. Pocock is somewhat overrated imo, because somehow pilfering skills is given more accolades than all other aspects of loose forward play. I really do not know why this is the case.

[@specialatk880]

+John Bands I agree on the workrate comment. Only maybe Retallick can come close in that department imo. Dont you think Pocock is the best after McCaw?

[@AK-wc9rl]

SWG 92 I'm a big fan of Francois Louw, for his overall play. For me, it will be between him at Pocock.

[@paddycure]

That offload at the end ... Fuck me I will never be able to do this kind of god level stuff. 🤔

[@michaelahsin2187]

I’m a kiwi 🥝 hard but I like Pocock he’s a bloody good player!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rafaelzin1008]

Great video ! amazing explanation

[@Fonzleberry]

Great when you're playing in Black and Craig Sherbert is the ref.

[@RabbitJnr]

guess there only one Mccaw, best open side flanker ever

[@erinquinn215]

Pocock and McCaw in a class of their own

[@Brokela]

Great video

[@FlandersNeighbour]

+brandon rokela true but it's from 2011 - that's 4 years of editing before publishing this clip.

[@toprockermusik884]

this is all just common sense in rugby really, you'd do this to any player against any team

[@jaytee5167]

Cajun Paul Any player against any team. But to do it to pocock one of the best in the game at what he does. Too shut him down and take him away from the contest. All blacks aren't a push over team so for them to identify him as a major threat i think is giving Pocock the respect he has earned as a player.

[@toprockermusik884]

get your finger out his arse

[@jaytee5167]

Cajun Paul sorry did I hurt your feelings lol. Suck it up princess. He's better than an average player and would put you on your backside.

[@toprockermusik884]

got your tongue in there now...

[@snethembapeter6058]

Richie was the boss/best Captain ever

[@pierrevalentin7300]

Ok, now what about Hooper?

[@headintheclouds6935]

Negating hooper is much harder. He is a machine tackler and to negate him is to avoid him. Problem is - he is fucking everywhere

[@jonanderdusantos9722]

resumen del video por favor

[@JoeTheLion60]

McCaw a genius - greatest of all time...

[@PepeAgain1025]

I'm a big ABs fan here but its a bit unfair when you use his 2011 RWC footage of him instead of the latest. Most people know him now and he's a completely different beast same with Hooper they both improved loads.

[@tylersim9025]

+You know where I like it... I'd agree Pocock was always good he was just injured for ages. But this video shows nothing special this is just generally how you should play and what the 7s main role is.

[@davidroulston4067]

It was like minions commentating on rugby when it was on fast forward mode

[@WickedWaiata]

+David Roulston Minions - number 2 team in the world behind the ABs

[@petermcnamara4251]

I learnt a lot. Cheers.

[@skips572]

4:52 dis someone say *"f*ck"?

[@mcsound]

Who'd have thought cleaning someone out would stop them getting turnovers!

[@stelley08]

who was the team in yellow again? lol

[@132nathaniel]

Australia

[@vipermarn]

Lostralia....hahahahahahaha!!!

[@bulgarianenglishpropertytr3555]

if pocock and mccaw played in the same team who would get the position? I think Pocock is better than mccaw

[@santiagopagnanelli9596]

Have Richie mc caw in your Team! That seems to be the answer

[@wazazaby]

4:17 how is this a straight throw tho wtf

[@piefaceshortland9273]

No great analysis. this is what we did this years would cup. follow pocock through most of the game especially the last 12mins when the game was in the balance. Pocock makes a big mistake through out those minutes every time he is close to the tackle ball and cant make a steal he stands back and raises this hand? this gives arron smith a signal that he is near by so instead of passing it to a close forward to run hes passes two wide to make pocock the second man to the tackle not the first. also the last 10minutes when arron smith see pocock near he runs to him which makes him think that he is going tackle arron but our half back fakes to run then passes to the opposite side to where pocock was. It was beautiful just following pocock last 10mins we made him look like a fool watch it you see what i mean

[@richardrobinson7645]

the abs play like demons

[@eleahheke1158]

what a load of crap.....all this is about is 1 team being superior to another....and 1 layer(mccawbeing better than another(poocock)

[@junlucas4322]

*How Richie McCaw nullified David Pocock.

[@TheTwelfthRed]

Oh wait, I thought us kiwis cheat to win every match... Worlds best, at its best - haters find excuses.

[@karauriarangiuaia3111]

1987 WORLD CHAMPIONS FIRST TO WIN 2011 WORLD CHAMPIONS 2015 BACK TO BACK WORLD CHAMPIONS FIRST TEAM TO DO THAT AND FIRST TEAM TO WIN 3 WORLD CUPS AND NUMBER ONE TEAM FOR 10YEARS IN A ROW AND WAIT THERES MORE 13 YEARS IN A ROW BLEDISLOE CUP HOLDERS SOOO david who

[@omidcyrus5063]

+karauria rangiuaia David Pocock, one of the best openside flankers of our time

[@morganjohnson4535]

+Omid Cyrus Indeed he is. And this is from a New Zealander.

[@harmansingh124]

How good was Richie McCaw!!!

[@shi-pooh-leo-]

オールブラックスにここまで警戒されるってスゴイな

[@MrJoedirt1993]

That's the all blacks for you, they play smart rugby, that's why there rated #1

[@tyleryork4625]

Pocock still had 4 turnovers in this game

[@findthebaron]

good video.

[@connorduke4619]

Australia needed to clone Pocock a few times so he couldn't be constantly isolated. :)

[@Liam-fs7ik]

Aus needs a better team no match for the all blacks

[@grimcreeper8267]

that guy shouldn't be near the ball all the time then

[@branominal]

Imagine being such a fucking chad rugby player that the All-Blacks literally have plans to neutralise you

[@Mysterx1440]

In a word, McCaw

[@nzbomber685]

Wata game.. owned him

[@mra3076]

Pocock is great but McCaw is GOAT

[@jessehorgan4484]

all of what has been described is called rugby.

[@Km12345rrrr]

Point proven, mccaw is miles better that pocock, even when he is in a cheep chair or crutches

[@Km12345rrrr]

Btw I'm from scotland

[@tazwildcat7]

are u sure this was a game plan or just not the 2 baddest most athetlic fittest hardcore, so of course they are going to meet up the most. they hustle the most

[@Tehui1974]

Pocock should practice his rugby instead of doing bicep curls in the gym.

[@pasesepasese485]

That was mean to watch

[@louisg5026]

haha i'd be so pissed if i was pocock in this game

[@honahwikeepa2115]

Pocock out of his league.