Israel Dagg has stated that New Zealand\u2019s defensive blunders were \u201cnot All Blacks standards\u201d after they shipped 36 unanswered points against the Springboks in the second half.<\/b><\/p>\n
Scott Robertson\u2019s men ended up losing 43-10 to their great rivals in what was the biggest-ever loss in the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
There were a number of issues in their display which ultimately resulted in the lopsided scoreline but, on Sport Nation\u2019s Scotty and Izzy show, presenter Scotty Stevenson highlighted one particularly concerning statistic.<\/p>\n
\u2018How do you even conjure such a statistic?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to talk about one stat, and it\u2019s the one stat above all others for me; there were 46 missed tackles. Are you joking? That is a village,\u201d a furious Stevenson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat many missed tackles in a Test from the All Blacks<\/a>, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on there. How do you even conjure such a statistic?<\/p>\n \u201cI know that they were absolutely under the pump but 46 missed tackles. Yikes.\u201d<\/p>\n Dagg agreed and slammed their defensive display, saying: \u201cThat\u2019s not a good stat, that\u2019s not All Blacks standards.\u201d<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t the only problem for New Zealand, however, and the former All Blacks star looked at why the Springboks<\/a> managed to dominate, especially in the second period.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom an All Blacks point of view, it\u2019s always going to be a tough night when the set-piece is going backwards, you can\u2019t get any continuity going, you\u2019re constantly on the back foot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you get the ball you\u2019re trying to win off first phase, you\u2019re probably not willing to go to a dark place and build some pressure, get some opportunities, and bring a bit of fatigue into them.<\/p>\n \u201cIn saying that, they didn\u2019t look like they were going to fatigue whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n