Sam Ackerman: Sports Commentator previews the second Rugby Championship clash against Argentina

The All Blacks are demanding a discipline improvement as they count down to the rematch against Argentina in Buenos Aires. 

After having the better of the penalty count nine to four in the first half of the opening win, the tally was 12 penalties a piece at fulltime. 

The All Blacks also copped two second half yellow cards, one of which went to centre Billy Proctor and he says the need to tidy their discipline up. 

Sports Commentator Sam Ackerman told Ryan Bridge the team will definitely be wanting to play more consistently in this game, as the Argentinian side can not be taken lightly. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Rainy week and Buenos Aires hasn't damped the spirits of
the AB's ahead of Sunday's tests against the Pumas raises
going with one or two more rookies for the rematch
with the Pumas well is he will find out seven
thirty our time this morning. Sam Ackerman as a sports
commentator with me this morning, getay, Sam Day, Ryan, good
to have you on. What do you reckons he's going
to do this morning?

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Listen?

Speaker 3 (00:21):
One thing that Razer has printed on us, as we
can expect the expected A is very rare to come
and make some wild changes or throw a whole bunch
of rookies into this scenario. This Rugby Championship really all
roads lead In the next game after this one against
the spring Box that is the biggest game of the season.
Don't expect them to tinker too much with that side

(00:43):
that ran out in the first test.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
So there will be a few force changes through.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
Injury absence to the bench, but outside of that it
should be relatively consistent.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
You imagine Ryan in their first starting fifteen.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
What about Wallace the tit and Tomato Williams back from injury.
Will we see them in the fifteen or will they
be being.

Speaker 3 (01:01):
I feel there's probably more likelihood that Williams will come
off the bench, but he's certainly capable of going straight
into that front row position. He played through injury in
the Super Rugby Final, so he has a high pain
threshold and he has been championing at.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
The bit to get back.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
I'd love to see him start, but my I just
feel like safety wise is most likely to come off
the bench. And this for Titi. It's a very settled
starting loose Ford trio they have at the moment who
are playing well and I think Carrif has done well
in that position, but I think the Titi, you're right,
is the most likely to come in to that starting side.
He is definitely part of the preferred starting loose Ford's

(01:38):
in the eyes of many, and you'd think you want
to get some decent minutes under his belt before he
takes on the box in a few weeks time.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Say in the first fifteen minutes of the second half
last weekend Bit week, it was he looking to firm
that up. I mean, how do you focus on that.

Speaker 3 (01:54):
I definitely think they want to show that they can
put on a bit more fire and that they can
hold their consistency through out the game because this Argentine's
side can never be packing lightly. They have been in
New Zealand on New Zealand soil, not on Argentine soil.
It's I'm sure has driving them to a certain extent
as well, but they need to shore it up. They
need to make sure they have a consistency with their

(02:15):
attack as well. I think some smarter options when they
get it, have an opportunity to get out white. It's
fair to say some of the outside backs didn't get
a whole lot of opportunities in that test match.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Will be interested to see if they're going to.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
Play to the same game plan to try to nail
it all very things up along the way.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
They seem largely back on track. How long till we
get that real shock and war that you expect from
a Robertson team.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
Yeah, it feels like we've been waiting for that for
quite a while.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
Ryan.

Speaker 3 (02:42):
The concept of this all that side kicking into gear
and ruthlessly dismantling.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Side that we've seen in the past that.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
We used to be all excited about the last twenty
minutes where they could put any team away, Well, it
certainly hasn't always been the case in recent years there
so I would love this to be a comprehensive performance.
Most of all to walk away from this game with
real confidence that I don't want to keep looking ahead
to the next game, because you do have to get
past so you've got in front of you, but that
eden Park Test, the record that's been held there for

(03:11):
so long. They do not want to be the team
that loses the eden Park record. So every step they
take here, in the back of their mind and certainly
the fans mind, will be the den Park Test.

Speaker 1 (03:21):
Yeah, looking forward to that one.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
Sam.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
Thank you. Sam Ackerman, sports commentator on the show this morning.
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