Jonathan Bradley
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773 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 22 Sep
Jonathan Bradley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Whereas he makes a very similar handling error against Australia, and it doesn't come back to haunt you.
I think part of the thing is the mistakes loom so large against better opposition, and we then overanalyze them in comparison to when it happens in games that you win, because it's a natural thing that we zero in on the negative elements of a loss that are maybe glossed over when Ireland come back and eke out a dramatic win.
But I think
That, to me, is the key thing.
And I think what you're touching on there, Will, is the big sort of imponderable about this team because they need to improve their level of performance and their level of accuracy against teams that are going to, by their nature, force you into making more mistakes because they're not getting punished for making the same mistakes.
But to me, they feel equally as error-strewn.
They're maybe just making mistakes
a higher number of mistakes against better teams because the better teams are forcing them into it.
But I don't think it's the case that they're not making these types of mistakes in the games that they win.
I just don't think they're being punished for them in the same way.
Well, that's exactly it, Will, because in the immediate aftermath of the game, they were called uncharacteristic mistakes.
And it's like, even though we know that these are good players, at what point do uncharacteristic mistakes become characteristic if they're happening over a two-year period?
Yeah.
again and again and again in matches of the same stature.
To the point that Rob Carney is making, I think it again just all feeds back into, I suppose, the narrative around the team.
Nobody has to have a shocker, but if everybody has...
a six out of 10 game against a team like the All Blacks and a team like the All Blacks on their current trajectory, where I know it's only three games, but it really looks like Dave Rennie has lifted the mood and really injected some joy back into the way that they're playing.
If everybody has a 6 out of 10 game, then you're going to lose by 19 points because the All Blacks in the main are going to have an 8 out of 10 game.
And if there's a 2 out of 10 difference across the board, that's pretty sizable on the scoreboard at the end of the game.
So nobody has to have a shocker to lose to these types of teams.
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