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I think there was a lot more going on than Nic White deflating the ball every chance he got.
Key moments for me were
Fraser McReight going off to be replaced by Rob Leota, the complexion of the game changed completely at that moment (and...no.... this is not a post directly criticising Leota, simply pointing out that, at that moment we no longer had anyone tasked with putting their hands on the ball and it showed) I counted three series of All Black possession in a row over 18 phases with NOT A SINGLE WALLABY even ATTEMPTING to grab the ball in the ruck.
Fa'aumisili being replaced by Nongorr. This IS a direct criticism of Nongorr. He was completely outclassed in every facet of the game. I know we've got a massive shortage of Tighthead Props with Nela and Mr Seven As being out, but surely we can do better than that! FFS play Slips on the other side and bring Gibbon back if we absolutely have to because Nongorr is a hole in the ground for the Wallaby game to fall into.
We can point to Skelton's appearance aligning with an ineffectiveness in the ruck, but that didn't have the impact that either of those two moves did. We can point to Quade dropping the ball at the death, but the horse had bolted by that stage. Lots of other shit was bad in the last 35 minutes, but those two moments were coaching errors of the highest magnitude which cannot be repreated.