All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch
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Sopoaga on the bench instead of Cruden!! Outrageous selection!!!
Yeah, once again boring as fuck team. Comon Hansen mix it up a bit.
@No-Quarter said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
Sopoaga on the bench instead of Cruden!! Outrageous selection!!!
And unfortunately it's not even for a controversial reason like he was "dropped". Cruden has a groin strain....
It's a very strong line up. The calls to Switch Moody and Crockett, it seems they like Crockett's Impact off the bench better in the final 30.
Good to see Taylor get another run off the bench as he was effective last week.
Let's hope we see that Romero fella again as he wasn't half bad when he came on last weekend.
Well done to Ardie on his first start. Looking forward to see how he goes when the game is at its most physical. It will be interesting to see how long he plays given the earlier comments about him.
I wonder if TKB will feature? Sort of seems to be in the Patty T category.
The Barrett starting at 10 experiment seems to be going okay so let's keep it going
Glad to see the same midfield selected. Improved performance as a combination last week I thought, but plenty to work on. Like ALB on the bench, but I suspect they will be looking at Moala once he's fully fit and ready.
Dagg a winger??? Nah never work....
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@No-Quarter said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
Sopoaga on the bench instead of Cruden!! Outrageous selection!!!
And unfortunately it's not even for a controversial reason like he was "dropped". Cruden has a groin strain....
It's a very strong line up. The calls to Switch Moody and Crockett, it seems they like Crockett's Impact off the bench better in the final 30.
Good to see Taylor get another run off the bench as he was effective last week.
Let's hope we see that Romero fella again as he wasn't half bad when he came on last weekend.
Well done to Ardie on his first start. Looking forward to see how he goes when the game is at its most physical. It will be interesting to see how long he plays given the earlier comments about him.
I wonder if TKB will feature? Sort of seems to be in the Patty T category.
The Barrett starting at 10 experiment seems to be going okay so let's keep it going
Glad to see the same midfield selected. Improved performance as a combination last week I thought, but plenty to work on. Like ALB on the bench, but I suspect they will be looking at Moala once he's fully fit and ready.
Dagg a winger??? Nah never work....
@ACT-Crusader that Romero fella looks a bit bigger than Romano too!
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FAB for sure...
@No-Quarter said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
FAB for sure...
Due to moving to another suburb my boys haven't managed to get into rugby this year but both are really keen next year.....I just hope some big fucker like that doesn't put them off the game for life. Those fends were massive.....
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yeah I saw that clip doing the rounds on FB...to their credit, most of the kids at least tried to tackle him, however half-heartedly or with poor technique...but jeez, he looked far too big for that grade.
Was bad enough in TR Jnr's U11 grade this year seeing the odd kid nearly as tall as me running about, luckily those bigger kids were usually powder puffs so wasn't an issue.
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@ACT-Crusader that Romero fella looks a bit bigger than Romano too!
@taniwharugby bigger and a little more dynamic. Let's hope it can continue.
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Well two of the All Blacks best attacking backs are skinny white guys ( Savea the obvious exception ) so that's very encouraging for our children. Read is big but he's hardly a monster compared to some and get's through the tackles and knocks people on their asses.
Island kids do grow up much faster though, that's a fact. I remember a future Manu Samoan international in my year get measured up in third form for PE, 6 foot and 96kgs ! fucken hell, I had to lean as far to the right on the scales as I could and it still didn't hit 50kg.
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seriously this is so fucking boring. This year was supposed to be fun, with new players, new combinations, we would come back to the field a bit, and test matches would be entered with trepidation by AB fans drunk on success. The Fern would be full of acrimony and in-fighting as any stumble was blamed on someone new who should never have been there over insert better player from my team
And it turns out everyone who has needed to step up has; the opposition have got worse, not us; we're picking the same fucking team every week, and it's full of players too good for whoever we are playing.
And the worst we got was 50 decent minutes from the Argies, and Winger trying to make out the coaches hated the Hurricanes because Marshall, Woodward, and Shields didn't make the team.
Fucking weak.
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@No-Quarter said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
FAB for sure...
Due to moving to another suburb my boys haven't managed to get into rugby this year but both are really keen next year.....I just hope some big fucker like that doesn't put them off the game for life. Those fends were massive.....
@MN5 said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
Due to moving to another suburb my boys haven't managed to get into rugby this year but both are really keen next year.....I just hope some big fucker like that doesn't put them off the game for life. Those fends were massive.....
Let's see if the kid goes anywhere once the others catch up to him. Having a head over everyone else, and a 15kg advantage (maybe 20kg) makes it easy for him.
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@MN5 said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
Due to moving to another suburb my boys haven't managed to get into rugby this year but both are really keen next year.....I just hope some big fucker like that doesn't put them off the game for life. Those fends were massive.....
Let's see if the kid goes anywhere once the others catch up to him. Having a head over everyone else, and a 15kg advantage (maybe 20kg) makes it easy for him.
@NTA said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
@MN5 said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
Due to moving to another suburb my boys haven't managed to get into rugby this year but both are really keen next year.....I just hope some big fucker like that doesn't put them off the game for life. Those fends were massive.....
Let's see if the kid goes anywhere once the others catch up to him. Having a head over everyone else, and a 15kg advantage (maybe 20kg) makes it easy for him.
Well yeah, Nonu used to do that at will as he was coming up the ranks but the reason he is regarded as a great ( rightly so ) is cos of all the skills he added along the way.
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Yep agree that this test is probably the least captivating encounter between these two teams ever and I think Hansen is so good now that I don't think we're likely to be overconfident and screw it up like previous AB teams at various incredibly memorable times in the past. I am still very interested in our march to pass that elusive 17 straight win hurdle though. Looking forward to playing England at the end of the year, think I read an article where Eddie Jones said he only needs to improve player performance by 3% to beat us. (The article's editor probably rounded that from 3.468129% because Eddie isn't that inexact)
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Yep agree that this test is probably the least captivating encounter between these two teams ever and I think Hansen is so good now that I don't think we're likely to be overconfident and screw it up like previous AB teams at various incredibly memorable times in the past. I am still very interested in our march to pass that elusive 17 straight win hurdle though. Looking forward to playing England at the end of the year, think I read an article where Eddie Jones said he only needs to improve player performance by 3% to beat us. (The article's editor probably rounded that from 3.468129% because Eddie isn't that inexact)
@Rembrandt we aren't playing them this year?
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@Rembrandt we aren't playing them this year?
What the hell! I thought we played them every year. Oh that is annoying. Right cancel the rugby calendar lets do that North vs South island thing but make it a 3 test series. And lets really over-hype the crap out of it maaaaaaaateeeeeee!
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What the hell! I thought we played them every year. Oh that is annoying. Right cancel the rugby calendar lets do that North vs South island thing but make it a 3 test series. And lets really over-hype the crap out of it maaaaaaaateeeeeee!
@Rembrandt said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
What the hell! I thought we played them every year. Oh that is annoying. Right cancel the rugby calendar lets do that North vs South island thing but make it a 3 test series. And lets really over-hype the crap out of it maaaaaaaateeeeeee!
Justin Marshall to do an on-field, 3-minute monologue about passion before every game.
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not that that appears to have stopped Steddie from getting a few digs in early...the ABs have weaknesses we will exploit, but I wont tell you about them now...I guess in case they try to fix them in the next 27 months (I seem to recall hearing we don't play them next year either?)
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@NTA said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
@MN5 said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
Due to moving to another suburb my boys haven't managed to get into rugby this year but both are really keen next year.....I just hope some big fucker like that doesn't put them off the game for life. Those fends were massive.....
Let's see if the kid goes anywhere once the others catch up to him. Having a head over everyone else, and a 15kg advantage (maybe 20kg) makes it easy for him.
Well yeah, Nonu used to do that at will as he was coming up the ranks but the reason he is regarded as a great ( rightly so ) is cos of all the skills he added along the way.
@MN5 said in All Pinks vs Boks - Christchurch:
Well yeah, Nonu used to do that at will as he was coming up the ranks but the reason he is regarded as a great ( rightly so ) is cos of all the skills he added along the way.
Difference being he was in an environment where he came up against guys in his league. This kid, being in Melbourne, just might never see a tough opponent until he plays interstate.
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not that that appears to have stopped Steddie from getting a few digs in early...the ABs have weaknesses we will exploit, but I wont tell you about them now...I guess in case they try to fix them in the next 27 months (I seem to recall hearing we don't play them next year either?)
@taniwharugby Ha no wonder he is talking tough now. That is actually really annoying, nothing better than the AB's absolutely destroying another coach's theories. If we don't play them for 2 years and they keep progressing then the eventual meetup would be quite the event.
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seriously this is so fucking boring. This year was supposed to be fun, with new players, new combinations, we would come back to the field a bit, and test matches would be entered with trepidation by AB fans drunk on success. The Fern would be full of acrimony and in-fighting as any stumble was blamed on someone new who should never have been there over insert better player from my team
And it turns out everyone who has needed to step up has; the opposition have got worse, not us; we're picking the same fucking team every week, and it's full of players too good for whoever we are playing.
And the worst we got was 50 decent minutes from the Argies, and Winger trying to make out the coaches hated the Hurricanes because Marshall, Woodward, and Shields didn't make the team.
Fucking weak.
@mariner4life said in [All Pinks vs Boks \- Christchurch](/post/100210): > seriously this is so fucking boring. This year was supposed to be fun, with new players, new combinations, we would come back to the field a bit, and test matches would be entered with trepidation by AB fans drunk on success. The Fern would be full of acrimony and in-fighting as any stumble was blamed on someone new who should never have been there over *insert better player from my team* > > And it turns out everyone who has needed to step up has; the opposition have got worse, not us; we're picking the same fucking team every week, and it's full of players too good for whoever we are playing. >Yeah - the ABs are paying $1.04 to win this test and the TAB might not even be offering odds on us winning TRC now.
Worse - Canterbury is paying $1.35 to win the Mitre10 Cup and something similar to end the season with the Ranfurly Shield and unless they get a raft of injuries I can't see those odds lengthening.
It's so predictable I've signed a new contract to do work.
Let's hope the cricket in India is interesting.
