All Blacks v France II
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@gt12 said in All Blacks v France 2:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
@gt12 said in All Blacks v France 2:
Yeah, if they want Vaii to have time at 6, bring in Patty T.
If it was accommodating Barrett - which is a bit of an issue - then bring in Finau to start, Pat T off the bench.
Similarly, not sure we learn much with Dmac at 15, so if he’s to be the bench man, leave him there and bring in Clarke or Narawa.
That’s a bit of a myth right there. Razor pretty much flagged from early on that he had options to play a lock at 6. Vaa’i was the obvious choice in my view.
Now that Barrett is injured, which happened during the game and not carried in, we need to bring in the next best lock into the 23 plus someone as cover (which may be one of the lumps that was used in training).
I know this stuff is all in the eye of the beholder, but I actually didn’t mind Finau off the bench last weekend. Did a few good things I thought. I’d keep him in that role unless Vaa’i is all of sudden ruled out.
That's just it though isn't it, did he flag that because he knows that Vaii was playing better?
If Vaii gets moved this week, we've at least potentially got an issue where he wants to play three locks to protect a captain who may not justify their position.
I don’t see it like that. There’s two things: we need more size in our loose trio and we haven’t found the answer at 6.
So we have a player that has size and is a better option at 6 (in their eyes) than Finau and whoever else is there or tried last year. Of the 4 locks selected Vaa’i was the last to start a test at 6.
Barrett was below his best last season but hardly terrible and was very good against Ireland. And his form in the last couple of regular season games he played and finals was where I’d expect going into a test season.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
@gt12 said in All Blacks v France 2:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:
@gt12 said in All Blacks v France 2:
Yeah, if they want Vaii to have time at 6, bring in Patty T.
If it was accommodating Barrett - which is a bit of an issue - then bring in Finau to start, Pat T off the bench.
Similarly, not sure we learn much with Dmac at 15, so if he’s to be the bench man, leave him there and bring in Clarke or Narawa.
That’s a bit of a myth right there. Razor pretty much flagged from early on that he had options to play a lock at 6. Vaa’i was the obvious choice in my view.
Now that Barrett is injured, which happened during the game and not carried in, we need to bring in the next best lock into the 23 plus someone as cover (which may be one of the lumps that was used in training).
I know this stuff is all in the eye of the beholder, but I actually didn’t mind Finau off the bench last weekend. Did a few good things I thought. I’d keep him in that role unless Vaa’i is all of sudden ruled out.
That's just it though isn't it, did he flag that because he knows that Vaii was playing better?
If Vaii gets moved this week, we've at least potentially got an issue where he wants to play three locks to protect a captain who may not justify their position.
I don’t see it like that. There’s two things: we need more size in our loose trio and we haven’t found the answer at 6.
So we have a player that has size and is a better option at 6 (in their eyes) than Finau and whoever else is there or tried last year. Of the 4 locks selected Vaa’i was the last to start a test at 6.
Barrett was below his best last season but hardly terrible and was very good against Ireland. And his form in the last couple of regular season games he played and finals was where I’d expect going into a test season.
Fair, and I'm on record as arguing that Vaii at 6 is worth trying for both of those reasons.
I've argued for a while that the Chiefs were in trouble with undersized locks when we played Vaii and Ah Kuio earlier in their careers (BBBR was on sabbatical I think) and then Lord was constantly injured.
So, if they are genuinely trying Vaii at 6, they should keep him there.
But if they move him, it's more shuffling for no strategic reason and I'll have questions.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France 2:
@ploughboy said in All Blacks v France 2:
PT to lock
Clarke to 11
RI to 14
TT to 22
RL to 23What you would like to see or some inside oil?
my prediction
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v France 2:
@gt12 yeah, they've got a lock in Holland now that is built for test footy, and boy do we need his size. That added to Vaa'i completely outplaying Barrett last year has put them in a bit of a spot re: the three. Dropping Vaa'i when he's really come of age at test level would be crazy, and they can't drop their captain, but one of the shorter locks has to make way. The problems at 6 have given them a bit of an out so to speak, but it's dependent on Vaa'i making it work there, which is not that fair on him. If Vaa'i can make the transition from playing like a lock to more of a 6 then I can obviously see the big upside to that, but it's a risk.
If ardie looks impressive as captain in the rest of this series it could add a bit of spice to all this
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@fghg said in All Blacks v France 2:
@Landers92 said in All Blacks v France 2:
There’s also a slim chance that Tuipulotu comes in for Barrett and starts, Vai’i stays at 6 and Ah Koi is used off the bench in jersey 19, he has been in camp as injury cover the whole time. Would be between Finau or Kirifi who drops out then. Slim chance, but still another option they could use is Jacobson isn’t fit.
I can't understand why Josh Behree isn't the injury cover with Darry and Lord unavailable, he was a clear standout in Super Rugby and is only 23 younger than Lord and Ah Kuoi.
He plays for the Blues.
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@African-Monkey said in All Blacks v France 2:
@fghg said in All Blacks v France 2:
@Landers92 said in All Blacks v France 2:
There’s also a slim chance that Tuipulotu comes in for Barrett and starts, Vai’i stays at 6 and Ah Koi is used off the bench in jersey 19, he has been in camp as injury cover the whole time. Would be between Finau or Kirifi who drops out then. Slim chance, but still another option they could use is Jacobson isn’t fit.
I can't understand why Josh Behree isn't the injury cover with Darry and Lord unavailable, he was a clear standout in Super Rugby and is only 23 younger than Lord and Ah Kuoi.
He plays for the Blues.
They already got Ah Khuoi on the sqaud as lock cover.
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v France 2:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v France 2:
@gt12 yeah, they've got a lock in Holland now that is built for test footy, and boy do we need his size. That added to Vaa'i completely outplaying Barrett last year has put them in a bit of a spot re: the three. Dropping Vaa'i when he's really come of age at test level would be crazy, and they can't drop their captain, but one of the shorter locks has to make way. The problems at 6 have given them a bit of an out so to speak, but it's dependent on Vaa'i making it work there, which is not that fair on him. If Vaa'i can make the transition from playing like a lock to more of a 6 then I can obviously see the big upside to that, but it's a risk.
If ardie looks impressive as captain in the rest of this series it could add a bit of spice to all this
Well Vaai was more effective at 6 last game than a lot of the 6s we have had over the past 2-3 years.
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A bit of discussion earlier in the thread about the ref, but it really should be about who the TMO is. He makes the actual big calls after all.
As an aside Ridley was the ref when our U20s were beaten by Wales in 2019. Some of the newer ABs will remember him fondly I’m sure. The TMO is Cronan, and the FPRO is our mate Damon. It was bad when Jonkers was “watching”* but it seems that things won’t improve.
*read “interfering”
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks v France 2:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v France 2:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v France 2:
@gt12 yeah, they've got a lock in Holland now that is built for test footy, and boy do we need his size. That added to Vaa'i completely outplaying Barrett last year has put them in a bit of a spot re: the three. Dropping Vaa'i when he's really come of age at test level would be crazy, and they can't drop their captain, but one of the shorter locks has to make way. The problems at 6 have given them a bit of an out so to speak, but it's dependent on Vaa'i making it work there, which is not that fair on him. If Vaa'i can make the transition from playing like a lock to more of a 6 then I can obviously see the big upside to that, but it's a risk.
If ardie looks impressive as captain in the rest of this series it could add a bit of spice to all this
Well Vaai was more effective at 6 last game than a lot of the 6s we have had over the past 2-3 years.
He's becoming a first rate playerCome on now, he wasn't all that good and the opposition were mediocre. He's become our best lock, but the jury is still out at 6.
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@Landers92 said in All Blacks v France 2:
Sorry I couldn’t get the back line for last week. Made up for it this week and getting Test 2’s nice and early.
- C. Roigard
- B. Barrett
- C. Clarke
- J. Barrett
- B. Proctor
- R. Ioane
- W. Jordan
Bench
21. C. Ratima
22. T. Tavatavanawai
23. D. McKenzienot huge changes and obvious injury based so im ok with it, pity Big Jim couldnt play last week in dunedin
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Proctor and Ioane suck fat donkey dicks in test 1, but get to play again while the form midfielder of Super Rugby gets rissolled despite not putting a foot wrong when he got a chance.
These selectors are as cooked as they sound
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France 2:
Proctor and Ioane suck fat donkey dicks in test 1, but get to play again while the form midfielder of Super Rugby gets rissolled despite not putting a foot wrong when he got a chance.
These selectors are as cooked as they sound
I love a Chiefs fan rant as much as the next person who isn't a Chiefs fan but you have 3 quality 12s there and quite frankly they can't drop or bench Jordie after last week's effort, he was darn good.
So rotating QT and big Jim isn't that huge an insult, QT may play 13 but they probably see him as a 12. And they need to give Proctor another chance. -
@george33 said in All Blacks v France 2:
Norris starting .
I suspect they're gonna try to run French forwards off their feet.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France 2:
And they need to give Proctor another chance.
why? further proof this is not a high performance unit.
the old ideals are dead. RIP.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v France 2:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France 2:
And they need to give Proctor another chance.
why? further proof this is not a high performance unit.
the old ideals are dead. RIP.
i admit i didn;t watch a lot of the canes play but i thought he generally played well this year? if so and we also admit that international is a big step up.....surely we need to give guys more than one game to complete that step up, first game is the reality check, we just want to see some improvement in the next outing
