All Blacks v France III

[Omega]

@brodean #Isaac Ross vs Matfield and Botha still give me nightmares.

[Bones]

@brodean said in All Blacks v France III:

Issac

I still don't understand how that is the go-to spelling.

[Quarky]

With Paddy T, SB and Vaa'i all out.. does that mean Holland and Ah kuoi to start?

[Nepia]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France III:

Too many Chiefs

Too many Reece's.

[voodoo]

@Nepia said in All Blacks v France III:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France III:

Too many Chiefs

Too many Reece's.

Totally. Why Reece over Narawa? Surely not just “work rate”.

Hate the quantity of changes, totally agree with @mariner4life post earlier. Sets these poor buggers up for failure. Especially if we see a few changes in the forward pack leading to our ball being slow/messy

[sparky]

@Landers92 said in All Blacks v France III:

Here you go. Very early this week which is nice. Backline for week 3.

9. Ratima
10. Dmac
11. Ioane
12. Tupaea
13. ALB
14. Reece
15. Love

Bench
21. Hotham
22. Tavatavanawai
23. B.Barrett

How about the following then?

1. De Groot
2. Taylor
3. Newell (Lomax)
4. Holland
5. Tuipolutu
6. Finau
7. A. Savea (c)
8. Jacobson
9. Ratima
10. DMac
11. R. Ioane
12. Tupaea
13. ALB
14. Reece
15. Love

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16. Norris
17. McAlister
18. Tosi
19. Ah Kuoi
20. Kirifi
21. Hotham
22. Tavatavanawai
23. B. Barrett

[sparky]

@Quarky Is it confirmed that Patrick T is out?

[Quarky]

@sparky Aotearoa Rugby Pod said he is...

[sparky]

@Quarky Normally a good sauce.....

[Bones]

@sparky said in All Blacks v France III:

@Landers92 said in All Blacks v France III:

Here you go. Very early this week which is nice. Backline for week 3.

9. Ratima
10. Dmac
11. Ioane
12. Tupaea
13. ALB
14. Reece
15. Love

Bench
21. Hotham
22. Tavatavanawai
23. B.Barrett

How about the following then?

1. De Groot
2. Taylor
3. Newell (Lomax)
4. Holland
5. Tuipolutu
6. Finau
7. A. Savea (c)
8. Jacobson
9. Ratima
10. DMac
11. R. Ioane
12. Tupaea
13. ALB
14. Reece
15. Love

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16. Norris
17. McAlister
18. Tosi
19. Ah Kuoi
20. Kirifi
21. Hotham
22. Tavatavanawai
23. B. Barrett

Jesus, you'd struggle to find a greener bench even in the French team.

[voodoo]

@Bones said in All Blacks v France III:

@sparky said in All Blacks v France III:

@Landers92 said in All Blacks v France III:

Here you go. Very early this week which is nice. Backline for week 3.

9. Ratima
10. Dmac
11. Ioane
12. Tupaea
13. ALB
14. Reece
15. Love

Bench
21. Hotham
22. Tavatavanawai
23. B.Barrett

How about the following then?

1. De Groot
2. Taylor
3. Newell (Lomax)
4. Holland
5. Tuipolutu
6. Finau
7. A. Savea (c)
8. Jacobson
9. Ratima
10. DMac
11. R. Ioane
12. Tupaea
13. ALB
14. Reece
15. Love

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16. Norris
17. McAlister
18. Tosi
19. Ah Kuoi
20. Kirifi
21. Hotham
22. Tavatavanawai
23. B. Barrett

Jesus, you'd struggle to find a greener bench even in the French team.

It’s not called a “Bench” anymore bro, that’s our “Impact”

[sparky]

@Bones

Norris is worth persevering with IMHO and with experience he might offer more than De Groot.

Robertson has said all the squad originally named will play at some point so unless you're going to start McAlister, he will be on the bench. He's a better player than Bell IMHO.

I've read this morning that Lomax is in training so hopefully he starts or is on the bench.

With so many locks injured Ah Kuoi is next cab out of the bench. He might even be a starter if Patty T is injured with IWL the next cab off the rank, unless anyone has any better suggestions of uninjured NZ locks?

Papalii offers more than Kirifi IMHO but I think Kirifi will be given another chance.

Hotham and Big Jim have earned their opportunities.

Beauden Barrett has 136 international caps which is 76 more than the starting French XV last Saturday.

[pakman]

@sparky said in All Blacks v France III:

@Landers92 said in All Blacks v France III:

Here you go. Very early this week which is nice. Backline for week 3.

9. Ratima
10. Dmac
11. Ioane
12. Tupaea
13. ALB
14. Reece
15. Love

Bench
21. Hotham
22. Tavatavanawai
23. B.Barrett

How about the following then?

1. De Groot
2. Taylor
3. Newell (Lomax)
4. Holland
5. Tuipolutu
6. Finau
7. A. Savea (c)
8. Jacobson
9. Ratima
10. DMac
11. R. Ioane
12. Tupaea
13. ALB
14. Reece
15. Love

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16. Norris
17. McAlister
18. Tosi
19. Ah Kuoi
20. Kirifi
21. Hotham
22. Tavatavanawai
23. B. Barrett

Give Taylor a rest and start Sami. If Lomax a 100, Fletch also gets a spell. Might reduce greenness to let Norris have a start and keep EDG or Bower to be old head amongst finishers. I'd like to see Paps get some minutes, although recognise that's unlikely.

[sparky]

@pakman

Taylor is our best player at the minute and with the disruption to the Locks I want Mr Reliable throwing into the lineout from our first one of the game.

Norris is still a bit behind De Groot but may have the higher ceiling.

Lomax if fit to go should either start or be on the bench.

Our experienced locks are broken so it's time to put faith in the depth chart there.

I'm a big fan of Dalton Papalii. He's a superb player but he seems to have done something to annoy the coaches.

[Bones]

@sparky said in All Blacks v France III:

@Bones

Norris is worth persevering with IMHO and with experience he might offer more than De Groot.

Robertson has said all the squad originally named will play at some point so unless you're going to start McAlister, he will be on the bench. He's a better player than Bell IMHO.

I've read this morning that Lomax is in training so hopefully he starts or is on the bench.

With so many locks injured Ah Kuoi is next cab out of the bench. He might even be a starter if Patty T is injured with IWL the next cab off the rank, unless anyone has any better suggestions of uninjured NZ locks?

Papalii offers more than Kirifi IMHO but I think Kirifi will be given another chance.

Hotham and Big Jim are earned their opportunities.

Beauden Barrett has 136 international caps which is 76 more than the starting French XV last Saturday.

I'm not arguing, just making an observation.

[ACT Crusader]

@antipodean said in All Blacks v France III:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France III:

@brodean said in All Blacks v France III:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France III:

@sparky said in All Blacks v France III:

@ACT-Crusader Finau's been disappointing in the first two Tests. If they select him, he'll need a good game to be retained in the squad for the RC.

I thought the first test he wasn’t too bad. Came on and did a number of things that had a positive impact.

Last weekend wasn’t great. He just needs one of those tests where he knuckles down and makes his tackles, create havoc at the tackle by playing quick off set piece and then provides at least 5-7 runs.

Well he had to play lock. He was fine. He contributed well to the breakdown, lineout, scrum and was accurate.

Kirifi was more of worry. Came on and gave away 3 penalties and turned the ball over within 20 minutes.

It wasn’t the position that was the problem as the set piece wasn’t the issue. It was more about what he was and wasn’t doing around the park.

Possibly because he's busy trying to come to terms with being a blindside flanker at this level and then was shoved into playing another.

It's this level of midwittery that has me worried about the coaches.

I don’t see the problem. We had subbed off Patty and moved Vaa’i to lock. Nothing we haven’t seen before and nothing that previous coaches haven’t done.

The unfortunate thing was losing Vaa’i to the HIA a few minutes later. Vaa’i failed his HiA and we had to being CLW back on.

The question is, was Patty injured and that’s why he didn’t come back on. He is now under a cloud for test 3.

That’s just unfortunate luck really. From a set piece perspective we were okay with Finau covering for the loss of two locks.

[ACT Crusader]

@voodoo said in All Blacks v France III:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v France III:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France III:

Too many Chiefs

Too many Reece's.

Totally. Why Reece over Narawa? Surely not just “work rate”.

Razor said he wanted to give every one in the original squad a run.

Reece only had a rrrr….

[Bones]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France III:

@voodoo said in All Blacks v France III:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v France III:

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France III:

Too many Chiefs

Too many Reece's.

Totally. Why Reece over Narawa? Surely not just “work rate”.

Razor said he wanted to give every one in the original squad a run.

Reece only had a rrrr….

Had his body actually progressed past halfway, or did he just nod?

[Victor Meldrew]

@Canes4life said in All Blacks v France III:

@Bovidae said in All Blacks v France III:

Finau at 6 and Jacobson at no.7 or 8 for me.

Good shout, I think I'd prefer Jacobsen at 7 and Savea at 8, simply because Ardie's more explosive on attack.

If Jacobsen's the safe utility choice, use him in that role along with RD's ability to switch between 7 & 8.

[Victor Meldrew]

@antipodean said in All Blacks v France III:

@brodean said in All Blacks v France III:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks v France III:

@Bovidae said in All Blacks v France III:

Love might get a start at fullback.

Flanker/lock Tupou Vaa'i failed his HIA after his head knock in the late stages of Saturday's Test, and lock Patrick Tuipulotu and fullback Will Jordan have both suffered niggling knee injuries.

If Tuipolotu is down as well, that likely means Ah Koui starts and Finau comes into the reserves.

If Ah Kuoi is starting at lock I'd rather see Finau start at 6. At this stage they should bring another lock into the squad as cover.

Laughable that Ah Kuoi can be considered a replacement for what Tuipolotu brings.

These selections are fucking retarded.

Next cab off the rank? Unless they un-injure Scooter...