All Blacks v Argentina I
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
So Christie is not going overseas? Seems odd for him to be playing this match (for himself and from the AB perspective) and ruining his chances with Scotland.
I think there may of been a mix up, the rumour was he was going to Newcastle, but turns out it's Tom Christie.
And Scotland don’t need him
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@Victor-Meldrew Razor just wants to bank a win in the first game, and then will be aiming to chnace his arm in the second.
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@Landers92 said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
- ALB
ALB's bench impact consists of penalties, errors and yellow cards.
You would like to think he is on notice but I doubt it - much more likely is that he is part of the tenured AB group who don't seem to be under selection pressure (of which there are a few)
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@Landers92 said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
- ALB
ALB's bench impact consists of penalties, errors and yellow cards.
You would like to think he is on notice but I doubt it - much more likely is that he is part of the tenured AB group who don't seem to be under selection pressure (of which there are a few)
ALB has racked up 86 tests.
He’s still just 30 so will probably comfortably get over the ton despite being distinctly vanilla in the last few years
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@Landers92 said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
- ALB
ALB's bench impact consists of penalties, errors and yellow cards.
You would like to think he is on notice but I doubt it - much more likely is that he is part of the tenured AB group who don't seem to be under selection pressure (of which there are a few)
Once you are in the senior leadership group, you are above reproach.
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@pakman said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@Victor-Meldrew Razor just wants to bank a win in the first game, and then will be aiming to chnace his arm in the second.
He'll probably be very conservative all RC. The last thing he wants is to lose two Championships on the trot
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@pakman said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@Victor-Meldrew Razor just wants to bank a win in the first game, and then will be aiming to chnace his arm in the second.
He'll probably be very conservative all RC. The last thing he wants is to lose two Championships on the trot
You'd think, but it probably doesn't matter until RM is back.
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@Landers92 said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
Sorry team been slack.
Here’s the backline.
- Ratima
- B.Barrett
- Ioane
- J.Barrett
- Proctor
- Reece
- Jordan
Bench
21. Christie
22. Dmac
23. ALBI have no real issues with that starting backline (it picks itself), but Tavatavanawai or Tupaea would be more dynamic options for the bench than ALB.
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@sparky said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@Landers92 said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
Sorry team been slack.
Here’s the backline.
- Ratima
- B.Barrett
- Ioane
- J.Barrett
- Proctor
- Reece
- Jordan
Bench
21. Christie
22. Dmac
23. ALBI have no real issues with that starting backline (it picks itself), but Tavatavanawai or Tupaea would be more dynamic options for the bench than ALB.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@Landers92 said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
- ALB
ALB's bench impact consists of penalties, errors and yellow cards.
You would like to think he is on notice but I doubt it - much more likely is that he is part of the tenured AB group who don't seem to be under selection pressure (of which there are a few)
ALB has racked up 86 tests.
He’s still just 30 so will probably comfortably get over the ton despite being distinctly vanilla in the last few years
The civil servant of Rugby players.
I was done with this lad, and Beaudy and Goodhue and Reece after the 2019 RWC.
I cannot believe some of them are still around.
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Without Will Jordan and Jordie Barrett we got nothing in the backline.
They are the only two players in there who have both the reputation AND perform to a level commensurate with that reputation consistently.
The rest are journeymen, players on probation (Proctor), players over staying welcomes and/or teacher pet picks.
A high performance unit it is not.
Ireland, England, France, South Africa et al would not be banging down the door to take Reece, Beaudy, Rieko, Finlay Christie, ALB or Proctor off our hands.
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@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
Ireland, England, France, South Africa et al would not be banging down the door to take Reece, Beaudy, Rieko, Finlay Christie, ALB or Proctor off our hands.
Their depth is absolute crap. The players you mentioned above would make the Irish 23.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@pakman said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@Victor-Meldrew Razor just wants to bank a win in the first game, and then will be aiming to chnace his arm in the second.
He'll probably be very conservative all RC. The last thing he wants is to lose two Championships on the trot
And despite all the talk of being more bold in selections, test match rugby being a big man's game and learning various lessons from in his time so far as coach, he'll be falling into the exact same trap as last year - where the All Blacks won three of their six Rugby Championship games, thinking experience trumps all, only selecting more inexperienced players when forced to and sticking with players who have been on the decline for years.
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@hikastags said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@Jet said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
Ireland, England, France, South Africa et al would not be banging down the door to take Reece, Beaudy, Rieko, Finlay Christie, ALB or Proctor off our hands.
Their depth is absolute crap. The players you mentioned above would make the Irish 23.
I dont think they would bang the doors down for any of them to be honest.
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@hikastags said in All Blacks v Argentina I:
@Jet maybe not “bang the doors down”. But they’d make Ireland’s 23.
Thats my point.
Rokocoko, Ben Smith, Nonu, Sivivatu, Jane, Dagg, Mils, Savea, Rico Gear, Carter etc
Historically teams would bite our hands off for any of those players. All our players were "World 15" candidates.
Now you'd be hard pressed on a bar stool to convince the guy beside you that any of our bunch are "world class".
