All Blacks v Springboks I
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I have only just read Chris B.’s post of three days ago, in the context of some posts about the Grizz Wylie era. The number 7 through that Shield era, and against the 1971 Lions, was Alex Matheson.
Alex unfortunately passed two weeks ago.
He used to say that the violent legend of that game was exaggerated and mostly created by the northern media.
Fergie had a certain changing room reputation which you may have heard, Chris? -
@UpTheHarbs said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
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@UpTheHarbs said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
Coming up on Piri’s Tiki Tour…
In Piri we trust.
@Canes4life said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@UpTheHarbs said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
Coming up on Piri’s Tiki Tour…
In Piri we trust.
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Roe is with the squad going by that article, surely they're not looking for someone else beyond that for this week?
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@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The best solution to NZ Rugby seems to be to sack everyone and appoint Wayne Smith.
Can we clone him?
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The side I'd pick is
- De Groot
- Taylor
- Newell
- S. Barrett
- Holland
- Vaii
- A. Savea
- Sititi
- K. Preston
- DMac
- C.Clarke
- J. Barrett
- R. Ioane
- W. Jordan
- R. Love
- Taukei'aho
- T. Williams
- Lomax
- S. Darry
- S. Parker
- Lakai
- Christie
- Tupaea
Love at FB I am not sure that is a good idea you are throwing him in to a high pressure high ball game it might ruin his confidence.A hell of a big game to throw him in to.
A big call sink or swim scenario.If he s good enough, how long do you keep him in cotton wool ?
Unless of course they don’t think he’s good enough, different story
But sometimes I think this conservative attitude we seem to have developed when it comes to selection is part of our downfall
Ruben Love is 24. 3 years older than Max Jorgensen and 2 years older than Suaalii. He played well vs France 3rd test.
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Chris said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@sparky said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The side I'd pick is
- De Groot
- Taylor
- Newell
- S. Barrett
- Holland
- Vaii
- A. Savea
- Sititi
- K. Preston
- DMac
- C.Clarke
- J. Barrett
- R. Ioane
- W. Jordan
- R. Love
- Taukei'aho
- T. Williams
- Lomax
- S. Darry
- S. Parker
- Lakai
- Christie
- Tupaea
Love at FB I am not sure that is a good idea you are throwing him in to a high pressure high ball game it might ruin his confidence.A hell of a big game to throw him in to.
A big call sink or swim scenario.If he s good enough, how long do you keep him in cotton wool ?
Unless of course they don’t think he’s good enough, different story
But sometimes I think this conservative attitude we seem to have developed when it comes to selection is part of our downfall
Ruben Love is 24. 3 years older than Max Jorgensen and 2 years older than Suaalii. He played well vs France 3rd test.
He is also one of the best under the high ball. FFS let rhe man play! -
Wayne Smith is effectively a consultant/coach for the coaches - this was well telegraphed when Razor signed. He does the same with the Black ferns.
Also, I’m not hearing Preston is injured. Sounds like a minor knock at training today but overblown by the media.
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@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The best solution to NZ Rugby seems to be to sack everyone and appoint Wayne Smith.
He is a failure as an administrator (HB CEO) and as an AB head coach so let's not go that far ... he just has to be the assistant or at least kaumatua to every NZ rep team going forward.
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@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The best solution to NZ Rugby seems to be to sack everyone and appoint Wayne Smith.
He is a failure as an administrator (HB CEO) and as an AB head coach so let's not go that far ... he just has to be the assistant or at least kaumatua to every NZ rep team going forward.
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The best solution to NZ Rugby seems to be to sack everyone and appoint Wayne Smith.
He is a failure as an administrator (HB CEO) and as an AB head coach
He was a pretty good coach for the Black Ferns (12 wins in a row I think?), Crusaders and Chiefs.. oh and Northampton Saints + Kobe Steelers Director of Rugby..
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@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The best solution to NZ Rugby seems to be to sack everyone and appoint Wayne Smith.
As long as no one mentions how much ‘care’ they want to prepare or play with I am fine.
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https://www.rugbypass.com/news/scott-robertson-on-bringing-in-wayne-smith-to-plan-bok-assault/
The Professor is with the team
@canefan said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/scott-robertson-on-bringing-in-wayne-smith-to-plan-bok-assault/
The Professor is with the team
Oh no! According to @Chris, Wayne Smith is the reason why Razor has departed from his successful Crusaders game plan and the backline is now dogshit.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The best solution to NZ Rugby seems to be to sack everyone and appoint Wayne Smith.
He is a failure as an administrator (HB CEO) and as an AB head coach
He was a pretty good coach for the Black Ferns (12 wins in a row I think?), Crusaders and Chiefs.. oh and Northampton Saints + Kobe Steelers Director of Rugby..
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
@Donsteppa said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
The best solution to NZ Rugby seems to be to sack everyone and appoint Wayne Smith.
He is a failure as an administrator (HB CEO) and as an AB head coach
He was a pretty good coach for the Black Ferns (12 wins in a row I think?), Crusaders and Chiefs.. oh and Northampton Saints + Kobe Steelers Director of Rugby..
Well apart from that what has Wayne Smith ever done for us
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@Frank said in All Blacks v Springboks I:
So is Kyle Preston injured or not???
He's not injured according to Holland.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fKT3Ut6fQWfkZVejpZCJK?si=bBnpegtxSpuEAiZpLv8dZQ
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Nika Amashukeli World Rugbys new favourites son will officiate Saturday nights test with a 40% chance of precipitation being around can’t see this test being anything but a grind and the Springboks to break the Eden Park record
I ran into the Springboks at Trust Stadium in West Auckland after their training on Tuesday fair to say they are massive humans got a few pics with them
Even Kolisi who looks shorter on TV is 6’3 and Malcom Marx who was standing
in the picture is 6’3 ..PSDT is from the scale on my pic looks around 6’5 to 6’6 and Eban Etzebeth is just a giant at 6;7
PSDT was telling me he’s actually lost weight in the last year really nice fella he said RG Snyman was the tallest in the squad at 6’9
Quagga Smith is not overly tall under 6ft but great body mass ..
Rassie looks super chilled and looks to have a great synergy with his players
Boks have their last training at Trust stadium in Waitakere this afternoon for anyone who lives or works nearby
