All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I
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I think it's time to be brave. We aren't far off.
For me it's:
SB not captain.
Holland to start
Roigard pray for fitness.
BB historically a great, but now at 10 , no.
Love to start.
10 is Love or DMac (Dont knock DMac. He hasn't had a fair run at 10)
Jordan best on the wing.
Captain , has to be a certainty. I'd seriously look at Sititi or Roigard. Currently it's not working. Obvious. -
Also ban box kicks, more pick n goes, half back running. Energy sapping but that's our strength at the moment.
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@Jet said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@booboo said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
over my disappointment of what happened in Wellington, and so now looking forward to this one.
Over it? Hell naw.
I'm still bitter about the Cornelsen game in 1978., and every loss thereafter. (Earliest loss I can recall watching ... probably earlier ones I watched - 1976 in SA for eg). So will never be "over" Saturday.
But definitely looking forward to the next one.
QF 2007 Barnes.
Lions Test 2 Garces and Lions Test 3 Poite 2017.
RWC 2023 Barnes
Still seething.
1976 Gert Bezuidenhout.
You'll enjoy Batty at around 4.30 running in from his wing to throw a punch!
Bruce Robertson gypped a couple of times. And then Uncle Gert finds a penalty at the last lineout!
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@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
The fact we are still tossing Rieko's name around "cos of his defense" .. sums up the issues we have in midfield for me.
Ikitau and Suaalii are far better and more complete midfielders and create so many opportunities for the outsides... we simply have no center's standing up and demanding to be picked at least not any with a complete game on both defense and offense.
The only caveat to this is -- I don't recall any midfielders looking good outside BB or Dmac in recent years.
Sua'ali'i isn't a test standard defender at 13 but his attack makes up for it.
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@BerniesCorner I'd look at Patrick Tuipolutu for captain.
Holland doesn't do it for me and hopefully Sam Darry gets the call.
Wallace Sittiti definitely not captain would be lucky to hold his spot under different coaching set up.
There's trouble in camp. -
@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Changes I would make for the Wallabies test:
- Name the team on Wednesday. Controversial, I know, but scrap the Thursday palaver. Give the media and fans more time to review, critique and talk about the game.
What difference does it make how long we or media have got to critique the team? I mean it won't change anything. The coaches shouldn't have any care what anyone else thinks, they name team and last thing they need is extra time for people to try and convince the players they shouldn't be there.
So when is the team named? Asking for a friend.
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@george33 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Holland doesn't do it for me and hopefully Sam Darry gets the call.
The guy has been brilliant at providing good ball. Starter in my book.
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@george33 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@BerniesCorner I'd look at Patrick Tuipolutu for captain.
Holland doesn't do it for me and hopefully Sam Darry gets the call.
Wallace Sittiti definitely not captain would be lucky to hold his spot under different coaching set up.
There's trouble in camp.Care to elaborate? I really hate the whispered half rumours that get floated.
If you're going to post it, lay it out.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
I think it's time to be brave. We aren't far off.
For me it's:
SB not captain.
Holland to start
Roigard pray for fitness.
BB historically a great, but now at 10 , no.
Love to start.
10 is Love or DMac (Dont knock DMac. He hasn't had a fair run at 10)
Jordan best on the wing.
Captain , has to be a certainty. I'd seriously look at Sititi or Roigard. Currently it's not working. Obvious.Coming back from injury, still young and under extreme weight of expectation to provide magic.
Let’s not burden him with captaincy as well thank you very much.
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@george33 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@BerniesCorner I'd look at Patrick Tuipolutu for captain.
Holland doesn't do it for me and hopefully Sam Darry gets the call.
Wallace Sittiti definitely not captain would be lucky to hold his spot under different coaching set up.
There's trouble in camp.Trouble in camp?
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Changes I would make for the Wallabies test:
- Name the team on Wednesday. Controversial, I know, but scrap the Thursday palaver. Give the media and fans more time to review, critique and talk about the game.
What difference does it make how long we or media have got to critique the team? I mean it won't change anything. The coaches shouldn't have any care what anyone else thinks, they name team and last thing they need is extra time for people to try and convince the players they shouldn't be there.
So when is the team named? Asking for a friend.
Thusday lunchtime.
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@george33 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
There's trouble in camp.
Jeez, I hope not, but that would align with what @tim wrote a couple of days ago.
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@BerniesCorner said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
I think it's time to be brave. We aren't far off.
For me it's:
SB not captain.
Holland to start
Roigard pray for fitness.
BB historically a great, but now at 10 , no.
Love to start.
10 is Love or DMac (Dont knock DMac. He hasn't had a fair run at 10)
Jordan best on the wing.
Captain , has to be a certainty. I'd seriously look at Sititi or Roigard. Currently it's not working. Obvious.You're right but none of that will happen.
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Changes I would make for the Wallabies test:
- Name the team on Wednesday. Controversial, I know, but scrap the Thursday palaver. Give the media and fans more time to review, critique and talk about the game.
What difference does it make how long we or media have got to critique the team? I mean it won't change anything. The coaches shouldn't have any care what anyone else thinks, they name team and last thing they need is extra time for people to try and convince the players they shouldn't be there.
So when is the team named? Asking for a friend.
Thusday lunchtime.
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Razor been headbutted again?
When Papali’i headbutted Razor two other players witnessed it. One of those players sort of laughed thinking it was a joke however when words were exchanged, it was clear it wasn’t a joke. One of the players yelled out, go and get Sevu, to which both Dalton and Razor were seen fleeing the room with haste.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Razor been headbutted again?
When Papali’i headbutted Razor two other players witnessed it. One of those players sort of laughed thinking it was a joke however when words were exchanged, it was clear it wasn’t a joke. One of the players yelled out, go and get Sevu, to which both Dalton and Razor were seen fleeing the room with haste.
Is this satire o did this actually happen?
Asking for a friend...
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Google AI said there was an incident involving league player Josh Papali'i. In Canberra. And that there may be confusion with rugby union and Dalton.
