All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Where did this Papali'i headbutting Razor rumour come from lol.
It's the only logical explanation for Dalton being excluded
Lol
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@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.
Γ'd be amazed if there's not. I'd imagine the ABs is very much like The Fern in terms of general happiness.
The only way to have a happy camp is to keep winning. There will still be plenty of malcontents - but, it's hard to muster a convincing argument against the establishment if you have an unbeaten season.
In the ABs, almost everyone will be thinking they should playing - and their mates should be playing - and the management is incompetent - and we should be doing this instead.
I've never worked for an organization where these conversations weren't happening and if things were going badly, they just intensified.
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Γ'd be amazed if there's not. I'd imagine the ABs is very much like The Fern in terms of general happiness.
The ABs are burning effigies in the streets?
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Finau had his arm in a sling at the end of the Ta$man-Waikato game, so depending on the severity of the injury, there could be an addition to the squad.
Razor scouring the NPC for a 5'10" loose forward.
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@antipodean well I saw a few posts on SM asking for loose combo of this
6: Savea
7: Kirifi
8: JacobsonThat'd work?
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@antipodean well I saw a few posts on SM asking for loose combo of this
6: Savea
7: Kirifi
8: JacobsonThat'd work?
Jesus Jacobsen better get working lol
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The way the wallabies are finishing games we would want to have a decent lead with 20 to go
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@kiwiinmelb 30, 35?
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@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.
Γ'd be amazed if there's not. I'd imagine the ABs is very much like The Fern in terms of general happiness.
The only way to have a happy camp is to keep winning. There will still be plenty of malcontents - but, it's hard to muster a convincing argument against the establishment if you have an unbeaten season.
In the ABs, almost everyone will be thinking they should playing - and their mates should be playing - and the management is incompetent - and we should be doing this instead.
I've never worked for an organization where these conversations weren't happening and if things were going badly, they just intensified.
"Custodians Of The Game" ....
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@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Hell fellas, we got this calm down!!!
I'm not hell, I'm saintly! And I think you need a comma after "this".
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@nostrildamus collectively, we definitely do not have calm down.
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@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
@Dan54 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Hell fellas, we got this calm down!!!
I'm not hell, I'm saintly! And I think you need a comma after "this".
That is Du'Plessis Kirifi punctuation.
Richie McCaw would use a fullstop.
Sam Cane a semicolon.
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The Wallabies are still weakest at set piece. I would expect the All Blacks to look to dominate at that phase. Williams was good against Springboks so he should start with Taylor back. Rest of pack stays. Roigard back, Narawa back ( if fit ) , Jordan back to fullback, Carter to keep his spot. The changes they wonβt make but should is at first five - McKenzie or Love, and to get a new backline coach.
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@kev Yeah - they won't panic and drop everyone.
I'd have been inclined to send a few more of their undercooked players back to NPC to give them gametime - e.g. both Williams and Lomax would have been candidates. I can understand why they didn't (risk of injury), but you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
Not sure quite what they'll decide with the loose forwards, midfield (who plays centre) and wing. I don't really have a strong preference at this point.
I'm most interested in what they do at first-five. Do they drop the axe on Beaudy - or is he their man through to the end of the year?
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@Chris-B said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe I:
Do they drop the axe on Beaudy - or is he their man through to the end of the year?
Protected species by the looks.He needs to go to get the backline functioning better.get more direct, LF in the mid field 2nd five maybe,Jordie back to FB Jordan on the wing. with Clarke. Centre well I don't know about Proctor and Reiko seems shot atm.