All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II
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@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
@Landers92 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Had to ask if I was having my leg pulled… hope I’m not so apologies in advance if it isn’t correct. Usual contact so have no reason to believe it isn’t correct. Maybe I’m just a little surprised due to a certain name on the wing(which should bring some interesting opinions).
- Roigard
- Dmac
- Faingaʻanuku
- J. Barrett
- Tupaea
- L. Carter
- Jordan
Bench
21. Ratima
22. Ioane
23. LoveHave at it!
Definitely interesting. Don’t think many would have picked that backline to start the year.
Do you agree with Proctor being dropped?
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
@Canes4life said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
@Landers92 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Had to ask if I was having my leg pulled… hope I’m not so apologies in advance if it isn’t correct. Usual contact so have no reason to believe it isn’t correct. Maybe I’m just a little surprised due to a certain name on the wing(which should bring some interesting opinions).
- Roigard
- Dmac
- Faingaʻanuku
- J. Barrett
- Tupaea
- L. Carter
- Jordan
Bench
21. Ratima
22. Ioane
23. LoveHave at it!
Definitely interesting. Don’t think many would have picked that backline to start the year.
Do you agree with Proctor being dropped?
He hasn't grabbed his opportunity by the scruff of the neck, regardless of how bad the backline has been in general. It's not the end for him yet, but I think a change was reasonable
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@gt12 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Damn they are still haunted by McCaw 10 years on
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
@gt12 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Damn they are still haunted by McCaw 10 years on
Turns out it was McCaw who had/has the aura.
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@Landers92 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Had to ask if I was having my leg pulled… hope I’m not so apologies in advance if it isn’t correct. Usual contact so have no reason to believe it isn’t correct. Maybe I’m just a little surprised due to a certain name on the wing(which should bring some interesting opinions).
- Roigard
- Dmac
- Faingaʻanuku
- J. Barrett
- Tupaea
- L. Carter
- Jordan
Bench
21. Ratima
22. Ioane
23. LoveHave at it!
Speaking my Love language!
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@gt12 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Tupaea at 13 is a big call, it gives me the heebies when he is there at the Chiefs as he looks lost.
However, Proctor hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire and if they can get Tupaea bedded in at 13, he becomes a very useful squaddie.
Interesting to see how he gets on positionally but one thing I like about himself and Leicester, regardless of the number on their backs, is they rarely go backwards with ball in hand.
Roigard, Leroy,DMAC and Jordan bring the scalpel.
Jordie, Quinn and Leicester bring the hammer.
Everyone from 9-15 in that lineup is a threat in one form or another.
Reece, Christie,Proctor, Rieko, ALB and Beaudy were neither hammer nor scalpel.
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Yeah, I think about a month ago I suggested that Quinn at 13 was worth a try, but that we should be ready for some very average reads as he isn't a natural 13.
He already has a tendency to miss a lot of tackles, and I would expect that won't change at 13.
I think he does have some speed to cover the outside break, so it will be interesting to see how they try to manipulate him and get him on the outside shoulder as that is usually his weakness.
This week with Clarke out, I'd expect a lot more air attack from the Aussies. Last week Jordie went well covering there, I'll be interested to see what Schmidt has dreamed up to exploit the way they were using him on the wing in that situation.
It's interesting that you mentioned Reece, as Carter looks like a fast, explosive Reece to me. I don't mean that in a bad way.
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@game_film said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
I guess the Sevu Reece era has also concluded?
Fuck, one would hope.
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@brodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Wouldn't be surprised if that backline gets sliced up by the Wallabies. Wasn’t Tupaea at 13 in that last quarter against SA?
Lets see how it plays out in reality.
There could be a fair bit of positional interchange depending on the game state.
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@brodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Wouldn't be surprised if that backline gets sliced up by the Wallabies. Wasn’t Tupaea at 13 in that last quarter against SA?
No, Proctor was.
QT was at 2nd 5 and Jordie moved to fullback shifting Jordan to the wing with Clarke off.
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@gt12 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Yeah, I think about a month ago I suggested that Quinn at 13 was worth a try, but that we should be ready for some very average reads as he isn't a natural 13.
He already has a tendency to miss a lot of tackles, and I would expect that won't change at 13.
I think he does have some speed to cover the outside break, so it will be interesting to see how they try to manipulate him and get him on the outside shoulder as that is usually his weakness.
This week with Clarke out, I'd expect a lot more air attack from the Aussies. Last week Jordie went well covering there, I'll be interested to see what Schmidt has dreamed up to exploit the way they were using him on the wing in that situation.
It's interesting that you mentioned Reece, as Carter looks like a fast, explosive Reece to me. I don't mean that in a bad way.
Overall both the Wallabies and ABs didn’t kick much in that last game. Both teams clearly wanted to play with the ball more. The Wallabies only kicked the ball 13 times and I can’t see them suddenly wanting to kick more, unless the weather turns wet.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
@brodean said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Wouldn't be surprised if that backline gets sliced up by the Wallabies. Wasn’t Tupaea at 13 in that last quarter against SA?
No, Proctor was.
QT was at 2nd 5 and Jordie moved to fullback shifting Jordan to the wing with Clarke off.
Are you speaking about the same game? Clarke didn't play.
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@gt12 said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
Tupaea at 13 is a big call, it gives me the heebies when he is there at the Chiefs as he looks lost.
However, Proctor hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire and if they can get Tupaea bedded in at 13, he becomes a very useful squaddie.
Think Tupaea deserves a start but don't think he should be playing at 13, would rather Proctor or Ioane there.
Glad to see Fainga'anuku given a go ahead of Ioane and Reece.
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The best thing about that backline is it looks like they’ve definitely moved on from Reece and seems like they’ve had enough of Lienert-Brown too, given they’re prepared to play Tupaea at centre ahead of him. Just need the other first five options to do enough to make Robertson (or whoever picks the backs, because apparently he doesn’t actually select the team) realise Barrett’s not up to it.
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@game_film said in All Blacks vs Wallabies Bledisloe II:
I guess the Sevu Reece era has also concluded?
Such a shame it took them so many tests to realise what was so obvious to most of us.
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