Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2

[Kruse]

Couldn't find a match thread... Too early?
Not for me... I spent this morning running around town trying to find somebody playing it... The Kangaroo&Kiwi... nope.
Find a friendly brewery, insist they put it on, they can't find it... I finally realise I'm a fucking week early.
Now I'm daydrinking for no reason other than to calm/cool down.

[Kruse]

I put Ireland first in thread title, as I figure it's more of a home-game for them than us.
Don't know how to add the team tags. (Edit: thanks to whoever did that)
Also, will just drop this here.... fucking seppos and their "tailgate parties"....

John Murray

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[Number 10]

[sparky]

Given who is in the squad, I'd go with something similar to Perth.

Williams, Taylor, Newell, Holland, S Barrett (c), Parker, Savea, Lakai, Roigard, DMac, Ioane, J Barrett, Tupaea, Jordan, Love

Taukei'aho, De Groot, Tosi, Darry, Sititi, Ratima, B. Barrett, Fainga'anuku

[Grooter]

@sparky where's Belly sparky? Let's not forget he has a 100% win rate against the Irish

[sparky]

@Grooter said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@sparky where's Belly?

Getting ready for his run on against Wales two minutes from the end.

[Tim]

Bet 365 has the odds as follows:

Ireland: $2.75
NZ: $1.44
Spread: 6.5 pts

[booboo]

@Number-10 said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

So Thursday Chicago time? Excellent

[booboo]

@Grooter said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@sparky where's Belly sparky? Let's not forget he has a 100% win rate against the Irish

Is that relevant?

I mean I've never lost a game against Ireland.

[Chris]

@booboo said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@Grooter said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@sparky where's Belly sparky? Let's not forget he has a 100% win rate against the Irish

Is that relevant?

I mean I've never lost a game against Ireland.

To be fair you haven’t ever played against Ireland.

[cgrant]

Carter on the bench would allow a 6/2 split.

[mohikamo]

@Tim
Bet 365 has the odds as follows:
Ireland: $2.75
NZ: $1.44
Spread: 6.5 pts

Not a betting man, but I do recall having a wager on the 2016 Chicago game.

Went to work that Saturday morning, and saw the odds were something like 10 to 1 for the ABs.
F'n ridiculous!
Thought it was a 50/50 call myself; the Irish had been on the improve for quite a while, and it looked like a classic trap game, especially with the stupid odds adding to the hubris.

I said to the boys, we should get on this, these odds makers need to be punished . . . nah nah nah . . .
I went, fuck it, i'm getting on.
It was quite an effort as I remember, not as easy as it is today.

It was all over before halftime.

Monday morning; went to work; and when they found out how much i'd collected . . . hmmm . . . boys were very dark, very pouri.
But . . . I said . . . I fucking told you . . . BUT YOU DONT FUCKEN LISTEN!!!

Have not placed a bet on an AB game since.

Bet 365 has it pretty close to spot on this time IMHO.

[nostrildamus]

@Chris said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@booboo said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

I mean I've never lost a game against Ireland.

To be fair you haven’t ever played against Ireland.

For safety reasons. If booboo played against them, they could have died!

[Kruse]

@booboo said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@Grooter said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@sparky where's Belly sparky? Let's not forget he has a 100% win rate against the Irish

Is that relevant?

I mean I've never lost a game against Ireland.

I think it might be an even dumber metric than "total win percentage when this person was in the team".
"win percentage against a certain opposition when this person was in the team".
FFS. It's the sort of bullshit I'd expect from RugbyPass. But like a mentally-inept cancer, is spreading across The Fern.

[game_film]

Surely Rieko gets named just because

[ShaquilleOatmeal]

@cgrant said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

Carter on the bench would allow a 6/2 split.

Might as well if the other options are Ratima and Christie but I can’t see them trying it. Carter will probably start on the wing.

[Dan54]

I think we should go in with settled team, similar to last test we played. Be a couple of changes , but not many. Let's face it this is Ireland's first test since 6Ns, we should be a bit more battle ready coming off our season.

[nzzp]

@Dan54 said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

I think we should go in with settled team, similar to last test we played. Be a couple of changes , but not many. Let's face it this is Ireland's first test since 6Ns, we should be a bit more battle ready coming off our season.

that's what we said last time and took our eyes completely off the ball

[MN5]

@nzzp said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

@Dan54 said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:

I think we should go in with settled team, similar to last test we played. Be a couple of changes , but not many. Let's face it this is Ireland's first test since 6Ns, we should be a bit more battle ready coming off our season.

that's what we said last time and took our eyes completely off the ball

Hopefully Finau is ready to step into lock if needed.

[sparky]

@MN5 I am sure Ardie is already looking forward to another opportunity of playing on the Wing.