Barbarians v All Blacks XV
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@Bones said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Roe is a genius. Best player on the park.
Was a bit of a handbrake for 37 minutes! A couple hospital passes in there for good keeping too!
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@stodders said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@jimmyb said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Whether it was a try or not, CT is a moron for that grounding
I guess it’ll be part of the learnings
You mean he has been learning a LESSON!
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Shalfoon would've been worth a place at lock? Darry would've been handy but got promoted due to Tuipulotu's injury.
Boshier is clearly not anywhere near this level. There are so many better players in NZ.
Riccitelli and Moananu are better hookers, but are both leaving NZ.
CLW is better than Flanders. Sotutu is injured.
Numia has been out of form this year. Fusitua is better.
Dyer doesn't seem to be up to this level.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@Bones said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Roe is a genius. Best player on the park.
Was a bit of a handbrake for 37 minutes! A couple hospital passes in there for good keeping too!
He was fucking awful, made me yearn for Christie. Think he threw a hospital for nearly every player on his side, in between throwing it at empty space, the ground and opposition players. That's when he wasn't flapping about miles away from the ball.
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Call my crazy, but was this not predictable when 2/23 (both on the bench) are from the best NPC team and 0 from the second best? And then 21/23 are from NPC teams that can’t defend at a decent standard?
Also, what’s the game plan? What’s the structure? I get they haven’t been together long but that past two ABs XV teams have looked 1000% slicker
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@jimmyb said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Why did I go back from the pub early to watch this. Being an AB rugby supporter used to be fun. Wake me up when it’s 2015 again
In previous AB XV / NZ A teams we had starting lineups that were full of regular Super rugby starters and some ABs.
We have guys starting this game who barely start for their Super team and really in the ‘good NPC player’ class.
They may well be giving every one a run so some of the lesser players got a start in this one because the next two games look to be tougher.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@jimmyb said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Why did I go back from the pub early to watch this. Being an AB rugby supporter used to be fun. Wake me up when it’s 2015 again
In previous AB XV / NZ A teams we had starting lineups that were full of regular Super rugby starters and some ABs.
We have guys starting this game who barely start for their Super team and really in the ‘good NPC player’ class.
They may well be giving every one a run so some of the lesser players got a start in this one because the next two games look to be tougher.
If JJ was under the impression this game was going to be easy, he’s an idiot.
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@hikastags said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Doesn't feel like there's many (or any) players in NZ atm that genuinely love smashing opposing players.
Seems everyone is so passive. Drives me nuts.
If Christie and CLW were out there…..
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@hikastags said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Doesn't feel like there's many (or any) players in NZ atm that genuinely love smashing opposing players.
Seems everyone is so passive. Drives me nuts.
Jona Nareki left at home I feel sick to my stomach
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@ACT-Crusader Well they'd be a lot more effective than Flanders and Boshier!
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@Bones said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Roe is a genius. Best player on the park.
Bones, your commentary is pure Fern genius
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@ACT-Crusader said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@hikastags said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Doesn't feel like there's many (or any) players in NZ atm that genuinely love smashing opposing players.
Seems everyone is so passive. Drives me nuts.
If Christie and CLW were out there…..
Zach Gallagher probably would've gone well also.
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@jimmyb said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@ACT-Crusader said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
@jimmyb said in Barbarians v All Blacks XV:
Why did I go back from the pub early to watch this. Being an AB rugby supporter used to be fun. Wake me up when it’s 2015 again
In previous AB XV / NZ A teams we had starting lineups that were full of regular Super rugby starters and some ABs.
We have guys starting this game who barely start for their Super team and really in the ‘good NPC player’ class.
They may well be giving every one a run so some of the lesser players got a start in this one because the next two games look to be tougher.
If JJ was under the impression this game was going to be easy, he’s an idiot.
I’m not implying that he (or the others involved in this squad) thought that this would be easy, but picking Roe ahead of the other two, plus JJ over Rivez tells me they never intended on picking their strongest team for this match and would prefer that to be against England A for example.
