Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2
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@canefan said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Seems pretty obvious to TSF that DMac and Leicester probably come in (assuming JB is out). Razor will get one of those right
Beauden will start
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@booboo said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@canefan said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
There's the problem right there. Holland says AB rugby is about chucking it around. AB rugby is about ruthlessly dismantling opponents
The issue is if you believe he was telling the truth as opposed repeating the PR message.
Parroting the party line? Hmmmm
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@African-Monkey What’s that got to do with Holland? Taylor was the one throwing them not straight.
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@canefan fuck Lowe and Gibson P.they have huge chips on their shoulders.
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@upthelanders said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@African-Monkey What’s that got to do with Holland? Taylor was the one throwing them not straight.
The attacking lineout was a mess.
Throws, timing and even late lifting.
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Trophy lifted mirrored the ABs performance
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@canefan said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@booboo said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@canefan said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
There's the problem right there. Holland says AB rugby is about chucking it around. AB rugby is about ruthlessly dismantling opponents
The issue is if you believe he was telling the truth as opposed repeating the PR message.
Parroting the party line? Hmmmm
Yeah. He'd be inviting ridicule and the modern equivalent of newspaper headlines taped up in changing rooms if he said it's about ruthless demolition.
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A win is a win. Peace out, enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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@Darth-Sader said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
The game plan seems to be “be one of the two teams in the game for 60 minutes” and then throw the ball around and use our skills to score more points than the opposition in the last 20 mins.
Hah, made me exhale out of my nostrils so hard the wife asked if I was reading something funny
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@ACT-Crusader Thought Taylor was off the boil all night... Ireland seemed to get under his skin.
That said, a tough job at the lineout, when your locks are made up of one first year All Black, whose first language isn't English, and the other one being a guy who has held tackle bags for the best part of two years.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Overall a clunky game but always great to beat Ireland.
Fainga’anuku was very good. Plays direct and is hard to get to ground. The way Ireland defend you need that extra time on your feet to allow support players to arrive. Him and Clarke and also Quinn provide that.
Plenty of negative that no doubt will be highlighted, but happy to win and a shame we couldn’t get that last try.
I think we have to call it like it is. We are not very good. The coaching and selections are mental.
Mexteds infamous quote comes to mind.
We are like blind men in a brothel. Just groping.
It's not cohesive. Not authoritative. We dont have any players giving us 8/10 every week.
Someone always saves our arse.
Who are the bona fide world 15 players in the squad. Jordie (at a push)?
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@game_film said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Sam Warburton speaking truth on UK TV
Care to share?
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@Darth-Sader said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
A win is a win. Peace out, enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Best summary so far
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@Young-Hamiltons said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@canefan fuck Lowe and Gibson P.they have huge chips on their shoulders.
Being passed over by the country of your birth might do that to you
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@frugby said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Fuck yeah. Ireland behaved like a pack of morons. All about the niggle, got what they deserved.
A much better last 20 for the All Blacks - I think that is the blueprint for what the coaches want us to do. I guess it is up to the individual as to whether you like it.
The worst were their Kiwis. James Lowe always behaves like an idiot. An embarrassment.
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@Jet said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@ACT-Crusader said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
Overall a clunky game but always great to beat Ireland.
Fainga’anuku was very good. Plays direct and is hard to get to ground. The way Ireland defend you need that extra time on your feet to allow support players to arrive. Him and Clarke and also Quinn provide that.
Plenty of negative that no doubt will be highlighted, but happy to win and a shame we couldn’t get that last try.
I think we have to call it like it is. We are not very good. The coaching and selections are mental.
Mexteds infamous quote comes to mind.
We are like blind men in a brothel. Just groping.
It's not cohesive. Not authoritative. We dont have any players giving us 8/10 every week.
Someone always saves our arse.
Who are the bona fide world 15 players in the squad. Jordie (at a push)?
The lack of strong game plan is making us much poorer than we should be
