England v All Blacks
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@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:
Itoje says hold my beer
Only if it's made up of his salty tears postmatch...
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Is there anyone in Nz rugby who can catch a high ? Who ever it is, they can’t start
60% of restarts won. That’s fucking awful
@jimmyb said in England Vs All Blacks:
Is there anyone in Nz rugby who can catch a high ?
Take a trip to the Coromandel...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in England Vs All Blacks:
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
Nearly time again to take on the "pricks to lose to" at their beloved Cabbage Patch.
Get ready for a week of anti-Haka and "they just win because they cheat" nonsense.
They are trying to make it ten wins in a row.
We are trying to complete Leg Three of Operation Grand Slam.
The Raeburn Shield is on the line.
To the victor the spoils. I can't fucking wait for Saturday.
To be fair, England are a much more likeable side since Borthwick took over. Way less dickdead-ness
Itoje says hold my beer
@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Victor-Meldrew said in England Vs All Blacks:
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
Nearly time again to take on the "pricks to lose to" at their beloved Cabbage Patch.
Get ready for a week of anti-Haka and "they just win because they cheat" nonsense.
They are trying to make it ten wins in a row.
We are trying to complete Leg Three of Operation Grand Slam.
The Raeburn Shield is on the line.
To the victor the spoils. I can't fucking wait for Saturday.
To be fair, England are a much more likeable side since Borthwick took over. Way less dickdead-ness
Itoje says hold my beer
He's hugely improved. When he looks back on his career, wonder if he'll think he wasted his early years being a dick-head.
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@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Victor-Meldrew said in England Vs All Blacks:
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
Nearly time again to take on the "pricks to lose to" at their beloved Cabbage Patch.
Get ready for a week of anti-Haka and "they just win because they cheat" nonsense.
They are trying to make it ten wins in a row.
We are trying to complete Leg Three of Operation Grand Slam.
The Raeburn Shield is on the line.
To the victor the spoils. I can't fucking wait for Saturday.
To be fair, England are a much more likeable side since Borthwick took over. Way less dickdead-ness
Itoje says hold my beer
He's hugely improved. When he looks back on his career, wonder if he'll think he wasted his early years being a dick-head.
@Victor-Meldrew said in England Vs All Blacks:
@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:
@Victor-Meldrew said in England Vs All Blacks:
@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:
Nearly time again to take on the "pricks to lose to" at their beloved Cabbage Patch.
Get ready for a week of anti-Haka and "they just win because they cheat" nonsense.
They are trying to make it ten wins in a row.
We are trying to complete Leg Three of Operation Grand Slam.
The Raeburn Shield is on the line.
To the victor the spoils. I can't fucking wait for Saturday.
To be fair, England are a much more likeable side since Borthwick took over. Way less dickdead-ness
Itoje says hold my beer
He's hugely improved. When he looks back on his career, wonder if he'll think he wasted his early years being a dick-head.
He’ll look at his series winning Lions Captain’s shirt and not care one iota
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It doesn't make sense bringing on one of your best players into the backline for the last 20 or 30 minutes. BS.
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Twickenham is an awful stadium too.
@BerniesCorner said in England Vs All Blacks:
Twickenham is an awful stadium too.
82,000 people can make a lot of noise if they want to, but as a spectator it's a less enjoyable experience than Wembley, the Emirates or the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Only the London Stadium (West Ham's ground) is worse of the major London stadiums.
Eventually it will need to be demolished and totally rebuilt or sold off.
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England have named their squad for Saturday. The additional of Elliot Daly and Max Ojomoh the only changes.
https://twitter.com/englandrugby/status/1987580964663431205?s=46
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My Backline for England: 9. Roigard 10. DMac 11. LF 12. Tupaea 13. Proctor 14. Jordan 15. Love
Carter has been a bit average the last two tests so might be worthwhile giving him a spell. Beaudy to covere 10 and 15 from the bench where I think he's the most impactful these days.
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Clarke out. I think I’d prefer Rieko to get a start there, rather than start monkeying around with other things.
@pakman said in England Vs All Blacks:
Clarke out. I think I’d prefer Rieko to get a start there, rather than start monkeying around with other things.
Yep, Proctor who has been underwhelming all year isn't going to scare England like QT and LF could well do. Ioane in as a straight swap as the only change ( I won't even bother suggesting McKenzie over BB, won't happen )
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My Backline for England: 9. Roigard 10. DMac 11. LF 12. Tupaea 13. Proctor 14. Jordan 15. Love
Carter has been a bit average the last two tests so might be worthwhile giving him a spell. Beaudy to covere 10 and 15 from the bench where I think he's the most impactful these days.
@Canes4life said in England Vs All Blacks:
My Backline for England: 9. Roigard 10. DMac 11. LF 12. Tupaea 13. Proctor 14. Jordan 15. Love
Carter has been a bit average the last two tests so might be worthwhile giving him a spell. Beaudy to covere 10 and 15 from the bench where I think he's the most impactful these days.
Gotta get Proctor in somehow eh.
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So now we are getting into the three tests in a row theory. They were starting to look pretty tired some of them. The bench made a difference. Is a bit of rotation a possibility?
@brodean yeah Razor doesnt seem to subscribe to that theory, given this match was always likely to be the toughest he does like to play 'his best' side each week.
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I’m worried about this one. England have genuine depth in most positions and overwhelmingly so at the loose forward position so the breakdown maybe a long night.
Their strength – kicking and chasing contestable kicks is our weakness. In the Aussie game they created a semicircle of 3 player around the kick contest to cleanup the intentional tap-backs or get a jackal if it goes the other way. (A decent strategy I’d like us to do.)
We know what they’re going to do all night - I’d select our team with this in mind.
