England v All Blacks

[frugby]

Think this team is fairly telling. Sititi to the bench says they are wanting to match England for impact. ALB offers no punch, tend to agree on a 6-2 split, but given the injuries, not sure I'd have Kirifi.

[game_film]

Gonna need another FIIDIM myself performance from DMac to pull this one out.

[canefan]

@KiwiMurph said in England Vs All Blacks:

ALB sucks as a bench option

Gets a bench spot

Make it make sense....

I guess we will play the final quarter with 14 men again....

[canefan]

@Bovidae said in England Vs All Blacks:

Rieko is definitely on the outer.

Rieko would be soooo much better than ALB. Fucken old timers day at Twickenham

[MN5]

6, 13 and 22 are a big let down

[KiwiMurph]

@Bovidae said in England Vs All Blacks:

@KiwiMurph Says more about them not trusting LF or RI as 12 cover. They should have been bold and gone with a 6:2 split too.

I dont understand that they trust Leicester at 13 but not at 12. I would like to see him more at 12 if anything.

[Bovidae]

@canefan The Barrett's have a history of YCs at Twickenham.

[canefan]

@Bovidae said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan The Barrett's have a history of YCs at Twickenham.

13 men then

[MN5]

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

@Bovidae said in England Vs All Blacks:

Rieko is definitely on the outer.

Rieko would be soooo much better than ALB. Fucken old timers day at Twickenham

Dynamic wing or centre vs pedestrian centre…..make it make sense razor…..

[ACT Crusader]

A big opportunity for Parker. I’m glad they picked him to start. I much prefer Sititi in the role he has played off the bench.

Proctor I’m a little less sold on but he did a couple of good things when he came on last weekend.

ALB will be as fresh as fresh can be. If only TNT were fit.

[Donsteppa]

Proctor. Well, we're clearly not trying to win the game with pace.

[canefan]

@MN5 said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

@Bovidae said in England Vs All Blacks:

Rieko is definitely on the outer.

Rieko would be soooo much better than ALB. Fucken old timers day at Twickenham

Dynamic wing or centre vs pedestrian centre…..make it make sense razor…..

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[frugby]

@MN5 said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

@Bovidae said in England Vs All Blacks:

Rieko is definitely on the outer.

Rieko would be soooo much better than ALB. Fucken old timers day at Twickenham

Dynamic wing or centre vs pedestrian centre…..make it make sense razor…..

Been a long while since I heard someone describe Rieko Ioane as dynamic

[canefan]

@frugby said in England Vs All Blacks:

@MN5 said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

@Bovidae said in England Vs All Blacks:

Rieko is definitely on the outer.

Rieko would be soooo much better than ALB. Fucken old timers day at Twickenham

Dynamic wing or centre vs pedestrian centre…..make it make sense razor…..

Been a long while since I heard someone describe Rieko Ioane as dynamic

He's a better MF than ALB, but dynamic winger is definitely a stretch

[Chris]

@MN5 said in England Vs All Blacks:

6, 13 and 22 are a big let down

Yeah agree very disappointing the team looks weaker with those 3 inclusions.
I hope Parker proves me wrong and plays a blinder to win we need him too or we could get dominated in the LFs.

[ACT Crusader]

I would’ve started Ioane on the left wing not because of any renewed dynamism, but because he’s solid and we have our first choice out. But the main reason is because I would’ve like to have seen QT and LF get another start together in the midfield. Whilst there were a few issues last week with both showing a desire to tuck it up the jumper rather than pass, both are actually capable of distributing and may have been better for the run.

[Bones]

Like it, but bollocks to 10/15/22.

Hilarious to hear Rieko described as dynamic though.

[Grooter]

Anton being selected in our national team ruffles my feathers, two of his most recent games of rugby he got bullied by the Stags 12 Peni & under the roof in Dunedin against otago he looked like he was running in mud, it sounds like I have an agenda sure but I just don't think he's as good as he was 5 even 2 years ago

[Mr Fish]

@ACT-Crusader said in England Vs All Blacks:

I would’ve started Ioane on the left wing not because of any renewed dynamism, but because he’s solid and we have our first choice out. But the main reason is because I would’ve like to have seen QT and LF get another start together in the midfield. Whilst there were a few issues last week with both showing a desire to tuck it up the jumper rather than pass, both are actually capable of distributing and may have been better for the run.

Think you can probably get the same out of Leicester on the wing on attack (or at least 75 per cent the same) without the defensive issues we saw in the midfield last week.

[Mr Fish]

Also think that while there are still a few issues with the 23 from an external POV, the current team is quite refreshingly different from the side that ran out against England last year:

Williams, Taylor, Lomax, Barrett, Vaa'i, Sititi, Cane, Savea, Ratima, Barrett, Clarke, Barrett, Ioane, Tele'a, Jordan.

Injury's again proven a great selector this year but Razor is definitely building depth, one way or another.