All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1
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Forward pass to Cody
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Ben smith playing like a fluffybunny, tow him!!!
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Ben smith playing like a fluffybunny, tow him!!!
Yeah well HIA ...
Was not good on the high ball catch
So Dagg to 15. Who to 14?
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@Donsteppa said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Can't rush defence one out if people pick n go through you
Re the rush defence ... how often did the ABs give the inside ball? Very effective
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Fuckin kicking the fuckin ball away hot on attack again instead of running it. Isn't that meant to be what the other guys do?
@reprobate said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Fuckin kicking the fuckin ball away hot on attack again instead of running it. Isn't that meant to be what the other guys do?
This
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I Think Crockett can retire safe in the knowledge he has decisively shoved the old saw that he is a weak link at scrum time right down the NH scribes throats - even that paragon of AB scrums Hayman got schooled in his early days in Black a could of times.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@rotated said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Does Cruden have some link to Hawkes Bay? Smithy pumping his tires for his performance today big time.
Smithy is from the Poo.
Actually, he was born in Nelson.
@Chris-B. said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Nepia said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@rotated said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Does Cruden have some link to Hawkes Bay? Smithy pumping his tires for his performance today big time.
Smithy is from the Poo.
Actually, he was born in Nelson.
I don't think you're quite getting the idea of this ;).
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@Tim said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Bones Start TJP next week?
Dagg to fullback I guess, or do they go for Jordie?
Ioane and Naholo the wings? Or does Savea come back?
I wouldn't be surprised if they bring Jordie in. The two fullbacks is an important part of our gameplan.
We did lose our shape when Cruden came on to 1st 5. He got a little better later in the 2nd half. But I'm not the biggest fan of moving Barrett from 1st 5. He's currently our best 1st 5 so should play 80 there if he's fit.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Tim said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Bones Start TJP next week?
Dagg to fullback I guess, or do they go for Jordie?
Ioane and Naholo the wings? Or does Savea come back?
I wouldn't be surprised if they bring Jordie in. The two fullbacks is an important part of our gameplan.
We did lose our shape when Cruden came on to 1st 5. He got a little better later in the 2nd half. But I'm not the biggest fan of moving Barrett from 1st 5. He's currently our best 1st 5 so should play 80 there if he's fit.
I think you're all going overboard on Cruden - he seems to be the new Fern piñata no matter what he does. We lost shape for a number of reasons, and we were already losing shape when BB was still at 10. Also, I said earlier in the thread that BB did a couple of dud kicks when it was at least 3 one which was a similar chip kick as Cruden's that went straight back of a Lion.
When the ABs pulled away in the second half Cruden was steering the ship from 10 and if you look at the good attacking play he was one of the key guys moving the ball into space.
I don't know why he was taking the line kicks though, I would have thought Barrett would have kept that job.
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I thought Cruden had a good game when he came on. A lot of our good attacking moves he was part of
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Jerome Kaino 5: Rarely sighted in the first half and off in the 46th minute after colliding with Cane.
This is just utter bollocks
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Fowrward for me. Technique from Dagg all wrong.
Two words ...
"Ba"
And "Hahahahaha"
@booboo said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
Fowrward for me. Technique from Dagg all wrong.
Two words ...
"Ba"
And "Hahahahaha"
That they missed it?
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"Ryan Crotty has pulled his hammy, so we already had Jack Goodhue in as a replacement to help him out with his ribs.
"Jack will be staying with us, and we will try to get Ryan ready maybe for the last test if we're lucky."Goodhue is shit, plays in a good team is not an AB centre christ is at best a Callum Ralph. Seems you only have to pull on a Cantab shirt and your in :rolling_eyes:
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CNN can't even get rugby right.
New Zealand's All Blacks overpower Lions 30-15 in curtain-raiser
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/24/sport/new-zealand-british-and-irish-lions-rugby-eden-park-auckland/index.html -
CNN can't even get rugby right.
New Zealand's All Blacks overpower Lions 30-15 in curtain-raiser
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/24/sport/new-zealand-british-and-irish-lions-rugby-eden-park-auckland/index.html@Frank curtain raiser to what
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The Series?
Nothing won yet.
Hopefully it's a three act play.
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"Ryan Crotty has pulled his hammy, so we already had Jack Goodhue in as a replacement to help him out with his ribs.
"Jack will be staying with us, and we will try to get Ryan ready maybe for the last test if we're lucky."Goodhue is shit, plays in a good team is not an AB centre christ is at best a Callum Ralph. Seems you only have to pull on a Cantab shirt and your in :rolling_eyes:
@Wreck-Diver said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
"Ryan Crotty has pulled his hammy, so we already had Jack Goodhue in as a replacement to help him out with his ribs.
"Jack will be staying with us, and we will try to get Ryan ready maybe for the last test if we're lucky."Goodhue is shit, plays in a good team is not an AB centre christ is at best a Callum Ralph. Seems you only have to pull on a Cantab shirt and your in :rolling_eyes:
Tell us what you really think aftet watching a single one of Goodhues games, Grant Fox.
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This asshole from Stuff:
Jerome Kaino 5: Rarely sighted in the first half and off in the 46th minute after colliding with Cane.
Ah ... he was our leading ball carrier before he went off.
@Tim said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
This asshole from Stuff:
Jerome Kaino 5: Rarely sighted in the first half and off in the 46th minute after colliding with Cane.
Ah ... he was our leading ball carrier before he went off.
What blind arseclown wrote that? Kaino was massive in the first half. You have to wonder how much some of these dickheads even know about the game. Rarely sighted ffs.
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Tim yeah don't think I'd gamble on TJP, his passing this season has been atrocious at times. Smith just needs time out there I guess.
One thing I was disappointed with on Cane was his propensity to get a bit lost when the ball is coming his way on attack - but again, time out there fixes that.
My call on ALB possibly covering wing looks like it was a bit shit - he was shown up badly for pace a couple of times.
Are you talking about that period just after he got jammed, was clearly in need of a spell, but kept being given the seed? He clearly didn't want to throw himself in to the teeth for a few minutes.
Because itherwise his touchrs in attack were better than i expected. Couple of guys beaten with footwork, and some slick short passes
@mariner4life yeah probably hard marking - probably because I think he handled the ball a bit more than usual but once or twice early in each half he got the ball and seemed a bit unsure on what option to take or fumbled slightly when it appeared something might be on outside him. He wasn't the only one though.
He did make some impressive runs with nice footwork you don't often see from him.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Tim said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Bones Start TJP next week?
Dagg to fullback I guess, or do they go for Jordie?
Ioane and Naholo the wings? Or does Savea come back?
I wouldn't be surprised if they bring Jordie in. The two fullbacks is an important part of our gameplan.
We did lose our shape when Cruden came on to 1st 5. He got a little better later in the 2nd half. But I'm not the biggest fan of moving Barrett from 1st 5. He's currently our best 1st 5 so should play 80 there if he's fit.
I think you're all going overboard on Cruden - he seems to be the new Fern piñata no matter what he does. We lost shape for a number of reasons, and we were already losing shape when BB was still at 10. Also, I said earlier in the thread that BB did a couple of dud kicks when it was at least 3 one which was a similar chip kick as Cruden's that went straight back of a Lion.
When the ABs pulled away in the second half Cruden was steering the ship from 10 and if you look at the good attacking play he was one of the key guys moving the ball into space.
I don't know why he was taking the line kicks though, I would have thought Barrett would have kept that job.
@Nepia said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Tim said in All Blacks vs. B&I Lions test #1:
@Bones Start TJP next week?
Dagg to fullback I guess, or do they go for Jordie?
Ioane and Naholo the wings? Or does Savea come back?
I wouldn't be surprised if they bring Jordie in. The two fullbacks is an important part of our gameplan.
We did lose our shape when Cruden came on to 1st 5. He got a little better later in the 2nd half. But I'm not the biggest fan of moving Barrett from 1st 5. He's currently our best 1st 5 so should play 80 there if he's fit.
I think you're all going overboard on Cruden - he seems to be the new Fern piñata no matter what he does. We lost shape for a number of reasons, and we were already losing shape when BB was still at 10. Also, I said earlier in the thread that BB did a couple of dud kicks when it was at least 3 one which was a similar chip kick as Cruden's that went straight back of a Lion.
When the ABs pulled away in the second half Cruden was steering the ship from 10 and if you look at the good attacking play he was one of the key guys moving the ball into space.
I don't know why he was taking the line kicks though, I would have thought Barrett would have kept that job.
I'm surprised we don't use Dagg. He must have the longest boot - I guess not the most accurate? That missed touch was a killer though - plus the shitty dinky kick that lead to the Lions try. Apart from that, Cruden was Ok, but he wasn't especially dangerous.
