All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3
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Really disappointed that Hansen and co did'nt look at Charlie Ngatai as an option for what now appears to be a bit of a diliema for 2nd five spot.
While he has not played a terrible amount of code since his head knock,I thought Ngatai and Lienart Brown as a combination completely shut Laumape & Aso down a few weeks back for the chiefs against the Canes defensively,I also thought on a night when the NZ Maori were well beaten by the Lions he along with Akira Ioane were 2 of the better performers.
He has all the skills,temperament and brains to organise a backline..I sense they will go for a lienart Brown- Fekitoa combination which concerns me big time.Fekitoa throughout his career has been notorious for charging out of the line.
Would just like to see a more heady player (pardon the pun) in that import position,and in my opinion Ngatai fits the bill.
Be great to Akira Ioane on the bench as well,at the expense of Savea..
@Steven-Harris I agree re Ngatai and am not a fan of Fekitoa. Of the players in the current squad, I would much rather see Goodhue and ALB take the field instead of Fekitoa. What's the point of experience when the guy has tits for hands, is not a good distributor and always seems to make at least one bad decision a game.
Not sure about Akira over Savea. Savea was immense when he came on the other night.
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Really disappointed that Hansen and co did'nt look at Charlie Ngatai as an option for what now appears to be a bit of a diliema for 2nd five spot.
While he has not played a terrible amount of code since his head knock,I thought Ngatai and Lienart Brown as a combination completely shut Laumape & Aso down a few weeks back for the chiefs against the Canes defensively,I also thought on a night when the NZ Maori were well beaten by the Lions he along with Akira Ioane were 2 of the better performers.
He has all the skills,temperament and brains to organise a backline..I sense they will go for a lienart Brown- Fekitoa combination which concerns me big time.Fekitoa throughout his career has been notorious for charging out of the line.
Would just like to see a more heady player (pardon the pun) in that import position,and in my opinion Ngatai fits the bill.
Be great to Akira Ioane on the bench as well,at the expense of Savea..
@Steven-Harris said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
He has all the skills,temperament and brains to organise a backline..I sense they will go for a lienart Brown- Fekitoa combination which concerns me big time.Fekitoa throughout his career has been notorious for charging out of the line.
He might charge out of the line, but he's the best defender, by a long shot.
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I would be really worried having Ngatai there, he's way short of a gallop and while he's been solid enough in his return, he's been far from outstanding which is to be expected.
Laumape has to be odds on for the 12 jumper, with Fekitoa on the bench. I'm pretty comfortable with that.
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For me there's only a question mark over left wing
- J. Moody
- C. Taylor
- O. Franks
- T. Chief
- S. Whitelock
- T. Blue
- M. Todd
- K. Read
- T. Lander
- T. Cane
- ???
- A. Lienert-Brown
- J. Goodhue
- I. Dagg
- J. Barrett
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For me there's only a question mark over left wing
- J. Moody
- C. Taylor
- O. Franks
- T. Chief
- S. Whitelock
- T. Blue
- M. Todd
- K. Read
- T. Lander
- T. Cane
- ???
- A. Lienert-Brown
- J. Goodhue
- I. Dagg
- J. Barrett
@ACT-Crusader never gets old
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so assuming Crotty isn't fit, what happens to our mid-field?
Fekitoa into squad, but Laumape the only specialist 12, or do we move ALB to 12 and Fekitoa to 13?
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
so assuming Crotty isn't fit, what happens to our mid-field?
Fekitoa into squad, but Laumape the only specialist 12, or do we move ALB to 12 and Fekitoa to 13?
ALB has played 12 for the ABs on several occasions and gone well.
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@Bovidae lets not get silly
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I would be really worried having Ngatai there, he's way short of a gallop and while he's been solid enough in his return, he's been far from outstanding which is to be expected.
Laumape has to be odds on for the 12 jumper, with Fekitoa on the bench. I'm pretty comfortable with that.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Laumape has to be odds on for the 12 jumper, with Fekitoa on the bench. I'm pretty comfortable with that.
The advantage of that is you have a Barrett-Laumape combo already in place.
Putting Fekitoa in the 23 ahead of Goodhue is an admission they were wrong their original selections.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Laumape has to be odds on for the 12 jumper, with Fekitoa on the bench. I'm pretty comfortable with that.
The advantage of that is you have a Barrett-Laumape combo already in place.
Putting Fekitoa in the 23 ahead of Goodhue is an admission they were wrong their original selections.
@Bovidae said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Laumape has to be odds on for the 12 jumper, with Fekitoa on the bench. I'm pretty comfortable with that.
The advantage of that is you have a Barrett-Laumape combo already in place.
Putting Fekitoa in the 23 ahead of Goodhue is an admission they were wrong their original selections.
That's probably a fair point, although I'm not sure they see Goodhue as a bench player which is the only spot free for him. Fekitoa would provide more impact with his physicality. Kind of like if Cane was out it's likely Todd would come straight into the starting 15 with Ardie still on the bench, despite Ardie being part of the original squad.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Laumape has to be odds on for the 12 jumper, with Fekitoa on the bench. I'm pretty comfortable with that.
The advantage of that is you have a Barrett-Laumape combo already in place.
Putting Fekitoa in the 23 ahead of Goodhue is an admission they were wrong their original selections.
That's probably a fair point, although I'm not sure they see Goodhue as a bench player which is the only spot free for him. Fekitoa would provide more impact with his physicality. Kind of like if Cane was out it's likely Todd would come straight into the starting 15 with Ardie still on the bench, despite Ardie being part of the original squad.
@No-Quarter the option is to go with ALB at 12 (where he has started for the ABs) and Goodhue at 13. Laumape to be the impact off the bench as he was on the weekend.
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So if we have a Fekitoa-ALB mid-field, who moves to 12, same problem with Goodhue-ALB as well.
Lets all pray for Crotty.
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
So if we have a Fekitoa-ALB mid-field, who moves to 12, same problem with Goodhue-ALB as well.
Lets all pray for Crotty.
I would be tempted to mix it up a bit , play fekitoa inside on their ball and alb inside on ours depending on the situation , if just looking for metres , use fekitoa on the crash ball .
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@No-Quarter the option is to go with ALB at 12 (where he has started for the ABs) and Goodhue at 13. Laumape to be the impact off the bench as he was on the weekend.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@No-Quarter the option is to go with ALB at 12 (where he has started for the ABs) and Goodhue at 13. Laumape to be the impact off the bench as he was on the weekend.
Let's hope that they go with that combo. Goodhue is ready imo and is all class.
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@No-Quarter the option is to go with ALB at 12 (where he has started for the ABs) and Goodhue at 13. Laumape to be the impact off the bench as he was on the weekend.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@No-Quarter the option is to go with ALB at 12 (where he has started for the ABs) and Goodhue at 13. Laumape to be the impact off the bench as he was on the weekend.
Not a bad option but a fucking massive ask for Goodhue in his first proper season of Super rugby. He's had a pretty cushy ride all year it's fair to say, though he did look pretty good in the Saders game vs the Lions when they were under pressure. Going to be interesting to see what they go with, now that the pressure is on.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@No-Quarter the option is to go with ALB at 12 (where he has started for the ABs) and Goodhue at 13. Laumape to be the impact off the bench as he was on the weekend.
Not a bad option but a fucking massive ask for Goodhue in his first proper season of Super rugby. He's had a pretty cushy ride all year it's fair to say, though he did look pretty good in the Saders game vs the Lions when they were under pressure. Going to be interesting to see what they go with, now that the pressure is on.
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@No-Quarter A fresh faced blonde haired kid comes into the midfield for the decider against the Lions. Seems familiar.
@akan004 said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@No-Quarter A fresh faced blonde haired kid comes into the midfield for the decider against the Lions. Seems familiar.
Good old Stainless. Very popular until Hart went for the pre Warrenball approach with Alama the Charmer rather than Stainlesses silky skills, sideways running and flaky defence.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@No-Quarter A fresh faced blonde haired kid comes into the midfield for the decider against the Lions. Seems familiar.
Good old Stainless. Very popular until Hart went for the pre Warrenball approach with Alama the Charmer rather than Stainlesses silky skills, sideways running and flaky defence.
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Laumape has to be odds on for the 12 jumper, with Fekitoa on the bench. I'm pretty comfortable with that.
The advantage of that is you have a Barrett-Laumape combo already in place.
Putting Fekitoa in the 23 ahead of Goodhue is an admission they were wrong their original selections.
@Bovidae said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Laumape has to be odds on for the 12 jumper, with Fekitoa on the bench. I'm pretty comfortable with that.
The advantage of that is you have a Barrett-Laumape combo already in place.
Putting Fekitoa in the 23 ahead of Goodhue** is** an admission they were wrong their original selections.
"would be"
He's not picked yet
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although TBF, Goodhue wasn't named in the original squad was he, only there in the look and learn capacity I thought, and just kept there when Crotty injured himself, but still not 'called into the squad'
