All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3

@Tim said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

@antipodean When we lost to England at home.

Wait a minute, I thought New Zealand hadn't lost a game since 1852 or something....

I'm sure Crucial said that before last week's test....

No All Black losses since 1066 when the world was distracted by other events - so we conveniently avoided recording that one too.

Nepia

Fuck you Booboo - you said flush the dunny and that's what they've gone and done.

Ioane's dropping is bullshit. Carved up in the first test scoring two crucial tries and then is dropped on his performance in a second test when all the backs were misfiring and we had extenuating circumstances.

Oh well, I hope that Fatty is going to have the big game his fluffers promise he still has in him. Go the Bus!

My thoughts on J Barrett haven't changed from earlier in the thread. Nothing I've seen from him this year for the Canes suggests AB starting fullback. Hell, even his good Super form was early in the season before he plateaued. If Fatty was brought in for experience then just keep Dagg at the back. He might miss a one on one tackle on a 120kg ~~Tongan~~ Welsh number 8 from 5 metres out but then again Super form suggest Barrett will as well.

I like Laumape, would have preferred Fekitoa, but think Laumape will do the job with the confidence of a test already under his belt.

Hopefully our forwards to the damage up front so that we're less reliant on our backs.

I have gone from being quietly confident of an easy AB victory, to seeing that back 3 and now feeling nervous.

Rancid Schnitzel

@Nepia said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

Fuck you Booboo - you said flush the dunny and that's what they've gone and done.

Ioane's dropping is bullshit. Carved up in the first test scoring two crucial tries and then is dropped on his performance in a second test when all the backs were misfiring and we had extenuating circumstances.

Oh well, I hope that Fatty is going to have the big game his fluffers promise he still has in him. Go the Bus!

My thoughts on J Barrett haven't changed from earlier in the thread. Nothing I've seen from him this year for the Canes suggests AB starting fullback. Hell, even his good Super form was early in the season before he plateaued. If Fatty was brought in for experience then just keep Dagg at the back. He might miss a one on one tackle on a 120kg ~~Tongan~~ Welsh number 8 from 5 metres out but then again Super form suggest Barrett will as well.

I like Laumape, would have preferred Fekitoa, but think Laumape will do the job with the confidence of a test already under his belt.

Hopefully our forwards to the damage up front so that we're less reliant on our backs.

I have gone from being quietly confident of an easy AB victory, to seeing that back 3 and now feeling nervous.

JB might struggle with cover defence, but I would have backed him to take down that Ton..er Welsh fatty one on one.

taniwharugby

well on any other day, we have 15 on the field and the tackle is made before Dagg gets to miss it

Nepia

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

Fuck you Booboo - you said flush the dunny and that's what they've gone and done.

Ioane's dropping is bullshit. Carved up in the first test scoring two crucial tries and then is dropped on his performance in a second test when all the backs were misfiring and we had extenuating circumstances.

Oh well, I hope that Fatty is going to have the big game his fluffers promise he still has in him. Go the Bus!

My thoughts on J Barrett haven't changed from earlier in the thread. Nothing I've seen from him this year for the Canes suggests AB starting fullback. Hell, even his good Super form was early in the season before he plateaued. If Fatty was brought in for experience then just keep Dagg at the back. He might miss a one on one tackle on a 120kg ~~Tongan~~ Welsh number 8 from 5 metres out but then again Super form suggest Barrett will as well.

I like Laumape, would have preferred Fekitoa, but think Laumape will do the job with the confidence of a test already under his belt.

Hopefully our forwards to the damage up front so that we're less reliant on our backs.

I have gone from being quietly confident of an easy AB victory, to seeing that back 3 and now feeling nervous.

JB might struggle with cover defence, but I would have backed him to take down that Ton..er Welsh fatty one on one.

That's assuming he wobbled over there in time.

Just joking, but it would be good if he found some BB like speed just before the kick off.

jegga

Still looking forward to this game as more than any since the 2015 rwc final .

SammyC

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

well on any other day, we have 15 on the field and the tackle is made before Dagg gets to miss it

It was 14 on 14 at that stage though.

Hooroo

These selections have me fizzing even more for this test. They remind me of experimental things we do against 'lesser' teams rather than against the biggest game out side WC finals matches.

Adds to the intrigue of this match! Can't wait.

Thank goodness our forwards are more settled.

antipodean

Things will be much easier with a forward pack going forward.

taniwharugby

@SammyC I know that, but 'normally' we have 15 on the field, so 15 v 14/15, we make that tackle before it gets to where Dagg is.

Rancid Schnitzel

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

well on any other day, we have 15 on the field and the tackle is made before Dagg gets to miss it

You could argue that the fb is never at fault because he only has to make tackles when the people in front miss them

Rancid Schnitzel

@Nepia said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

@Nepia said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:

Fuck you Booboo - you said flush the dunny and that's what they've gone and done.

Ioane's dropping is bullshit. Carved up in the first test scoring two crucial tries and then is dropped on his performance in a second test when all the backs were misfiring and we had extenuating circumstances.

Oh well, I hope that Fatty is going to have the big game his fluffers promise he still has in him. Go the Bus!

My thoughts on J Barrett haven't changed from earlier in the thread. Nothing I've seen from him this year for the Canes suggests AB starting fullback. Hell, even his good Super form was early in the season before he plateaued. If Fatty was brought in for experience then just keep Dagg at the back. He might miss a one on one tackle on a 120kg ~~Tongan~~ Welsh number 8 from 5 metres out but then again Super form suggest Barrett will as well.

I like Laumape, would have preferred Fekitoa, but think Laumape will do the job with the confidence of a test already under his belt.

Hopefully our forwards to the damage up front so that we're less reliant on our backs.

I have gone from being quietly confident of an easy AB victory, to seeing that back 3 and now feeling nervous.

JB might struggle with cover defence, but I would have backed him to take down that Ton..er Welsh fatty one on one.

That's assuming he wobbled over there in time.

Just joking, but it would be good if he found some BB like speed just before the kick off.

He doesn't wobble, he is as graceful as a newborn giraffe.

The Silver Fern

All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3