Bledisloe II
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Are you new here? Stats do back up my assertion of the missed tackles, but I'm happy to agree that I'm speculating based on my half-drunk observations, and especially since I started that last post with 'I basically agree' (i.e., ALB should be there starting), I wonder why your panties are so bunched up. I guess shit has been so boring for so long, even this little debate is fun? If we were picking for a WC final (as @Frank mentioned, I'm sure that ALB would be starting anyway).
I haven't had a chance to watch a replay, but I may get a chance today, in which case I'll check where ALB was defending, because they seemed to switch around a lot. I may have mistook those defensive errors.
@gt12 Stats are irrelevant. Hansen hasn't picked ALB and @mariner4life has a poster of ALB in his bedroom.
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
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@gt12 Stats are irrelevant. Hansen hasn't picked ALB and @mariner4life has a poster of ALB in his bedroom.
@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:
@gt12 Stats are irrelevant. Hansen hasn't picked ALB and @mariner4life has a poster of ALB in his bedroom.
stats are irrelevant. viewing a game as fluid as rugby through the prism of stats is fraught with danger
and @gt12 if i don't rark up about this, i have to work, and who wants to do that?
Rugby is entertainment, nothing more. The All Blacks win all the time, no matter who we pick, or how we play. If we sit back and just roll with everything based purely on the result, where is the entertainment? It's got to the point where the antagonist of the All Blacks movie is the coach and selectors. Can the rest of the rugby world please wake the fuck up?
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
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@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
:pouting_face: He shouldn't be in the squad at all (he shouldn't be in any NZ squads, close the borders!!!).
I'm a fan of ALB but this just doesn't get me riled up.
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
:pouting_face: He shouldn't be in the squad at all (he shouldn't be in any NZ squads, close the borders!!!).
I'm a fan of ALB but this just doesn't get me riled up.
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
:pouting_face: He shouldn't be in the squad at all (he shouldn't be in any NZ squads, close the borders!!!).
I'm a fan of ALB but this just doesn't get me riled up.
of course it doesn't, you never actually threw away your 'canes jersey when you shamelessly jumped ship. A lot like Frizzel did actually. You two have a lot in common.
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@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
:pouting_face: He shouldn't be in the squad at all (he shouldn't be in any NZ squads, close the borders!!!).
I'm a fan of ALB but this just doesn't get me riled up.
of course it doesn't, you never actually threw away your 'canes jersey when you shamelessly jumped ship. A lot like Frizzel did actually. You two have a lot in common.
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
:pouting_face: He shouldn't be in the squad at all (he shouldn't be in any NZ squads, close the borders!!!).
I'm a fan of ALB but this just doesn't get me riled up.
of course it doesn't, you never actually threw away your 'canes jersey when you shamelessly jumped ship. A lot like Frizzel did actually. You two have a lot in common.
I never owned a Canes jersy, I'm too cheap to pay $120 for one.
Anyway, I'm fully on the Laumape train now: Maori-Tongan Jesus is the man.
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@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
Wasn't that a Chiefs player?
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
Wasn't that a Chiefs player?
@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
Wasn't that a Chiefs player?
look, why don't you toddle off and watch Phipps and Foley lose test after test for the Wallabies and leave the grown ups to talk
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You brought it up. Before I toddle off, would you like me to collect your toys?
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You brought it up. Before I toddle off, would you like me to collect your toys?
@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:
You brought it up. Before I toddle off, would you like me to collect your toys?
could you? easier for me to throw them again.
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I just had a look on TAB but they dont seem to have put odds up yet for Franks to score 'a' try, might be worth a dollar or 2, if it blows out might be a sentimental pass to him over the tryline for him to fumble...
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I just had a look on TAB but they dont seem to have put odds up yet for Franks to score 'a' try, might be worth a dollar or 2, if it blows out might be a sentimental pass to him over the tryline for him to fumble...
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
I just had a look on TAB but they dont seem to have put odds up yet for Franks to score 'a' try, might be worth a dollar or 2, if it blows out might be a sentimental pass to him over the tryline for him to fumble...
I reckon that 'fumble' will be on purpose too - has to keep his record and reputation intact.
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
I just had a look on TAB but they dont seem to have put odds up yet for Franks to score 'a' try, might be worth a dollar or 2, if it blows out might be a sentimental pass to him over the tryline for him to fumble...
I reckon that 'fumble' will be on purpose too - has to keep his record and reputation intact.
@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
I just had a look on TAB but they dont seem to have put odds up yet for Franks to score 'a' try, might be worth a dollar or 2, if it blows out might be a sentimental pass to him over the tryline for him to fumble...
I reckon that 'fumble' will be on purpose too - has to keep his record and reputation intact.
rugby's Geoff Allott
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@nepia said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe II:
@mariner4life maybe they have been reading all your posts moaning about how predictable the squads have been and how boring it is
it's really nice to have something to bitch about. The player drain is finally having a positive benefit. And it's taking the heat of some other bench players...
I agree, but you should join me on the Tongan Frizell train, Laumape is good enough to be AB and plays enough to be an AB, and has been in the squad on merit before.
Frizzel Fry can't even make the team. Waste of energy railing against a dude holding hit shields. What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
@mariner4life said in Bledisloe II:
What we really need is for someone to completely shit the bed in a test. It's been a while now.
Naholo's playing this weekend isn't he?
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Qantas Wallabies team to play New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland on Saturday 25 August, 5.35pm AEST
- Scott Sio (46 Tests)
- Tatafu Polota-Nau (83 Tests)
- Allan Alaalatoa (24 Tests)
- Izack Rodda (8 Tests)
- Adam Coleman (24 Tests)
- Lukhan Tui (8 Tests)
- Michael Hooper (c) (83 Tests)
- David Pocock (70 Tests)
- Will Genia (91 Tests)
- Bernard Foley (59 Tests)
- Marika Koroibete (12 Tests)
- Kurtley Beale (75 Tests)
- Reece Hodge (28 Tests)
- Jack Maddocks (1 Test)
- Dane Haylett-Petty (22 Tests)
Finishers
16. Folau Faingaa*
17. Tom Robertson (22 Tests)
18. Sekope Kepu (95 Tests)
19. Rob Simmons (86 Tests)
20. Pete Samu (4 Tests)
21. Nick Phipps (65 Tests)
22. Matt Toomua (34 Tests)
23. Tom Banks*
*denotes uncappedhttp://www.rugby.com.au/News/2018/08/22/Bledisloe-Cup-Auckland-Wallabies-team-announcement
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Qantas Wallabies team to play New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland on Saturday 25 August, 5.35pm AEST
- Scott Sio (46 Tests)
- Tatafu Polota-Nau (83 Tests)
- Allan Alaalatoa (24 Tests)
- Izack Rodda (8 Tests)
- Adam Coleman (24 Tests)
- Lukhan Tui (8 Tests)
- Michael Hooper (c) (83 Tests)
- David Pocock (70 Tests)
- Will Genia (91 Tests)
- Bernard Foley (59 Tests)
- Marika Koroibete (12 Tests)
- Kurtley Beale (75 Tests)
- Reece Hodge (28 Tests)
- Jack Maddocks (1 Test)
- Dane Haylett-Petty (22 Tests)
Finishers
16. Folau Faingaa*
17. Tom Robertson (22 Tests)
18. Sekope Kepu (95 Tests)
19. Rob Simmons (86 Tests)
20. Pete Samu (4 Tests)
21. Nick Phipps (65 Tests)
22. Matt Toomua (34 Tests)
23. Tom Banks*
*denotes uncappedhttp://www.rugby.com.au/News/2018/08/22/Bledisloe-Cup-Auckland-Wallabies-team-announcement
@kiwimurph Opportunity for redemption?
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No Arnold yet again which I don't understand. Maddocks is overrated and the bench hardly looks threatening.
Am expecting a stronger Wallaby showing this week as it was clear that Genia, Hooper and TPN were lacking match fitness last week, but the ABs should also be a lot better after a fairly scratchy performance in Sydney.
Can't see the Wallabies beating this AB team. NZ by 15- 20.
