AB EOYT 2018
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The 3rd Bledisloe is stupid. They should have to win two from two if they want to get it back, like we had to in 2003.
@tewaio said in AB EOYT 2018:
The 3rd Bledisloe is stupid. They should have to win two from two if they want to get it back, like we had to in 2003.
Trouble is that it has reached a point of a familiar pattern where we win the first two, the Wobs have a shit season but see the third as a chance to redeem themselves. The team and the fans are more interested in the NH tour as we are done and dusted vs the Wobs.
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Look, i know I'm as guilty as anyone about the on-going Akira drum beating but...
It looks to us from the outside as being bullshit. And the coaches "explanations" are either bullshit or wildly inconsistent.
Which i could handle if the loose forwards they selected were actually playing the house down. But the sad fact of the matter is they are not. the 6 jersey is a gaping hole of mediocrity, with no player actually looking up to it at the moment. And a couple that have been selected looking miles from the required standard. Squire is the only one who looks half decent, and he is battling to stay on the park. At #8 we have Read, who is a point of difference, but beyond that? Savea had a good game, but it was against Argentina, and i think there is enough evidence around that we shouldn't read too much in to one-offs v Argentina. Luke Whitelock is journeyman level as a test player, he's not good enough to be a starting player for the All Blacks. I can almost see why he is in the squad, almost. Then you get down to Hemapo, a small lock playing 6, and the slow Barrett, who is again a stop-gap measure.
Not a single one of these players is a "complete package" and all have work ons (so, so may work ons). And yet they are brought in because they have something the selectors like, and the coaches back themselves to iron out the rest. And yet the guy who plays better than all of them at the level below somehow has work ons that mean he can't be picked. And he won't benefit from being in the camp. That right there doesn't add up.
If he's a cockhead, and you don't want him around the group, fucking say it. Or say something slightly more definitive than the mealy-mouthed bullshit being floated at the moment. Because absolutely no one except Crucial is buying it.
Akira does shit in games no other player in the country is doing, and yet he rots in the NPC and the Maori tour while our loose forward options run around in Black being below par.
I actually worry about us against Ireland with Savea at 7 and one of the shit 6s. Fucking Retallic better be back, and both Read and Whitelock better have stormers.
@mariner4life Agree with you mariner, just say it...Akira we don't like your attitude end of.
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The Wallabies have suffered a cruel injury blow with Reece Hodge ruled out of the spring tour after fracturing an ankle.
Coach Michael Cheika revealed the setback after the Wallabies arrived in Japan on Sunday ahead of Saturday’s third Bledisloe Cup clash with the All Blacks in Yokohama.
Utility back Hodge, who has played all nine of Australia’s Tests so far in 2018, is expected to be off his feet for at least two months, with Cheika yet to decide on a replacement for the four-match tour.
Angus Cottrell is also out of Bledisloe selection contention after straining a medial ligament, but he will remain with the squad and is expected to be available for the European Tests against Wales, Italy and England.
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The Wallabies have suffered a cruel injury blow with Reece Hodge ruled out of the spring tour after fracturing an ankle.
Coach Michael Cheika revealed the setback after the Wallabies arrived in Japan on Sunday ahead of Saturday’s third Bledisloe Cup clash with the All Blacks in Yokohama.
Utility back Hodge, who has played all nine of Australia’s Tests so far in 2018, is expected to be off his feet for at least two months, with Cheika yet to decide on a replacement for the four-match tour.
Angus Cottrell is also out of Bledisloe selection contention after straining a medial ligament, but he will remain with the squad and is expected to be available for the European Tests against Wales, Italy and England.
@daffy-jaffy said in AB EOYT 2018:
The Wallabies have suffered a cruel injury blow with Reece Hodge ruled out of the spring tour after fracturing an ankle.
Or in Aussie lingo, "The Wallabies have been cruelled by an injury blow..."
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@rotated said in AB EOYT 2018:
Doesn't feel like a Bledisloe test week. Could be because it's a dead rubber? Maybe because it is in Japan? Maybe because it's already Wednesday and Hansen hasn't baited Cheika yet.
Don't expect the last one to happen this week as the most rancid bait will be saved Eddie no doubt.
Plus the team hasn’t been named yet.
When is that by the way?@crucial said in AB EOYT 2018:
@rotated said in AB EOYT 2018:
Doesn't feel like a Bledisloe test week. Could be because it's a dead rubber? Maybe because it is in Japan? Maybe because it's already Wednesday and Hansen hasn't baited Cheika yet.
Don't expect the last one to happen this week as the most rancid bait will be saved Eddie no doubt.
Plus the team hasn’t been named yet.
When is that by the way?木曜日
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@crucial said in AB EOYT 2018:
@rotated said in AB EOYT 2018:
Doesn't feel like a Bledisloe test week. Could be because it's a dead rubber? Maybe because it is in Japan? Maybe because it's already Wednesday and Hansen hasn't baited Cheika yet.
Don't expect the last one to happen this week as the most rancid bait will be saved Eddie no doubt.
Plus the team hasn’t been named yet.
When is that by the way?木曜日
@dice said in AB EOYT 2018:
@crucial said in AB EOYT 2018:
@rotated said in AB EOYT 2018:
Doesn't feel like a Bledisloe test week. Could be because it's a dead rubber? Maybe because it is in Japan? Maybe because it's already Wednesday and Hansen hasn't baited Cheika yet.
Don't expect the last one to happen this week as the most rancid bait will be saved Eddie no doubt.
Plus the team hasn’t been named yet.
When is that by the way?木曜日
You're a d&*k!!!
That did make me smile as I really do want to know what time it is announced. -
@dice said in AB EOYT 2018:
@crucial said in AB EOYT 2018:
@rotated said in AB EOYT 2018:
Doesn't feel like a Bledisloe test week. Could be because it's a dead rubber? Maybe because it is in Japan? Maybe because it's already Wednesday and Hansen hasn't baited Cheika yet.
Don't expect the last one to happen this week as the most rancid bait will be saved Eddie no doubt.
Plus the team hasn’t been named yet.
When is that by the way?木曜日
You're a d&*k!!!
That did make me smile as I really do want to know what time it is announced.@hooroo said in AB EOYT 2018:
@dice said in AB EOYT 2018:
@crucial said in AB EOYT 2018:
@rotated said in AB EOYT 2018:
Doesn't feel like a Bledisloe test week. Could be because it's a dead rubber? Maybe because it is in Japan? Maybe because it's already Wednesday and Hansen hasn't baited Cheika yet.
Don't expect the last one to happen this week as the most rancid bait will be saved Eddie no doubt.
Plus the team hasn’t been named yet.
When is that by the way?木曜日
You're a d&*k!!!
That did make me smile as I really do want to know what time it is announced.RIght click, google, translate tells me that's Thursday. I love technology, and I love the joke
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@machpants said in AB EOYT 2018:
It's well after 0500 Japan time, so the team naming is late!
Holy shit! More therapist's bills! Ahhhh
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Ireland's ace halfback Conor Murray will not take the field against the All Blacks in Dublin on November 17.
Murray has not fully recovered from a neck injury that has kept him out of all rugby this season and it is still unclear how long it will be before he plays again.
Murray, along with Aaron Smith, the best halfback in the world game at the moment has targeted a return for the Six Nations next year."I'm itching to play, I'm pretty much fully training and I feel good. It's just making sure it's right and the lines of communication with Munster, Ireland, the national coaches, everyone has been clear and they're happy I just get it right and make sure I come back ready to go, rather than pushing it," he told media.
Murray said the injury was one that could not be pushed and he needed to be sure his neck was strong enough to return to play.
He had prepared himself with having to sit on the sideline for Ireland's Test with the All Blacks.
"As a fan, it's really exciting, this November is going to be really, really cool," he said.
But while he couldn't take part it would be an opportunity for someone else.
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Ireland's ace halfback Conor Murray will not take the field against the All Blacks in Dublin on November 17.
Murray has not fully recovered from a neck injury that has kept him out of all rugby this season and it is still unclear how long it will be before he plays again.
Murray, along with Aaron Smith, the best halfback in the world game at the moment has targeted a return for the Six Nations next year."I'm itching to play, I'm pretty much fully training and I feel good. It's just making sure it's right and the lines of communication with Munster, Ireland, the national coaches, everyone has been clear and they're happy I just get it right and make sure I come back ready to go, rather than pushing it," he told media.
Murray said the injury was one that could not be pushed and he needed to be sure his neck was strong enough to return to play.
He had prepared himself with having to sit on the sideline for Ireland's Test with the All Blacks.
"As a fan, it's really exciting, this November is going to be really, really cool," he said.
But while he couldn't take part it would be an opportunity for someone else.
@daffy-jaffy Massive loss for Ireland. It would be the equivalent of us losing BBBR.
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I watched the Eden Park Wallaby test again last night. We smashed them, but i didn't think we were that great. Murdered them on turn over though, and smashed them on defense. Retallic was massive, and i think BB's 4th try is the try of the year so far.
BB's kicking game was a real mixed bag, some really nice touch-finders, but his high kicks were way to deep to contest.
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I watched the Eden Park Wallaby test again last night. We smashed them, but i didn't think we were that great. Murdered them on turn over though, and smashed them on defense. Retallic was massive, and i think BB's 4th try is the try of the year so far.
BB's kicking game was a real mixed bag, some really nice touch-finders, but his high kicks were way to deep to contest.
@mariner4life said in AB EOYT 2018:
I watched the Eden Park Wallaby test again last night. We smashed them, but i didn't think we were that great. Murdered them on turn over though, and smashed them on defense. Retallic was massive, and i think BB's 4th try is the try of the year so far.
BB's kicking game was a real mixed bag, some really nice touch-finders, but his high kicks were way to deep to contest.
So he over compensated in Pretoria where they were way too short and left us vulnerable to counter attack?
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@mariner4life said in AB EOYT 2018:
I watched the Eden Park Wallaby test again last night. We smashed them, but i didn't think we were that great. Murdered them on turn over though, and smashed them on defense. Retallic was massive, and i think BB's 4th try is the try of the year so far.
BB's kicking game was a real mixed bag, some really nice touch-finders, but his high kicks were way to deep to contest.
So he over compensated in Pretoria where they were way too short and left us vulnerable to counter attack?
@booboo maybe he's just not that good.
Still think taking that try off for Ardie's knock on was fucking bullshit.
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@gt12 said in AB EOYT 2018:
Quite seriously, when is the team named? 5pm my time?
@rotated has been posting. IIRC he usually knows about those things.
@snowy said in AB EOYT 2018:
@gt12 said in AB EOYT 2018:
Quite seriously, when is the team named? 5pm my time?
@rotated has been posting. IIRC he usually knows about those things.
I don't know for sure, but outside of RWC where WR set the deadline, but for the last few years it seems like they always try to release for Thursday early morning NZT regardless of where the game is played.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in AB EOYT 2018:
Akira was born in Japan. Might still have his j-passport. Hello, instant eligibility. How wild if Jamie Joseph rang him up this week and said "hey big fella, fancy a run next weekend against some of the loosies they picked ahead of you?"
Haha, cue AB's first ever loss to Japan, most ignominous moment in NZ rugby history, oh look at the highlights reel, there goes Akira fending off Dick Frizzle, FFSFifita and Dillon Hunt (AGAIN) en route to the tryline"
He's only one man. And there goes his ABs eligibility
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@rocky-rockbottom said in AB EOYT 2018:
@canefan said in AB EOYT 2018:
And there goes his ABs eligibility
LOL, LIKE THEY WERE EVER GOING TO PICK HIM ANYWAY
He's only 23. There's still time
