England vs All Blacks

Bovidae

Anyone ever seen him play there?

I don't remember Ta'avao playing at LH for the Chiefs or Taranaki. Cron obviously thinks he can.

The only other option was Reuben O'Neill who has played both sides for Taranaki this year, and that was one of the reasons he went to Japan.

Catogrande

@booboo said in England vs All Blacks:

@gunner said in England vs All Blacks:

What happens when SBW leaves the field after 20 minutes then Crotty 10 minutes later?

Ardie to 2nd 5/8?

No way. He's too tall.

Crucial

@catogrande said in England vs All Blacks:

@booboo said in England vs All Blacks:

@gunner said in England vs All Blacks:

What happens when SBW leaves the field after 20 minutes then Crotty 10 minutes later?

Ardie to 2nd 5/8?

No way. He's too tall.

The pass trajectory is fine. From the ground via halfback to 6'2 BB to 7'2 Ardie.

ACT Crusader

@crucial said in England vs All Blacks:

@catogrande said in England vs All Blacks:

@booboo said in England vs All Blacks:

@gunner said in England vs All Blacks:

What happens when SBW leaves the field after 20 minutes then Crotty 10 minutes later?

Ardie to 2nd 5/8?

No way. He's too tall.

The pass trajectory is fine. From the ground via halfback to 6'2 BB to 7'2 Ardie.

And imagine if the giraffe was at centre

Crucial

@act-crusader said in England vs All Blacks:

@crucial said in England vs All Blacks:

@catogrande said in England vs All Blacks:

@booboo said in England vs All Blacks:

@gunner said in England vs All Blacks:

What happens when SBW leaves the field after 20 minutes then Crotty 10 minutes later?

Ardie to 2nd 5/8?

No way. He's too tall.

The pass trajectory is fine. From the ground via halfback to 6'2 BB to 7'2 Ardie.

And imagine if the giraffe was at centre

That's unlike you @ACT-Crusader.
Are you suggesting a Hurricanes backline?

Crucial

At least playing at centre would keep the giraffe away from the sidelines for quick throw ins

ACT Crusader

@crucial said in England vs All Blacks:

@act-crusader said in England vs All Blacks:

@crucial said in England vs All Blacks:

@catogrande said in England vs All Blacks:

@booboo said in England vs All Blacks:

@gunner said in England vs All Blacks:

What happens when SBW leaves the field after 20 minutes then Crotty 10 minutes later?

Ardie to 2nd 5/8?

No way. He's too tall.

The pass trajectory is fine. From the ground via halfback to 6'2 BB to 7'2 Ardie.

And imagine if the giraffe was at centre

That's unlike you @ACT-Crusader.
Are you suggesting a Hurricanes backline?

Sorry is this the Japan test thread

booboo

@crucial said in England vs All Blacks:

@booboo said in England vs All Blacks:

@number9 said in England vs All Blacks:

Ofa is not a Loosehead, should have selected Perry.

Funny how Ta'avao and Ofa have both swapped sides.

I think I might trust Cron on this call.

Not saying it's wrong. Just noting this is the opposite to where they first played together at the Blues/ Auckland

booboo

@nevorian said in England vs All Blacks:

@booboo they wouldn't be expecting Goodhue to see out the full 80 either would they?

Not really sure. Umm ... where did I discuss Goodhue?

Catogrande

England team to play the All Blacks:-

England: Elliot Daly; Chris Ashton, Henry Slade, Ben Te'o, Jonny May; Owen Farrell (co-captain), Ben Youngs; Ben Moon, Dylan Hartley (co-captain), Kyle Sinckler, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Brad Shields, Sam Underhill, Mark Wilson.

Replacements: Jamie George, Alec Hepburn, Harry Williams, Charlie Ewels, Courtney Lawes, Danny Care, George Ford, Jack Nowell.

I think beer will be my friend on Saturday.

Bones

@catogrande actually a pretty stroong looking side.

Who's missing apart from a Samoan and the Tongans?

Catogrande

@bones said in England vs All Blacks:

@catogrande actually a pretty stroong looking side.

Who's missing apart from a Samoan and the Tongans?

Well, there's the Fijian... Also Curry, Robshaw, Launchbury, Watson, Joseph, all out injured and all likely to have started. Marler retired.

Edit: That sounds like an excuse in the making but not meant as so. The way we've been playing I don't think the injured guys would make a heck of a lot of difference.

TeWaio

@catogrande said in England vs All Blacks:

@bones said in England vs All Blacks:

@catogrande actually a pretty stroong looking side.

Who's missing apart from a Samoan and the Tongans?

Well, there's the Fijian... Also Curry, Robshaw, Launchbury, Watson, Joseph, all out injured and all likely to have started. Marler retired.

Edit: That sounds like an excuse in the making but not meant as so. The way we've been playing I don't think the injured guys would make a heck of a lot of difference.

If you have a system that relentlessly flogs its players 13 months a year, then you get a load of injuries. Zero sympathy.

Kruse

@booboo said in England vs All Blacks:

@nevorian said in England vs All Blacks:

@booboo they wouldn't be expecting Goodhue to see out the full 80 either would they?

Not really sure. Umm ... where did I discuss Goodhue?

I think that's referring to the
@gunner - What happens when SBW leaves the field after 20 minutes then Crotty 10 minutes later?
@booboo - Ardie to 2nd 5/8?

So... of the 3 mid-fielders, 2 have reputations of breaking down, and the other is playing first game after an infection which causes one to "run out of gas" very very quickly.
Ardie at 2nd 5/8 suddenly looking like something that might really happen.

Bones

@catogrande yeah, there doesn't seem a huge amount between them and those that have replaced them.

Victor Meldrew

@kiwimurph said in England vs All Blacks:

This will be a proper test of how DMac handles 15.

Yes, Ironically. All those games at 15 he played against Sth Africa, Wales, the Wobbles, Argentina. France and Scotland were a walk in the park.... :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Crucial

So the Tuilagi talk was just that. Talk.

Quite pleased to see the midfield combination from last week returning. Will be a measure of Moonhead's ability to fix a glaring problem.

Catogrande

@bones said in England vs All Blacks:

@catogrande yeah, there doesn't seem a huge amount between them and those that have replaced them.

Launchbury is a loss. We have good strength in depth at lock but he's the best of the bunch IMO - Gatland thinks otherwise as he didn't get a look in for the Lions, so what do I know?

Watson has shown he knows the way to the try line at all levels so he'd be a shoo-in, probably at 15 which would make the back three with him, then Daly and May look pretty good. Daly at 15 is just not the same for me.

So those two really would make a difference I reckon but unlikely to have made enough of a difference on Saturday.

Billy Webb

@dk said in England vs All Blacks:

The matchday 23 is as follows (with Test caps in brackets):

Karl Tu'inukuafe (10)

Codie Taylor (39)

Owen Franks (104)

Samuel Whitelock (106)

Brodie Retallick (72)

Liam Squire (21)

Ardie Savea (32)

Kieran Read - captain (115)

Aaron Smith (80)

Beauden Barrett (70)

Rieko Ioane (21)

Sonny Bill Williams (50)

Jack Goodhue (5)

Ben Smith (74)

Damian McKenzie (20)

Dane Coles (57)

Ofa Tuungafasi (23)

Nepo Laulala (14)

Scott Barrett (26)

Matt Todd (15)

TJ Perenara (52)

Richie Mo'unga (5)

Ryan Crotty (42)

Ugh. What a sickeningly talented bloomin team. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Good to see Retallick back in action. You guys missed him in the Rugby Championship (yeah, yeah, I know you still bloody won but still..).
Will be interesting to see how match fit he is. Has he played much since missing TRC?

Bones

@catogrande yeah we decided to leave our best loosehead and openside out, plus a fifth of the team are returning from injury or illness. Should be evens.

The Silver Fern

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