All Blacks vs Tonga
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@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Does anyone else think that deliberately reducing your team to 14 players is a little bit against the spirit of rugby??
If that's how the ABs are going to play... #prayfornamibiaitalycanada
Plenty of ammunition there for mokey to launch Rieko Ioane's "everyone is against the Blues" comeback. Not. You can pencil in Reece and Bridge for the SA game
Who are our 3 midfielders for SA? ALB will be in the 23 and must be making some sort of case to start at 13 I have to say. Will they go with Crotty or SBW at 12?
I've watched a good bit of these warm-up games and the only contender for more impressive (and it was more impressive given the opposition) was England destroying Ireland.
Happy days.
#flatrackbullies i’d rather they play the top combo of Ioane, BB and Smith.
@pukunui said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Does anyone else think that deliberately reducing your team to 14 players is a little bit against the spirit of rugby??
If that's how the ABs are going to play... #prayfornamibiaitalycanada
Plenty of ammunition there for mokey to launch Rieko Ioane's "everyone is against the Blues" comeback. Not. You can pencil in Reece and Bridge for the SA game
Who are our 3 midfielders for SA? ALB will be in the 23 and must be making some sort of case to start at 13 I have to say. Will they go with Crotty or SBW at 12?
I've watched a good bit of these warm-up games and the only contender for more impressive (and it was more impressive given the opposition) was England destroying Ireland.
Happy days.
#flatrackbullies i’d rather they play the top combo of Ioane, BB and Smith.
Experienced combo, not sure about "top combo".
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Ardie , gee he is quick
Faster than his wing brother I reckon.
@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Faster than his wing brother I reckon.
There are probably referees faster these days.
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Great to see
- Read timing his run into form perfectly
- Patty T monstering other forwards
- George Bridge (good Gisborne boy) kicking ass
- ALB getting consistent game time
- Ardie Savea looking awesome
- Nepo Laulala moving around the park better than Owen Franks
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@Darren said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Billy-Tell Big deal it was Tonga. But I do agree on deliberately going down to 14 men. Bit of a dick move and disrespect doing that.
I’m not completely unconvinced that Crotty didn’t pick up a niggle and was pulled more for that reason.
Shag reckoned it was load management
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Darren said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Billy-Tell Big deal it was Tonga. But I do agree on deliberately going down to 14 men. Bit of a dick move and disrespect doing that.
I’m not completely unconvinced that Crotty didn’t pick up a niggle and was pulled more for that reason.
Shag reckoned it was load management
Yeah, 14 times in less than 2 hours is too many for any man
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Great to see
- Read timing his run into form perfectly
- Patty T monstering other forwards
- George Bridge (good Gisborne boy) kicking ass
- ALB getting consistent game time
- Ardie Savea looking awesome
- Nepo Laulala moving around the park better than Owen Franks
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Patty T monstering other forwards
I've a feeling Pat T could well be a sleeper this RWC.
He seems to have matured with responsibility with the Blues and was bloody impressive against the Shackledraggers in Bled II
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Patty T monstering other forwards
I've a feeling Pat T could well be a sleeper this RWC.
He seems to have matured with responsibility with the Blues and was bloody impressive against the Shackledraggers in Bled II
@Victor-Meldrew
Agreed. Gives us real go-forward. I think using him properly to get over the advantage line is part of our dry powder. -
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Patty T monstering other forwards
I've a feeling Pat T could well be a sleeper this RWC.
He seems to have matured with responsibility with the Blues and was bloody impressive against the Shackledraggers in Bled II
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Patty T monstering other forwards
I've a feeling Pat T could well be a sleeper this RWC.
He seems to have matured with responsibility with the Blues and was bloody impressive against the Shackledraggers in Bled II
They’ve said they have his game day nutrition sorted. His energy levels during the game have improved as a result.
Has been great watching him smash people and move bodies at the ruck. Think he has surpassed Barrett now.
Good timing with Brodie out.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Jules The Bus got a looooong contract too. Which worked OK until he was dropped for being not great and he left early...
Rieko is like 22. He still has at least 5 years to wreck havoc on the wing before moving to centre and finishing his career there retiring as one of our greatest ever.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Jules The Bus got a looooong contract too. Which worked OK until he was dropped for being not great and he left early...
Rieko is like 22. He still has at least 5 years to wreck havoc on the wing before moving to centre and finishing his career there retiring as one of our greatest ever.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Patty T monstering other forwards
I've a feeling Pat T could well be a sleeper this RWC.
He seems to have matured with responsibility with the Blues and was bloody impressive against the Shackledraggers in Bled II
They’ve said they have his game day nutrition sorted. His energy levels during the game have improved as a result.
Has been great watching him smash people and move bodies at the ruck. Think he has surpassed Barrett now.
Good timing with Brodie out.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
They’ve said they have his game day nutrition sorted. His energy levels during the game have improved as a result.
Think his head is in a much better, more mature place as well.
Bit like Ali Williams during the 2005 Lions games.
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@Victor-Meldrew
Agreed. Gives us real go-forward. I think using him properly to get over the advantage line is part of our dry powder.@Frank said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Victor-Meldrew
Agreed. Gives us real go-forward. I think using him properly to get over the advantage line is part of our dry powder.He'll start in a fortnight.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
also, Rieko favourite to be the top try scorer at the RWC. Barring injury, reckon there's a good chance
https://www.betfair.com.au/exchange/plus/rugby-union/market/1.156984799
Naholo, Dmac and Folau also on that list.
@mofitzy_ said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
also, Rieko favourite to be the top try scorer at the RWC. Barring injury, reckon there's a good chance
https://www.betfair.com.au/exchange/plus/rugby-union/market/1.156984799
Naholo, Dmac and Folau also on that list.
That’s a quality back 3 right there.
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Hard to take much from that. Pat T lasts 80, which is great. Bender didn't look too slow. Plenty of choice 11-15.
Josh Ioane will play plenty of tests. Cultured boot and lovely hands (better than BB).
Boks will be whole new ballgame.
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Hard to take much from that. Pat T lasts 80, which is great. Bender didn't look too slow. Plenty of choice 11-15.
Josh Ioane will play plenty of tests. Cultured boot and lovely hands (better than BB).
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Boks will be whole new ballgame.True but our performance against Tonga was better than Boks vs Japan. Doesn't mean anything but better than the other way around
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Hard to take much from that. Pat T lasts 80, which is great. Bender didn't look too slow. Plenty of choice 11-15.
Josh Ioane will play plenty of tests. Cultured boot and lovely hands (better than BB).
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Boks will be whole new ballgame.True but our performance against Tonga was better than Boks vs Japan. Doesn't mean anything but better than the other way around
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Hard to take much from that. Pat T lasts 80, which is great. Bender didn't look too slow. Plenty of choice 11-15.
Josh Ioane will play plenty of tests. Cultured boot and lovely hands (better than BB).
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Boks will be whole new ballgame.True but our performance against Tonga was better than Boks vs Japan. Doesn't mean anything but better than the other way around
If the ABs had only won 41-7 or 34-15, we wouldn’t hear the end of it
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Darren said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@African-Monkey said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Billy-Tell Big deal it was Tonga. But I do agree on deliberately going down to 14 men. Bit of a dick move and disrespect doing that.
I’m not completely unconvinced that Crotty didn’t pick up a niggle and was pulled more for that reason.
yeah he said Crotty was down to do 65 and they ran out of reserves. Makes not much sense but that's what he said
Oh he then mentioned BFA came off with a tight hammy, so they could have kept A Smith back to replace CRotty and put him/TJ on the wing but they were happy for the risk. Disrespectful? When Tonga were 92-0 down they didn't deserve that much respect, player numbers on the pitch wise.
Still listening to the conference, Hansen very grumpy, back to bad old Hansen
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Still listening to the conference, Hansen very grumpy, back to bad old Hansen
His jab at the press at the 6:12 mark was awesome. Calls them out for being lazy boring useless time-wasters.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Patty T monstering other forwards
I've a feeling Pat T could well be a sleeper this RWC.
He seems to have matured with responsibility with the Blues and was bloody impressive against the Shackledraggers in Bled II
They’ve said they have his game day nutrition sorted. His energy levels during the game have improved as a result.
Has been great watching him smash people and move bodies at the ruck. Think he has surpassed Barrett now.
Good timing with Brodie out.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Patty T monstering other forwards
I've a feeling Pat T could well be a sleeper this RWC.
He seems to have matured with responsibility with the Blues and was bloody impressive against the Shackledraggers in Bled II
They’ve said they have his game day nutrition sorted. His energy levels during the game have improved as a result.
Has been great watching him smash people and move bodies at the ruck. Think he has surpassed Barrett now.
Good timing with Brodie out.
There was a moment from a kick chase where an AB missile came flying over the resulting ruck. Tuipulotu gets up looking hungry and rushes back to pillar, eyes up. Not seen that before. Was awesome.
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@Frank said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Victor-Meldrew
Agreed. Gives us real go-forward. I think using him properly to get over the advantage line is part of our dry powder.He'll start in a fortnight.
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
He'll start in a fortnight.
Dunno about starting the big games, but I'm way less worried about injuries to Sam & Brodie.
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@pakman said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
He'll start in a fortnight.
Dunno about starting the big games, but I'm way less worried about injuries to Sam & Brodie.
@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@pakman said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
He'll start in a fortnight.
Dunno about starting the big games, but I'm way less worried about injuries to Sam & Brodie.
BBBR wont be ready for Boks.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Is there a reason for the blue and orange (tape?) boots?
Or the black lines on the field. Looks like they might have forgotten to do them earlier and found some diesel and a stray paint brush and painted them on as a quick fix.
@Higgins said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
@Nepia said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Is there a reason for the blue and orange (tape?) boots?
Or the black lines on the field. Looks like they might have forgotten to do them earlier and found some diesel and a stray paint brush and painted them on as a quick fix.
Loved the creosote look.
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Get Todd off the field. Has the impact of soggy Weet-Bix. Pat T carrying on from rhe Bledisloe game. Big impact on defence.
@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Tonga:
Get Todd off the field. Has the impact of soggy Weet-Bix. Pat T carrying on from rhe Bledisloe game. Big impact on defence.
I swung wildly throughout on Todd. He'd get smashed on the carry then win a turnover 30seconds later.
Worthy of his spot but definitely behind Cane & Ardie.
