Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11

[nzzp]

@Tim both kickoffs now 4pm; they changed the time (not sure why)

[Bovidae]

Apparently, that 30 mins makes a big difference to Aussie TV audience.

[KiwiMurph]

Juicy odds for the Wallabies.

[nzzp]

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Juicy odds for the Wallabies.

I think so - first outing for new combinations, new coaches, disrupted buildup - we could be ripe for the plucking.

[Tim]

@nzzp Oz has no test locks, just promising youngsters.

[canefan]

@nzzp said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Juicy odds for the Wallabies.

I think so - first outing for new combinations, new coaches, disrupted buildup - we could be ripe for the plucking.

Or be well up for it. Is it the first game for the oz as well?

[Kruse]

Got my ticket a couple of hours back.
Hoping for a great game to wash the taste of my last live rugby from memory. Fucking fuck Yokohama bullshit fluffybunny pommy twats.

[KiwiMurph]

Interesting note - Deans and Cheika both won their first Bledisloe games as coach of Aus.

[canefan]

@Kruse said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Got my ticket a couple of hours back.
Hoping for a great game to wash the taste of my last live rugby from memory. Fucking fuck Yokohama bullshit fluffybunny pommy twats.

Yeah that wasn't what we had in mind....

[Kruse]

@canefan said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@Kruse said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Got my ticket a couple of hours back.
Hoping for a great game to wash the taste of my last live rugby from memory. Fucking fuck Yokohama bullshit fluffybunny pommy twats.

Yeah that wasn't what we had in mind....

I nearly mentioned you in that post... to say thank you VERY much for that ticket (sarcasm emoji).
Bastard.
(but seriously, cheers, even if the game turned out to be shite).

[canefan]

@Kruse said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@canefan said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@Kruse said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Got my ticket a couple of hours back.
Hoping for a great game to wash the taste of my last live rugby from memory. Fucking fuck Yokohama bullshit fluffybunny pommy twats.

Yeah that wasn't what we had in mind....

I nearly mentioned you in that post... to say thank you VERY much for that ticket (sarcasm emoji).
Bastard.
(but seriously, cheers, even if the game turned out to be shite).

Haha. Yeah, me and the boys spent a fair amount of cash on that trip. Turned out that our team performed about as well as our 5 man haka in front of a bunch of Sony corporate guys in Golden Gai the next night

[Smudge]

@Kruse said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Got my ticket a couple of hours back.
Hoping for a great game to wash the taste of my last live rugby from memory. Fucking fuck Yokohama bullshit fluffybunny pommy twats.

Couple of mates are heavy advertisers with NZME, so have got free tickets for the game, including a spare for me - happy days.

[Kruse]

@Smudge said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@Kruse said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Got my ticket a couple of hours back.
Hoping for a great game to wash the taste of my last live rugby from memory. Fucking fuck Yokohama bullshit fluffybunny pommy twats.

Couple of mates are heavy advertisers with NZME, so have got free tickets for the game, including a spare for me - happy days.

My last job - in London, I asked in the interview whether the company had a box at Twickenham (as a half-joke, and a mate had dared me to). The answer was no, but they had heavy sponsorship of Wimbledon, Arsenal, various art galleries, etc - all the useless shit.

I completely forgot to ask about the Caketin in the job I just started. Unfortunately, I'm guessing the only similar thing these fluffybunnies might do is something to do with the America's Cup.

[taniwharugby]

@Kruse My boss in the UK didn't have a corporate box but had season tickets in great spots for both Twickers and Lords, unfortunately my visits to Twickers were all sad affairs...

[barbarian]

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Interesting note - Deans and Cheika both won their first Bledisloe games as coach of Aus.

Both of those games were in Australia though, it's worth pointing out.

The odds are juicy for a reason. We've had a similar post-RWC turnover of key positions and coaches. Ours may prove more beneficial in the long run, but we're very much at square one of a 3-4 year process.

Expect to see a few inexperienced youngsters thrown in the deep end, a few new faces and combinations that may still be a year or two away. Guys like Noah Lolesio, Harry Wilson, Irae Simone, Filipo Daugunu.

We won't win, and supporters have their expectations suitably low. What we want to see is attitude - work ethic, enthusiasm, mongrel. It may lack polish (which will see us lose in the end), but at least if the attitude is there we will be happy. Or, as happy as you can be when you lose to NZ.

[Bones]

@barbarian Dave Rennie.

[MajorPom]

Those odds are well worth a punt on Aussie. Messed up year, and a very young team which will be fearless.

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/AllBlacks/status/1311810544647589889

[shark]

I hate the 4pm Sunday kick off times. Such a fucken shit time for people with young kids. Alternative is to watch at a bar with mates and be hungover at work to start the week.

Grumpy.

[MN5]

@shark said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

I hate the 4pm Sunday kick off times. Such a fucken shit time for people with young kids. Alternative is to watch at a bar with mates and be hungover at work to start the week.

Grumpy.

You must be a terrible drinker if a 90 minute session is enough to get you hungover the next day.

I think Sunday avo is an outstanding time particularly in the warmer more bbq friendly months.