Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11

[taniwharugby]

@sparky school holidays...won't get the message out through schools.

[Kirwan]

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

Lomu
Sivi
Rok
Savea
Ioane
Bridge

Bridge is the boring, safe selection I was worried about. And picking Savea at eight is the other obvious mistake (not even in the top three eights in the country)

Fozzie is trying not to lose, not actually win.

[Crucial]

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

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

Just reading the caketin isn't sold out, 5000 seats available, first time since 2012 (in wellington )
apparently, people still a bit cautious

Ticket prices look stupid when folks can go and watch the game at the pub for the price of a beer.

If there are any unsold seats, I hope they invite some Wellington school kids to attend for free.

I'd guess a few might get snapped up late but really it's a combo of cautiousness/uncertainty about crowds, time of year (lots of household garden type work to get through to tidy up after winter plus kids go back to school the next day and parents tend to feel like they need to get organised for that ) and cost (Adult and two kids is about $150 for crappy seats, plus food and drink at inflated prices)

[Snowy]

@mariner4life said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

welcome! welcome! welcome to Chiefs land, circa 2000s! i hope you all enjoy your stay
@Donsteppa i bet they all thought we were over-egging it then too

Just to go back to that:

We knew, we were just pleased about it.

Not so much now of course.

[Bovidae]

It must be a while since the ABs have started an all-white back three. Welcome to the 1980s.

[canefan]

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

It must be a while since the ABs have started an all-white back three. Welcome to the 1980s.

Kirwan Green Gallagher? Wright was reserve!

[Bovidae]

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

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

It must be a while since the ABs have started an all-white back three. Welcome to the 1980s.

Kirwan Green Gallagher? Wright was reserve!

That was the 1987 RWC back three. Wright replaced Green permanently in the starting XV from 1988.

I'm not sure when the most recent time was.

[canefan]

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

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

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

It must be a while since the ABs have started an all-white back three. Welcome to the 1980s.

Kirwan Green Gallagher? Wright was reserve!

That was the 1987 RWC back three. Wright replaced Green permanently in the starting XV from 1988.

I'm not sure when the most recent time was.

I'm thinking that might have been the last time

[MN5]

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

It must be a while since the ABs have started an all-white back three. Welcome to the 1980s.

Define 'white"......do Cullen, Ralph, Kahui, Jane etc count ?

[Siam]

@MN5 or Guildford. All of this talk is yucky. Has Reiko still got his hairdo? Might as well speculate it's the first time we've had a blonde midfield

[barbarian]

While I think the ABs will win comfortably, there's a real Wallaby feel to the AB XV: just picking the most talented blokes without much thought to the number on their back.

I really like Savea, Goodhue, Rieko and JB as players but it does look a bit odd seeing them picked where they have been. That said if it all clicks they could run up a cricket score.

[MN5]

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

@MN5 or Guildford. All of this talk is yucky. Has Reiko still got his hairdo? Might as well speculate it's the first time we've had a blonde midfield

Apparently there's no "safe" brown players or "explosive" white players.

[Siam]

@barbarian mate, I reckon I'd be feeling quite refreshed as a wallaby supporter.
A new broom and culture with fresh players keen to build something. Exciting rebuild ahead if you can just keep your rapacious fish head administrators at bay .

Process more important than outcome at this stage

It feels like you've got more to look forward to short term than us as we see if foster can truly be his own man

[NTA]

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

Gone are the days of going to the local pub, getting a beer, a bus to the game, ticket to the game and bus back to the pub all for $10.

You mean pounds right? Not dollars?

[NTA]

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

While I think the ABs will win comfortably, there's a real Wallaby feel to the AB XV: just picking the most talented blokes without much thought to the number on their back.

All this AB-fans-collectively-shit-their-pants-prior-to-smashing-us is amusing tho, eh?

[MN5]

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

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

While I think the ABs will win comfortably, there's a real Wallaby feel to the AB XV: just picking the most talented blokes without much thought to the number on their back.

All this AB-fans-collectively-shit-their-pants-prior-to-smashing-us is amusing tho, eh?

Just getting the scapegoats in nice and early so there's no surprises if the ABs do lose.

If anything it shows brilliant time management.

[Machpants]

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

While I think the ABs will win comfortably, there's a real Wallaby feel to the AB XV

Wallabies doing the same, playing an 8 in 6, for example. yes he's played there before but it is his debut.

[Bovidae]

@MN5 said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

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

It must be a while since the ABs have started an all-white back three. Welcome to the 1980s.

Define 'white"......do Cullen, Ralph, Kahui, Jane etc count ?

No. The last 3 played for the NZM. Pasty white Poms definitely count!

[MN5]

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

@MN5 said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

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

It must be a while since the ABs have started an all-white back three. Welcome to the 1980s.

Define 'white"......do Cullen, Ralph, Kahui, Jane etc count ?

No. The last 3 played for the NZM. Pasty white Poms definitely count!

Actually they all did.

[Machpants]

Fun fact, only two starters left from RWC quarters for Oz, their last match. Hooper and Koroibete (and 3 the on bench). ABs have 10 with 15 of the 23 quarter finals players still in tomorrow's 23.