Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October
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@Crucial said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@Tim said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
The Sydney job is perfect for Sam Whitelock, who was ruled out of the Auckland match because of concussion.
The word is that the vastly experienced Whitelock is fit for this one. Excellent. It gives Rennie and co something more to worry about.
It's only Knowler, but hopefully this is true.
"The latter (Jordie) may lack top-end speed when compared to other test wings, but his height will prove advantageous if the Aussies go for a high kicking game through halfback Nic White"
I am sick of hearing about how great Jordie's height will be against a kicking game. White had a great kicking game in Welly. How many did Jordie catch?
I banged that drum as an advantage he possessed, then we kicked high to his wing about as often as he made 55m penalties
@voodoo said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
I banged that drum as an advantage he possessed, then we kicked high to his wing about as often as he made 55m penalties
Fozzie's keeping his powder dry.
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@Bones said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@chimoaus pretty sure Clarke is as tall as Bridge, if not taller!
Caleb might be borrowing Ardie's box to stand on for those official stats. Apparently he's a centimetre taller than Will Jordan!
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@Bones said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@chimoaus pretty sure Clarke is as tall as Bridge, if not taller!
Caleb might be borrowing Ardie's box to stand on for those official stats. Apparently he's a centimetre taller than Will Jordan!
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@Chris-B more red lines and green circles please.
Really, I just find it odd lumping him in the same box as Reece....
@Bones Can't do lines and circles - but, there's a series of those new AB photos with Caleb and Will standing next to one another.
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@Bones Can't do lines and circles - but, there's a series of those new AB photos with Caleb and Will standing next to one another.
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@chimoaus Jordan's a lock by Hurricanes standards.
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@Bones said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@chimoaus pretty sure Clarke is as tall as Bridge, if not taller!
Caleb might be borrowing Ardie's box to stand on for those official stats. Apparently he's a centimetre taller than Will Jordan!
@Chris-B said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Caleb might be borrowing Ardie's box to stand on for those official stats. Apparently he's a centimetre taller than Will Jordan!
1.84 m looks to be more accurate.
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@Bones said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@chimoaus pretty sure Clarke is as tall as Bridge, if not taller!
Caleb might be borrowing Ardie's box to stand on for those official stats. Apparently he's a centimetre taller than Will Jordan!
@Chris-B said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@Bones said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@chimoaus pretty sure Clarke is as tall as Bridge, if not taller!
Caleb might be borrowing Ardie's box to stand on for those official stats. Apparently he's a centimetre taller than Will Jordan!
I remember when that photo first dropped and my immediate reaction was, “Sotutu’s not that big”
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@Chris-B said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@Bones said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@chimoaus pretty sure Clarke is as tall as Bridge, if not taller!
Caleb might be borrowing Ardie's box to stand on for those official stats. Apparently he's a centimetre taller than Will Jordan!
I remember when that photo first dropped and my immediate reaction was, “Sotutu’s not that big”
@ACT-Crusader definitely someone who "plays above his weight". He's never looked imposing but his ability to power through tackles or into tackles is impressive.
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Ok now I am confused in one photo Sotutu looks shorter than Jordan, in the last one he looks taller. Short photographer for the former one?
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Height in the backline: more important at fullback than wing? Did not seem to be important in Bled I.
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If Clarke is 1.84, Jordan is 1.88 and Sotutu 1.92 that photo looks about right.
@nostrildamus said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
If Clarke is 1.84, Jordan is 1.88 and Sotutu 1.92 that photo looks about right.
Yep - though Clarke is listed widely on the interweb at 1.89.
Height can be useful.
Ask Mitch Hunt about the end of the North South match.
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@nostrildamus said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
If Clarke is 1.84, Jordan is 1.88 and Sotutu 1.92 that photo looks about right.
Yep - though Clarke is listed widely on the interweb at 1.89.
Height can be useful.
Ask Mitch Hunt about the end of the North South match.
@Chris-B said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@nostrildamus said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
If Clarke is 1.84, Jordan is 1.88 and Sotutu 1.92 that photo looks about right.
Yep - though Clarke is listed widely on the interweb at 1.89.
Height can be useful.
Ask Mitch Hunt about the end of the North South match.
For defusing cross field kicks on the goal line, yes, would rather have the giraffe there than DMac.
I think the original comment was about catching bombs though.
We shouldnt be getting into situations where Oz have the time and space to do cross field kicks.
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picking someone to cover situations that might happen once or twice in a game and ignoring more basic winger attributes is just silly
and Hunt was on at 15 wasn't he....so shouldn't Jordie be at 15 to cover those kicks?
the more i think about it the more i think the selectors are just afraid of not playing BB and and then getting blasted for not fielding "world players of the year BB" if they dont play well, without forcing BB into the starting 15 things become a bit more simple
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picking someone to cover situations that might happen once or twice in a game and ignoring more basic winger attributes is just silly
and Hunt was on at 15 wasn't he....so shouldn't Jordie be at 15 to cover those kicks?
the more i think about it the more i think the selectors are just afraid of not playing BB and and then getting blasted for not fielding "world players of the year BB" if they dont play well, without forcing BB into the starting 15 things become a bit more simple
@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
picking someone to cover situations that might happen once or twice in a game and ignoring more basic winger attributes is just silly
and Hunt was on at 15 wasn't he....so shouldn't Jordie be at 15 to cover those kicks?
the more i think about it the more i think the selectors are just afraid of not playing BB and and then getting blasted for not fielding "world players of the year BB" if they dont play well, without forcing BB into the starting 15 things become a bit more simple
BB showed in the last test he has to start, took a lot of the workload off of Ritchie and his pace creates opportunities.
If JB isn't goalkicking he shouldn't be starting, so I'd replace him with Rieko. Reese is a liability on defence, so I wouldn't pick him.
