Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October

[Derpus]

@Crucial Based on SRAu Simone and Petaia are our best two centres. Both pretty green, though.

[Derpus]

@kiwiinmelb They were each the best players in their position out of the five teams - but given they are all so young/inexperienced i can see why we havent seen much from them yet.

[Crucial]

@Derpus said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

@Crucial Based on SRAu Simone and Petaia are our best two centres. Both pretty green, though.

Apart from 'Simone and Petaia' sounding like characters from a revamped Lion King, I was thinking more about test experience including the bench. All green. Experience counts when legs get tired.

[kiwiinmelb]

@Derpus said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

@kiwiinmelb They were each the best players in their position out of the five teams - but given they are all so young/inexperienced i can see why we havent seen much from them yet.

Sounds like a big call to throw all 3 in at once

[Derpus]

@Crucial of course. I think we have next to no chance of winning.

But, next gen is far better than the one that preceded it, two years out from a world cup and they need to start at some point. Given injuries may as well be now.

[akan004]

@Crucial said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

@Derpus said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

@Crucial Based on SRAu Simone and Petaia are our best two centres. Both pretty green, though.

Apart from 'Simone and Petaia' sounding like characters from a revamped Lion King, I was thinking more about test experience including the bench. All green. Experience counts when legs get tired.

Simone played alongside Goodhue at MAGS. Apparently grew up supporting the Wallabies over the ABs. What a fluffybunny.

[Derpus]

@akan004 bit like those absolute knob jockeys who have spent every second of their lives living in Aus but support the ABs because their great grandad was a kiwi or some fucken nonse (see also NSWeslhmen supporting Queensland)

[Bovidae]

Good on Rennie for selecting youth. I suppose he could have chosen a "safe" option at 12 in Hodge to add some experience.

[KiwiMurph]

@Bovidae said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

Good on Rennie for selecting youth. I suppose he could have chosen a "safe" option at 12 in Hodge to add some experience.

And that would have been a mistake. Simone-Petaia is the right call. Lolesio-Simone have their combination from Super Rugby Au and Petaia is their long term 13.

[Kiwiwomble]

selecting young might not win this game but t might go some way (depending on how well they play of course) towards a better future

[Crucial]

@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

selecting young might not win this game but t might go some way (depending on how well they play of course) towards a better future

Yep. Rennie doesn't have a lot of options here so may as well try and make something out of it for the future.
He might cop a bit though if we make regular inroads through the middle. I'm sure he will be accused of trading another year without the Bled for a future combination.

[Machpants]

Yeah with first year coach, covid, injuries, and also a first up draw - Rennie has a free pass. Might as well make the most of it for the long term, he's there in 2023

[nostrildamus]

@akan004 I'd be kind of excited actually.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Crucial i'd hope he'd have the nuts to say the old guys hadn't won it since 2003 IIRC....so playing them wouldn't exactly increase the chances much

[Crucial]

@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

@Crucial i'd hope he'd have the nuts to say the old guys hadn't won it since 2003 IIRC....so playing them wouldn't exactly increase the chances much

and yet Rob Simmons is still hanging around....

[nostrildamus]

@akan004 said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

@Crucial said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

@Derpus said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

@Crucial Based on SRAu Simone and Petaia are our best two centres. Both pretty green, though.

Apart from 'Simone and Petaia' sounding like characters from a revamped Lion King, I was thinking more about test experience including the bench. All green. Experience counts when legs get tired.

Simone played alongside Goodhue at MAGS. Apparently grew up supporting the Wallabies over the ABs. What a fluffybunny.

Treason. Time to strike MAGS off the schools register. Plus their electorate only elects socialists (since 1946) and they don't loan out their farm animals.

[Tim]

Is that 9 Blues and 5 Crusaders? Honestly never thought I'd see the day. Better win!

[Crucial]

@Tim said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

Is that 9 Blues and 5 Crusaders? Honestly never thought I'd see the day. Better win!

Isn't there some bullshit saying about when Auckland rugby is strong?

[Tim]

@Crucial Well ideally (holds nose) both are strong, but it's perhaps been the Hurricanes who have been an underrated strength in the Henry/Hansen eras.

[bayimports]

@kiwiinmelb said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

@bayimports said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:

@mariner4life green but no fear, perhaps also the reasoning for us to pick our bench the way we did

I know little about them having not watched much of the aussie comp this year .

Are they any good ?

I think the comments already seem fair. They are talented from what I saw, but we have all seen youngsters play at the top level, sometimes they step up naturally, sometimes they need more time. I think they will bring a lot of confidence and wont be overawed by the situation initially. The question for me, will be can they maintain that composure if the scoreboard doesn't go their way. Wait and see I guess