All Blacks vs Springboks II

antipodean

@crucial said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

      Joe Moody  (53)
      Codie Taylor  (63)
      Nepo Laulala  (36)
      Brodie Retallick  (88)
      Scott Barrett  (47)
      Akira Ioane  (9)
      Ardie Savea  (55) – captain
      Luke Jacobson  (9)
      Brad Weber  (13)
    Beauden Barrett  (97)
    Rieko Ioane  (43)
    David Havili  (10)
    Anton Lienert-Brown  (52)
    Sevu Reece  (13)
    Jordie Barrett  (31)
RESERVES
16. Asafo Aumua (3)
17. George Bower (7)
18. Ofa Tuungafasi (41)
19. Patrick Tuipulotu (40)
20. Ethan Blackadder (6)
21. TJ Perenara (74)
22. Richie Mo’unga (26)
23. Damian McKenzie (36)

Thank fuck -it looks like they're selecting based on form. Samisoni must be injured.

Nepia

Only one selection in that team annoys me. Am I a Fozzie fan now?

Bovidae

That's the starting forward pack I thought would be selected. No real wing cover on the bench so DMac would move there again.

mariner4life

never, ever thought i would see the day where Brad Weber was selected to start for the ABs in a tier 1 test and people would be stoked.

Old Mate Starry will tell me, but i assume Jordan is still hurt?

Hooroo

@nepia said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Only one selection in that team annoys me. Am I a Fozzie fan now?

Which one?

Crucial

Rotation at hooker but not at reserve lock. Loosies as predicted.
Going with the best midfield and hoping that fixes things there.
Looks like a change in tactics and a back three that is going to try and run the kicks back.

Nepia

@hooroo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@nepia said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Only one selection in that team annoys me. Am I a Fozzie fan now?

Which one?

I thought that would be obvious - Reece.

Canes4life

Can't argue with that team.

Hooroo

@nepia said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@hooroo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@nepia said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Only one selection in that team annoys me. Am I a Fozzie fan now?

Which one?

I thought that would be obvious - Reece.

Nah I didn't pick up on that. Thought it may have been BB at first 5

Tim

Thought Tupaea might be on bench, but Rieko covers midfield.

Looking forward to seeing Jacobson play.

Kirwan

Hopefully Taylor sorts out his throwing, that had a huge impact on what we could do last week. We were forced to keep throwing at 2

Stargazer

@crucial Close to the squad I hoped for, knowing that some selections (Ardie starting, for example) are a given.

Weber starting instead of TJP
Mo'unga back in the 23
Rioane to 11
DH and ALB midfield
Blackadder retained in 23

Only surprise is maybe Jordan being dropped, but Reece is a good replacement. I would have picked Jordan instead of Dmac in the 23, now that RM is back.

Nepia

@hooroo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@nepia said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@hooroo said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@nepia said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Only one selection in that team annoys me. Am I a Fozzie fan now?

Which one?

I thought that would be obvious - Reece.

Nah I didn't pick up on that. Thought it may have been BB at first 5

I’m not really in either of the BB or Mo camps so wouldn’t mind which of the two were selected.

Crucial

@stargazer said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@crucial Close to the squad I hoped for, knowing that some selections (Ardie starting, for example) are a given.

Weber starting instead of TJP
Mo'unga back in the 23
Rioane to 11
DH and ALB midfield
Blackadder retained in 23

Only surprise is maybe Jordan being dropped, but Reece is a good replacement. I would have picked Jordan instead of Dmac in the 23, now that RM is back.

Which is what makes me think a tactical change (or the the other 2 didn't follow the plan)
Jordan doesn't counter attack. He waits for others to doit then follows up. Bridge tries but as he is unable to beat a man is ineffective.
That bok chase line comes up fast and committed. Break through from a kick and it will be all on.

Tim

Taukei'aho injured?

Crucial

@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Hopefully Taylor sorts out his throwing, that had a huge impact on what we could do last week. We were forced to keep throwing at 2

That was the boks doing more than Taylors throwing IMO.

Crucial

@tim said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Taukei'aho injured?

No sign of comment from Fozzie yet.

Chris

@crucial said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Hopefully Taylor sorts out his throwing, that had a huge impact on what we could do last week. We were forced to keep throwing at 2

That was the boks doing more than Taylors throwing IMO.

Yep for sure same happened to the Wallabies v Boks, they had to revert to using 2 in their line outs.

Kirwan

@crucial said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

@kirwan said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:

Hopefully Taylor sorts out his throwing, that had a huge impact on what we could do last week. We were forced to keep throwing at 2

That was the boks doing more than Taylors throwing IMO.

Well I remember one going to the back with Akira being lifted where it hit him in the stomach. How did the boks force that?

Whenever it went long it was off target.

Kiwiwomble

another with only one question mark

I would have Dmac and richie on the bench, id rather have someone a bit bigger, but thats splitting hairs

The Silver Fern

All Blacks vs Springboks II