All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Barrett at 6 and Ennor at 23.
This coaching group are soft as butter.
Add Ofa starting to the puzzle queue
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Both Papalii AND PGS on bench. Does that mean they are looking to sub either Cane or Ardie?
@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Both Papalii AND PGS on bench. Does that mean they are looking to sub either Cane or Ardie?
You don't need a lock on the bench when you have a lock at 6.
It's like admitting one of them should be playing 6 without the balls to actually do it.
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Both Papalii AND PGS on bench. Does that mean they are looking to sub either Cane or Ardie?
@Crucial said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Both Papalii AND PGS on bench. Does that mean they are looking to sub either Cane or Ardie?
neither
both locks will get subbed and PGS will play there too
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Both Papalii AND PGS on bench. Does that mean they are looking to sub either Cane or Ardie?
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@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Crucial Cane gets subbed, Barrett shifts to lock.
which is actually a really fucking dumb way to manage your tight 5
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did the coaches watch the game last night and decide Ofa will be sweet, of has Ofa been keeping his powder dry at Super level scumming?
Barrett to 6, does that mean we will attack the lineo...oh right
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Barrett at 6 and Ennor at 23.
This coaching group are soft as butter.
S Barrett is top three as a lock, but way down the list as a six. Akira, Dalton, PGS, Cane even Savea would be better picks there - and that's just in the current squad.
Picking PGS on the bench instead of a Akira is also a joke (assuming AI isn't one of the Covid cases).
Hooker is also around the wrong way.
LF, QT are also pretty average picks - probably forced with the current injuries/illnesses.
At least they picked the right ten.
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@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Crucial Cane gets subbed, Barrett shifts to lock.
which is actually a really fucking dumb way to manage your tight 5
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Crucial Cane gets subbed, Barrett shifts to lock.
which is actually a really fucking dumb way to manage your tight 5
Agreed. Why replaced a tired lock with another?
I don't think it is Cane that will be subbed. Injuries aside I think the plan would be for PGS to replace Ardie as they want to see his go-forward from the base. Cane/DP will play the flanks SA style.
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looooooooooooooooool
get fucked
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
looooooooooooooooool
get fucked
A more accurate and concise summary than anything Stuff or the Herald will run today.
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There's two outstanding number 8s in the country that are both excellent lineout exponents. If you had either of them at 8 you wouldn't need to shoehorn in a lock at 6.
@KiwiMurph and they, like us will be watching the game.
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The press release, unsurprisingly, didn't include any great insight into the selection decisions, including opting for Scott Barrett at No 6 and leaving Dalton Papalii on the bench. There was simply a line from Foster regarding them taking into account managing players coming back from Super Rugby. Stuff reporter Marc Hinton is attending a press conference, however, and will have plenty to report throughout the day.
