All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
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@MN5 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
All those backs have fallen over and Tuivasa-Sheck still doesn’t get a go in the 23.
Not too worried about that call. I would've been surprised to see RTS before Test 3 (if at all in this series)
If QT gets injured JB will probably move to 12. So they needed a 13/wing more than a specialist 12 on the bench
@Duluth said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@MN5 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
All those backs have fallen over and Tuivasa-Sheck still doesn’t get a go in the 23.
Not too worried about that call. I would've been surprised to see RTS before Test 3 (if at all in this series)
If QT gets injured JB will probably move to 12. So they needed a 13/wing more than a specialist 12 on the bench
That's exactly it. A specialist 12 or winger wouldn't provide the cover needed based on who is starting.
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Scrum coach Greg Feek is the latest to contract Covid-19. Former ABs scrum guru Mike Cron will link up with the side tomorrow. As for head coach Ian Foster, all going well, he'll be out of isolation and at the game on Saturday night.
@Tim concerning thing about that, is I expect he has been working with the players this week (as I doubt he and Fozzie were rooming together at any point for them to be 'household contacts' and therefore he had already been isolating?) meaning there are likely to be other changes before k/o....
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Another update out of the All Blacks: Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax has joined the squad as injury cover for Nepo Laulala (sore neck).
@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Another update out of the All Blacks: Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax has joined the squad as injury cover for Nepo Laulala (sore neck).
Those clowns never fail to disappoint. Lomax lol.
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@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Another update out of the All Blacks: Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax has joined the squad as injury cover for Nepo Laulala (sore neck).
Those clowns never fail to disappoint. Lomax lol.
@akan004 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Another update out of the All Blacks: Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax has joined the squad as injury cover for Nepo Laulala (sore neck).
Those clowns never fail to disappoint. Lomax lol.
Hopefully all he does is hold a tackle bag.
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@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Another update out of the All Blacks: Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax has joined the squad as injury cover for Nepo Laulala (sore neck).
Those clowns never fail to disappoint. Lomax lol.
@akan004 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Another update out of the All Blacks: Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax has joined the squad as injury cover for Nepo Laulala (sore neck).
Those clowns never fail to disappoint. Lomax lol.
Who else is there with test experience? Owen Franks and ...?
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@akan004 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Another update out of the All Blacks: Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax has joined the squad as injury cover for Nepo Laulala (sore neck).
Those clowns never fail to disappoint. Lomax lol.
Who else is there with test experience? Owen Franks and ...?
@Stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@akan004 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Another update out of the All Blacks: Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax has joined the squad as injury cover for Nepo Laulala (sore neck).
Those clowns never fail to disappoint. Lomax lol.
Who else is there with test experience? Owen Franks and ...?
Experience counts for nothing when the player is shit. Take a punt and select someone new. Jager and Newell are much better TH props.
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@Stargazer said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@akan004 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Another update out of the All Blacks: Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax has joined the squad as injury cover for Nepo Laulala (sore neck).
Those clowns never fail to disappoint. Lomax lol.
Who else is there with test experience? Owen Franks and ...?
Experience counts for nothing when the player is shit. Take a punt and select someone new. Jager and Newell are much better TH props.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Tim said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Another update out of the All Blacks: Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax has joined the squad as injury cover for Nepo Laulala (sore neck).
Those clowns never fail to disappoint. Lomax lol.
Who else is there with test experience? Owen Franks and ...?
@Stargazer Ainsley has Test experience
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There’s a good core of experience in there - Taylor, Ofa, 2 locks, 3 Barrett’s, Cane, Ardie, Smith, Rieko - and I would say a fair amount of hunger to avenge for last years loss - in this starting lineup.
No doubt some forced changes, but what a test for LF and PGS to make a debut in! Congrats to them and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do.
@Duluth mentioned that 2012 Ireland tour and the names that made their debut in those tests - eg Retallick, Smith, etc - and they are still here and have had amazing careers. You never know eh.
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Ofa, Scott at 6 , LF, QT, the bench.... Have they revealed a game plan of trying to go through the Irish?
If that is the idea, wouldn't Vaai at 6 seem a better option? -
@Stargazer Ainsley has Test experience
@FakatavaAllBlack For the dark side.
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@Stargazer Ainsley has Test experience
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There’s a good core of experience in there - Taylor, Ofa, 2 locks, 3 Barrett’s, Cane, Ardie, Smith, Rieko - and I would say a fair amount of hunger to avenge for last years loss - in this starting lineup.
No doubt some forced changes, but what a test for LF and PGS to make a debut in! Congrats to them and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do.
@Duluth mentioned that 2012 Ireland tour and the names that made their debut in those tests - eg Retallick, Smith, etc - and they are still here and have had amazing careers. You never know eh.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
There’s a good core of experience in there - Taylor, Ofa, 2 locks, 3 Barrett’s, Cane, Ardie, Smith, Rieko - and I would say a fair amount of hunger to avenge for last years loss - in this starting lineup.
No doubt some forced changes, but what a test for LF and PGS to make a debut in! Congrats to them and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do.
@Duluth mentioned that 2012 Ireland tour and the names that made their debut in those tests - eg Retallick, Smith, etc - and they are still here and have had amazing careers. You never know eh.
your cheerful optimism sickens me
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Ofa, Scott at 6 , LF, QT, the bench.... Have they revealed a game plan of trying to go through the Irish?
If that is the idea, wouldn't Vaai at 6 seem a better option?@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Ofa, Scott at 6 , LF, QT, the bench.... Have they revealed a game plan of trying to go through the Irish?
If that is the idea, wouldn't Vaai at 6 seem a better option?Not to mention Taukei'aho would be better starting if that was the plan. In fact, I imagine most plans would work better with him starting
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
There’s a good core of experience in there - Taylor, Ofa, 2 locks, 3 Barrett’s, Cane, Ardie, Smith, Rieko - and I would say a fair amount of hunger to avenge for last years loss - in this starting lineup.
No doubt some forced changes, but what a test for LF and PGS to make a debut in! Congrats to them and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do.
@Duluth mentioned that 2012 Ireland tour and the names that made their debut in those tests - eg Retallick, Smith, etc - and they are still here and have had amazing careers. You never know eh.
your cheerful optimism sickens me
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
There’s a good core of experience in there - Taylor, Ofa, 2 locks, 3 Barrett’s, Cane, Ardie, Smith, Rieko - and I would say a fair amount of hunger to avenge for last years loss - in this starting lineup.
No doubt some forced changes, but what a test for LF and PGS to make a debut in! Congrats to them and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do.
@Duluth mentioned that 2012 Ireland tour and the names that made their debut in those tests - eg Retallick, Smith, etc - and they are still here and have had amazing careers. You never know eh.
your cheerful optimism sickens me
You go join the big argument about who the injury cover prop is then…
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
There’s a good core of experience in there - Taylor, Ofa, 2 locks, 3 Barrett’s, Cane, Ardie, Smith, Rieko - and I would say a fair amount of hunger to avenge for last years loss - in this starting lineup.
No doubt some forced changes, but what a test for LF and PGS to make a debut in! Congrats to them and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do.
@Duluth mentioned that 2012 Ireland tour and the names that made their debut in those tests - eg Retallick, Smith, etc - and they are still here and have had amazing careers. You never know eh.
your cheerful optimism sickens me
You go join the big argument about who the injury cover prop is then…
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
There’s a good core of experience in there - Taylor, Ofa, 2 locks, 3 Barrett’s, Cane, Ardie, Smith, Rieko - and I would say a fair amount of hunger to avenge for last years loss - in this starting lineup.
No doubt some forced changes, but what a test for LF and PGS to make a debut in! Congrats to them and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do.
@Duluth mentioned that 2012 Ireland tour and the names that made their debut in those tests - eg Retallick, Smith, etc - and they are still here and have had amazing careers. You never know eh.
your cheerful optimism sickens me
You go join the big argument about who the injury cover prop is then…
one fat guy looks like another fat guy to me. My interest starts at the number 4 (and the 2 when he is throwing lineouts)
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Forwards balance looks all wrong to me.. Hope one of the locks don't go down early while SB is in the bin...
Savea starting... I feel his best days at test level are behind him.. Good high energy impact in 2nd 40 who can cover loose fwds positions is his strength IMO...(he'll probably have a blinder now)
Surprised at SB at 6....
Is AI paying the price for the SR final perhaps (I know he had good stats... But still lacked impact) but I would have started him.. As he rarely goes quiet two games running..
It's almost like a win is bad for the ABs as it may imply Fossie knows what's doing
