All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test

[Machpants]

@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Can I hate the Irish team for their "soccer" antics and pressuring the ref?

They should be better than that. Begging for YCs is poor form

So who thinks the second test will be really close? I do

[Duluth]

@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Savea,Scott Barrett,Bower,ST all good with ball in hand
For me Papali'i needs to start.

So does Taukei'aho

[Chris]

@Duluth said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Savea,Scott Barrett,Bower,ST all good with ball in hand
For me Papali'i needs to start.

So does Taukei'aho

Yeah I wouldn't disagree with that either.

[canefan]

All those covid Crusaders will be back to add to the selection conundrum

[Chris]

@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

All those covid Crusaders will be back to add to the selection conundrum

Probably won't play everyone 3 weeks in a Row, maybe changes for test 2, probably for game 3 if we win the 2nd test.

[Machpants]

@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

It was pleasing to see some of our Forwards constantly getting over the advantage line big improvement there.

Savea,Scott Barrett,Bower,ST all good with ball in hand
For me Papali'i needs to start.

Sadly with cane as Captain that would leave us with 3 7s. And I think we will see that next week. But Hopefully dog roll and Sam as locks, Brodie was lacking impact

[Frye]

Bower was excellent. I think he's vastly underrated.

[African Monkey]

I get that Papalii is quality, but fuck Cane is criminally underrated. I thought he was his usual awesome self tonight, coming up with some big tackles and got through a lot of work on d, what more do people want from him? The guy is a beast at this level and we're very lucky to have him and Papalii to choose from.

[MiketheSnow]

@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Can I hate the Irish team for their "soccer" antics and pressuring the ref?

They should be better than that. Begging for YCs is poor form

So who thinks the second test will be really close? I do

Not me

Even bigger margin

[Machpants]

@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Can I hate the Irish team for their "soccer" antics and pressuring the ref?

They should be better than that. Begging for YCs is poor form

So who thinks the second test will be really close? I do

Not me

Even bigger margin

Not how it normally works, but I like your style

[Canerbry]

@gt12 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Would be hard to leave out Mo'unga on form, of course.

Especially based on Beauden tonight. BB had the service of a very good A Smith performance, but was pretty much anonymous except for stinking up his kicking game.

Also, did that Auckland pommy ginger Kirsty pass to Mo'unga once?

[Stargazer]

[No Quarter]

@Canerbry said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@gt12 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

Would be hard to leave out Mo'unga on form, of course.

Especially based on Beauden tonight. BB had the service of a very good A Smith performance, but was pretty much anonymous except for stinking up his kicking game.

Also, did that Auckland pommy ginger Kirsty pass to Mo'unga once?

Why do you think the coaches use Mo'unga that way? They subbed him on but used him as a second play maker while Beauden continued to run the ship. For me, if they sub Mo'unga on then it has to be for Beauden so he can run the ship but it doesn't look like they trust him to do that? Mo'unga is a fantastic SR player but it really doesn't look like the coaches think he has what it takes at test level right now

[akan004]

SB could be in trouble for this. Dumb.

https://twitter.com/gergilroy/status/1543156685770051584?t=7iZBzAoJn6_qNg-_xWpKAw&s=19

[Stag]

@African-Monkey 6 runs for 1 meter gained and 14 tackles is hardly earth shattering for an All Black 7 and captain.

[Stargazer]

@akan004 Only if there's direct head contact, but you can't see that on this clip.

[Machpants]

So no sexton for next test with 12 day stand down?

[Machpants]

@akan004 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

SB could be in trouble for this. Dumb.

https://twitter.com/gergilroy/status/1543156685770051584?t=7iZBzAoJn6_qNg-_xWpKAw&s=19

How about the attempted neck roll on big Karl before? All shit

[Victor Meldrew]

@Chris said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

@canefan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

All those covid Crusaders will be back to add to the selection conundrum

Probably won't play everyone 3 weeks in a Row, maybe changes for test 2, probably for game 3 if we win the 2nd test.

I'd expect minimal changes for the second Test unless injury forces them. Perhaps SB to lock and DP at 6. Maybe Caleb Clarke replacing LF - though that' d be tough on the latter.

Looking at how well QT & Reiko went tonight, I think Foster has to balance giving new players a run and building combinations at say, 6/7/8 and midfield.

[MiketheSnow]

@akan004 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:

SB could be in trouble for this. Dumb.

https://twitter.com/gergilroy/status/1543156685770051584?t=7iZBzAoJn6_qNg-_xWpKAw&s=19

Called it at the time

Think the ref was exhausted with the RI tackle replay not to have a look