All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test
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@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Would like to see Cane at 6 - Paps at 7 - with Ardie at 8 combo. PGS some good go forward off the bench - is there any love left for Akira though?
Three 7s, sounds like a plan!
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Would like to see Cane at 6 - Paps at 7 - with Ardie at 8 combo. PGS some good go forward off the bench - is there any love left for Akira though?
Three 7s, sounds like a plan!
Two 6.5s and one 7.12.
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@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Would like to see Cane at 6 - Paps at 7 - with Ardie at 8 combo. PGS some good go forward off the bench - is there any love left for Akira though?
Three 7s, sounds like a plan!
Two 6.5s and one 7.12.
@Nepia said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
Would like to see Cane at 6 - Paps at 7 - with Ardie at 8 combo. PGS some good go forward off the bench - is there any love left for Akira though?
Three 7s, sounds like a plan!
Two 6.5s and one 7.12.
Has Sam played much at 6?
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@Old-Samurai-Jack Why did he put himself in that position though? 2 minutes to go, game in the bag, the Irish player moves his head ever so slightly the other way and it's direct contact. Unnecessary.
Agree about the whinging, they are worse than the saffas.
@akan004 Yeah, he has to watch himself (obviously cos of his history) but the number of "twitter short videos" that will be in circulation this week showing AB transgressions will correspond to the number of points scored against Ireland. They are a bunch of Karens.
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Yeah sure the Barrett clean out might not reach the red card threshold, but fuck what's the point in what he did? Beyond stupid, like his 3-4 dives over the ruck early in the game for absolutely zero result other than giving us shit ball and the ref a reason to penalise us. Someone needs to sit him down with these clips and ask him why, tell him to pull his head in.
Edit: without that shit it was a top notch locks game.
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And the Oscar for narcissism goes to:
https://twitter.com/jerryflannery/status/1543221272464719872?t=UAPWs1v7cwp6wYCrbQ4HPw&s=19
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@sparky not sure if serious...but this was a lovely retort.
https://twitter.com/Beggsy_7/status/1543255729641082881?t=LM4zTirEJeHqr0I5zidSjA&s=19
@Bones said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@sparky not sure if serious...but this was a lovely retort.
Liked this one as well.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
@sparky not sure if serious...but this was a lovely retort.
Liked this one as well.
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@Victor-Meldrew a lot of people taking it seriously!
@Bones yeah, that's what's funny about it.
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I am looking at this match with the expectation that we need to win by 20 plus. If we don't we have failed and our expectations have been lowered which is a dent to our so called "aura". If it is a tight game it is all on the coaching which I have been critical of since day one. Never approached at AB game with such an apathetic attitude. Thanks Foster and Co.
@broughie said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
I am looking at this match with the expectation that we need to win by 20 plus. If we don't we have failed and our expectations have been lowered which is a dent to our so called "aura". If it is a tight game it is all on the coaching which I have been critical of since day one. Never approached at AB game with such an apathetic attitude. Thanks Foster and Co.
23 enough?
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So if we win does that mean Fossies selections were good
@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
So if we win does that mean Fossies selections were good
Never admit it
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One of the best game analysis pieces I have seen in awhile from an Irish perspective. Shows some Dark arts by the ABs and how Park fucked up, it is well worth a read and watch The42: Analysis: 15 minutes where everything fell apart for Ireland.
https://www.the42.ie/ireland-new-zealand-analysis-5805877-Jul2022/ -
And now the All Blacks are Raeburn Shield holders top
https://twitter.com/RaeburnShield/status/1543209823357083654?t=Rnh33JqZiOQCEygx1c2nmQ&s=19
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@broughie said in All Blacks v Ireland - 1st Test:
I am looking at this match with the expectation that we need to win by 20 plus. If we don't we have failed and our expectations have been lowered which is a dent to our so called "aura". If it is a tight game it is all on the coaching which I have been critical of since day one. Never approached at AB game with such an apathetic attitude. Thanks Foster and Co.
23 enough?
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One of the best game analysis pieces I have seen in awhile from an Irish perspective. Shows some Dark arts by the ABs and how Park fucked up, it is well worth a read and watch The42: Analysis: 15 minutes where everything fell apart for Ireland.
https://www.the42.ie/ireland-new-zealand-analysis-5805877-Jul2022/@chimoaus I haven't seen the whole game only catching snippets at a function, but saw that scrum mentioned early in his peice...for me it was good from NZ but it looked more that Ireland overcomplicated and overcrowded that short side, which worked against whatever move they had, making it simple for us to defend.
On the pen on Ryan re Smith moving the ball, every single 9 does that, and is a bug bear of mine.
So often they will fuck around moving it into ideal passing or kicking position, have hands on it for seconds before passing it, often while organising a screen of blockers if they are kicking.
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A few lads with humble pie. Starting with me. The props were fine. Then the āArdie on the benchā and āPaps ahead of Caneā brigade. For this match at least you were wrong.
There were a few freak tries there and I donāt think Ireland are that far behind. They played to the end and they looked dangerous. Their best player was Henshaw.
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Can I hate the Irish team for their "soccer" antics and pressuring the ref?
@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?
I actually think it worked against them. They lost focus when the game was close early on with their captain sexton then POM just whinging.
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A few lads with humble pie. Starting with me. The props were fine. Then the āArdie on the benchā and āPaps ahead of Caneā brigade. For this match at least you were wrong.
There were a few freak tries there and I donāt think Ireland are that far behind. They played to the end and they looked dangerous. Their best player was Henshaw.
There were a few freak tries there and I donāt think Ireland are that far behind. They played to the end and they looked dangerous.
The big difference for me was the ABs looked way more composed and controlled. It's hard to pick a single NZ player who didn't play well overall and there were moments where individual players did something (e.g. Ofa's tackle of Furlong) which lifted the whole team.
Maybe not a new dawn but there was way, way less "headless chicken" stuff we've seen in the past - particularly when under pressure.
