All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider

antipodean

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@DaGrubster the soundbite I heard this morning is that 4th is the lowest we have ever been since the rankings have been a thing.

i bet no player knows this

Another fault of the coaches.

mariner4life

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@DaGrubster the soundbite I heard this morning is that 4th is the lowest we have ever been since the rankings have been a thing.

i bet no player knows this

Another fault of the coaches.

i hide my fuckups from the staff too...

canefan

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@DaGrubster the soundbite I heard this morning is that 4th is the lowest we have ever been since the rankings have been a thing.

i bet no player knows this

Another fault of the coaches.

i hide my fuckups from the staff too...

They must have shut off the players' wifi and data access then.....

antipodean

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@DaGrubster the soundbite I heard this morning is that 4th is the lowest we have ever been since the rankings have been a thing.

i bet no player knows this

Another fault of the coaches.

i hide my fuckups from the staff too...

They must have shut off the players' wifi and data access then.....

Google subjected to data rate restriction so Insta can get the attention it deserves.

Mattasaurus

Does anyone think Foster has lost the dressing room?
Or is he in the process of losing it...

MN5

@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

Does anyone think Foster has lost the dressing room?
Or is he in the process of losing it...

I’d have to go and get changed with the All Blacks to answer that unequivocally

taniwharugby

@antipodean well you can get a plan with Vodafone for unlimited social data use, but has limited data otherwise.

chimoaus

@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

Does anyone think Foster has lost the dressing room?
Or is he in the process of losing it...

I have wondered this for the last few years. The senior players would have all been under numerous coaches and would instantly know whether Fozzie is a goose or not.

There are a number of anonymous survey tools now, simply survey the playing group making sure it is anonymous to get accurate feedback. There is very heavy bias when speaking in public about someone's ability.

Kiwiwomble

@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

Does anyone think Foster has lost the dressing room?
Or is he in the process of losing it...

if on honest, there are probably enough guys in this squad that should have been dropped on pure form at least briefly over the last few years, they probably know they have foozie to thank for keeping them around

Nepia

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@canefan said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

@DaGrubster the soundbite I heard this morning is that 4th is the lowest we have ever been since the rankings have been a thing.

i bet no player knows this

Can't hear through their big headphones

gotta focus on Origin bro

i hear its pretty good...maybe we should watch that instead

Well the ABs and Ireland followed the origin script correctly - one team wins the first match, the other has a big win in the second, sets up the decider to be the greatest match in the history of the known multiverses.

Kiwiwomble

@Nepia all the NH and SH teams did!

nostrildamus

lowest world ranking ever?
At least the slide has been consistent.
I'm a bit cynical about world rankings but perhaps it is time the NZR coach appointment board fell on their pens? They didn't just appoint, they created a crap selection process, and reappointed!

canefan

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

lowest world ranking ever?
At least the slide has been consistent.
I'm a bit cynical about world rankings but perhaps it is time the NZR coach appointment board fell on their pens? They didn't just appoint, they created a crap selection process, and reappointed!

Jobs for the boys doesn't work anymore

Smudge

Any Wellingtonians still looking for tickets - 200 have been released on the tickets section of the All Blacks site this afternoon.

Dan54

@nostrildamus said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

lowest world ranking ever?
At least the slide has been consistent.
I'm a bit cynical about world rankings but perhaps it is time the NZR coach appointment board fell on their pens? They didn't just appoint, they created a crap selection process, and reappointed!

Has anyone seen the world rankings, there is about 1.3 points between France and NZ which is as big as gap between 1 & 2 often, so they a bit crazy, but if we want coaching appointment panel (that actually no longer exist as they on are a thing while ciaches are appointed) we in a crazy world.

kiwi_expat

Goodhue 12 Reiko 13, gonna be the world cup combo, Clarke 11 Jordan 14. ALB, Reece, TUJ to fight for 23 jersey.

DaGrubster

@taniwharugby

Yes it is. They were introduced in 2003

Grooter

@kiwi_expat said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

Goodhue 12 Reiko 13, gonna be the world cup combo, Clarke 11 Jordan 14. ALB, Reece, TUJ to fight for 23 jersey.

poor Rieko, the amount of times I've seen his name misspell through the years would be in the hundreds

Machpants

@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

If we lose , is it possible to move out of the top 4 rankings ?

Can you imagine that ? an allblack team not in the top 4 teams in the world .

Nah even if we lose we are 4, and we have never been 4 before. I fact for 85% of the time we have been 1. Basically fosters time is the only time we haven’t been top, outside of a few months here and there

pakman

We need to win this one.

Starters:

Front row -- Bower, Nepo if 100% (Ofa if not), Taylor (as much as anything for Chch cohesion)

Locks-- BBBR, Whitelock if fit (Vaai'i if not)

Loosies -- Sam, Scooter, Ardie

Nugget

Five eighths -- BB, Havili (because we need a kicking option)

Three quarters -- Three of Reece/Rioane/Goodhue/Jordan (case for Jack to settle defence down)

Jordie.

Bench:

Ofa (Nepo), Sami T, Karl T, Vaai'i/Aioane, Sotutu, Christie, Mo'unga, Goodhue/Reece

The Silver Fern

All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider