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Bones

@Bones but hes obviously not or at least not as comfortable as reece....

you seem to not want WJ on the wing...but also not want him anywhere else?

Or he's just not as good!

Nah, not really interested in him elsewhere unless required, if he can't perform on the wing. No idea what's going on with him, but he looks disinterested a lot of the time - that will be shown up tenfold at fullback.

KiwiMurph

@Chris said in Bledisloe 1:

Maybe Clarke should make way for Reece.
Clarke has been weak on defence and has made a few mistakes.Reece has a much higher work rate than Clarke who makes a couple of Runs in a game and not much else as far as work rate..

I think Clarke's power is a nice point of difference that we didn't have last year. With finally getting consistent footy he's showing improvement week on week.

Daffy Jaffy

Bones

Clarke and Jordan are going to absolutely smoke it this weekend.

Kiwiwomble

@Bones said in Bledisloe 1:

@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:

@Bones but hes obviously not or at least not as comfortable as reece....

you seem to not want WJ on the wing...but also not want him anywhere else?

Or he's just not as good!

Nah, not really interested in him elsewhere unless required, if he can't perform on the wing. No idea what's going on with him, but he looks disinterested a lot of the time - that will be shown up tenfold at fullback.

agreed, maybe he's not, but there has been plenty to suggest he might be a pretty good...so was just suggesting making sure before casting him aside

I disagree that wing is any easier than fullback where if your not good at one you cant be good at the other, theyre just different positions, we have already seen jordie look average at 14 but much more comfortable at 15

Chris

@Bones said in Bledisloe 1:

@Chris said in Bledisloe 1:

Maybe ~~Clarke~~ Jordan should make way for Reece.
~~Clarke~~ Jordan has been weak on defence and has made a few mistakes.Reece has a much higher work rate than ~~Clarke~~ Jordan who makes a couple of Runs in a game and not much else as far as work rate..

I know right

Shaky hand there ? you put the line through through the wrong player.

Chris

@Bones said in Bledisloe 1:

Clarke and Jordan are going to absolutely smoke it this weekend.

You know it :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Daffy Jaffy

Bones

@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:

I disagree that wing is any easier than fullback where if your not good at one you cant be good at the other, theyre just different positions, we have already seen jordie look average at 14 but much more comfortable at 15

Says the hooker :winking_face: to the contrary - we've already seen Jordan look comfortable on the wing. Maybe he needs a de Groot style kick up the arse?

Nevorian

@Bones said in Bledisloe 1:

Clarke and Jordan are going to absolutely smoke it this weekend.

I don’t care what they choose to do after their Thursday night rugby game as long as it’s 1-0 to the good guys in the Bledisloe

Bones

@Nevorian said in Bledisloe 1:

@Bones said in Bledisloe 1:

Clarke and Jordan are going to absolutely smoke it this weekend.

I don’t care what they choose to do after their Thursday night rugby game as long as it’s 1-0 to the good guys in the Bledisloe

it's a long weekend ok!

Bovidae

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe 1:

I think Clarke's power is a nice point of difference that we didn't have last year. With finally getting consistent footy he's showing improvement week on week.

Let's just hope his boots have longer sprigs this time.

Kiwiwomble

@Bones i dont actually disagree with anything you're saying...i just dont know why anyone would be SO against just seeing him in what i thought was generally accepted as his best position

Bones

@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:

@Bones i dont actually disagree with anything you're saying...i just dont know why anyone would be SO against just seeing him in what i thought was generally accepted as his best position

Because he's been lackadaisical and uncommitted and that would be exposed brutally at fullback against a side who see this as probably their best chance in 20 years to get a hand on the bledisloe and perhaps even a win at EP.

I don't know why anyone would be SO for taking such a risk.

You can't hide a shit fullback at fullback.

kiwiinmelb

I saw an interview with Fozzie a little while back , maybe a month ago , and he was questioned on Jordan at FB ,

And he said we are trying to get them to play sort of dual fullback roles regardless of their numbers , we like what Jordie Brings with his more defensive aspects , high ball , kicking game etc and we are trying to get Will involved in a roving role injecting himself into the play on attack .

Doesnt seem to be working

Kiwiwomble

@Bones said in Bledisloe 1:

@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:

@Bones i dont actually disagree with anything you're saying...i just dont know why anyone would be SO against just seeing him in what i thought was generally accepted as his best position

Because he's been lackadaisical and uncommitted and that would be exposed brutally at fullback against a side who see this as probably their best chance in 20 years to get a hand on the bledisloe and perhaps even a win at EP.

I don't know why anyone would be SO for taking such a risk.

You can't hide a shit fullback at fullback.

going to have to just leave this one then, i dont think hes a shit fullback so we're starting from very different places

Bones

@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:

@Bones said in Bledisloe 1:

@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe 1:

@Bones i dont actually disagree with anything you're saying...i just dont know why anyone would be SO against just seeing him in what i thought was generally accepted as his best position

Because he's been lackadaisical and uncommitted and that would be exposed brutally at fullback against a side who see this as probably their best chance in 20 years to get a hand on the bledisloe and perhaps even a win at EP.

I don't know why anyone would be SO for taking such a risk.

You can't hide a shit fullback at fullback.

going to have to just leave this one then, i dont think hes a shit fullback so we're starting from very different places

He's pretty good at super rugby.

So is Codie Taylor.

ploughboy

@game_film said in Bledisloe 1:

Looking forward to seeing Hoskins launch a 40m pass off his left for a try. Hope he goes well.

ill be more impressed if his defence and ball carrying is up to the required levels

taniwharugby

@kiwiinmelb we've run the dual fullback thing for many years now, could argue since Cully/Goldie.

But was probably Dagg/Jane that perfected it and upped the all round skills.

TheMojoman

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe 1:

https://i.ibb.co/TvKhNt0/wallabies-melb.png

This doesn't get much better for the All Blacks IF and it's a big IF we can actually string two good performances together.

Pack rejigged and no Tupou, backline even more rejigged with a new First Five, inexperienced centre pairing, Nick White on the bench. This is a walk-up if ever there was a walk-up.

We win this, takes the pressure off at Eden Park and allows us to play more of the squad players.

The Silver Fern

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