Japan v All Blacks
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@Stargazer said in Japan v All Blacks:
Not sure whether this has already been posted:
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
Assistant Referee 1: Jordan Way (RA)
Assistant Referee 2: Graham Cooper (RA)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)This is the same Georgian referee who officiated the ABs first test v Argentina.
Nika? I’m sniffing a Georgian with Japanese heritage there. Very suss.
@Billy-Tell said in Japan v All Blacks:
@Stargazer said in Japan v All Blacks:
Not sure whether this has already been posted:
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
Assistant Referee 1: Jordan Way (RA)
Assistant Referee 2: Graham Cooper (RA)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)This is the same Georgian referee who officiated the ABs first test v Argentina.
Nika? I’m sniffing a Georgian with Japanese heritage there. Very suss.
WR seems determined to turn this guy into a ref. A pet project.
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@Billy-Tell said in Japan v All Blacks:
@Stargazer said in Japan v All Blacks:
Not sure whether this has already been posted:
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
Assistant Referee 1: Jordan Way (RA)
Assistant Referee 2: Graham Cooper (RA)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)This is the same Georgian referee who officiated the ABs first test v Argentina.
Nika? I’m sniffing a Georgian with Japanese heritage there. Very suss.
WR seems determined to turn this guy into a ref. A pet project.
@Crucial said in Japan v All Blacks:
@Billy-Tell said in Japan v All Blacks:
@Stargazer said in Japan v All Blacks:
Not sure whether this has already been posted:
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (GRU)
Assistant Referee 1: Jordan Way (RA)
Assistant Referee 2: Graham Cooper (RA)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)This is the same Georgian referee who officiated the ABs first test v Argentina.
Nika? I’m sniffing a Georgian with Japanese heritage there. Very suss.
WR seems determined to turn this guy into a ref. A pet project.
Is he Irish or South African next week?
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@Joans-Town-Jones said in Japan v All Blacks:
@sparky said in Japan v All Blacks:
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@antipodean said in Japan v All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in Japan v All Blacks:
30 mins after an AB team naming and only 5 posts about it...
Better side than I thought they'd name, the mid-field has potential, both ways!
We're going to leave a lot of points out there with Ennor as centre. I don't know why they persist with him there - he isn't a centre.
For someone who’s not a centre he’s started there a lot at test level. 100% of the time if I’m not mistaken.
Ennor was dreadful at Centre against Italy last year.
And 1-12, 14-15 were any better? It wasn't until DC came on we actually played some footy.
Edit: DC started I see but the team was complete shit not helped by a ref who turned his arse cheeks to the ABs.
The first 30 minutes or so were scrappy as you would expect with so many new players. But we won 47-9 - which is about the average points spread against Italy since we started playing them. So hardly a "compete shit" performance, esp. since Foster was giving plenty of rookies like Lord, Vaa'i, QT, De Groot & Lomax starts. It was Christie who really excelled in that match.
I wouldn't be surprised to see something similar against Japan. I'm happy with that if it gives the new guys experience and an opportunity for the likes of Sotutu to build combinations.
PS: Did you know that Foster's AB's broke the world record for the most Test tries and points scored in a calendar year in that match?
@Victor-Meldrew said in Japan v All Blacks:
@Joans-Town-Jones said in Japan v All Blacks:
@sparky said in Japan v All Blacks:
@MN5 said in Japan v All Blacks:
@antipodean said in Japan v All Blacks:
@taniwharugby said in Japan v All Blacks:
30 mins after an AB team naming and only 5 posts about it...
Better side than I thought they'd name, the mid-field has potential, both ways!
We're going to leave a lot of points out there with Ennor as centre. I don't know why they persist with him there - he isn't a centre.
For someone who’s not a centre he’s started there a lot at test level. 100% of the time if I’m not mistaken.
Ennor was dreadful at Centre against Italy last year.
And 1-12, 14-15 were any better? It wasn't until DC came on we actually played some footy.
Edit: DC started I see but the team was complete shit not helped by a ref who turned his arse cheeks to the ABs.
The first 30 minutes or so were scrappy as you would expect with so many new players. But we won 47-9 - which is about the average points spread against Italy since we started playing them. So hardly a "compete shit" performance, esp. since Foster was giving plenty of rookies like Lord, Vaa'i, QT, De Groot & Lomax starts. It was Christie who really excelled in that match.
I wouldn't be surprised to see something similar against Japan. I'm happy with that if it gives the new guys experience and an opportunity for the likes of Sotutu to build combinations.
PS: Did you know that Foster's AB's broke the world record for the most Test tries and points scored in a calendar year in that match?
It was nothing less than rancid.
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We should be fine but I have had a nagging feeling in the back of my mind all day that we are walking into an ambush with a makeshift team.
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@Damo And 65,000 fans in a big stadium. If it is a headless chook, classic Foster performance by the Blacks, it could be a long night.
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Japan v All Blacks:
@Damo And 65,000 fans in a big stadium. If it is a headless chook, classic Foster performance by the Blacks, it could be a long night.
A couple of cards by the crazy Georgian would make things more interesting
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@Machpants During NPC he had coloured his hair pink for that pink sock game. So I assume this was an attempt to get his normal hair colour back.
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Great tackle by Richie
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Loving this from Japan. Hope they give this a real shake.
