All Blacks vs Scotland

[Bones]

@Mr-Fish Ioane to the bench, I can't see them starting him at wing.

[MajorPom]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

Congratulations @Frank on the nuffiest thread in Fern history

Wrong opposition. Wrong players.

It's absolute peak nuffie. Top ferning

Wtf does Nuffie mean?

You have more upvotes than I get in a year, so I suspect I’m on my own here in the dark

[MajorPom]

@TeWaio said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Frank I, for one, am glad we have a really early thread for this one having nabbed some tickets for it. Have never been to Murrayfield before, taking the wife and leaving the kids with her parents.

It’s an awesome place to visit.

Hope it doesn’t suffer from Sun avo flatness like yesterdays game.

If only the Frogs were playing so it was a party of English hatred eh Crucial!

[Bones]

@MajorRage said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

Congratulations @Frank on the nuffiest thread in Fern history

Wrong opposition. Wrong players.

It's absolute peak nuffie. Top ferning

Wtf does Nuffie mean?

You have more upvotes than I get in a year, so I suspect I’m on my own here in the dark

[Mr Fish]

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Mr-Fish Ioane to the bench, I can't see them starting him at wing.

I suspect that's where he's going to be in the first-choice line-up come World Cup time - might as well trial the axis of the backline against Scotland.

[Stargazer]

@ARHS said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

Havili and ALB to start in midfield?

That wouldn't surprise me at all after reading that NZH article that Tim posted.

[NTA]

ABs by a million under Glorious Leader Foz

[mariner4life]

@MajorRage said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

Congratulations @Frank on the nuffiest thread in Fern history

Wrong opposition. Wrong players.

It's absolute peak nuffie. Top ferning

Wtf does Nuffie mean?

You have more upvotes than I get in a year, so I suspect I’m on my own here in the dark

In Aus it's a term used for the stupidest of sports fans

The real fucking love their team but have fucking no clue fans. Often obsessed.

[Bones]

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Mr-Fish Ioane to the bench, I can't see them starting him at wing.

I suspect that's where he's going to be in the first-choice line-up come World Cup time - might as well trial the axis of the backline against Scotland.

I'd be extremely surprised if he isn't starting at 13 against England, so they'll probably look to rest him rather than give him another start.

[Chris]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@MajorRage said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

Congratulations @Frank on the nuffiest thread in Fern history

Wrong opposition. Wrong players.

It's absolute peak nuffie. Top ferning

Wtf does Nuffie mean?

You have more upvotes than I get in a year, so I suspect I’m on my own here in the dark

In Aus it's a term used for the stupidest of sports fans

The real fucking love their team but have fucking no clue fans. Often obsessed.

It also used in Australia to call someone who hasn’t achieved anything in playing or coaching,but have a massive opinion on that sport.
It’s used by rep players and coaches about wannabes.
Nuffie they have achieved nothing in the sport but tell everyone how to achieve higher.

[Frank]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

In Aus it's a term used for the stupidest of sports fans
The real fucking love their team but have fucking no clue fans. Often obsessed.

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@MajorRage said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

Congratulations @Frank on the nuffiest thread in Fern history

Wrong opposition. Wrong players.

It's absolute peak nuffie. Top ferning

Wtf does Nuffie mean?

You have more upvotes than I get in a year, so I suspect I’m on my own here in the dark

In Aus it's a term used for the stupidest of sports fans

The real fucking love their team but have fucking no clue fans. Often obsessed.

It also used in Australia to call someone who hasn’t achieved anything in playing or coaching,but have a massive opinion on that sport.
It’s used by rep players and coaches about wannabes.
Nuffie they have achieved nothing in the sport but tell everyone how to achieve higher.

These are all excellent descriptions of myself.

[MajorPom]

@Chris said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@MajorRage said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

Congratulations @Frank on the nuffiest thread in Fern history

Wrong opposition. Wrong players.

It's absolute peak nuffie. Top ferning

Wtf does Nuffie mean?

You have more upvotes than I get in a year, so I suspect I’m on my own here in the dark

In Aus it's a term used for the stupidest of sports fans

The real fucking love their team but have fucking no clue fans. Often obsessed.

It also used in Australia to call someone who hasn’t achieved anything in playing or coaching,but have a massive opinion on that sport.
It’s used by rep players and coaches about wannabes.
Nuffie they have achieved nothing in the sport but tell everyone how to achieve higher.

Think the fern might need a rename ...

[Mr Fish]

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Mr-Fish Ioane to the bench, I can't see them starting him at wing.

I suspect that's where he's going to be in the first-choice line-up come World Cup time - might as well trial the axis of the backline against Scotland.

I'd be extremely surprised if he isn't starting at 13 against England, so they'll probably look to rest him rather than give him another start.

He's only played one game on this tour, I don't think he needs a rest just yet.

[Bones]

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Mr-Fish Ioane to the bench, I can't see them starting him at wing.

I suspect that's where he's going to be in the first-choice line-up come World Cup time - might as well trial the axis of the backline against Scotland.

I'd be extremely surprised if he isn't starting at 13 against England, so they'll probably look to rest him rather than give him another start.

He's only played one game on this tour, I don't think he needs a rest just yet.

Agree but if he's not starting at centre, I highly doubt he'll start on the wing.

Happy to be Mr Omelette again though.

[canefan]

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@Mr-Fish Ioane to the bench, I can't see them starting him at wing.

I suspect that's where he's going to be in the first-choice line-up come World Cup time - might as well trial the axis of the backline against Scotland.

I'd be extremely surprised if he isn't starting at 13 against England, so they'll probably look to rest him rather than give him another start.

He's only played one game on this tour, I don't think he needs a rest just yet.

No reason why JB and RI couldn't play all 3 games. Unless Fozz wants others to get game time as well

[taniwharugby]

@canefan for players like them it becomes more mental fatigue with the intensity levels rather than the physical side of it, in my opinion of course.

[canefan]

@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Scotland:

@canefan for players like them it becomes more mental fatigue with the intensity levels rather than the physical side of it, in my opinion of course.

Yup.

[Frye]

I expect them to rotate for Scotland. It's an opportunity to give squad players a chance to get more test experience in case they're called upon next year. But I understand the sentiment around Perofeta, Ennor et al. I can't say I really want to watch them play much either, but then that's probably an issue with original squad selections. In hindsight (or not) I doubt anyone thinks Perofeta has a higher ceiling than Zarn Sullivan for example.

Then there is also England. A 6 day turnaround isn't ideal. So giving a few key players a lighter workload this weekend is a good idea if the coaches want the best possible performance out of the team at Twickenham. And the last time they played each other was the World Cup, where the ABs got flogged. I'm keen for a statement performance.

[sparky]

I'd pick

1. De Grott 2.Taylor 3. Ofa T 4. Vaii 5. Whitelock 6. A.Ioane 7 Papali'i 8. Sotutu 9. Weber 10. Mounga 11. C.Clarke 12. J. Barrett 13. ALB. 14. Reece 15. BB

Bench Aumua, Bower, Laulala, S. Barrett, Frizzell, TJP, Havaii, Telea.

Sami T, Lomax,Ardie Savea, Aaron Smith and Reiko Ioane get the week off so they're good to go against England

[sparky]

Perofeta and Ennor simply aren't All Black quality players in my opinion.