Australia v All Blacks - Bled I

[Tim]

TAB has the spread at 13.5 points.

[booboo]

@NTA said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

@booboo said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

@NTA said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

I've been in Backofuckingnowhere QLD for a week. How would I know?

Didn't see you.

Not that far from you actually. South Burnett to visit my mum after her surgery for a broken femur.

1. Broken femur, ouch. Hope she is OK. Wish her well.
2. What made me think your rural origins was SA?

[kiwiinmelb]

What time is the team named ?

[booboo]

@kiwiinmelb heard 11.45 NZT, but don't rely on that

[Dan54]

@booboo said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

@kiwiinmelb heard 11.45 NZT, but don't rely on that

According to Stuff it 11.30, which is earlier than usual (2pm?), but guess they want it before team gets on plane?

[ACT Crusader]

The first Bledisloe test of a RWC year have produced some interesting results:

2019 - big loss in Perth
2015 - loss in Sydney
2011 - win at EP
2007 - loss in Melbourne
2003 - big win in Sydney
1999 - win at EP
1995 - win at EP
1991 - loss in Sydney
1987 - win in Sydney

[sparky]

This game has banana skin written all over it.

[booboo]

@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

The first Bledisloe test of a RWC year have produced some interesting results:

2019 - big loss in Perth
2015 - loss in Sydney
2011 - win at EP
2007 - loss in Melbourne
2003 - big win in Sydney
1999 - win at EP
1995 - win at EP
1991 - loss in Sydney
1987 - win in Sydney

91 and 95 both post RWC

[taniwharugby]

@ACT-Crusader so the years we won the RWC, we have won 2 and lost 1...

[Victor Meldrew]

@sparky said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

This game has banana skin written all over it.

Yep. That's why it could be a big and key test. Someone above opined that Foster and co. see the shortened RC as a test run for the knock-out stages of RWC2023 and I think they may be right.

Win this one and we'll know the current upward path is a solid one

[Victor Meldrew]

@taniwharugby said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

@ACT-Crusader so the years we won the RWC, we have won 2 and lost 1...

All we need now is for Ritchie, DMac and BB to get injured and David Havilli to be slotted in at 10 and we'll be home and dry....

[TheMojoman]

The old saying “it’s the breakdown stupid”

No secret if you mess up AB’s ball at breakdown you force them out of their preferred game plan. Expect the Wallabies to mimic the Boks and flood breakdown with big bodies etc.

https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/how-breakdown-fury-can-boost-australias-odds-against-all-blacks/

[frugby]

My Guess of Ian Foster's All Blacks to play the Wallabies:

1. de Groot
2. Taylor
3. Lomax
4. Retallick
5. Whitelock
6. Frizell
7. Cane (I think he is fit??)
8. Savea
9. Smith
10. Mo'unga
11. Telea
12. J Barrett
13. ALB
14. Jordan
15. B Barrett
16. Taukei'aho
17. Williams
18. Newell (I think he is back, seemed to be training? If not will be Lord Nepo)
19. S Barrett
20. Papalii
21. Roigard
22. McLeod (Rumour was his parents were Aussie bound)
23. R Ioane

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/AllBlacks/status/1684343027664551936

[Stargazer]

@frugby said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

McLeod (Rumour was his parents were Aussie bound)
R Ioane

Both McLeod and RIoane on the bench doesn't make sense to me.

[frugby]

@Stargazer said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

@frugby said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

McLeod (Rumour was his parents were Aussie bound)
R Ioane

Both McLeod and RIoane on the bench doesn't make sense to me.

@Stargazer said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

@frugby said in Australia v All Blacks - Bled I:

McLeod (Rumour was his parents were Aussie bound)
R Ioane

Both McLeod and RIoane on the bench doesn't make sense to me.

Well the rumour is that McLeod's parents have flown over, and ALB has been doing media, so you'd expect both to be involved... can't see them leaving out Rieko, wouldn't be the worst idea to give him a trot on the wing, as there is a fair chance he is used as cover there at the Big WC Games in an injury crisis...

Back reserves will be:
21. Christe/Roigard
22. ALB
23. ?

[frugby]

I'll also add, wouldn't be stunned to see a team that is why different to the one which trotted out by South Africa... a bit of an alternative lineup if they want to test people out:

1. Tu'ungafasi
2. Taukei'aho
3. Laulala
4. Retallick
5. Whitelock
6. Barrett
7. Savea
8. Jacobson
9. Roigard
10. Mo'unga
11. Clarke
12. ALB
13. Ioane
14. Telea
15. Jordan
16. Coles
17. de Groot
18. Lomax
19. Finau
20. Papalii
21. Smith
22. B Barrett
23. J Barrett

[Stargazer]

https://wallabies.rugby/news/gordon-earns-first-start-in-wallaby-gold-for-bledisloe-one-at-mcg-2023726

[Unite]

@frugby

Ioane Should be 13.

[Bovidae]

Assuming a win here, I would expect changes for the Dunedin test. Some players need to be tried in other positions (e.g., BB at 1st 5), and others given an opportunity.