Australia v All Blacks - Bled I

[akan004]

Is that starting Wallabies pack the biggest tier 1 pack ever selected? 970 kgs if the official stats are to be believed.

[Duluth]

@akan004

It might be, hard to find exact details. Google suggests France had that record in 2019 with 962kg.

Earlier this year France put out a pack listed at 963kg

[KiwiMurph]

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

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

Eddie vs All Blacks as head coach

Team	Years	Wins	Losses	Draws
Wallabies	2001-2005	5	6	0
Japan	2012-2015	0	1	0
England	2016-2022	1	1	1
Overall	2001-2022	6	8	1

Is gotta be one of the best percentages ever

We were lucky to snag that one win vs Eddie's England too if memory serves - remember Perenara got charged down by Lawes who was just offside when they went to TMO so the English try was disallowed. I believe that was the game DMac started at fullback and had a blinder in the rain.

[Duluth]

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

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

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

Eddie vs All Blacks as head coach

Team	Years	Wins	Losses	Draws
Wallabies	2001-2005	5	6	0
Japan	2012-2015	0	1	0
England	2016-2022	1	1	1
Overall	2001-2022	6	8	1

Is gotta be one of the best percentages ever

We were lucky to snag that one win vs Eddie's England too if memory serves - remember Perenara got charged down by Lawes who was just offside when they went to TMO so the English try was disallowed. I believe that was the game DMac started at fullback and had a blinder in the rain.

Good memory

Here's the TSF match page: https://thesilverfern.com/match/?id=2018-11-10-england-allblacks

..and the highlights:

[Duluth]

I guess B Smith lost a bet at rugbypass and was forced to write an article talking up the Wallabies chances

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/why-a-wallabies-win-over-the-all-blacks-wouldnt-be-a-shock/

[mariner4life]

two scheduled games against England in 6 years. And both away.

The touring schedules really are fucked.

[Chris B.]

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

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

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

3 games to the RWC and we haven't seen Leicester, Stevenson, McCleod or Finau.

Leicester = injured, Stevenson = not in squad, McLeod = really only there to cover ALB missing, Finau = cruelled by the fact Frizzle learned how to beat up on the field as well as in clubs.

We will see Leicester in Dunedin if recovered, might see Finau (rest Frizzle/Jacobsen shits the bed) but if ALB goes well we won't see McLeod, def won't see Stevenson

It only makes sense to me if they see Jordan as the back up fb .

For the squad - I reckon DMac is Beaudy's back-up i.e. if Beaudy gets injured, DMac slots in - they're the most like-for-like.

For this game, either Will or Jordie can cover fullback.

If we get comfortably ahead this week we might well see Richie subbed, Beaudy to first five and Will to fullback - allowing Fozzie to kill several birds with one stone.

[frugby]

Something to consider on the Stevenson over Clarke debate... it is all about covering not just positions, but roles in the case of an injury. I think they want someone like for like for Telea if he goes down. Rieko could provide that, but that requires changing their midfield, which ideally they don't want to do. The way the ABs backline lines up, 11 and 12/13 are the two positions that need to be covered on the bench.

[KiwiMurph]

In terms of combinations Clarke does have a lot of familiarity with Rieko, Telea and Beauden in the back 3.

I imagine we'll see both of Narawa and Leicester next week assuming fitness

[taniwharugby]

@KiwiMurph although assuming all fit, you are unlikely to see a Clarke - BB - Telea back 3 in big games, I think BB & WJ are their preferred, its that other spot seems open for CC, LF & MT.

[KiwiMurph]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300937851/how-john-eales-heroics-inspired-aaron-smith-through-all-blacks-bledisloe-dominance

[Kirwan]

https://twitter.com/RugbyPass/status/1684540641643040769

I know he's stirring, but I'm far more invested in us cleaning the floor with them this week than before I saw this.

[dogmeat]

@Kirwan The only thing he got right in that segment is this quote

"I'm sure there's people with more brains than me".

[KiwiMurph]

There's talk the crowd could closer to 85k.

Likely to be the biggest Bledisloe crowd since the last MCG Bledisloe in 2007.

[mariner4life]

the best part is when he said
"The New Zealanders think they are better than us. They always have"

Well, yeah we do, because yeah we are. And the record backs that up. At Test level. At Super level.

They've beaten us 45 times in history. The ABs have won 122 times.

I sincerely hope the ABs know they are better and play accordingly.

[foobaNZ]

Pretty impressive crowd. I'd imagine a lot of Kiwis.

I know rugby is far down the pecking order in Australia, but the Wallabies still seem to draw pretty big crowds. Are there a lot of "casuals" who only attend Wallaby games?

[mariner4life]

Big weekend for the 'G with what i expect will be damn near a full house tonight.

And there will be a decent crowd at Richmond v Melbourne on Sunday as well

[taniwharugby]

@Kirwan been many years since Rugby has had that sort of influence here, but hey, that's just old Eddie.

Part of me knows Aussie rugby needs the win, maybe an awesome game with us winning would help too, but I'd love his smile to be wiped off with a donut after 80 mins and no final minute controversy this time!

[NTA]

Kind of funny.

And they utterly nailed the type of house Rugby piston wristed gibbons here would live in.

https://twitter.com/wallabies/status/1684753390642094080

[MiketheSnow]

That’s a great ad and strap line