All Blacks vs England I

[antipodean]

@Daffy-Jaffy Unsurprising given how Dan Cole went against Japan.

[canefan]

A first ever test as coach, against a warmed up England side, that's a decent challenge. Whatever happened to a few games against lesser opposition before jumping into a game with one of the big boys?

[Kiwiwomble]

Graham Henry first game was england too...and they were world champ at the time

[nzzp]

Statement too

http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=2102

[Mr Fish]

@nzzp said in All Blacks vs England I:

Statement too

http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=2102

Only won the second half 6-0. Poor.

[Bones]

So we know Clarke is starting then.

[Kiwiwomble]

if clark is out....we only have 12 wingers to choose from now

[antipodean]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

if clark is out....we only have 12 wingers to choose from now

That squad selection policy not looking quite so stupid now!

[Kiwiwomble]

@antipodean touche

[Windows97]

Has George Bridge been bought in as emergency cover yet?

[voodoo]

Wingers don’t have to defend much so maybe they’ll call up Sotutu

[Kiwiwomble]

@voodoo i dont think they mean the left side when they say both sides of the ball

[voodoo]

@Kiwiwomble my bad

[sparky]

@Chris That's a really good team.

[Chris]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris That's a really good team.

Yep England will be tough.

[darylmitchell]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris That's a really good team.

forward pack is strong, the backline is really average.

[Victor Meldrew]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs England I:

Pretty sure South Africa started naming a lot earlier.

Maybe wrong, but so do some of the 6N teams.

[Victor Meldrew]

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs England I:

Ginger McShitpass.

Chapeau!

[Kiwiwomble]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs England I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs England I:

Pretty sure South Africa started naming a lot earlier.

Maybe wrong, but so do some of the 6N teams.

i was just on another forum and some of the english fans were very surprised it was so early....but also happy with the selections

[pakman]

@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it

Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.

It's become something of a thing in NH. Gatland seemed to start it. Boks sometimes do. England jumped on bandwagon this year.