All Blacks vs England I

[Catogrande]

@Dodge

Agreed. I'm as happy as I can be with that selection, including the bench. Front row is a concern but probably the best we can put out at the moment. Save perhaps Dan for George but then we would miss his leadership, so fair enough.

As good as it can be but will it be good enough? Difficult to say with NZ being something of an unknown quantity atm but I can't bring myself to see anything other than a 2-0 loss. I'll be happy though and count the tour a success if we put in two good performances and show some attacking intent and shape.

[MN5]

@Bones said in All Blacks vs England I:

Finau better be fucking selected to start now that I've seen the who's at ten.

He needs to work on his venom which is something Blackadder has loads of apparently

[pakman]

@MN5 said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs England I:

Finau better be fucking selected to start now that I've seen the who's at ten.

He needs to work on his venom which is something Blackadder has loads of apparently

Is his venom black?

[MN5]

@pakman said in All Blacks vs England I:

@MN5 said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Bones said in All Blacks vs England I:

Finau better be fucking selected to start now that I've seen the who's at ten.

He needs to work on his venom which is something Blackadder has loads of apparently

Is his venom black?

Yes. Red too.

[Kiwiwomble]

wasn;t there less the 600 on monday?

[Machpants]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

wasn;t there less the 600 on monday?

800>600>tickets remaining - still can be correct

[Crazy Horse]

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

wasn;t there less the 600 on monday?

800>600>tickets remaining - still can be correct

Word on the street, and this has been confirmed by a guy at the pub and George, is that there are actually less tha 10000 tickets available.

[Machpants]

@Crazy-Horse said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Machpants said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

wasn;t there less the 600 on monday?

800>600>tickets remaining - still can be correct

Word on the street, and this has been confirmed by a guy at the pub and George, is that there are actually less tha 10000 tickets available.

Typical South Island abs test, they never sell out*. Shouldn't get any more, the ungrateful buggers.

• Chch

[antipodean]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks vs England I:

Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins, 5 caps)

Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 36 caps)

Ben Earl (Saracens, 31 caps) – vice-captain

I expect that to be a good litmus test of the selection strategy for our backrow. From what little I've seen of NH club rugby this year, they're on form and handy - not to be taken lightly.

[mariner4life]

so given the chat on the other thread what are we looking at?

BBarrett
Reece
Ioane
JBarrett
Narawa
DMac
Christie
Savea
DPap
Blackadder
Vaa'i
Patty T
Lomax
Taylor
De Groot

Aumua, Williams, Newell, Finau, Jacobson, TJP, ALB, Perofeta.

[Kiwiwomble]

does Narawa play 11? not Telea?

[mariner4life]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

does Narawa play 11? not Telea?

i dunno, i guess probably Telea if he is actually fit. Which one actually plays that side?

[Kiwiwomble]

@mariner4life pretty sure Telea has played 11 for the AB's

[Daffy Jaffy]

From the Herald -
Scott Robertson and his coaching staff name their squad at 11.30am on Thursday.

[mariner4life]

TBH the selection one winger doesn't worry me in the slightest. I am far more worried about that pack, and the coaches turning to real game breakers like Perofeta if it goes pear shaped

[Bovidae]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

does Narawa play 11? not Telea?

Narawa is a 14, the other two fit wingers can play on either side.

I'm picking 11 Reece, 14 Telea.

[reprobate]

@mariner4life Blackadder on the open and Finau on the blind just to rile the Blues fellas up a bit more.

[ARHS]

You must wonder if they are looking for a dominating tackler at 7 in combo with Ardie at 8.

[mariner4life]

@ARHS said in All Blacks vs England I:

You must wonder if they are looking for a dominating tackler at 7 in combo with Ardie at 8.

oh, something new and different then

[Tim]

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