All Blacks vs England 2

Bones

Ryan is being let go.

Victor Meldrew

Ryan is being let go.

His waistline was clearly last year...

BerniesCorner

Another huge game this weekend. Will fortress Eden Park withstand.
Will Razor and Co adapt.
Loosies need to up their game.

mencey

What time is the naming of the team? Thx in advance.

mencey

@mencey MiddayThursday

DaGrubster

@Victor-Meldrew

We adapted in the 2nd half to negate the rush defence. It wasn’t pretty but it was good to see a change in tactics and to do what’s necessary to win the game.

Feels like we hadn’t seen that for a while.

England will bring that heat again and I have no doubt we will have a plan to be able to beat it. It’s whether we can execute that plan is the million dollar question.

Let’s see how good super coach is at adapting to a side for a second match. It’s fairly new territory for him to have the opportunity to play the same side a week later

pakman

Apart from at halfback, the only change I’d make is to bring Akira on to the bench.

sparky

@pakman said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Apart from at halfback, the only change I’d make is to bring Akira on to the bench.

I'd have him as the starting 6 but he's sadly not in the squad.

Akira's power would be perfect against England.

Bones

@pakman said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Apart from at halfback, the only change I’d make is to bring Akira on to the bench.

You not been around for a couple of weeks or something?

pakman

@Bones I said I’d make the change. He’d be perfect in tandem with Finau. Pity TWM didn’t include him in squad.

Frank

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Bovidae

A few comments from Robertson in this article.

https://www.allblacks.com/news/all-blacks-team-named-to-play-england-at-eden-park

MATCH FACTS
· The All Blacks are unbeaten at Eden Park since 1994 with 48 wins and two draws during that period.

· Eden Park has hosted the All Blacks v England six times previously since 1963.

· 2014 was the last time the teams met at Eden Park with the All Blacks winning 20-15.

· Patrick Tuipulotu and Beauden Barrett both played in the 2014 fixture against England.

Kiwiwomble

as mentioned i hope Perofeta can build on last week

Kirwan

Pleasantly surprised. Good call on Perofeta, rewarding form.

KiwiMurph

Hopefully only one forced changed means more cohesion in test 2.

Would like to see more directness in attack.

African Monkey

I like it. Good to see them giving guys a chance to build on last week.

Canes4life

Happy with the consistency in selection. Make sure we win this game against England and then we can look to bring in a few fresh faces next week. i.e. Blackadder, Proctor, Williams, Clarke, Narawa etc.

antipodean

@Frank said in All Blacks vs England 2:

Thankfully predictable. A win after only a coupe of weeks in camp and only an injury enforced change. Stability in selection is the most important element to embedding new styles of play.

Machpants

I def don't agree with the team big picture wise, but with the turn around/prep time it make perfect sense to stick. They can focus on specific players in specific roles, not have to bother with the dirty dirties who will get their go vs Fiji

The Silver Fern

All Blacks vs England 2