All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson
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Personally I'd pick only one of Mo'unga and TTT in the XXIII.
I'd lean towards starting Richie outside Smith.
Haven't given a lot of thought outside of that.
Maybe start Savea to give Cane a rest and have Squire cover the loosies from the bench. Don't see a need for an out and out 7 on the bench.
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Personally I'd pick only one of Mo'unga and TTT in the XXIII.
I'd lean towards starting Richie outside Smith.
Haven't given a lot of thought outside of that.
Maybe start Savea to give Cane a rest and have Squire cover the loosies from the bench. Don't see a need for an out and out 7 on the bench.
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@booboo Smith seems the most similar to Hall so that may work well.
My concern would be the Argie loosies were beasts in their last game, so maybe only rest Cane.
@bones assuming Cane is ok, for me, he falls in same category as Crotty given he has had numerous head knocks..granted some knocks he has passed the HIA, but he also chose not to come back on on 2 occasions IIRC.
For me, he shouldnt play next week.
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@bones assuming Cane is ok, for me, he falls in same category as Crotty given he has had numerous head knocks..granted some knocks he has passed the HIA, but he also chose not to come back on on 2 occasions IIRC.
For me, he shouldnt play next week.
@taniwharugby yeah definitely. That's why I wouldn't want to rest Squire also. If only they'd selected Gibson we could have rested the whole loose trio and just played him.
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@akan004 hasn't Retallick had a fair bit of time off already? He's in fantastic form, will be world player of the year easy at this rate. Don't rest him!
@bones said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@akan004 hasn't Retallick had a fair bit of time off already? He's in fantastic form, will be world player of the year easy at this rate. Don't rest him!
This is the perfect game to rest Whitelock. Start Barrett and have Hemopo on the bench.
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Nelson is a test match venue. jesus christ. what a disgrace
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Nelson is a test match venue. jesus christ. what a disgrace
Yeah I agree. Where next; Wanganui, Gisborne, or maybe Timaru??
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Actually, why shouldn't we do a Cricket Australia and relegate our neighbours to second tier venues for 30 years or so? We should in all seriousness send a message to the ARU and host the Wallabies next year in Invercargill.
@shark said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Actually, why shouldn't we do a Cricket Australia and relegate our neighbours to second tier venues for 30 years or so? We should in all seriousness send a message to the ARU and host the Wallabies next year in Invercargill.
Christchurch might be easier to get to for fans.
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Nelson is a test match venue. jesus christ. what a disgrace
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Nelson is a test match venue. jesus christ. what a disgrace
GFY.
Invented rugby in New Zealand - you'd be watching soccer or handball (probably maypole dancing if it had been left to the Waikato) if it weren't for the farsighted Nelsonians.
Been a test venue since the RWC in 2011.
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@allblacksfan72 Sam Whitelock has played a lot of minutes this year and I think they will play him off the bench as a result. They should have selected an extra lock in the squad imo so that we could have given both our rock star locks some time off during the RC.
@akan004 said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@allblacksfan72 Sam Whitelock has played a lot of minutes this year and I think they will play him off the bench as a result. They should have selected an extra lock in the squad imo so that we could have given both our rock star locks some time off during the RC.
I'd pick Fifita. He ticks all the boxes and then some with his raw athleticism....but then there's the glaring fact he won't get picked at lock cos he said he doesn't want to be a lock.
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Nelson is a test match venue. jesus christ. what a disgrace
Yeah I agree. Where next; Wanganui, Gisborne, or maybe Timaru??
@shark said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Nelson is a test match venue. jesus christ. what a disgrace
Yeah I agree. Where next; Wanganui, Gisborne, or maybe Timaru??
'Timaru, is it the money or the bag?'
RIP Selwyn Toogood.
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@shark said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Actually, why shouldn't we do a Cricket Australia and relegate our neighbours to second tier venues for 30 years or so? We should in all seriousness send a message to the ARU and host the Wallabies next year in Invercargill.
Christchurch might be easier to get to for fans.
@bones said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@shark said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Actually, why shouldn't we do a Cricket Australia and relegate our neighbours to second tier venues for 30 years or so? We should in all seriousness send a message to the ARU and host the Wallabies next year in Invercargill.
Christchurch might be easier to get to for fans.
Quite harsh making them play at our 'stadium'
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Nelson is a test match venue. jesus christ. what a disgrace
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Nelson is a test match venue. jesus christ. what a disgrace
Well not much different to Rota Vegas or Hamilton hey I'll even throw Palmerston North in the mix.
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Actually, why shouldn't we do a Cricket Australia and relegate our neighbours to second tier venues for 30 years or so? We should in all seriousness send a message to the ARU and host the Wallabies next year in Invercargill.
@shark said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Actually, why shouldn't we do a Cricket Australia and relegate our neighbours to second tier venues for 30 years or so? We should in all seriousness send a message to the ARU and host the Wallabies next year in Invercargill.
We could even accidentally send that message by playing them in Christchurch.
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@shark said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Actually, why shouldn't we do a Cricket Australia and relegate our neighbours to second tier venues for 30 years or so? We should in all seriousness send a message to the ARU and host the Wallabies next year in Invercargill.
Christchurch might be easier to get to for fans.
@bones said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@shark said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Actually, why shouldn't we do a Cricket Australia and relegate our neighbours to second tier venues for 30 years or so? We should in all seriousness send a message to the ARU and host the Wallabies next year in Invercargill.
Christchurch might be easier to get to for fans.
Ah fuck, beaten. I was so proud, too.
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@akan004 hasn't Retallick had a fair bit of time off already? He's in fantastic form, will be world player of the year easy at this rate. Don't rest him!
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@bones True but I want them both to be fresh when we play Ireland and England and don't want them to get injured playing a team we should beat fairly easily. Can't lose to both those fluffybunnies.
@akan004 said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@bones True but I want them both to be fresh when we play Ireland and England and don't want them to get injured playing a team we should beat fairly easily. Can't lose to both those fluffybunnies.
It's only England.
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@akan004 said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@bones True but I want them both to be fresh when we play Ireland and England and don't want them to get injured playing a team we should beat fairly easily. Can't lose to both those fluffybunnies.
It's only England.
@bones said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@akan004 said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
@bones True but I want them both to be fresh when we play Ireland and England and don't want them to get injured playing a team we should beat fairly easily. Can't lose to both those fluffybunnies.
It's only England.
Never thought I would say this but I probably hate losing to the Irish more than to the English now. The Irish fans have been incredibly cocky since their one victory in a hundred years.
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Nelson is a test match venue. jesus christ. what a disgrace
@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Argentina - Nelson:
Nelson is a test match venue. jesus christ. what a disgrace
Visited Nelson for the first time earlier this year.
Their stadium looks to be a nice little provincial stadium, but bloody hell I can’t believe they’ve given them a test.
