NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition
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@bovidae The 22 on the early flight to Heathrow will pretty much be this 23 with someone individual staying, injuries aside.
Probably mo'unga so he can start vs Japan
Edit unless goodhue counts as one of the 22, in which case a midfielder will have to stay too. One of SBW or Crotty will be crocked so it'll be one of them
@machpants said in AB EOYT 2018:
@bovidae The 22 on the early flight to Heathrow will pretty much be this 23 with someone individual staying, injuries aside.
Probably mo'unga so he can start vs Japan
Edit unless goodhue counts as one of the 22, in which case a midfielder will have to stay too. One of SBW or Crotty will be crocked so it'll be one of them
Well, aren't you the bloody optimist.
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@bovidae The 22 on the early flight to Heathrow will pretty much be this 23 with someone individual staying, injuries aside.
Probably mo'unga so he can start vs Japan
Edit unless goodhue counts as one of the 22, in which case a midfielder will have to stay too. One of SBW or Crotty will be crocked so it'll be one of them
@machpants With Laumape and Proctor along with JB and Havili they should have enough midfield cover. ALB might draw the short straw.
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Yeah but they need some experience vs Japan, and the coaches mentioned wanting to see SBW-Goodhue combo. Crotty to stay for experience and ALB go as better bench option? Who knows, the midfield is a mess
@machpants spoke to Jack Goodhue on Saturday,still looks ill to me..
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@machpants spoke to Jack Goodhue on Saturday,still looks ill to me..
@steven-harris your have to think the AB drs wont let him play if he isn't right.
Expect he won't be able to do much fitness stuff either, so maybe a role off the bench v England?
The coaches might wanna see him and SBW in the mid field, I think most fans would wanna see ALB-Goodhue.
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Weak Australian team named.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12148783
@tim so Folau thinks his league experience will help his defence...12/13 are bloody tough positions defensively, and with Beale alongside him, potential for some big holes
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And in a huuuuuge surprise, 24 players named...
Seriously, if we don't murder that team by 25 we have spent the week in Roppongi
With Folau at centre i definitely think we have missed a trick with our midfield. It's not one we need to run over, we just need their midfielders to continuously make defensive decisions. Lots of out-the-back plays to blind wingers and fullbacks?
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1 Scott Sio (51 Tests), 2. Folau Faingaa (5 Tests), 3. Allan Alaalatoa (29 Tests), 4. Izack Rodda (13 Tests), 5. Rob Simmons (90 Tests), 6. Ned Hanigan (17 Tests), 7. Michael Hooper (c) (87 Tests), 8. David Pocock (74 Tests)
9 Will Genia (96 Tests), 10. Bernard Foley (64 Tests), 11. Marika Koroibete (17 Tests), 12. Kurtley Beale (80 Tests), 13. Israel Folau (69 Tests), 14. Sefa Naivalu (7 Tests), 15. Dane Haylett-Petty (27 Tests)Reserves
16 Tolu Latu (9 Tests), 17. Sekope Kepu (99 Tests), 18. Taniela Tupou (8 Tests), 19. Rory Arnold (18 Tests), 20. Jack Dempsey (6 Tests), 21. Pete Samu (7 Tests), 22. Nick Phipps (69 Tests), 23. Samu Kerevi (21 Tests), 24. Tom Banks (3 Tests)One of Pete Samu, Rory Arnold, Tom Banks, Dempsey or Kerevi will be omitted from the 24-man bench.
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Glandular fever is debilitating, had it in my late teens. Took about six months to get over, could still do stuff, just got really tired.
Ruined my All Black career.
@snowy said in AB EOYT 2018:
Glandular fever is debilitating, had it in my late teens. Took about six months to get over, could still do stuff, just got really tired.
Ruined my All Black career.
me too! got it at uni, couldn't stay awake. kept playing rugby for a while, was told that was a very stupid idea.
ruined my AB career...
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Can someone explain the 24 players thing to me? Is one of them bracketed or something?
Edit: Jumped the gun and didn't read the article. Got it now.
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@mariner4life said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
Shit midfield, are we just going to keep picking them hoping like hell they come good, but rely on ALB to come on and sort it all out?
Its a pity gesture.
ABs by 40.
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@snowy said in AB EOYT 2018:
Glandular fever is debilitating, had it in my late teens. Took about six months to get over, could still do stuff, just got really tired.
Ruined my All Black career.
me too! got it at uni, couldn't stay awake. kept playing rugby for a while, was told that was a very stupid idea.
ruined my AB career...
@mariner4life same for me, except instead of glandular fever, it was chicks and beer...
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@mariner4life same for me, except instead of glandular fever, it was chicks and beer...
@taniwharugby said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
@mariner4life same for me, except instead of glandular fever, it was chicks and beer...
yea well, those too (except chicks, i didn't get those)
Being small, slow, and generally hopeless didn't help much either if i am honest
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anyway, yea, Bledisloe this weekend, wooo! Can't wait...
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@taniwharugby said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
@mariner4life same for me, except instead of glandular fever, it was chicks and beer...
yea well, those too (except chicks, i didn't get those)
Being small, slow, and generally hopeless didn't help much either if i am honest
@mariner4life said in NZ vs. Aust - Japanese yawn edition:
Being small, slow, and generally hopeless didn't help much either if i am honest
Thus destroying the myth that every Kiwi who comes over here to play rugby was an AB trialist back home.
even the fucking domesticated RA journalist has no fucking idea about the front row.
