North vs South

[Rebound]

@antipodean where did the ref say this. I might have missed it, but he explained that he's opinion is the maul was over and the players Infront of the ball carriers caused obstruction. that's what he explained to the captain

[Bovidae]

All those praising Whitelock's captaincy at the end are going overboard. Coltman throws another crooked lineout and we are saying why did he choose to kick to the corner. He would have been holding his breath like the rest of us.

[Yeetyaah]

I've seen someone on facebook say that this game is the reason why Whitelock would be a better AB captain. Because they won and All Black trial match? Pretty silly analogy.

[Bones]

@gt12 said in North vs South:

@Machpants

Stocks went up:

Sanders
Clarke
Rioane
Dmac
Jordan

Best on park:

Whitelock
Rioane
Clarke
Smith

Ok had to stop reading the thread here. Wtf??

[Bones]

@Siam said in North vs South:

Jordan might be a smokey for the AB's tomorrow?

Oh yeah that would be such a massive surprise...

[PecoTrain]

@sparky said in North vs South:

@Yeetyaah said in North vs South:

Ardie you beast

Ardie wins you tight matches.

Followed by an Ardie penalty that contributes the the loss.

[Toddy]

@Bones you have to read it with a Chiefs lens. Makes sense then

[Bones]

Don't think Roane or Aoane did themselves any favours today. Reiko had a couple of nice touches though and was still the best 13 on display.

Awesome to see Sotutu step up with ease. What can't he do?

How many pens and fuck ups from Ardie?

DMac is just utter shit.

Nice to see ALB get a little bit of form back.

A Smith didn't have his greatest game.

[Chris B.]

@ACT-Crusader said in North vs South:

Fai is not a centre.

Thrown in the deep end. I'm not sure I've ever seen him play centre before.

Even at school I think he played wing and then fullback.

[KiwiMurph]

@Chris-B said in North vs South:

@ACT-Crusader said in North vs South:

Fai is not a centre.

Thrown in the deep end. I'm not sure I've ever seen him play centre before.

Even at school I think he played wing and then fullback.

He played midfield multiple games for Crusaders this year off the bench.

[Chris B.]

@KiwiMurph Did he?

I obviously didn't pay enough attention - but, I watched a few games in the pub!!!

[Bovidae]

@Chris-B Seems to suggest they wanted to continue to look at Jordan on the wing. Moving JB to the midfield, Jordan to fullback and putting LF on the wing was the obvious changes.

DMac going into 1st 5 also says to me that J Ioane will be surplus to requirements in the 35-man squad.

[Bones]

@Bovidae said in North vs South:

DMac going into 1st 5 also says to me that J Ioane will be surplus to requirements in the 35-man squad.

[Stargazer]

[PecoTrain]

@Bones said in North vs South:

Don't think Roane or Aoane did themselves any favours today. Reiko had a couple of nice touches though and was still the best 13 on display.

Reiko had no real competition at 13 other than Umaga-Jensen who looked good when he came on.

Uninjured centres have been a real issue for us in recent years so we end up with Goodhue (doesn't seem to get injured) and whoever is available out of Laumape/ALB/Reiko/Umaga-Jensen,

I don't think we've seen enough of any of them together (Laumape/Umaga-Jensen most be the close to most games together?) to know. ALB/Reiko get the nod at the moment but there are likely to be better combinations.

[gt12]

@Bones said in North vs South:

@gt12 said in North vs South:

@Machpants

Stocks went up:

Sanders
Clarke
Rioane
Dmac
Jordan

Best on park:

Whitelock
Rioane
Clarke
Smith

Ok had to stop reading the thread here. Wtf??

After how bad he has been the whole year, I thought he played well enough to improve his stocks. He had a hand in, maybe, every North try?

I still think our best team doesn’t have him in the 23, but he showed why a number 22 jersey might still be a possibility.

[Bones]

@gt12 and how many south tries?

[Chris B.]

@Bovidae Yeah - if I was picking a South team to win the game, I would have started Jordie and Jack in the midfield. But, it had a fair few AB trial elements.

Pretty sure they're looking at Jordan to play wing - they've got Jordie, Beaudie and DMac as fullback options - even if they reckon they want BB to play first five. And even though DMac hasn't shown much form, he'll probably make it.

[gt12]

@Bones said in North vs South:

@gt12 and how many south tries?

One.

But we are going to have to give Clarke a bit of credit for that too - and I’d totally select Clarke, he was awesome.

[Bones]

@gt12 said in North vs South:

@Bones said in North vs South:

@gt12 and how many south tries?

One.

But we are going to have to give Clarke a bit of credit for that too - and I’d totally select Clarke, he was awesome.

You sure?

I'd be tempted to call just that play as 2. Plenty of space on the outside, as well as Roane running a big hole on the inside line. DMac does a DMac.