All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test
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@Nepia said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @Nepia Grace would be prepping for the Maori match and given they are down south they just need someone to run so went with a local that knows the stuff to run against the starters. Dickson is in the same boat with the Maori. And for the local, I covered that with the part local MMT.  I actually wouldn't be surprised if he was selected to start at 6 this week. Angry yep. Looks like Dickson is at home on baby watch! 
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @Nepia said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @Nepia Grace would be prepping for the Maori match and given they are down south they just need someone to run so went with a local that knows the stuff to run against the starters. Dickson is in the same boat with the Maori. And for the local, I covered that with the part local MMT.  I actually wouldn't be surprised if he was selected to start at 6 this week. Angry yep. Looks like Dickson is at home on baby watch! That is handy for him and the excuses for Shannon.  
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@KiwiMurph yep. I canโt see PGS starting unless we lost maybe one, possibly two others. I think he packed at number 8 on that one attacking scrum where he scored and had Papaliโi on the blind and Ardie on the openside. 
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@antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: None of this is ideal Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down  
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: None of this is ideal Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down  Do you mind not doing any more crystal ball gazing?  
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: None of this is ideal Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down   
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@FakatavaAllBlack Yeah - every time he gets an opportunity to have a run of starts for the Crusaders, he gets injured himself. Quinten can play though - and he's got a hard edge to him. He won't jump over Dickson this week as cover, but "he won't be far away". 
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @Chris-B seems like there's a mako arriving at Abs training every few days first it was former mako Telea, then Lomax, now Frizell & you seem to think quin isn't far away It's because the NZR salary top up is minimised due to the lavish Mako contracts. 
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @antipodean said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: None of this is ideal Now imagine if Aaron Smith goes down  I have a sauce in camp. I'll let you know. 
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @Chris-B seems like there's a mako arriving at Abs training every few days first it was former mako Telea, then Lomax, now Frizell & you seem to think quin isn't far away Geez what they been doing letting Josh Dickson and Patrick Tuipulotu huh Faka?? They must of pretended they were with Ta$man!! 
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@Machpants said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: Have BBBR and Barrett started together before? Yes, as Whitelock was missing from those games in Aust last year. 
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@taniwharugby Tuipulotu played a full 80 for Ponsonby , looked in amazing shape , had a good natter to him 
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: 3 weeks ago we picked 5 locks, now we have 2, after 1 game. That's quite the attrition rate. One assumes Patty T will come straight on to the bench. God help us if one of the starters goes down early. Didn't you play lock bro? Time to book a flight... 
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@voodoo said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: 3 weeks ago we picked 5 locks, now we have 2, after 1 game. That's quite the attrition rate. One assumes Patty T will come straight on to the bench. God help us if one of the starters goes down early. Didn't you play lock bro? Time to book a flight... Lol considering even at my playing weight I was about thr size of Ben Smith this place would fucking erupt I mean, even I would log in to rubbish my selection 
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@mariner4life isn't that the beauty of the fern? i would say even the worse AB was an order of magnitude better than any of us...but we call them shit and we'd all put on the Black jersey in a heartbeat if asked 
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@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @voodoo said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: @mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs Ireland - 2nd Test: 3 weeks ago we picked 5 locks, now we have 2, after 1 game. That's quite the attrition rate. One assumes Patty T will come straight on to the bench. God help us if one of the starters goes down early. Didn't you play lock bro? Time to book a flight... Lol considering even at my playing weight I was about thr size of Ben Smith this place would fucking erupt I mean, even I would log in to rubbish my selection You'd get a big money offer from the Canes though. 















