All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II

[sparky]

Foster giving out the caps like confetti. This is the deadest of dead rubbers. Not sure how much entertainment value it will give or what the coaches will gain from it.

[taniwharugby]

@Chris calves can be niggly little fuckers.

[mariner4life]

@sparky said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

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Foster giving out the caps like confetti.

[Kiwiwomble]

christie is an obvious surprise...dont get giving guys one game off the bench and then gone, surely ease them in to bench and then start and then try someone else

anyone else think ardie could have been given a rest? im the first one to say players should be given a few games in a row to settle etc...but he's got nothing to prove and there are still question marks over who covers him if he picks up a niggle

[Chris]

@taniwharugby
Yep pain in the arse to get over a bit like groin injuries.

[ARHS]

@sparky looks more like using our preferred bench as starters this time to improve combos for RWC. Clever

[sparky]

@ARHS I think a North Vs South game or a Probables Vs Possibles would be more useful than this. Hard to see this as a genuine Test match.

[antipodean]

@sparky said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Foster giving out the caps like confetti.

For SS or SF?

[booboo]

@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

FYI 5PM

https://twitter.com/AllBlacks/status/1686674494935719936?t=2pq82l8dWdUYKaJPpSXjMg&s=19

They lied to me

[NTA]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

lol at the thought of the average Eddie Jones team after he's been in charge for 5 years

Props who can't scrum
Locks who can't maul
Add 12 loig backs and we're set like a jelly!

[KiwiMurph]

@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

FYI 5PM

https://twitter.com/AllBlacks/status/1686674494935719936?t=2pq82l8dWdUYKaJPpSXjMg&s=19

They lied to me

Bro that's the World Cup squad naming on Monday

[NTA]

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

Wallabies named

1. Angus Bell (22 Tests) 2. David Porecki (13 Tests) 3. Pone Fa’amausili (4 Tests)

Consistency + injury replacement

4. Nick Frost (11 Tests) 5. Richie Arnold (3 Tests)

Frost yes. Arnold....

6. Tom Hooper (2 Tests) 7. Fraser McReight (11 Tests) 8. Rob Valetini (33 Tests)

Maybe a bit unfair on Holloway but McReight given a chance to get on the place

9. Tate McDermott (c) (24 Tests) 10. Carter Gordon (3 Tests) 11. Marika Koroibete (54 Tests) 12. Samu Kerevi (44 Tests) 13. Jordan Petaia (26 Tests) 14. Mark Nawaqanitawase (5 Tests) 15. Andrew Kellaway (22 Tests)

Consistency. Good to see. Won't make a difference, but good to see.

Finishers
16. Jordan Uelese (18 Tests) 17. James Slipper (130 Tests) 18. Zane Nonggorr (1 Test) 19. Will Skelton (27 Tests) 20. Rob Leota (15 Tests)
21. Nic White (62 Tests) 22. Quade Cooper (79 Tests) 23. Izaia Perese (4 Tests)

Same but different with the loss of Tupou (again: why the fuck did he take up 2 plane seats getting over there?).

Skelton rotates with Arnold. Not bad policy.

Still, ABs by 40.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

I understand why, but it still seems a bit farked up that Melbourne gets the A team and Dunedin gets the B team.

[Machpants]

@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

FYI 5PM

https://twitter.com/AllBlacks/status/1686674494935719936?t=2pq82l8dWdUYKaJPpSXjMg&s=19

They lied to me

#booboo

[booboo]

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

FYI 5PM

https://twitter.com/AllBlacks/status/1686674494935719936?t=2pq82l8dWdUYKaJPpSXjMg&s=19

They lied to me

Bro that's the World Cup squad naming on Monday

Yeah but I read it as today. Don't dismiss my lived experience.

[kiwiinmelb]

I reckon mounga on bench for emergency, dmac plays the full 80

[mikedogz]

Just the second time in the last 94 Tests that there have been no Barrett’s in the All Blacks match day squad. Also v Japan in 2022. Prior to that v Georgia in RWC 2015.

Source: Rugby database

[Billy Tell]

Ha ha. Lot of posters with egg on faces with the selection for this weekend.

[gt12]

@sparky said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:

@ARHS I think a North Vs South game or a Probables Vs Possibles would be more useful than this. Hard to see this as a genuine Test match.

Settle down Fitzy.

[KiwiMurph]

Do we know if it's a day game due to FIFA World Cup or teams needing to fly out same day or family friendly?