All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II
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I reckon mounga on bench for emergency, dmac plays the full 80
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@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.
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I understand why, but it still seems a bit farked up that Melbourne gets the A team and Dunedin gets the B team.
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Fucking stubborn Foster. Still can't shake SF on the blind.
Forward pack looks handy I reckon, not one I'd cringe at against any other side.
Like that SS gets his debut with DMac running the cutter, their combination is the cherry on top for Stevenson's form. Just hope Christie and Ennor don't ruin it for the back 3.
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Fucking stubborn Foster. Still can't shake SF on the blind.
Forward pack looks handy I reckon, not one I'd cringe at against any other side.
Like that SS gets his debut with DMac running the cutter, their combination is the cherry on top for Stevenson's form. Just hope Christie and Ennor don't ruin it for the back 3.
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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?
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
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?
Understand it's FIFA.
Appears they didn't want game at the same time as WC game.
I expect that they would still have control of the stadium so sounds like they're being nice.
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
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?
Understand it's FIFA.
Appears they didn't want game at the same time as WC game.
I expect that they would still have control of the stadium so sounds like they're being nice.
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I reckon mounga on bench for emergency, dmac plays the full 80
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I reckon mounga on bench for emergency, dmac plays the full 80
Be interesting how DMac goes at ten with the Christie brake, rather than the Smith slickness
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@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
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?
Understand it's FIFA.
Appears they didn't want game at the same time as WC game.
I expect that they would still have control of the stadium so sounds like they're being nice.
@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I expect that they would still have control of the stadium so sounds like they're being nice.
Yes, NZR had to get permission to use FBS early.
There will be NPC and FPC games that clash with the football, but obviously they won't draw the same number of people.
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@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I expect that they would still have control of the stadium so sounds like they're being nice.
Yes, NZR had to get permission to use FBS early.
There will be NPC and FPC games that clash with the football, but obviously they won't draw the same number of people.
@Bovidae said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
I expect that they would still have control of the stadium so sounds like they're being nice.
Yes, NZR had to get permission to use FBS early.
There will be NPC and FPC games that clash with the football, but obviously they won't draw the same number of people.
But not in FIFA Stadiums
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@game_film This is a dead rubber and NZ could name 3 separate teams that would all beat the Wallabies. Wallabies are paying $21. I would be benching my entire starting 15.
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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
@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
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
I think it's much more valuable keeping the core of the team and plugging a few newbies in to get a taste. Hopefully our cohesion won't suffer too much. But it probably will
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A bit early in the week to start this thread, but I am interested in some squad ponderification this week.
This is where I think Foz et al have some scope to tweak and test a bit.
Stuff I'd like to see:
Williams get another crack. Either starting or bench. I think he gives us something different off the bench later in the year, but wouldn't mind him starting this time. Williams 1, Groot 17.
Could give Coles some game time. Start Samisoni. Coles to bench.
Someone (@Chris ?) suggested Newell maybe on the bench. Would be happy with that.
Barrett has a break. ("Drop" MOTM!) Start the old guys, Lord comes off bench.
Assuming Cane comes back and Ardie stays at 8, then 6 and bench is open for some rotation for me. Want to give Jacobsen some time at 8, so bring him off the bench and start Finau.
Start Roigard, Ginge on bench. Christie playing for his spot.
Keep Richie at 10, ALB at 12, Roane at 13. Try McLeod on bench.
Jordan at 15, Telea and Narawa on the wings (Telea can play both sides huh?).
DMac bench.
I'd hope that's not too much rotation.
Back to the 1st XV (with one or two rotations on the bench) at Twickers v Jaaps.
@booboo said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
A bit early in the week to start this thread, but I am interested in some squad ponderification this week.
This is where I think Foz et al have some scope to tweak and test a bit.
Stuff I'd like to see:
Williams get another crack. Either starting or bench. I think he gives us something different off the bench later in the year, but wouldn't mind him starting this time. Williams 1, Groot 17.
Could give Coles some game time. Start Samisoni. Coles to bench.
Someone (@Chris ?) suggested Newell maybe on the bench. Would be happy with that.
Barrett has a break. ("Drop" MOTM!) Start the old guys, Lord comes off bench.
Assuming Cane comes back and Ardie stays at 8, then 6 and bench is open for some rotation for me. Want to give Jacobsen some time at 8, so bring him off the bench and start Finau.
Start Roigard, Ginge on bench. Christie playing for his spot.
Keep Richie at 10, ALB at 12, Roane at 13. Try McLeod on bench.
Jordan at 15, Telea and Narawa on the wings (Telea can play both sides huh?).
DMac bench.
I'd hope that's not too much rotation.
Back to the 1st XV (with one or two rotations on the bench) at Twickers v Jaaps.
- Booboo Fozzie 1 Williams Williams 2 Taukei'aho Taukei'aho 3 Lomax Laulala 4 Retallick Retallick 5 Whitelock Whitelock 6 Finau Finau 7 Cane Cane 8 Savea Savea 9 Roigard Christie 10 Mounga McKenzie 11 Telea Fainga’anuku 12 Lienert-Brown Lienert-Brown 13 Ioane Ennor 14 Narawa Stevenson 15 Jordan Jordan 16 Coles Coles 17 De Groot Tu’ungafasi 18 Newell Newell 19 Lord Vaa’i 20 Jacobsen Jacobsen 21 Christie Smith 22 McLeod McLeod 23 McKenzie Mounga 16 of 22.
9 of 15.
7 of 8.Fozzie went close to getting it right.
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Ha ha. Lot of posters with egg on faces with the selection for this weekend.
@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks v Australia - Bledisloe II:
Ha ha. Lot of posters with egg on faces with the selection for this weekend.
Color me egged. Still, I hate headlines that Present something as a fact only for the article to turn out as speculation.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel There was probably more kiwis at the game in Melbourne than there will be in Dunners...
@Canerbry did strike me as wishful thinking on the Stan commentary guys part to claim the 83,000 turned up to support the Wallabies. There were heaps of kiwis there, for every gold jersey there was a black one.
