RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina
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Whitelock swap with Retallick.
Tele'a in. Fainga'anuku out of the 23.
Taukei'aho in. Coles out of the 23.
@stodders said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Whitelock swap with Retallick.
Tele'a in. Fainga'anuku out of the 23.
Taukei'aho in. Coles out of the 23.
Like the look of the team, perhaps I would of thought Roigard against Argies, but can understand why they have gone for Christie (well more or less), also Sami, I actually think is good pick as he may get more time than they want to give Colsey before final, I guessing if score is ok (and I saying only if) they may make a couple of eraly changes.
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The naming of the team can't come soon enough so we can talk about THIS TEST.
The Mains years weren't exactly peak ABs either as there were plenty of ups and downs. Imagine losing to a scratch World XV.
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Tough to drop Christie when he did nothing wrong last week...horses for courses...so if we make final.anf if SA do also, based on previous 'courses' Roigard will play the final!
Changes as expected, good ST back, need him to get some 2022 form back in him.
Let's win this and with no injuries!
@taniwharugby said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Tough to drop Christie when he did nothing wrong last week.
Oh, you are a card.
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Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
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Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
@voodoo said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
Blame him for last week's earthquake in Guatemala.
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Getting some intensive anthem practice into my daughter. When she’s never lived in NZ, there’s only the matches on tv to learn. Really hope we are surrounded by kiwis (or Argentinians) and not disgruntled surly Irish and Welsh fans.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Tough to drop Christie when he did nothing wrong last week.
Oh, you are a card.
@Victor-Meldrew facts man, just the facts.
He did a great leap into the group hug after they won too!
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Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
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Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
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@voodoo but also, you could see if you can find out the rumour about any ABs whose defence was not up to scratch.
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@voodoo said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
Are you serious ?
He hasn’t selected Blackadder.
Foster is clueless.
Fat too.
@MN5 said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Foster is clueless.
Fat too.
Explains the earthquake in Peru.
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Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
@voodoo said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
We could squabble about the AB legacy.
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@voodoo said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
We could squabble about the AB legacy.
@Crazy-Horse said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
@voodoo said in RWC SF: All Blacks v Argentina:
Boring team selection, WTF are we supposed to do for the next 2 days when we all agree with Foster???
We could squabble about the AB legacy.
nooooooooooo
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For all the talk of the ABs legacy, the nature of the game today is that the RWC trumps all. You even get bonus ranking points during it.
Make no mistake, Ireland crashing out of the quarters has seriously undermined the legacy of that team, rightly or wrongly. They will only be remembered for crashing out in the quarters, not what they did leading up to it. Just like our 07 ABs.
So, it seems to me that our coaches have been targeting three specific games for a long time now. SA smacking us in a warm up game, as much as that sucked, will mean jack diddly squat if we win the whole thing. All of the talk will be about how great the ABs are at RWCs.
Yes we have a proud history where we have gone all out to win every single game we play. But in the professional era, with teams like France and Ireland really stepping up, it's just not possible to blow all and sundry away every time anymore. Hence the focus on winning the games that really matter.
We've joked about dry powder before, but in this instance that's exactly what we had. We figured out how to combat the Irish style of play, but gave them no indication at all beforehand that we had. We kept our cards close to our chest, and unveiled a new defensive system that they had no answers for in the end.
@Chris-B has been alluding to this for a while, and I think he's right, all of our planning for the last 2 years have centered around these three games.
And despite all that, we've still won every trophy on offer this year.
