All Blacks vs Wales
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="sparky" data-cid="582231" data-time="1464079246">
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<p>The first test has banana skin written all over it. A massive chance for the Welsh to record their first win against the ABs in 63 years.</p>
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<p>Astute scheduling by NZR to play it at Eden Park then. :)</p> -
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<p>Astute scheduling by NZR to play it at Eden Park then. :)</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">England nearly won at Fortress Eden in the First Test a couple of years ago. Conrad Smith's late try denied them glory:</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sparkyâ€
s Team for 1<sup>st</sup> test with number of caps</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1 Moody (11) 2 Coles (36) 3 Owen Franks (78) 4 Retallick (47) 5 S Whitelock (73) (or Tuipulotu (7) if he canâ€t recover in time) 6 Kaino (67) 7 Cane (31) 8 Read (84) Â
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">9 A Smith(47) 10 Cruden (37) 11 J Savea (41) 12 Crotty (15) 13 Fekitoa (13) 14 Naholo (3) 15 B Smith (48)</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">16 Goodes (0) 17 Taylor (4) 18 Faumuina (33) 19 Luatua (14) 20 A Savea (0) 21 Weber (1) 22 Barrett (36) 23 Ngatai (1) (or Dagg (48) if he canâ€t recover in time)</span></span></p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mariner4life" data-cid="582235" data-time="1464080887">
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<p>North? Haha he's done fuck all since the Lions. Biggar? Really?<br><br>
AWJ is their best player in my opinion</p>
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<p>No love for Roberts or Davies ? best midfield partnership in the game surely......</p> -
A lot of the Welsh players will have had a fair few weeks off which could work for us or against us.<br>
Gats biggest mistake IMHO is not selecting on form (again), I understand his arguments that NZ is the last place you blood rookies but it could also be the best. I mean what better yardstick could you have to measure yourself against than a 3 test tour against the Blacks ?<br>
Seems shortsighted to me, we've one genuine 7 in Warburton on tour but a couple of others playing really well here in Ellis Jenkins & James Davies (little brother of centre Jonathan).<br>
A blindside in Olly Cracknell who's been keeping Lydiate on the bench at the Ospreys.<br>
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<p>I think we will win 3-0, </p>
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<p>First test being the tight one ,us pulling away in the last 20 when we empty the bench ,</p>
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<p> by the time the 3rd test comes around, I can see us putting quite a few points on them </p> -
If the likes of taufua,goodes,Elliott Dixon and McKenzie don't make the squad then I hope they have a extended training squad to get them involved<br><br><br>
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<p>when is the team named?</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="sparky" data-cid="582251" data-time="1464084606">
<div><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1 Moody (11) 2 Coles (36) 3 Owen Franks (78) 4 Retallick (47) 5 S Whitelock (73) (or Tuipulotu (7) if he canâ€t recover in time) 6 Kaino (67) 7 Cane (31) 8 Read (84)  </span></span><br><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">9 A Smith(47) 10 Cruden (37) 11 J Savea (41) 12 Crotty (15) 13 Fekitoa (13) 14 Naholo (3) 15 B Smith (48)</span></span></p>
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<p>For a "rebuilding year" that is an incredibly strong hand to start with. Almost the perfect formation in terms of measured experience in the tight five, proven halves and then some wildcards in the outside backs. Only quibble would be an center combination with little experience together - but a much stronger hand that Clarke/Mayerhoffler or whatever we rolled into 1998 with.</p> -
<p>I really enjoyed it last year when we played in Apia on a Wednesday and so they named the team on a Monday (Samoan time), which is also Monday NZ time.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Provincial Stalwart" data-cid="582324" data-time="1464127919"><p>I really enjoyed it last year when we played in Apia on a Wednesday and so they named the team on a Monday (Samoan time), which is also Monday NZ time.<br><br>
Changed it up beautifully.</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bovidae" data-cid="582321" data-time="1464127774">
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<p>SS1 has the live announcement listed for 10 am.</p>
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<p>And then every Thursday... :)</p>
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<p>I've heard Dean Lonegan is charging $50 for everyone who wants to watch that.</p> -
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<p>Sunday, I've heard.</p>
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<p>nah that's the squad naming, everyone knows when that is, I was talking the team play Wales!</p> -
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<p>No love for Roberts or Davies ? best midfield partnership in the game surely......</p>
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<p>if you like midfielders who resemble trucks, which i don't.</p>
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<p>They suit Gatland's game style, but that makes me want to gouge my eyes out it's that boring. </p> -
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<p>if you like midfielders who resemble trucks, which i don't.</p>
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<p>They suit Gatland's game style, but that makes me want to gouge my eyes out it's that boring. </p>
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<p>Well the ABs have a bus that looks to have expanded seating capacity.</p>
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<p>Could be an area they look to press home their advantage, that's all. They might even try for an offload for something zany and creative.</p> -
Yeah same same , it's like having league front rowers in the midfield , <br><br>
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<p>The Burgess experiment very nearly did work against Wales. The Welsh kept trying to truck it up, and got stopped dead. They made 2 linebreaks the twice they skipped Roberts and hit the centre in the outside channel, one of them was the game winner. In the end they got the result, but it was poor play given the midfield England rolled out to meet them. </p>
