All Blacks vs England I

[mariner4life]

so given the chat on the other thread what are we looking at?

BBarrett
Reece
Ioane
JBarrett
Narawa
DMac
Christie
Savea
DPap
Blackadder
Vaa'i
Patty T
Lomax
Taylor
De Groot

Aumua, Williams, Newell, Finau, Jacobson, TJP, ALB, Perofeta.

[Kiwiwomble]

does Narawa play 11? not Telea?

[mariner4life]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

does Narawa play 11? not Telea?

i dunno, i guess probably Telea if he is actually fit. Which one actually plays that side?

[Kiwiwomble]

@mariner4life pretty sure Telea has played 11 for the AB's

[Daffy Jaffy]

From the Herald -
Scott Robertson and his coaching staff name their squad at 11.30am on Thursday.

[mariner4life]

TBH the selection one winger doesn't worry me in the slightest. I am far more worried about that pack, and the coaches turning to real game breakers like Perofeta if it goes pear shaped

[Bovidae]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

does Narawa play 11? not Telea?

Narawa is a 14, the other two fit wingers can play on either side.

I'm picking 11 Reece, 14 Telea.

[reprobate]

@mariner4life Blackadder on the open and Finau on the blind just to rile the Blues fellas up a bit more.

[ARHS]

You must wonder if they are looking for a dominating tackler at 7 in combo with Ardie at 8.

[mariner4life]

@ARHS said in All Blacks vs England I:

You must wonder if they are looking for a dominating tackler at 7 in combo with Ardie at 8.

oh, something new and different then

[Tim]

https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/how-wayne-smiths-fingertips-are-all-over-new-zealands-razor-blueprint/

[Tim]

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/521172/all-blacks-has-vern-cotter-provided-a-blue-print-for-the-english

[mariner4life]

edit wait i am a dumb fluffybunny

either way, roll on fucking tomorrow and saturday so we can start to put some shit to bed

[Tim]

Alright, lets assume that Scott Barrett and Caleb Clarke are out with injuries. Does Darry come on to the bench, or does Finau cover lock? Loose forward lineout options are poor as it stands.

[DaGrubster]

@Tim

Why are we assuming that?

[gt12]

@Tim

What jumps out from that article is that:

Blackadder doesn’t have enough minutes to be counted, hmmm.

Sotutu is a gun at line out time. If our set piece goes to shit, that’s where the coaches will be in the gun.

[Tim]

@DaGrubster Rumours in this thread ... and a bit of mid-week boredom ...

[chchfanatic]

TJ to start at 9

[Frank]

@chchfanatic said in All Blacks vs England I:

TJ to start at 9

Scott Hansen was VERY admiring of TJ in that recent interview with him.

[The Docter]

The key selection is 9&10 as to how we want to play. Tight 5 is obvious and therefore backrow.

I would go
7. Savea
6. Finau
8. Siititi
9. Ratima
10. McKenzie