All Blacks vs Ireland
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Who do people keep wanting to move Sititi to 8? He’s been absolutely brilliant at 6. Just leave him there.
@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Who do people keep wanting to move Sititi to 8? He’s been absolutely brilliant at 6. Just leave him there.
We are lacking a big body at 6. After they shafted Ioane we really need Finau to come good there. A loose trio with Finau at 6 and Sititi at 8 has a much better balance. Then 7 should be between Cane, Dalton, Jacobsen and Blackadder. But of course that's the problem with the squad selection, we have too many 7s and not enough 6s.
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@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Who do people keep wanting to move Sititi to 8? He’s been absolutely brilliant at 6. Just leave him there.
We are lacking a big body at 6. After they shafted Ioane we really need Finau to come good there. A loose trio with Finau at 6 and Sititi at 8 has a much better balance. Then 7 should be between Cane, Dalton, Jacobsen and Blackadder. But of course that's the problem with the squad selection, we have too many 7s and not enough 6s.
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Then 7 should be between Cane, Dalton, Jacobsen and Blackadder.
- Lakai
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@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Then 7 should be between Cane, Dalton, Jacobsen and Blackadder.
- Lakai
@Frank said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@No-Quarter said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Then 7 should be between Cane, Dalton, Jacobsen and Blackadder.
- Lakai
Watch out for Mathis in 2026.
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the constant use of the descriptor "grudge match" for this game is doing my head in.
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the constant use of the descriptor "grudge match" for this game is doing my head in.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
the constant use of the descriptor "grudge match" for this game is doing my head in.
More like a grudge match for them than us.
Johnny the tosser will be hyped watching it.
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I am sure all the kiwis and aussies making up their backline don't care quite so much
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the constant use of the descriptor "grudge match" for this game is doing my head in.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
the constant use of the descriptor "grudge match" for this game is doing my head in.
Isn't hype around a test match what we want? Isn't that something rugby needs more of?
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@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
9 Roigard
21 RoigardHe’s good but not that good.
I’d start Roigard with Ratima on the bench.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@Machpants said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
9 Roigard
21 RoigardHe’s good but not that good.
I’d start Roigard with Ratima on the bench.
That's what I meant
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I’m sure if Ireland win it will be a “historic victory”
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
All the best to Proctor but can’t help but feel he’s not done himself any favours
Im in with Mike here.
I remember watching a documentary about the NFL, think it was hard knocks, where they called the whole roster in and basically said "the next 6 weeks would be a good time to make some babies if thats what you were planning on doing" in order to have the pregnancies fall in the off season.
I also love this one from Roy Keane :
Richie McCaw didn't even give a woman the time of day during his career.
GOAT gonna GOAT.
@Jet said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
All the best to Proctor but can’t help but feel he’s not done himself any favours
Im in with Mike here.
I remember watching a documentary about the NFL, think it was hard knocks, where they called the whole roster in and basically said "the next 6 weeks would be a good time to make some babies if thats what you were planning on doing" in order to have the pregnancies fall in the off season.
I also love this one from Roy Keane :
Richie McCaw didn't even give a woman the time of day during his career.
GOAT gonna GOAT.
If he did, he certainly wasn't getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Much like his career
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@Jet said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
All the best to Proctor but can’t help but feel he’s not done himself any favours
Im in with Mike here.
I remember watching a documentary about the NFL, think it was hard knocks, where they called the whole roster in and basically said "the next 6 weeks would be a good time to make some babies if thats what you were planning on doing" in order to have the pregnancies fall in the off season.
I also love this one from Roy Keane :
Richie McCaw didn't even give a woman the time of day during his career.
GOAT gonna GOAT.
If he did, he certainly wasn't getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Much like his career
@canefan said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@Jet said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
All the best to Proctor but can’t help but feel he’s not done himself any favours
Im in with Mike here.
I remember watching a documentary about the NFL, think it was hard knocks, where they called the whole roster in and basically said "the next 6 weeks would be a good time to make some babies if thats what you were planning on doing" in order to have the pregnancies fall in the off season.
I also love this one from Roy Keane :
Richie McCaw didn't even give a woman the time of day during his career.
GOAT gonna GOAT.
If he did, he certainly wasn't getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Much like his career
I imagine the invisibility cloak had other uses too.
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ABs by 12.
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@sparky said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
@kidcalder said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
Yes Gotham would be ideal as a pace changer impact player
What? The Dark Knight?
And.. that's Noah's nickname sorted ..
@nostrildamus Baby Dupont and the Dark Knight. Decent half back tandem
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So Proctor is supposed to plan his family around the schedule of a team he didn't even know he was going to be in.
@Bones said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
So Proctor is supposed to plan his family around the schedule of a team he didn't even know he was going to be in.
Not too much to ask, is it?
In all seriousness, I think it’s a massive sign of confidence that the coaches have in Proctor that they would know his other half was due and took him on tour to play against Japan and be next man up for the England test if we lost Ioane. That sort of intangible stuff will do wonders for the kid into the future.
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
So Proctor is supposed to plan his family around the schedule of a team he didn't even know he was going to be in.
Not too much to ask, is it?
In all seriousness, I think it’s a massive sign of confidence that the coaches have in Proctor that they would know his other half was due and took him on tour to play against Japan and be next man up for the England test if we lost Ioane. That sort of intangible stuff will do wonders for the kid into the future.
@ACT-Crusader yeah, he'd already planned it around the main team that pays his wages anyway!
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well, this isn't wrestling.
And it's 1 v 3 in the world rankings. The fact we need manufactured outrage to hype it is telling in itself.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
well, this isn't wrestling.
And it's 1 v 3 in the world rankings. The fact we need manufactured outrage to hype it is telling in itself.
There would be plenty of hype without the Rieko angle.
There has been some back and forth building between these teams over the last decade or so.
2013 - Crotty last minute winner
2016 - first ever Ireland win
2016 Dublin - high physical game which ABs came out on top (Ireland then win the next 2 contests in Dublin - 2018 and 2021)
2019 - Ireland number 1 in the world coming into world cup destroyed by ABs in the quarter final
2022 - Ireland win first ever test series in NZ (you're just a shit Richie McCaw series)
2023 - World Cup QF where ABs pull out their best performance in years.
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the constant use of the descriptor "grudge match" for this game is doing my head in.
@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs Ireland:
the constant use of the descriptor "grudge match" for this game is doing my head in.
Zombie -ie ie ei....
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So I expect
1 De Groot
2 Aumua
3 Lomax
4 Barrett
5 Vaii
6 Sititi
7 Cane
8 Savea
9 Roigard
10 DMac
11 Clarke
12. Barrett
13. Ioane
14 Telea
15 Jordan16 Bell
17 Williams
18 Tosi
19 Tuipolutu
20 Finau
21 Ratima
22 Perofeta
23 ALB@Machpants Team pretty close to what I'd expect.
Possible that Ratima and Patty T start instead of Roigard and Finau, but that's 23 I'm expecting.
