All Blacks vs Springboks II
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Reiko has a bereavement in the family.
My source let me down with Clarke. Unless he got a niggle yesterday. -
Carter is good on the kick chase so that is a plus with him on the LW.
I don’t mind the Hotham - Barrett combo because Hotham looks to take on the line and if he gets opportunity to do so, I think it will improve Beaudie running more.
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No power wing? Assuming I have the metric conversions right, Carter is 5’9”” and McKenzie is 5’8”. Jordan is much taller (about 6’0”), but are they too little collectively for the inevitable blitzkreig of high balls?
PS: Carter is a giant compared with Grant Batty - who was 5’5”. The story was the groundsmen at Athletic Park wouldn’t mow the turf so Batty could run undetected down the touch line.
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@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
Carter is good on the kick chase so that is a plus with him on the LW.
I don’t mind the Hotham - Barrett combo because Hotham looks to take on the line and if he gets opportunity to do so, I think it will improve Beaudie running more.
and if the defence knows hotham has a running game then it might make then hold a set and give BB an extra second
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Lomax will hopefully be better for the run last week.
Hoping for a bit more out of Williams when he comes on too.
Last week it was interesting how we used the lock/loose forward substitutions. Was influenced by HIA plus how the game was panning out. Holland is there for insurance largely IMO because like Whitelock and Retallick who were largely 80 minute players as a combo, Barrett and Vaa’i are also.
Backs look good. I thought Clarke also, but like having a fast footed winger in Carter. Jordan is also good on the chase. Unlike @His-Bobness not too concerned about their heights, it’s all timing these days.
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@His-Bobness said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
No power wing? Assuming I have the metric conversions right, Carter is 5’9”” and McKenzie is 5’8”. Jordan is much taller (about 6’0”), but are they too little collectively for the inevitable blitzkreig of high balls?
PS: Carter is a giant compared with Grant Batty - who was 5’5”. The story was the groundsmen at Athletic Park wouldn’t mow the turf so Batty could run undetected down the touch line.
LOL Love that !!!
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@His-Bobness have we really played a game to utilise a power winger?
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@His-Bobness said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
No power wing? Assuming I have the metric conversions right, Carter is 5’9”” and McKenzie is 5’8”. Jordan is much taller (about 6’0”), but are they too little collectively for the inevitable blitzkreig of high balls?
PS: Carter is a giant compared with Grant Batty - who was 5’5”. The story was the groundsmen at Athletic Park wouldn’t mow the turf so Batty could run undetected down the touch line.
Ioane is taller than all of them. What’s your point ?
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
@His-Bobness have we really played a game to utilise a power winger?
yeah, not sure thats our game plan and hasnt been for a while, we're not even really trying to put the wing in a one on one in space kind of situatation
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With Clarke, Ioane and Narawa out, they still haven't gone back to Reece. Hopefully, they've moved on from him for good. Lienert-Brown also may have slipped down the pecking order permanently.
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@His-Bobness said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
No power wing? Assuming I have the metric conversions right, Carter is 5’9”” and McKenzie is 5’8”. Jordan is much taller (about 6’0”), but are they too little collectively for the inevitable blitzkreig of high balls?
Yeah be nice to have a response to the monsters the likes of Ireland and SA have on the wing and when we play Australia, Tenfoot Toole is going to tear us apart.
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McKenzie was best on the park last week under the high ball. Be interesting to see how/when Love is used, im guessing he is considered wing cover?
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@DurryMexted I wondered this too, who does he come on for - Barrett, Mackenzie, Carter? Or is he solely inury cover...
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@ShaquilleOatmeal said in All Blacks vs Springboks II:
With Clarke, Ioane and Narawa out, they still haven't gone back to Reece. Hopefully, they've moved on from him for good. Lienert-Brown also may have slipped down the pecking order permanently.
I sincerely hope all of the above is true. Finally getting rid of ALB in particular would be a huge step in the right direction.
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Right, look forward to seeing Carter. He's been talked up a lot, now is his time to show what he's made of.
Would have started Christie over Hotham as I think Hotham could add more in the back end of the game with the sting taken out of it and more tired bodies running round with Christie starting but it isn't the end of the world at the same time.
