All Blacks vs Pumas I
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Bates made Rush look good, never knew he was the brother of that fast bowler from Auckland though.
You can put Tuiali'i and Lauaki in the same boat in terms of underachieving in the black jersey if you ask me. Those two at 6 and 8 at their very best would have been terrifying to come up against.
@MN5 said in All Blacks vs Pumas I:
Bates made Rush look good, never knew he was the brother of that fast bowler from Auckland though.
You can put Tuiali'i and Lauaki in the same boat in terms of underachieving in the black jersey if you ask me. Those two at 6 and 8 at their very best would have been terrifying to come up against.
Funnily enough one of the best tests either of them played for the ABs was actually when they started together with McCaw at openside. 2005 EOYT vs Ireland and I thought Lauaki had turned a corner in terms of his work rate. He did a lot of grunt work in that game opening it up for McCaw to wreak havoc at the breakdown.
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Has PT effectively been dropped? Featured thru-out the Welsh series, now unsighted.
Have to try and find some drama during our Platinum Golden era of AB success...
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Might have to find a pub showing this after I go to Rams v Spirit.
Gold Medallist Fiji 7s player Vatemo Ravouvou will be lining up for the Rams
http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2016/09/08/02/19/nrc-round-three-teams
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I like how we've gone full strength (or close to it).
Mass rotation generally ends up with a messier game, constant improvement is much more likely with the same team week to week.
Jeez Romano is lucky though, I didn't think he deserved to even be in the squad. Pretty much lost the crusaders 1/4 final on his own with a missed tackle and a yellow card within the first 10 minutes of the game.
He has put on a lot of weight this year, probably at the request of the selectors, but it doesn't appear to be the good type of weight.
@SammyC Seeing Romano in person, he looks like he's trying to enter a bodybuilding competition. As you said, it doesn't look like good weight.
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@Bones said in All Blacks vs Pumas I:
No Pantera and no Lavanini. Couple of big losses, injuries?
Yep, both injured. Montero is a big unit and it would've been a good test for our back 3
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well, I'm excited about this game.
Going down to the Tron in our annual road trip, watch out for me on the terraces, I'll be with a few thousand of my closest feral Waikato brethren dressed in Black and supporting. Can't bloody wait, weather will be excellent but cold, ABs to keep the streak going against the Argie menace
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Has PT effectively been dropped? Featured thru-out the Welsh series, now unsighted.
Have to try and find some drama during our Platinum Golden era of AB success...
It seems PT has been dropped. He rode the pine in the first two tests against Wales (our bench shone as we kicked clear late in each game). Got the arse for the third Wales game (Romano and Squire) and for the Bledisloes (Squire on the bench for both). Squire has come in the bench in three 20-40 point thrashings so he must be enjoying test footy.
I am a big PT fan, and I loved how he shifted bodies in the tight in 2014. I hope his time will come against the Boks next weekend. But he's now not played any top footy since mid-July.
I saw him in the Tron on Wednesday morning looking filthy downcast tiny sample. He have known by then that he was axed from the 23 and playing NPC this weekend. He had an attractive girlfriend-type bird with him, so maybe they were just fighting.
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If she was attractive, then she would be bat shit crazy, so yeah likely just fighting about something inane.
You'd think the selectors have a plan for him. They love a bloke with the "raw ingredients" and he has that plus some. I'd say he has some work-ons and will get a chance to show that he's improved those areas in the near future.
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On Patty T - for what it is worth he was brilliant against Southland last Friday. His form also got better and better for the Blues as the season went on (a bit like Moala) so not sure what the go is.
@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs Pumas I:
On Patty T - for what it is worth he was brilliant against Southland last Friday. His form also got better and better for the Blues as the season went on (a bit like Moala) so not sure what the go is.
I've heard that Hansen mistakenly thinks he plays for the Hurricanes, hence why he's not selected....
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It seems PT has been dropped. He rode the pine in the first two tests against Wales (our bench shone as we kicked clear late in each game). Got the arse for the third Wales game (Romano and Squire) and for the Bledisloes (Squire on the bench for both). Squire has come in the bench in three 20-40 point thrashings so he must be enjoying test footy.
I am a big PT fan, and I loved how he shifted bodies in the tight in 2014. I hope his time will come against the Boks next weekend. But he's now not played any top footy since mid-July.
I saw him in the Tron on Wednesday morning looking filthy downcast tiny sample. He have known by then that he was axed from the 23 and playing NPC this weekend. He had an attractive girlfriend-type bird with him, so maybe they were just fighting.
@Tregaskis His gf is a silver ferns player as well.
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3 and a half hours before a test match and the last post was 18 hours ago on the match thread ,
And I came here to see if there is any pre match talk
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3 and a half hours before a test match and the last post was 18 hours ago on the match thread ,
And I came here to see if there is any pre match talk
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Pumas I:
3 and a half hours before a test match and the last post was 18 hours ago on the match thread ,
And I came here to see if there is any pre match talk
And that post was about the girlfriend of a player who isn't even playing in this test match.
Actually African Monkey - who is his Silver Fern girlfriend?
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@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks vs Pumas I:
3 and a half hours before a test match and the last post was 18 hours ago on the match thread ,
And I came here to see if there is any pre match talk
And that post was about the girlfriend of a player who isn't even playing in this test match.
Actually African Monkey - who is his Silver Fern girlfriend?
