The All Blacks squad is named at 3pm on Sunday.

@Bones said in All Blacks Vs South Africa squad selection:

@Canes4life said in All Blacks Vs South Africa squad selection:

@canefan said in All Blacks Vs South Africa squad selection:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks Vs South Africa squad selection:

The 4life guys are the worst

I don't think Cane4life counts though....

I started the trend but that was way back in 2009. Probably would change my account name now but can’t be arsed.

Are you guys a bit slow? You're replying to the OG.

2008...

Only watched extended highlights but Proctor's ability to straighten the line and distribute gave me something of a horn.

@Canes4life said in Reds v Wales:

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Reds v Wales:

Damn. Only found out this was on this morning. Wonder if there are any more tickets available....

Looks like plenty of tickets unsold.

Yeah was going to go but got caught up in that Crowdstrike debacle. Shame because it would have been worth the price of entry.

4 scrums in the whole game. New Test record or something

@Mauss On Andrew Smith, he is a 6/lock. I am hoping he gets some time in NPC this year.

@Windows97 said in All Blacks vs England 2:

I'm confused by the pod system we are using, from static ball our pods are standing deep and static and getting caught behind the advantage line

scrum halves passing to static ball carriers instead of in front of them is one of the most confusing things to me. when I played it was one of the first things we were taught when passing from the ruck to generally always pass in front and basically never to the man. so weird how professionals still get that wrong so often

That was a crazy scoreline.

😂😂😂

Final score Samoa 34-30. Good game in an absolute mud pit. Conditions probably suited Spain more but Samoa showed some good resolve when going behind to grind out the win.

Squidge take. My take the boks are looking ominous as fuck

@darylmitchell Ah, yeah, he wasn't available for selection for the first test as he was injured. I haven't heard anything more on that.

Very little territory, and when the MAB did they coughed up the ball. Forbes had a shocker.

The conditions must have been difficult as Sullivan was subbed due to heatstroke.

@Crazy-Horse said in NZ U20 v France U20:

@Landers92 said in NZ U20 v France U20:

@SouthernMann said in NZ U20 v France U20:

I am looking forward to Dylan Pledger being our Highlanders and Otago halfback. So much talent. I know he's only in his first year out of school, I just hope he can get some gametime in the blue and gold this year.

Couldn’t agree more mate. What an absolute talent. I know it’s u20s so a bit different but jeez he looks a lot more composed and talented than Arscott and Hastie already.

Don't count your chickens. The Saders will be after another 9 soon, if they aren't already.

Foctunately, they have the no2 halfback in the U20s, Ben O'Donovan. That should be sufficient to back up Hotham. Otago and the Highlanders just need to work hard on telling Pledger the story about his future in the region. Which should be long and very sucessful.

@DaGrubster There's a lot of guys in that side that do play for Moana Pasifika and others that played a bit at NPC level, but they weren't even regulars down at NPC level and a fair few of those Moana players aren't regulars for them either. So there are a fair few familiar faces to NZ viewers, but yeah, a lot if them ain't test level. It's a fairly weak Samoan line up, so this result is huge, and as for the heat factor, Italy were the ones camped on the Samoan try line for a lot of the 2nd half, and a lot of these Samoan players play in NZ anyway, unlike the Drua who are a proper Fiji based side made out of locals mostly.

I must say, Samoa's results against 6 nations opposition in the last 9 months or so has shown massive improvement. They could easily have won against Ireland and England and competed well against Argentina at the world cup as well to go with a big upset against Italy today.

It shows the benefits of having Moana Pasifika playing in a professional comp.

Weird thread. Mainly positivity about Japan and they got dicked 36-10!

Maori simply had much better ball skills