Pumas v All Blacks
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All Blacks new mascot.
Lemur Sopoaga.
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@Billy-Tell go back to bed Billy !
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@booboo said in Pumas v All Blacks:
It's Thursday. When's the team named?
think I heard they were just gonna wing it this week, turn up on Saturday, see who can get in the changing rooms first and claim a jersey
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This is really stressing me out.
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Liam Napier on the game from 2006:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/84771350/leon-macdonald-recalls-the-day-the-all-blacks-almost-lost-in-buenos-airesI found the last couple of mins of this match on youtube. That last kick from Weepu was terrible
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The matchday 23 is (with Test caps in brackets. New caps in bold
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Joe Moody (17)
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Dane Coles (43)
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Owen Franks (84)
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Patrick Tuipulotu (9)
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Brodie Retallick (54)
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Liam Squire (3)
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Ardie Savea (6)
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Kieran Read - captain (91)
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TJ Perenara (23)
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Beauden Barrett (43)
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Julian Savea (47)
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Ryan Crotty (21)
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Anton Lienert-Brown (3)
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Israel Dagg (55)
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Ben Smith (55)
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Codie Taylor (8)
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Wyatt Crockett (52)
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Ofa Tu'ungafasi (1)
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Samuel Whitelock (79)
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Elliot Dixon (1)
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Tawera Kerr-Barlow (21)
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Lima Sopoaga (3)
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Damian McKenzie
http://www.allblacks.com/News/29874/all-blacks-team-named-for-test-against-argentina
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well it's about time we got an interesting team.
No Whitelock and no Kaino will put pressure on our lineout. Great to see Tuipolutu wrecking shit up from the start. Ofa against the Puma scrum later in the game will be, well, interesting.
Interesting to see our midfield without a "power" player
DMac getting a run!
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There's a lot to like about this line-up, especially:
Tuipulotu, TJ & ALB getting a start
DMac getting his first minutes in the black jersey
Dixon getting his second cap (although I had preferred him to get a start instead of Squire)
The Crotty-ALB combo -
It's clear the AB selectors didn't rate Dixon's solitary appearance to date...6 jersey handed straight to Squire. He has the most to prove off the bench than anyone...otherwise he could see the likes of Ioane off to Europe in his place.
At last Tuipulotu gets a run!, and hopefully DMac does some tearing to shreds off the bench.
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In terms of Elliot Dixon, I think it's more a matter of balance. With Kaino out, Squire provides a stronger defensive presence and a slightly bigger body at the collisions. Also, one of Dixon's strengths is his lineout ability. He was the most prolific lineout winner and stealer in the NZ conference. This skill isn't really needed in the ABs right now, with Read and our locks doing the business.
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Dmac will be interesting - he was saying the other day how he's fit as fcuk but has zero match fitness because he hasn't played much.. was feeling the contact big time.
will be interesting to see how he copes with the speed of a test match... hoepfully they'll be too rooted to get near him when he comes on!
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@mariner4life said in Pumas v All Blacks:
well it's about time we got an interesting team.
No Whitelock and no Kaino will put pressure on our lineout. Great to see Tuipolutu wrecking shit up from the start. Ofa against the Puma scrum later in the game will be, well, interesting.
Interesting to see our midfield without a "power" player
DMac getting a run!
What he said
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The Risus sardonicus society congratulates Damian McKenzie on his elevation to the All Blacks.
