All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.
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I hear that instead of naming a 24, Qantas Land Rover Wallabies coach Michael Cheika will later today reveal a team of 40 to face the New Zealand haka. Seventeen players will be omitted thereafter and required to carry green and gold Qantas Land Rover Wallaby tracksuits off the field. One insider said the this will be a historic moment for those 40 players to stand out on Eden Park. However the insider would not be drawn into questions about whether or not the 17 would participate in tackle bag practice after the haka.
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@Frank said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
Julian Savea's charmed life continues.
I don't see how it's a charmed life when you look at his stats.
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@Siam said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
Jules will go alright but I just thought Naholo might've held a little bit more pace and mystery.
All good though. I expect the sissies to make this a hard fought game
Totally unintentional, spellchecker thingee turned Aussie into that...bless it
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@Tregaskis I've already posted his stats twice. He's doing a lot more than just making the odd few metres in contact.
I agree he doesn't look quite like the confident blockbuster we expect, but for some reason people are judging him on some weird level where everything is ignored unless he makes a mistake.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Tregaskis I've already posted his stats twice. He's doing a lot more than just making the odd few metres in contact.
I agree he doesn't look quite like the confident blockbuster we expect, but for some reason people are judging him on some weird level where everything is ignored unless he makes a mistake.
He's become exactly what Joe Rokokoko became. How the fuck does Bryan Habana stay at the top so long ? I guess doing nothing but hunt for intercepts isn't too taxing on the body long term.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Tregaskis I've already posted his stats twice. He's doing a lot more than just making the odd few metres in contact.
I agree he doesn't look quite like the confident blockbuster we expect, but for some reason people are judging him on some weird level where everything is ignored unless he makes a mistake.
He's become exactly what Joe Rokokoko became. How the fuck does Bryan Habana stay at the top so long ? I guess doing nothing but hunt for intercepts isn't too taxing on the body long term.
Christ on a bike. You outdo yourself every time with your rugby comments bro. That's a pearler.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@MN5 said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Tregaskis I've already posted his stats twice. He's doing a lot more than just making the odd few metres in contact.
I agree he doesn't look quite like the confident blockbuster we expect, but for some reason people are judging him on some weird level where everything is ignored unless he makes a mistake.
He's become exactly what Joe Rokokoko became. How the fuck does Bryan Habana stay at the top so long ? I guess doing nothing but hunt for intercepts isn't too taxing on the body long term.
Christ on a bike. You outdo yourself every time with your rugby comments bro. That's a pearler.
Right, like I'm the only one on here who's mentioned Savea maybe, just maybe a bit below his best. Make sure you address all his other haters posting above with equal outrage.
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Right, like I'm the only one on here who's mentioned Savea maybe, just maybe a bit below his best. Make sure you address all his other haters posting above with equal outrage.
What gets me is that he is so far below his best it's not funny. The old school, interested Savea was an absolute weapon. He's dropped back to just a very good international winger. Good, but not the superstar that he was.
When he was playing for the Canes a couple of years ago, he had an ability to just wreck a set defensive line that was ready for him. Just slipped/broke tackles and went away. Did the same for the ABs, too. Compared to that, he's a long way off right now.
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@MN5 said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@MN5 said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Tregaskis I've already posted his stats twice. He's doing a lot more than just making the odd few metres in contact.
I agree he doesn't look quite like the confident blockbuster we expect, but for some reason people are judging him on some weird level where everything is ignored unless he makes a mistake.
He's become exactly what Joe Rokokoko became. How the fuck does Bryan Habana stay at the top so long ? I guess doing nothing but hunt for intercepts isn't too taxing on the body long term.
Christ on a bike. You outdo yourself every time with your rugby comments bro. That's a pearler.
Right, like I'm the only one on here who's mentioned Savea maybe, just maybe a bit below his best. Make sure you address all his other haters posting above with equal outrage.
Oh yeah, that's right, the "other haters" all said he's just like Rokocoko was. I didn't realise that is your way of saying he's a bit below his best. I think most people would think of that as his form has fallen off a cliff a la Rodders. Look at his stats and his play, you're about as far off as you can get.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@MN5 said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@MN5 said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@Tregaskis I've already posted his stats twice. He's doing a lot more than just making the odd few metres in contact.
I agree he doesn't look quite like the confident blockbuster we expect, but for some reason people are judging him on some weird level where everything is ignored unless he makes a mistake.
He's become exactly what Joe Rokokoko became. How the fuck does Bryan Habana stay at the top so long ? I guess doing nothing but hunt for intercepts isn't too taxing on the body long term.
Christ on a bike. You outdo yourself every time with your rugby comments bro. That's a pearler.
Right, like I'm the only one on here who's mentioned Savea maybe, just maybe a bit below his best. Make sure you address all his other haters posting above with equal outrage.
Oh yeah, that's right, the "other haters" all said he's just like Rokocoko was. I didn't realise that is your way of saying he's a bit below his best. I think most people would think of that as his form has fallen off a cliff a la Rodders. Look at his stats and his play, you're about as far off as you can get.
Joe R went from really dangerous to not as dangerous. Is it too much to draw a comparison between the two ?
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Wallabies at Eden Park.:
@MN5 Perfect comparison, my bad. I'm sure Joe Rok was topping many of the stats lists when he went to "not as dangerous" too.
He'll always be well on top in terms of deceptively difficult AB names to spell, very, VERY tough to get all those K's and C's in the right order especially on those quizzes that used to run on the old fern.
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I think Naholo has shown a lot this season and in my opinion he is a very exciting player. I did some stats comparing, but of course they are a bit scewed becouse Naholo has only played 101 minutes to Saveas 344 and the median is always going to drop in a longer run, but anyway;
Savea(per 80 minutes)
1 try
86 metres
10 carries
2,8 clean breaks
3,8 defenders beaten
2 handling errors
1 missed tackle and about 4 made.Naholo(per 80 minutes)
0,8 tries
148 metres
15 carries
5,5 clean breaks
8 defenders beaten
1,6 handling errors
and a surprising zero missed tackles from zero attempts.All the stats are from the Vodacom app
There is some breakdown as to why some people might want to see Naholo being the first choice, but Saveas numbers are impressive too. I want to see Naholo being there becouse I am a fan of his, love the way he looks so fucken casual going around and then bang, puts the hammer down and is gone, and always has that quirky smile on his way.
Just for interest here are Aussie nr. 11 Reece Hodges stats(alltough he should be somewhere else than on the wing);
0,2 tries
5 carries
27 metres
0,6 CB
0,2 DB
1 HE
1 missed tackle and 6 made(he defends @12 a lot)So either way, you could have it worse.
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A big plus they like re Savea is his defence, he's a fucking brick wall, makes some enormous hits. A few times this year I've seen someone creamed & thought "god I love Kaino" & nope, its Savea.
His positioning is excellent, he's almost the Kahui option - when we want a more defensive winger.
His all round game is superb, he's dropped down on the try scoring from 1 game to 1 every 1.2 games... but thats not huge, its not like he's gone tryless this season.
