All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3
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@Pot-Hale said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@Tim said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@antipodean When we lost to England at home.
Wait a minute, I thought New Zealand hadn't lost a game since 1852 or something....
I'm sure Crucial said that before last week's test....
No All Black losses since 1066 when the world was distracted by other events - so we conveniently avoided recording that one too.
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Fuck you Booboo - you said flush the dunny and that's what they've gone and done.
Ioane's dropping is bullshit. Carved up in the first test scoring two crucial tries and then is dropped on his performance in a second test when all the backs were misfiring and we had extenuating circumstances.
Oh well, I hope that Fatty is going to have the big game his fluffers promise he still has in him. Go the Bus!
My thoughts on J Barrett haven't changed from earlier in the thread. Nothing I've seen from him this year for the Canes suggests AB starting fullback. Hell, even his good Super form was early in the season before he plateaued. If Fatty was brought in for experience then just keep Dagg at the back. He might miss a one on one tackle on a 120kg
TonganWelsh number 8 from 5 metres out but then again Super form suggest Barrett will as well.I like Laumape, would have preferred Fekitoa, but think Laumape will do the job with the confidence of a test already under his belt.
Hopefully our forwards to the damage up front so that we're less reliant on our backs.
I have gone from being quietly confident of an easy AB victory, to seeing that back 3 and now feeling nervous.
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@Nepia said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Fuck you Booboo - you said flush the dunny and that's what they've gone and done.
Ioane's dropping is bullshit. Carved up in the first test scoring two crucial tries and then is dropped on his performance in a second test when all the backs were misfiring and we had extenuating circumstances.
Oh well, I hope that Fatty is going to have the big game his fluffers promise he still has in him. Go the Bus!
My thoughts on J Barrett haven't changed from earlier in the thread. Nothing I've seen from him this year for the Canes suggests AB starting fullback. Hell, even his good Super form was early in the season before he plateaued. If Fatty was brought in for experience then just keep Dagg at the back. He might miss a one on one tackle on a 120kg
TonganWelsh number 8 from 5 metres out but then again Super form suggest Barrett will as well.I like Laumape, would have preferred Fekitoa, but think Laumape will do the job with the confidence of a test already under his belt.
Hopefully our forwards to the damage up front so that we're less reliant on our backs.
I have gone from being quietly confident of an easy AB victory, to seeing that back 3 and now feeling nervous.
JB might struggle with cover defence, but I would have backed him to take down that Ton..er Welsh fatty one on one.
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well on any other day, we have 15 on the field and the tackle is made before Dagg gets to miss it
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Fuck you Booboo - you said flush the dunny and that's what they've gone and done.
Ioane's dropping is bullshit. Carved up in the first test scoring two crucial tries and then is dropped on his performance in a second test when all the backs were misfiring and we had extenuating circumstances.
Oh well, I hope that Fatty is going to have the big game his fluffers promise he still has in him. Go the Bus!
My thoughts on J Barrett haven't changed from earlier in the thread. Nothing I've seen from him this year for the Canes suggests AB starting fullback. Hell, even his good Super form was early in the season before he plateaued. If Fatty was brought in for experience then just keep Dagg at the back. He might miss a one on one tackle on a 120kg
TonganWelsh number 8 from 5 metres out but then again Super form suggest Barrett will as well.I like Laumape, would have preferred Fekitoa, but think Laumape will do the job with the confidence of a test already under his belt.
Hopefully our forwards to the damage up front so that we're less reliant on our backs.
I have gone from being quietly confident of an easy AB victory, to seeing that back 3 and now feeling nervous.
JB might struggle with cover defence, but I would have backed him to take down that Ton..er Welsh fatty one on one.
That's assuming he wobbled over there in time.
Just joking, but it would be good if he found some BB like speed just before the kick off.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
well on any other day, we have 15 on the field and the tackle is made before Dagg gets to miss it
It was 14 on 14 at that stage though.
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These selections have me fizzing even more for this test. They remind me of experimental things we do against 'lesser' teams rather than against the biggest game out side WC finals matches.
Adds to the intrigue of this match! Can't wait.
Thank goodness our forwards are more settled.
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Things will be much easier with a forward pack going forward.
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
well on any other day, we have 15 on the field and the tackle is made before Dagg gets to miss it
You could argue that the fb is never at fault because he only has to make tackles when the people in front miss them
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@Nepia said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@Nepia said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Fuck you Booboo - you said flush the dunny and that's what they've gone and done.
Ioane's dropping is bullshit. Carved up in the first test scoring two crucial tries and then is dropped on his performance in a second test when all the backs were misfiring and we had extenuating circumstances.
Oh well, I hope that Fatty is going to have the big game his fluffers promise he still has in him. Go the Bus!
My thoughts on J Barrett haven't changed from earlier in the thread. Nothing I've seen from him this year for the Canes suggests AB starting fullback. Hell, even his good Super form was early in the season before he plateaued. If Fatty was brought in for experience then just keep Dagg at the back. He might miss a one on one tackle on a 120kg
TonganWelsh number 8 from 5 metres out but then again Super form suggest Barrett will as well.I like Laumape, would have preferred Fekitoa, but think Laumape will do the job with the confidence of a test already under his belt.
Hopefully our forwards to the damage up front so that we're less reliant on our backs.
I have gone from being quietly confident of an easy AB victory, to seeing that back 3 and now feeling nervous.
JB might struggle with cover defence, but I would have backed him to take down that Ton..er Welsh fatty one on one.
That's assuming he wobbled over there in time.
Just joking, but it would be good if he found some BB like speed just before the kick off.
He doesn't wobble, he is as graceful as a newborn giraffe.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
You could argue that the fb is never at fault because he only has to make tackles when the people in front miss them
I am sure that is what Hewie used to say.
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isn't this what people have been moaning about the last, what 6 or so years, barely any selection headaches, so little discussion around the squad, so many automatic selections, and now we have all that, people are worried...
The unknown is what makes sports so great, I guess as AB fans we have been lucky that the unknown is relatively, well unknown to us, so going into a test match on edge with a the chance of not only losing our first series in what seems like forever (cant think of the last one, was it France?) back to back tests since 2004 (I think) and that long standing record at EP, IT'S ALL ON.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
well on any other day, we have 15 on the field and the tackle is made before Dagg gets to miss it
You could argue that the fb is never at fault because he only has to make tackles when the people in front miss them
Cut Dagg some slack. He made the tackle assist with BB on left touch then sprinted across entire width of field and was only man out on right flank when Lions moved it back. Above and beyond?
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It will be won up front. I thought the Maori backline would show their skills but were shut down due to the forwards being dominated. This Lions team can defend and defend well, I can't see this game being decided by the backline.
The backline just needs to limit errors, tackle well and take the dam high ball.
Our scrum has been excellent so far however the lineout has stuttered at times. If we win our set piece, dominate the ruck aka first test and put pressure on the Lions I am confident the backs will take advantage of any opportunities.
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@Frank said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
Feel bad for Rieko Ioane.
Wondering if Jordie has been selected partly because Dagg was god damn shit at full-back last week?????I understand that Naholo suffered concussion-related symptoms during training, so he couldn't start on the wing.
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@pakman said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks v BI Lions Test #3:
well on any other day, we have 15 on the field and the tackle is made before Dagg gets to miss it
You could argue that the fb is never at fault because he only has to make tackles when the people in front miss them
Cut Dagg some slack. He made the tackle assist with BB on left touch then sprinted across entire width of field and was only man out on right flank when Lions moved it back. Above and beyond?
That wasn't criticism of Dagg in particular.
