Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?
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@taniwharugby said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
As a defender, why would you want a poor defender as your last line of defence? How often is a FB called upon to make a covering tackle, surely you want a good defender there when on defence.
cough Kurtley Beale cough
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@nepia said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
The who should start at 10 thread seems to have partly morphed based on franchise loyalties.
This adjusted sentence reflects every rugby thread on here. ever
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@mariner4life said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@nepia said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
The who should start at 10 thread seems to have partly morphed based on franchise loyalties.
This adjusted sentence reflects every rugby thread on here. ever
Or Nepia’s case, where can I work in a reference to Hammer or defend Weepu or Hawkes Bay
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@act-crusader said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@mariner4life said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@nepia said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
The who should start at 10 thread seems to have partly morphed based on franchise loyalties.
This adjusted sentence reflects every rugby thread on here. ever
Or Nepia’s case, where can I work in a reference to Hammer or defend Weepu or Hawkes Bay
Do you conflate me with someone else some times, I was never more of a Weepu defender than others on here, even though he did play Hawkes Bay at age group level and the Hammettuer chased him away because the Hammettuer is of course a nincompoop.
There's your BINGO.
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@nepia said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@act-crusader said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@mariner4life said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@nepia said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
The who should start at 10 thread seems to have partly morphed based on franchise loyalties.
This adjusted sentence reflects every rugby thread on here. ever
Or Nepia’s case, where can I work in a reference to Hammer or defend Weepu or Hawkes Bay
Do you conflate me with someone else some times, I was never more of a Weepu defender than others on here, even though he did play Hawkes Bay at age group level and the Hammettuer chased him away because the Hammettuer is of course a nincompoop.
There's your BINGO.
Far. King. Bull. Shit. you weren't.
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@mariner4life said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@nepia said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@act-crusader said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@mariner4life said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@nepia said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
The who should start at 10 thread seems to have partly morphed based on franchise loyalties.
This adjusted sentence reflects every rugby thread on here. ever
Or Nepia’s case, where can I work in a reference to Hammer or defend Weepu or Hawkes Bay
Do you conflate me with someone else some times, I was never more of a Weepu defender than others on here, even though he did play Hawkes Bay at age group level and the Hammettuer chased him away because the Hammettuer is of course a nincompoop.
There's your BINGO.
Far. King. Bull. Shit. you weren't.
Grrrr. TBF, I did get pleasure when fat Weepu was getting selected over Angela (even though I would have been happy with late career Ellis actually being in the ABs).
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Dagg was a great fullback, but his tackling was an appalling weakness.
In the end it cost him his spot there, but he lasted years.
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@catogrande said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@nzzp I'd not seen that of Barrett, he always looked pretty complete to me, goal kicking aside. Mind you we don't get to see a lot of NZ rugby up here unless you really search it out. The internationals for sure and a bit of SR but not much else.
It's fair to say that you guys have been blessed with your options at 10 for some time and, going on the SR final, Mounga looks like to goods too.
Beaudy's defence was terrible. I think a classic example was in that 38-27 game in South Africa at Ellis Park where he got trampled by de Villiers (and then returned the favour 5 minutes later).
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@taniwharugby said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
not sure 'hiding' a 10 at the back is the right way to describe it, in my view when a 10 drops back, often it is more so they can field the kicks and assess options to go forward again as the 10 is usually your 'general' anyway, so they assess options and look to attack or kick for territory, and in both those situations, having your 10 back there to make that decision is usually the best for the team.
As a defender, why would you want a poor defender as your last line of defence? How often is a FB called upon to make a covering tackle, surely you want a good defender there when on defence.
I think it just suits a game plan to have your orchestrator at the back more of then then not.
Agree with you in open play but I think people are alluding to the times on set piece defence where the defence is realigned without the 10 in place. After a phase or two it morphs into your description.
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Ho-lee shit. Rancid and the rest of the barrett fluffers must be hibernating
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DC fluffs Beaudy too, you haters! He's probably a more reliable source of No 10 advice
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@machpants Errr, no.
DC is a lovely man who says nice things because he doesn't want to hurt people.
Some arseswipe journalist asks him about 1st five at a public event, so he has to answer. And it's a lovely non-offensive lot of mumble too.
Do you think he'd actually say "I reckon Mo'unga is better ... " and take the heat that comes from that? Especially with the likely Cantab bias allegations? Why would he do such a thing, especially as it would derail the reporting on the event he was there to promote?
Next you'll be telling me I should take rugby advice from Ali Williams. Though he's the opposite side -- provocative things merely for the sake of being provocative.
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@machpants said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
DC fluffs Beaudy too, you haters! He's probably a more reliable source of No 10 advice
Hmmm, greatest flyhalf of all time vs a few blind psychopaths on TSF....
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Our shoehorn backline:
9 Dmac 10 Mounga 11 Rieko 12 Laumape 13 Jordie 14 BFA 15 BB -
@mariner4life said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
Ho-lee shit. Rancid and the rest of the barrett fluffers must be hibernating
Not hibernating. I was busy nailing yo mamma.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
Hmmm, greatest flyhalf of all time vs a few blind psychopaths on TSF....
Just like AB midfielder & captain Tana knows all about the midfield... Rieko at 12
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@kiwimurph said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Who should start at 10 in Bledisloe I?:
Hmmm, greatest flyhalf of all time vs a few blind psychopaths on TSF....
Just like AB midfielder & captain Tana knows all about the midfield... Rieko at 12
Please don't tarnish the Allblacks by comparing them to the Blues.
