Bledisloe II

Rancid Schnitzel

@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:

Best I've ever seen. Even better than Horan imho. Absolute beast with ridiculous skillset.

Even better than Bernie McCahill?

He wasn't as big as him.

antipodean

So we're agreed this will be the backline:
9. A Smith
10. Beaudy
11. Naholo
12. SBW.
13. Goodhue.
14. B Smith
15. Jordie.

Bench will be TJP, DMac, ALB.

mariner4life

@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:

So we're agreed this will be the backline:
9. A Smith
10. Beaudy
11. Naholo
12. SBW.
13. Goodhue.
14. B Smith
15. Jordie.

Bench will be TJP, DMac, ALB.

no

antipodean

substitute will for should then.

ACT Crusader

@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:

substitute will for should then.

No

KiwiMurph

only 1 Crusader - that is the inverse of an @ACT-Crusader backline.

mariner4life

@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:

substitute will for should then.

No

Crucial

@bovidae said in Bledisloe II:

At least Ngani hasn't resorted to wearing mascara. We used to have fun calling him Ma'ascara.

Which was a bit silly as he didn’t wear mascara.

jegga

@crucial said in Bledisloe II:

@bovidae said in Bledisloe II:

At least Ngani hasn't resorted to wearing mascara. We used to have fun calling him Ma'ascara.

Which was a bit silly as he didn’t wear mascara.

I don’t feel silly calling him that but I clearly lack your extensive knowledge of makeup and where it’s applied . What’s your preferred pronoun?

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Chester Draws

@bones said in Bledisloe II:

@chester-draws said in Bledisloe II:

The Springboks regularly pick no true openside and seem to get away with it.

Really? Are you sure you're not just getting confused by their openside wearing 6? Louw is definitely an openside, where does van Staden usually play?

I didn't say always.

If there's a good big true openside, they'll play him. If there's a smaller one, Kwagga Smith, they'll happily play a body shape we would have at blindside.

I reckon Fifita would be told to go away and practice as openside in SA. He wouldn't come close to locking.

I think they're wrong, but it's how they mostly operate.

kiwiinmelb

@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:

@kiwiinmelb said in Bledisloe II:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe II:

@no-quarter said in Bledisloe II:

@kiwimurph said in Bledisloe II:

@no-quarter Agreed but with Hooper captain and being paid so many $ they are forced into starting him.

Yeah, it's a pretty ridiculous situation they've got themselves into there.

Holy hell Folau on $2.2m? Like fuck he's worth even half of that.

How can they justify paying him that much? That's more than 1 million more than his captain! No wonder he's in no hurry to return to League.

it shows how desperate they are , to us kiwis he is seen as a bit over rated ,

But to them he is their biggest star , someone to pin their hopes on

I think they're also desperate to get League eyeballs. Maybe Leagies will watch games for Folau like we used to watch league games just for Inga (well me anyway)? They've also got no other marketable players. James O'Connor had enormous potential but we know how that went... That kid must have lost millions.

But that salary is obscene. I can't see how they could possibly get a ROI from that.

just exposure in general , Folou is the main name in there that non rugby people have heard of ,

Also well known in AFL circles because of his money grab in that code , it was big news at the time .

Bones

@chester-draws no you said regularly. I don't see it regularly at all. I wouldn't call Louw big either.

Chester Draws

Schalk Burger got 86 caps. He's quite a lot bigger than Liam Messam and about Liam Squire sized.

And some of their selections were less mobile than that.

They do seem in recent times to have accepted smaller men though. For a large size of "smaller".

broughie

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Bones

@chester-draws eh? Schalk was up against McCaw a lot and seemed remarkably similar in size. I'm sure I remarked on it at least once.

Machpants

@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:

So we're agreed this will be the backline:
9. A Smith
10. Beaudy
11. Naholo
12. SBW.
13. Goodhue.
14. B Smith
15. Jordie.

Bench will be TJP, DMac, ALB.

SBW training with the team does not mean ready to play, see Dane Coles (who went to Ozzie with less than zero chance to play)

Replace SBW with Laumape is what I think will happen. But just a total guess, as always.

Tim

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/106451988/all-blacks-ecstatic-with-anton-lienertbrown-as-their-midfield-problemsolver

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Bledisloe II