Springboks V All Blacks
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@shadowtrooper Yeah - I've written before that I think he's lost a yard of pace since his injury in Rio.
On the other hand, there was a game earlier this year (presumably the France test?) where SBW was rolling in plaudits. And to be fair, he hasn't played for weeks, so it's not surprising if he's a bit off the pace.
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Based on Saturday's game, I'd tell Dmac to stay at home, rest up and spend a bit more time with his family, instead of making the extra travel miles. It's insane how much he has to travel in such a short time. To Argentina and back in less than a week, and then to SA. Triple jet lag. Mo'unga needs more game time anyway and showed last Saturday that he can be the impact player from the bench, too.
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This is a must-win for the ABs after losing to SA in Wellington. We do not want to be giving the Boks more confidence leading into the opening RWC pool game next year.
Hansen and co will pick the strongest team available, which in their eyes is a SBW-Crotty midfield and the back three that played vs Arg. JB might be an option at fullback if they expect SA to kick a lot in Pretoria.
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@kiwimurph said in Springboks V All Blacks:
They expected Boks to kick a lot in Wellington and that didn't happen. I'd say Naholo and Rieko could be rather dangerous on a fast dry track.
Agreed. You know I am in the BFA at fullback camp.
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@stargazer I agree with you. Mounga could do with the experience. I'd even start him, with his Crusaders colleagues Crotty at second-five and Goodhue at centre. Same back three as last week, with a Hurricanes backs bench of Perinara, B Barrett and J Barrett.
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@taniwharugby yeah I reckon it'll be what we typically see on the rebound from a loss - focus and attack everything that was a strength for the opposition in the previous game and systematically erode their confidence before blowing out in the last ten.
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@infidel said in Springboks V All Blacks:
Infidel will be very surprised if Goodhue doesn't start in the 13 jumper.
I'm glad that @infidel thinks that @infidel thinks that way.
Will be interesting to see what they do though, won't it?
While Crotty and SBW have been out the new combos have worked well and while SBW showed out reasonably in the test and showed that he looks to just need a little playing time, Crotty was underwhelming compared to his stand in.
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With regard to Codie, they will surely be looking toward the EOYT and what they know about Coles. Taylor is looking jaded (as he should).
Maybe they will ask Harris to step up with a really good game? We know his scrummaging is good and he is reasonable around the field. His throwing can be off but a tired Taylor is no better. -
@mrdenmore said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@stargazer I agree with you. Mounga could do with the experience. I'd even start him, with his Crusaders colleagues Crotty at second-five and Goodhue at centre.
Just add to those three
Perry, Taylor, Franks, Whitelock, S. Barrett, Read....
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@act-crusader said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@mrdenmore said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@stargazer I agree with you. Mounga could do with the experience. I'd even start him, with his Crusaders colleagues Crotty at second-five and Goodhue at centre.
Just add to those three
Perry, Taylor, Franks, Whitelock, S. Barrett, Read....
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