Springboks V All Blacks
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Looks a really strong pack - even without BBBR. Getting to the stage where there's strength in depth in most positions for RWC2019
Only concern is midfield - ALB, SBW, Crotty and Goodhue are all good - but it'd be good to have a settled combination
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@act-crusader said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@crucial said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@act-crusader said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@mariner4life said in Springboks V All Blacks:
My well documented ALB bias aside, why is Crotty on the bench?
Given how the ABs play the game, having the "safe organiser" on the bench seems a strange move.
Because if we are down 5 and it’s the 79th minute he can score the game tying try in the 83rd minute 😎
After all the non Cantabs have walked him to the line?
Based on the last SA game they would need to get him close as he only made 2 metres per carry in that one. In fact, looking at his stats in that game I'm surprised he has even been selected. 60% tackle completion for someone that is supposedly there as a good defender?
I'll give it to you that the opposition jerseys are green though.
You mean the passage where Read and the two Franks were the most prominent....
Noun, Cruden, Ben Smith we’re all more prominent than Read. The Thug brothers were definitely prominent though, one of them even wound up at first receiver at one stage.
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@nepia said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@act-crusader said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@crucial said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@act-crusader said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@mariner4life said in Springboks V All Blacks:
My well documented ALB bias aside, why is Crotty on the bench?
Given how the ABs play the game, having the "safe organiser" on the bench seems a strange move.
Because if we are down 5 and it’s the 79th minute he can score the game tying try in the 83rd minute 😎
After all the non Cantabs have walked him to the line?
Based on the last SA game they would need to get him close as he only made 2 metres per carry in that one. In fact, looking at his stats in that game I'm surprised he has even been selected. 60% tackle completion for someone that is supposedly there as a good defender?
I'll give it to you that the opposition jerseys are green though.
You mean the passage where Read and the two Franks were the most prominent....
Noun, Cruden, Ben Smith we’re all more prominent than Read. The Thug brothers were definitely prominent though, one of them even wound up at first receiver at one stage.
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@victor-meldrew All well and good to have a settled combination but much can happen between now and Japan - two of those players might not even be at the WC
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@nepia said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@act-crusader said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@crucial said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@act-crusader said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@mariner4life said in Springboks V All Blacks:
My well documented ALB bias aside, why is Crotty on the bench?
Given how the ABs play the game, having the "safe organiser" on the bench seems a strange move.
Because if we are down 5 and it’s the 79th minute he can score the game tying try in the 83rd minute 😎
After all the non Cantabs have walked him to the line?
Based on the last SA game they would need to get him close as he only made 2 metres per carry in that one. In fact, looking at his stats in that game I'm surprised he has even been selected. 60% tackle completion for someone that is supposedly there as a good defender?
I'll give it to you that the opposition jerseys are green though.
You mean the passage where Read and the two Franks were the most prominent....
Noun, Cruden, Ben Smith we’re all more prominent than Read. The Thug brothers were definitely prominent though, one of them even wound up at first receiver at one stage.
Still makes me feel warm and fuzzy remembering the Franks's cleanouts when they came on. Really helped take the game away from the Oirish. -
Jack Goodhue has been ruled out of the test tomorrow with a virus,got this passed on to me a couple of hours ago.
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@steven-harris said in Springboks V All Blacks:
Jack Goodhue has been ruled out of the test tomorrow with a virus,got this passed on to me a couple of hours ago.
So Crotty to 13and ALB to bench.
One of the advantages of not having a constant midfield selection is that we have a pool to select from without really wearing much. -
@steven-harris Boooo - I was really looking forward to watching Jack.
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@steven-harris said in Springboks V All Blacks:
Jack Goodhue has been ruled out of the test tomorrow with a virus,got this passed on to me a couple of hours ago.
Poos
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God that makes our midfield slow
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@steven-harris
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@pakman said in Springboks V All Blacks:
BTW did anyone else think theee weeks ago that ABs were not showing Boks full respect when they chose to do Ka Mate?
Kapa O Pango for sure this week.And this, this right here, is why i absolutely fucking haaaate two haka
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@pakman said in Springboks V All Blacks:
BTW did anyone else think three weeks ago that ABs were not showing Boks full respect when they chose to do Ka Mate?
Kapa O Pango for sure this week.Was it half or quarter respect?
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@act-crusader said in Springboks V All Blacks:
@pakman said in Springboks V All Blacks:
BTW did anyone else think three weeks ago that ABs were not showing Boks full respect when they chose to do Ka Mate?
Kapa O Pango for sure this week.Was it half or quarter respect?
Your guess as good as mine. But Kapa always rolled out when ABs REALLY mean business. I can only recall us losing one match with it.
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Right. Everybody awake and out of bed. It begins.
