Japan vs All Blacks
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@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Hemopo looks well short in every sense of the word to be taking on the big ( again in every sense of the word ) boys as an international lock. Thank goodness it's only Japan.
Based on last week's game they could roll out a lock with a very Japanese name (Wimpie van der Walt) who is only 1.88 m. That's shorter than the 4 AB props playing.
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@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@rocky-rockbottom said in Japan vs All Blacks:
has to be last chance saloon for NMS.
Naholo should be spewing he's been left behind with the dirty dirties. I expect a goddamn volcanic response.
He's only played 12 tests. I thought it was heaps more than that.
Hemopo looks well short in every sense of the word to be taking on the big ( again in every sense of the word ) boys as an international lock. Thank goodness it's only Japan.
( I wonder if any bok fans posted stuff like this in 2015 ? )
I'm taking you haven't seen him play. Got himself noticed by laying into absolutely everything against the Lions. Haven't noticed height ever being a problem for him - he's your workhorse type lock in the Thorn mould.
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@bones said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Quite like the side, awesome for Papali'i and Proctor.
As B team as that loose trio is, it looks very well balanced.
Yep. On paper looks like a good side. As mentioned above only meeting on the flight up might be a bit of an issue.
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Exciting times to see how these guys go whether they deserve to be there or not. Maybe I'll put a lazy 20 on Japan haha.
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@bones said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@rocky-rockbottom said in Japan vs All Blacks:
has to be last chance saloon for NMS.
Naholo should be spewing he's been left behind with the dirty dirties. I expect a goddamn volcanic response.
He's only played 12 tests. I thought it was heaps more than that.
Hemopo looks well short in every sense of the word to be taking on the big ( again in every sense of the word ) boys as an international lock. Thank goodness it's only Japan.
( I wonder if any bok fans posted stuff like this in 2015 ? )
I'm taking you haven't seen him play. Got himself noticed by laying into absolutely everything against the Lions. Haven't noticed height ever being a problem for him - he's your workhorse type lock in the Thorn mould.
Well yeah but if being in the Thorn 'mould' was enough then we'd be fawning over 100 test AB Jarrod Hoeata.
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@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@bones said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@rocky-rockbottom said in Japan vs All Blacks:
has to be last chance saloon for NMS.
Naholo should be spewing he's been left behind with the dirty dirties. I expect a goddamn volcanic response.
He's only played 12 tests. I thought it was heaps more than that.
Hemopo looks well short in every sense of the word to be taking on the big ( again in every sense of the word ) boys as an international lock. Thank goodness it's only Japan.
( I wonder if any bok fans posted stuff like this in 2015 ? )
I'm taking you haven't seen him play. Got himself noticed by laying into absolutely everything against the Lions. Haven't noticed height ever being a problem for him - he's your workhorse type lock in the Thorn mould.
Well yeah but if being in the Thorn 'mould' was enough then we'd be fawning over 100 test AB Jarrod Hoeata.
No.
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This is the worst loss for a non-test AB team. But looking at the team list it wasn't as weak as you might think.
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@bovidae said in Japan vs All Blacks:
This is the worst loss for a non-test AB team. But looking at the team list it wasn't as weak as you might think.
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That's a decent team, up against a strong team, and clearly they had their eye already on the plane to South Africa.
Damn those were awesome days to be alive. Great close series (only the serious loss stopped it being awesome), the return to South Africa which had excitement as well as the worry that they might be the unstoppable giants some thought they were.
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@bovidae said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@nepia And when we saw a SA provincial player tackle an AB in a maul from behind you knew how different rugby was in isolation. Not forgetting about lifting in the lineout.
They had a good punch up in one of the games to - was it Natal? I remember Ian Jones showing he was a true Northlander despite his lanky frame and clobbering someone.
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@bones said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@bones said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@mn5 said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@rocky-rockbottom said in Japan vs All Blacks:
has to be last chance saloon for NMS.
Naholo should be spewing he's been left behind with the dirty dirties. I expect a goddamn volcanic response.
He's only played 12 tests. I thought it was heaps more than that.
Hemopo looks well short in every sense of the word to be taking on the big ( again in every sense of the word ) boys as an international lock. Thank goodness it's only Japan.
( I wonder if any bok fans posted stuff like this in 2015 ? )
I'm taking you haven't seen him play. Got himself noticed by laying into absolutely everything against the Lions. Haven't noticed height ever being a problem for him - he's your workhorse type lock in the Thorn mould.
Well yeah but if being in the Thorn 'mould' was enough then we'd be fawning over 100 test AB Jarrod Hoeata.
No.
You win this round with your big rambling long winded post but I'll be back.
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@rapido said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Awesome. Looking forward to this.
Has that "could the midweek team lose to Neath or Ulster' kind of feel to it from the touring days, except its a Saturday.
Yeah, except this counts as a test. First ever losses to Ireland and Japan would be a fucking monumental black mark against Hansen despite his record.
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@no-quarter said in Japan vs All Blacks:
@rapido said in Japan vs All Blacks:
Awesome. Looking forward to this.
Has that "could the midweek team lose to Neath or Ulster' kind of feel to it from the touring days, except its a Saturday.
Yeah, except this counts as a test. First ever losses to Ireland and Japan would be a fucking monumental black mark against Hansen despite his record.
Ireland was always gonna be a possibility eventually. It shits me that Argentina are likely to get theirs before the Scots though.
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@no-quarter I'm assuming Hansen has done his due diligence on Japan and left significant margin for error.
But if someone foolishly gets binned, or we get a couple of injuries to eg Mo'unga then the best laid plans of mice and men...
