England vs All Blacks
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@nzzp said in England Vs All Blacks:
Article from Sean Fitzpatrick in the Grauniad. Interesting - highlights how different rugby was back in 93 compared to now.
‘Everyone was eating cucumber sandwiches’: an All Black’s view of Twickenham | Sean Fitzpatrick
As a boy I dreamed of pulling on the New Zealand shirt and running out to face England but in 1993 we lost. It was a turning point for us
Well it is quarter of a century ago so you’d hope it had changed a bit.
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Maybe SBW and Goodhue. I hope so, it’s the one combo we haven’t seen yet. In my mind Goodhue is now a lock for 13 and it’s a case of choosing a 12 from SBW, Crotty, Laumape and ALB to partner him. Roughly 12 months to get it right.
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@act-crusader said in England Vs All Blacks:
@nzzp said in England Vs All Blacks:
Article from Sean Fitzpatrick in the Grauniad. Interesting - highlights how different rugby was back in 93 compared to now.
‘Everyone was eating cucumber sandwiches’: an All Black’s view of Twickenham | Sean Fitzpatrick
As a boy I dreamed of pulling on the New Zealand shirt and running out to face England but in 1993 we lost. It was a turning point for us
Well it is quarter of a century ago so you’d hope it had changed a bit.
yeah - but the interesting thing for me was quite how different it was. With television and player transfers the styles have aligned a lot more - techniques get seen on video and if they're good, they permeate quickly
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@billy-tell said in England Vs All Blacks:
Maybe SBW and Goodhue. I hope so, it’s the one combo we haven’t seen yet. In my mind Goodhue is now a lock for 13 and it’s a case of choosing a 12 from SBW, Crotty, Laumape and ALB to partner him. Roughly 12 months to get it right.
Im in two minds about that call. Even though Crotty has been ineffective, Goodhue hasn't been playing and ALB is the better bench option.
Would like Goodhue to have a run before Ireland though, so maybe go halves with GH starting and ALB swapping in. -
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@billy-tell Goodhue & SBW played v France.
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@crucial said in England Vs All Blacks:
Photos from training show Goodhue running with the team.
Amazing to think they will insert Goodhue after he's battled with glandular fever and had no playing time. That disease will knock you down big time. Did Roger Federer get it a while ago and came back quite fast? These pro athletes are supermen
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@bones said in England vs All Blacks:
@rotated yeah I skimmed over that this morning and didn't really see any "attack" on Shields, so I wasn't sure what Sumo was talking about. It seemed rather odd.
I took that as an aim at the Ferald for the headline inference and twist of quotes.
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@crucial said in England vs All Blacks:
@bones said in England vs All Blacks:
@rotated yeah I skimmed over that this morning and didn't really see any "attack" on Shields, so I wasn't sure what Sumo was talking about. It seemed rather odd.
I took that as an aim at the Ferald for the headline inference and twist of quotes.
Yeah - it was a weird article - clickbait headline, with absolutely nothing in the article backing up the inference.
So... a clickbait article from start to finish - claiming things that the coaches have never said, but would make a "good story" if they did - ... and I assume/hope S"S"S was taking object to that. -
Joe Moody has been ruled out of the rest of the tour with an eye injury. This is a massive loss, Tim Perry is not an adequate replacement imo. Angus Ta'avao comes into the squad.
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In other news, Joe Moody has changed his name by deed poll to Ryan Crotty.
TBH, you could argue Big Karl is the better choice at the moment.
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@akan004 said in England vs All Blacks:
Joe Moody has been ruled out of the rest of the tour with an eye injury. This is a massive loss, Tim Perry is not an adequate replacement imo. Angus Ta'avao comes into the squad.
the article snuck in the team will be named at 5pm today
