Ireland vs All Blacks (2018)
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I, for one, am fucking nervous. This has banana skin written all over it. A depleted Irish side at home, some AB players out of form and who have never played particularly well against Ireland (A Smith, I'm looking at you) and a defence that is sieve-like in containment. Added to that, the game vs England was a real grind and this Irish pack is not exactly shrinking violets in physical confrontation - yeah I'm not exactly seeing the ABs blowing them away by any stretch.
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@jegga said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@mn5 said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
Joe Stanley was the big hard midfielder of that era and was under 90kg if I recall correctly.
Just makes me realise how much the AB selectors missed a trick by not picking Marty 'Chuck' Berry. He woulda absolutely dominated.
According to his stats, he was 83kg. That's probably lighter than Andrew Mehrtens.
That’s not saying much.Have you seen Mehrtens lately?
He was at the cafe when I had breakfast with Joe Moody , Jerome Kaino , Damien McKenzie and Liam Squire . Mehrts defence was always a bit suspect but he can tackle any buffet by the looks of him.First time you've mentioned that breakfast. How did you keep a lid on that for so long?
Mehrts was slight as for much of his career. He didn't smash the pies until later. Who can forget the tragicomic image of him walking off injured looking 20kg overweight and with those ridiculous lambchop sideburns.
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Ireland are 6N champions, ranked second in the world, playing at home against a team at the end of a gruelling season.
How are they not favourites?
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@chris-b said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
TAB has ABs $1.44, Ireland $2.75.
They're only giving Ireland 5.5 points headstart at evens.
TAB is not confident!
They are naturally conservative due to the volume of local punters betting on the abs.
Ireland are obviously clear favourites. -
https://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Leinster/Dublin/long.html
Weather supposed to be fine and clear!
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@chris-b when was the last time odds were that low? 2015 RWC final?
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@taniwharugby Dunno - not recently! Lions third test?
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@pukunui said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
A couple of days out from the biggest test since the Lions and all we have is a bunch of blokes reminiscing about players from 30 odd years ago.
What is going on?That's my bad, should have known that video would send a bunch of old bastards on a trip down memory lane.
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@taniwharugby haaa poor old Fox. Still, he never lost to Ireland...playing...
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@taniwharugby said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
With the Irish having beaten us now, does this reduce the pressure on them to beat us again, or increase it, especially with home fans wanting to experience beating the ABs?
Increase, as they're confident now, did it once can do it again. Lions did it, England did it ( if you conveniently ignore the score), boks did it. Ireland supporters will see ABs as there for the plucking, and they've got the team to do it.
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@no-quarter said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@pukunui said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
A couple of days out from the biggest test since the Lions and all we have is a bunch of blokes reminiscing about players from 30 odd years ago.
What is going on?That's my bad, should have known that video would send a bunch of old bastards on a trip down memory lane.
Shut tfu you arsehole millennial.
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@bones said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@taniwharugby haaa poor old Fox. Still, he never lost to Ireland...playing...
Should have been disallowed anyway, knock on by Buck.
McNeil was a shit, shit ref.
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@mikethesnow said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@bones said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@taniwharugby haaa poor old Fox. Still, he never lost to Ireland...playing...
Should have been disallowed anyway, knock on by Buck.
McNeil was a shit, shit ref.
Obviously in NZRU's pocket.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
@mn5 said in Ireland Vs All Blacks:
Joe Stanley was the big hard midfielder of that era and was under 90kg if I recall correctly.
Just makes me realise how much the AB selectors missed a trick by not picking Marty 'Chuck' Berry. He woulda absolutely dominated.
According to his stats, he was 83kg. That's probably lighter than Andrew Mehrtens.
About Aarons Smiths size , quite funny when you think about it .
