Italy vs All Blacks
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@act-crusader I think an ALB-Goodhue midfield is one plenty have been wanting to see.
These Italian matches are usually snore-fests, error and penalty riddled matches...
My starting 15:
Laulala, Coles, Tu'ungafasi (one of them plays both sides right?)
BBBR, Tuipulotu
Papali'i, Read, SB
TTT, Mounga,
ALB, Goodhue
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@billy-tell said in Italy vs All Blacks:
Highly struggling to care about this game tbh. I imagine the players feel the same...
So if this tour is the dress rehearsal for Japan '19 is this the 3rd-4th play-off?
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@booboo said in Italy vs All Blacks:
@rapido said in Italy vs All Blacks:
Good RWC dress rehearsal this tour.
Replicating 1/4 final, semi-final, 3/4th playoff ....
Bugger. Someone heat me to it. Again.
Thread reading is a lost art these days....
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@act-crusader said in Italy vs All Blacks:
@booboo said in Italy vs All Blacks:
@rapido said in Italy vs All Blacks:
Good RWC dress rehearsal this tour.
Replicating 1/4 final, semi-final, 3/4th playoff ....
Bugger. Someone heat me to it. Again.
Thread reading is a lost art these days....
Lost?
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@kiwimurph said in Italy vs All Blacks:
I'm looking forward to this game to see Papalii play and the 9-10 combo of TTT-Mounga which on paper looks very useful.
With the issues we are having at six, might be worth playing Dalton there. He's a big unit, good ball runner, and has a huge workrate.
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B Smith
G Bridge
J Goodhue
N Laumape
R Ioane
R Mo'unga
TJP
A Ioane
A Savea
S Luatua
B Rettalic
S Whitelock
N Laulala
C Taylor
J MoodyD Coles
Karl T
Ofa T
S Barrett
D Papali'i
TTT
ALB
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@kirwan said in Italy vs All Blacks:
@kiwimurph said in Italy vs All Blacks:
I'm looking forward to this game to see Papalii play and the 9-10 combo of TTT-Mounga which on paper looks very useful.
With the issues we are having at six, might be worth playing Dalton there. He's a big unit, good ball runner, and has a huge workrate.
I'm pretty sure I read that Hansen considers him a 6 that can cover 7
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@machpants Fox said he plays both, and was selected as 7 cover.
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Hansen said he wasn't a natural 7 and he was primarily a 6 who could cover 7. Fox made some comment about him being better suited to 6 too
Hopefully he gets the start at 6 this weekend. It would be a shame to take him on tour and not see him both positions
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Possible starting team for Italy:
Jordie Barrett, Waisake Naholo, Anton Lienert-Brown, Ngani Laumape, Rieko Ioane, Richie Mo'unga, TJ Perenara, Kieran Read, Dalton Papalii, Vaea Fifita, Scott Barrett, Patrick Tuipulotu, Nepo Laulala, Dane Coles, Ofa Tuungafasi.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12162930
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@tim love the hyperbole 'one of the starting survivors' like they are all being dropped due to the loss.
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@bovidae said in Italy vs All Blacks:
Hopefully an ALB-Goodhue midfield.
I'd like to see Mo'unga get a start. Don't think he a magic solution, but he needs some serious game-time with DMac and/or BB coming on as subs.
