2019 Māori All Blacks
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@Stargazer agree with you 😊
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After watching this game, I suspect their will be several changes from the starting lineup
The first changes I would make is in the halves..with Hall and Smith,.. -
@KiwiMurph Can't take too much from those stats. The 1014 guys had an item on that about a month ago. The Landers overall made far less tackles than last season, for example.
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@98blueandgold Yeah, they're looking good and are going to be dangerous. The French test last November was a sign of things to come. I wonder whether this is already their strongest line-up. I vaguely remember reading that they're still missing a few players.
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Parkinson has confirmed to me today what I have been thinking all season - at this stage of his career he is showing he is going to be another Dominic Bird.
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@Crazy-Horse Play for the Chiefs?
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@Crazy-Horse will cut him some slack, he’s only a young fella, little bit early to start comparing him to a Bird..the damage was done in the first half when we decided to kick all our ball away..the reserves all added energy,Hall added some much needed direction, Nankerville some much needed thrust.but unfortunately they were left too much to do..
Thought Karpick was industrious throughout, and Sean Wainui tried hard..but apart from those 2,the rest of the starting VX should be taking a long look at themselves
Quite confident they will turn it around in 7 x days..miracle passes don’t often stick when it’s 5 degrees and dew is around. -
@Steven-Harris said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
After watching this game, I suspect their will be several changes from the starting lineup
The first changes I would make is in the halves..with Hall and Smith,..Yeah, it's going to be interesting what they are going to do, particularly in the backrow. The player who didn't get game time is Harmon, so he's likely to play next game; however, he's an openside and Karpik was the best loosie on the field today, so you don't want to take him out of the line-up. Akira was the worst, but do they dare to leave him out? Douglas should start at 8. I think the question will be, who will play at 6, Prinsep or Akira? Harmon will probably end up on the bench; I'd give Karpik the start again.
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Plenty of work to do before Rotovegas. Outmuscled up front and dysfunctional in the backs.
Changes need to be made. Agree with @Steven-Harris that Wainui and Karpik were the pick of the players.
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@Bovidae said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
Plenty of work to do before Rotovegas. Outmuscled up front and dysfunctional in the backs.
Changes need to be made. Agree with @Steven-Harris that Wainui and Karpik were the pick of the players.
I didn't think Wainui did very much. A bad dropped ball in contact and whilst he scored two tries but he probably ran a combined 7 metres for both tries. I'd argue the Nankiville and Hall made a huge impact when they took the field. I agree with you that Karpik was great.
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@Tim said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
Can this Fiji team beat Australia?
Yes
Will they? No
If Maori have a good week they could easily square the series next outing.
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@Cantab79 I was referring to the starters only. Wainui ran with purpose and seemed to be the only back who wanted to make a tackle. They all missed plenty of tackles though.
Most of the reserves did make an impact and some should start in Rotorua.
