Bledisloe #1
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@junior Laumape was the major positive today. Busy in defence. Ran hard and caused problems to the Wallaby defence.
I don't see him as the starting 12 but he is very effective impact from the bench. Looks like he has the inside track to be the 4th midfielder alongside Crotty, ALB and Goodhue. Over to you, SBW.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe #1:
his defence as well but still rate him above Perry
In case anyone has doubts about the validity of S Barrett's Red Card:
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@sparky Thought Furlong destroyed him in the first two scrums but Big Karl came back really well and had the upper hand in the next few. But he fell off a few tackles in that game however, and really needs to work on his defence. I am not so optimistic about our propping stocks, we have props who are decent scrumagers (Franks and Moody) but can't do much else, or others who might be good around the field but aren't great scrumagers (Ofa, Moli, Angus). Also, surely it's time to start Laulala ahead of Franks now.
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So I we going to bring in another lock and go with our hybrid policy. Couple of those Wellington locks looked impressive this year. I thought Read had a good game tonight and one of his better games in a while. We need more from our forwards but not sure from where. I think the games where the cantabs lost they were dominated in the forwards. They were just a superior “team” unit that allowed them to win. We can not rely on this core unit to suffice at international level. Changes at props are needed. Reece is not good enough at international level. Too small and his success was a matter of him playing in a good team at super rugby level. I guess we have to have a 15 wing hybrid so that rules out Naholo so you get stuck with less pace and a pure winger. Not sure the 10 15 combo is that bad. We were just beaten in the forwards.
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@Jaguares4real who cares? We shouldn’t be doing that stupid shit in the first place. I would be more concerned about his overall refereeing skills and not picking up on forward passes etc.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe #1:
@sparky Thought Furlong destroyed him in the first two scrums but Big Karl came back really well and had the upper hand in the next few. But he fell off a few tackles in that game however, and really needs to work on his defence. I am not so optimistic about our propping stocks, we have props who are decent scrumagers (Franks and Moody) but can't do much else, or others who might be good around the field but aren't great scrumagers (Ofa, Moli, Angus). Also, surely it's time to start Laulala ahead of Franks now.
One of those scrums Furlong got a way with early push before the bind. Arguably ought to have been penalty to ABs. Agreed that by halftime Karl had squared the ledger.
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@broughie said in Bledisloe #1:
@Jaguares4real who cares? We shouldn’t be doing that stupid shit in the first place. I would be more concerned about his overall refereeing skills and not picking up on forward passes etc.
Totally. A hopeless ref who has a terrible habit of guessing. Shouldn't be let anywhere near knockout stages.
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Sure enough, the lesson the brains trust have picked up was 'well, there was a red card, so we don't really know'...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12257482
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Forwards weren’t up to it. Playing 2 sevens is a stupid idea, you’ve all chastised Australia for doing it for ages.
When we do it, you’re all super excited all week that this team is going to cut them to shreds.
Savea has to start, Cane was ineffective.
Scott Barrett too small for an international lock, Patrick Tuiplotou is soft as shit. Got bullied in every breakdown he attended.
Franks is terrible, just waddles about the field waiting for the next scrum. Coles too loose to start these days. Moody lazy.
Hope they don’t start Richie in the World Cup, because based on the reaction here he’s gonna get blamed for our piss week forwards losing it.
