RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool B)

[Bovidae]

@Snowy Gauzere has the Namibia game (the 3rd French ref in a row) and Pearce (Eng) is the ref in the Italy game.

[Snowy]

@Bovidae Not going to take a victim mentality so maybe it will be a good thing if they appoint the idiots in the playoff rounds - at least we will be "adjusted".

[Chris B.]

@mariner4life said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool :

in all seriousness though, i thought we all agreed not to trust a single thing that comes out of Steve's mouth at a press conference?

He's quite amusing though. He gets asked about whether Jamie Joseph has put up his hand to be the AB coach and he gets to "...I've got the world record for the most number of losses in a row and the world record for the most number of wins....". (about 9.45 I think)

[Snowy]

@Chris-B I really liked that as well. He does seem like a good cnut.

[DMX]

@rotated said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool :

@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool :

Why isn’t Retallick playing against Namibia? I thought that was the game they were targeting for his return.

Has there been an update since the squad announcement on Rettalick? Wasn't the prognosis QF hopefully, but still some doubt.

Maybe off the bench against Italy like Read in 2011?

I thought the last update was QF, didn’t think Namibia was a possibility.

[KiwiMurph]

@DMX said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool :

@rotated said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool :

@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool :

Why isn’t Retallick playing against Namibia? I thought that was the game they were targeting for his return.

Has there been an update since the squad announcement on Rettalick? Wasn't the prognosis QF hopefully, but still some doubt.

Maybe off the bench against Italy like Read in 2011?

I thought the last update was QF, didn’t think Namibia was a possibility.

My understanding was the latest was Retallick was targeting the final pool game (Italy).

[mariner4life]

y'all are forgetting that Lurch isn't a man, he's a creation made of sewn together body parts. It makes for quicker healing when you just sew another shoulder on.

[antipodean]

I recall it reported him saying after a pool session it felt much, much better and hence gave confidence that his recovery was ahead of schedule.

Even if he's just back for Italy, I'd expect limited minutes just to get some game time in his legs.

[taniwharugby]

yeah I think he (BBBR) was talking about maybe Namibia, but maybe that was him being optimistic...

I mean the Saffas were saying they wouldnt have been surprised if he came out against them (given they were the carnts that broke him)

[Frank]

@mariner4life said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool :

y'all are forgetting that Lurch isn't a man, he's a creature made of sewn together body parts. It makes for quicker healing when you just sew another shoulder on.

Fixed.

[booboo]

@Frank said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool :

y'all are forgetting that Lurch isn't a man, he's a beast made of sewn together body parts. It makes for quicker healing when you just sew another shoulder on.

Fixed.

Fixed betterer

[No Quarter]

Oh my God will this game just start already, it feels like a full year has gone by since our opener.

[ACT Crusader]

@No-Quarter when is the team named?

[Machpants]

@ACT-Crusader Already named here: https://www.espn.com/rugby/lineups?gameId=24564&league=164205

[Siam]

Wonder who'll get our obligatory red card. You know it's coming....
Might start a sweepstake.

[Bovidae]

@Machpants I thought Mehrtens and Kronfeld were to make their debuts in this fixture?

[pukunui]

When is the.......kick off?

11:30 NZ time? So 12:30 on fta on delay?

[KiwiMurph]

@pukunui kickoff is 11:15pm nz time I believe.

[pukunui]

@KiwiMurph thanks

[ACT Crusader]

@Machpants said in RWC: All Blacks v Canada (Pool :

@ACT-Crusader Already named here: https://www.espn.com/rugby/lineups?gameId=24564&league=164205

Some quality there at 11, 12 and 15. Not sure the rest of the backline stacks up