RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1)
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@Bovidae said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
With no Cane, Read will likely spend more time on the back of the scrum than in the previous RWC games.
We can still run Ardie at no8 on attacking scrums.
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Bovidae said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
With no Cane, Read will likely spend more time on the back of the scrum than in the previous RWC games.
We can still run Ardie at no8 on attacking scrums.
But that means Read is at openside from those scrums. They might be better to have Ardie running off Read's shoulder. I'm sure the ABs will mix it up.
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@mariner4life said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@voodoo said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Fuck, how long til game time???
Also, I'm in the Qantas lounge waiting for a flight which is 2hrs (and counting) delayed - is there any line they draw on drunkenness for a flight to Bali or am I sweet to carry on?
it's expected you turn up wankered isn't it? Bogan heaven
Although he’ll want to delete those two pics from his phone. How would you explain taking a photo of Helen Clark on holiday?
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@Hooroo said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@taniwharugby said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Hooroo if they aspire to be great journos they certainly should be reading the fern, such a diverse range of rugby fans of all ages, bias' and allegiances, this IS the place to get your analysis from, if you ignore the likes of us on here, then you may as well turn to clickbaiting!!
To be fair, it is much better in here now that a few of the morons are gone.
Bold words
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Sitting in a bar in Balian, Bali, it was great listening to comments after we killed the Paddies.
Mainly along the lines of "geez they'll be bloody hard to beat", and mainly from Aussies. It's funny I was sitting there thinking the same about the Poms after they'd dismantled the wreck that is Aussie rugby.
I'm still slightly kaking my Saks for this weekend's game, but then I was worried as fuck about the Irish, so go figure!
But if our fatties can play as well as that again, we should be fine, being it on I say.
Sam Cane, a defensive rock to come on at half or just after, Barrett to bench or replace one of the locks...?
I'm happy with team.
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Dunno what happened here, but given that it's a world cup semi final, the way it's been derailed is genuinely worthy of commendation.
Back to the team:
I remember Jones first press conference as England boss, and it was about THIS game. It was about the All Blacks in the world cup. His words were all about ensuring don't get sucked into the AB game, play the England game and that is what gives the best opportunity.
Isn't switching Cane for Barrett, i.e - upping our size, us playing the England game plan?
Something to mull over.
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@MajorRage said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
I remember Jones first press conference as England boss, and it was about THIS game. It was about the All Blacks in the world cup. His words were all about ensuring don't get sucked into the AB game, play the England game and that is what gives the best opportunity.
The thing is, which AB side do you prepare for? They feel like shapeshifters at the moment, Ireland were chasing ghosts out there, but it wasn't slapdash, it was weirdly structured unstructured play. That Ireland game is going into the AB legendary games
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Out of interest, and giving the ritual Pommy complaints about NZ raiding the ‘south sea islands’ (despite being an, err, south sea island), how many of their team for this Saturday were actually born in England?
Billy Vunipola is Australian born of Tongan heritage; Mako Vunipola is NZ-born of Tongan heritage. Tuilagi was born in Samoa. Willi Heinz is from Christchurch. Sam Underhill is American isn’t he?
Has Nigel Farage approved this squad? Shock horror.
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@MrDenmore said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Out of interest, and giving the ritual Pommy complaints about NZ raiding the ‘south sea islands’ (despite being an, err, south sea island), how many of their team for this Saturday were actually born in England?
Billy Vunipola is Australian born of Tongan heritage; Mako Vunipola is NZ-born of Tongan heritage. Tuilagi was born in Samoa. Willi Heinz is from Christchurch. Sam Underhill is American isn’t he?
Has Nigel Farage approved this squad? Shock horror.
It's a boring argument to be honest, which I think most people are bored of (well, I am anyway).
They are playing for England, they are England.
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@MrDenmore said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Out of interest, and giving the ritual Pommy complaints about NZ raiding the ‘south sea islands’ (despite being an, err, south sea island), how many of their team for this Saturday were actually born in England?
Billy Vunipola is Australian born of Tongan heritage; Mako Vunipola is NZ-born of Tongan heritage. Tuilagi was born in Samoa. Willi Heinz is from Christchurch. Sam Underhill is American isn’t he?
Has Nigel Farage approved this squad? Shock horror.
England have 6 New Zealand 4 born overseas
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@nzzp said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@MajorRage said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
I remember Jones first press conference as England boss, and it was about THIS game. It was about the All Blacks in the world cup. His words were all about ensuring don't get sucked into the AB game, play the England game and that is what gives the best opportunity.
The thing is, which AB side do you prepare for? They feel like shapeshifters at the moment, Ireland were chasing ghosts out there, but it wasn't slapdash, it was weirdly structured unstructured play. That Ireland game is going into the AB legendary games
Yes, absolutely.
That Irish game won't be remembered for shit though if we get bundled out here.
