AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?
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@Nepia said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Chris-B Their biggest cock up was not just trusting their experienced guys (and playing them to get them in form) like they had throughout their tenure and instead tried to go for the NMS miracle again.
That is the number one question I'd ask Hansen - after beating the experience drum for a decade, how come he abandoned it at the last post?
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@Nepia said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?
Why?
Because I agree with Bovidae's post above. He was anonymous on Saturday.
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@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Nepia said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?
Why?
Because I agree with Bovidae's post above. He was anonymous on Saturday.
Ruling him out after one game - so Bridge and Reece gone for their anonymous RWC campaigns?
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By the stats, he was quiet, dangerous, and poor:
3 runs, 1 metre
1 clean break, 2 defenders beaten
1 turnover, 1 tackles made, 2 missedSimilarly Reece had:
5 runs, 6 metres
1 defender beaten, 1 offload
2 tackles made, 3 missedFor whatever reason play went to the other side and/or the others got more involved:
Bridge:
9 runs, 49 metres,
1 clean break, 3 defenders beaten, 1 try assist
2 turnovers, 5 tackles made, 1 missedTelea:
5 runs, 62 metres
2 clean breaks, 3 defenders beaten, 1 try
9 tackles made, 2 missed, 1 penalty conceded -
@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?
He's nearly 2 years older than Rieko was when he debuted. If the Olympics go ahead next year than Clarke couldn't be involved with the ABs until 2022.
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@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Nepia said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Bovidae Clarke looks like a weapon - this year might be one too soon for him. Apprentice?
Why?
Because I agree with Bovidae's post above. He was anonymous on Saturday.
Bridge was anonymous his previous 2 starts before Saturday.
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@gt12 said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
By the stats, he was quiet, dangerous, and poor:
3 runs, 1 metre
1 clean break, 2 defenders beaten
1 turnover, 1 tackles made, 2 missedSimilarly Reece had:
5 runs, 6 metres
1 defender beaten, 1 offload
2 tackles made, 3 missedFor whatever reason play went to the other side and/or the others got more involved:
Bridge:
9 runs, 49 metres,
1 clean break, 3 defenders beaten, 1 try assist
2 turnovers, 5 tackles made, 1 missedTelea:
5 runs, 62 metres
2 clean breaks, 3 defenders beaten, 1 try
9 tackles made, 2 missed, 1 penalty concededSo Telea easily the best on the field
also, how much does being a winger suck? The fuck were they even doing out there? There would have been people in teh stands who did more than these guys
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@gt12 Even without looking at the stats, George was way ahead on points compared to the other wings in that game - on my card anyway.
That doesn't necessarily mean you get a line drawn through your name if you're the other guys, but it's a significant blow to their campaigns to be outplayed by the incumbent they're trying to unseat.
I'm biased, but I've got Will Jordan at the head of the new caps queue to join the outside backs - so the question is how many new guys do they want and how many incumbents might they get rid of?
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@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
George was way ahead on points compared to the other wings in that game - on my card anyway
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@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
how many new guys do they want and how many incumbents might they get rid of?
all of them. and all of them
let's make this exciting, and throw the baby out with the bathwater.
baby blacks y'all!
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@mariner4life said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
@Chris-B said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
how many new guys do they want and how many incumbents might they get rid of?
all of them. and all of them
let's make this exciting, and throw the baby out with the bathwater.
baby blacks y'all!
Steve?
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@Bovidae said in AB squad for the Bledisloe Cup?:
If the Olympics go ahead next year than Clarke couldn't be involved with the ABs until 2022.
you'd think they will be re-looking at those guys had previously committed, some might be closer to the ABs, while others might be further form the 7s than they were previously....
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@taniwharugby Clarke is keen to go based on a quote only a week ago.
“I want to go to Tokyo,” he says. “It’s a big goal, especially while I’m still young. But we’ll just see how this season pans out. The ultimate goal is always the black jersey. If there’s a shot of that it would be something real cool to pursue. But the Olympics is once in a lifetime as well.”
