Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11
-
@Chris-B said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
Not thrilled about that.
I would have moved Jordie to fullback and brought in Sevu Reece.
Thrilled about that. Reece can eat a bag of dicks and DMac will make the Fern match thread interesting.
-
@Chris-B said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Nepia Well, no-one is a clone...
They were wing-fullbacks - as opposed to power wingers or out-and-out speedsters.
They're the two who are as close to Bridge in my mind, as anyone.
It’s just weird to pick such good attacking players to compare him against. Guildford was a wing fullback too, worked hard like Bridge and had excellent pace.
I wouldn’t say either beat people with footwork, so a better comparison than Jane or Dagg.
-
@Kirwan said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Chris-B said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Nepia Well, no-one is a clone...
They were wing-fullbacks - as opposed to power wingers or out-and-out speedsters.
They're the two who are as close to Bridge in my mind, as anyone.
It’s just weird to pick such good attacking players to compare him against. Guildford was a wing fullback too, worked hard like Bridge and had excellent pace.
I wouldn’t say either beat people with footwork, so a better comparison than Jane or Dagg.
Yeah, Guildford is probably closer. They're both great if put in space and they're both good at getting in positions to put in space.
Last year I wanted Bridge to be our right wing/fullback style dude but they picked him to replace our attacking left wing.
-
-
This is worse. Hilarious
-
@Nepia I have Zac as a different sort of wing - and actually more like Doug Howlett!
Rieko is part of the reason that RWC 2019 caught us at a low ebb.
He had injury problems, but regardless - in the games he played subsequent to Perth, he never showed sufficient form to displace George.
At anything like his peak the door never would have opened.
-
@Bovidae said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Frank said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
WTF???
Put Jordie at 15 and Caleb Clarke on the wing.
D Mac on the bench.That would make sense BUT obviously both Bridge and Clarke are primarily left wingers.
Details, details.
I've got no time for facts. -
-
-
How in the sweet fuck does DMac get a start? He shouldn't even be in the squad ffs.
-
-
@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@Chris-B said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@bayimports said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
@DMX true regarding Jordie, but it looks like he ate Aaron Smith during the off season and the weight not only added confidence but also made more effective tackles and breaks... opinion of course but Jordie looks different this year.
Yeah - I read an article that he consciously bulked up in the off season. Added six or seven kgs.
He also went up a level in his play with the Hurricanes. Became one of their go to guys.
He might make a mistake tomorrow, but I think that will be an anomaly now (like Ben Smith getting binned in the RWC Final), rather than any indication that he's not ready for this level.
I think my only slight concerns would be that he probably doesn't have the out and out gas of a wing and that he hasn't played there much.
Overall, I reckon he's less likely to make a bad error than a debuting Will Jordan or an adventurous Sevu Reece, but in the longer run he's probably less likely to create magic quite as often either.
So, I hope this is a matter of Fozzie being desperate to win his first outing, rather than any sort of fixture - and if it is (with Beaudy as their first choice fullback), it certainly begs the question of why they haven't got Josh Ioane in the squad
My 2 cents is that tonight is a signal that Mo’unga is going to get the starts at 10 this season and barring major catastrophe this will continue with Barrett going for a sabbatical next year that may impact on test footy (whatever that looks like) next year.
Josh’s inclusion would be surplus right now. Tough call but with Mo’unga and Barrett and in an emergency DMac and Jordie available I’d say they’ve got things covered.
Let's hope we don't have to test this theory early in tomorrow's game!
-
-
I’m surprised that they don’t seem to see Jordie as second playmaker - really they’ve got three out there. It’s a strange replacement .
And if both Clarke and Bridge are only 11s, that also means that we don’t have right wing cover on the bench or in the team, so one or both of them are covering 14.
I’d have put Clarke in and switched Bridge over, with Dmac to the bench (as they need 10 cover). Feel a bit sorry for Joane who should have been there from the start and could have got a bench role here.
