Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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@canefan said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@canefan from memory, Ogre turned into one of the Nerds who eventually beat the Jocks
Not in the film
Ah that was the second film where he gets shunned by the jocks then joins the nerds
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@Bones said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@NTA said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Bones it is my destiny
Congrats, we can't all play the long game.
Five-dimensional chess isn't as easy as I make it look.
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1.Joe Moody, 2.Codie Taylor, 3.Ofa Tuungafasi, 4.Patrick Tuipulotu, 5.Samuel Whitelock, 6.Shannon Frizell, 7.Sam Cane (captain), 8.Ardie Savea, 9.Aaron Smith, 10.Richie Mo'unga, 11.Caleb Clarke, 12.Jack Goodhue, 13.Rieko Ioane, 14.George Bridge, 15.Jordie Barrett.
16.Dane Coles, 17.Karl Tu'inukuafe, 18.Nepo Laulala/Tyrell Lomax, 19.Tupou Vaa'i, 20.Hoskins Sotutu, 21. TJ Perenara, 22.Anton Lienert-Brown, 23.Damian McKenzie
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@ACT-Crusader Funny how 1 change and 1 positional change makes it look like a better starting 15 already. What do they do if BB is fit?
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@gt12 said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Moody, Taylor, Ofa T, Tuipulotu, Whitelock, A Ioane, Sam Cane (c), Sotutu, A Smith, B Barrett, Clarke, Laumape, ALB, R Ioane, J Barrett
Coles, Hodgman, Lomax, Dunshea/Va'ii, A Savea, Perenara, Mo'unga/DMac, Goodhue.
New back 3, new midfield, new loose trio.
A different 9/10, but at least they’ve met each other a few times😀
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I didn't get to pick the team this week, so it's not my fault that they didn't put specialists in specialist positions. I'm not adverse to keeping Frizell, but we need a real 8 starting, and Ardie off the bench. I like Sotutu and Ioane together and Cane is basically the old version of Paps, so we are recreating a trio that works well together.
I think that Laumape won't happen, but it should - he's a specialist and was playing at a very high level before injury . I'm very anti Goodhue at 12 - everything that makes him really effective is based on his reads on defense one space out, and his ability to move through traffic out there. As bench cover, he isnOK if we can get ALB to move into 12. He's been crap this year at 12, so if we kept Goodhue to start, it has to be at 13. Personally, I think ALB offers something different but I could see them swapped and use ALB off the bench.
If we need speed out at 13, then Laumape is a specialist 12, and R Ioane could go there with ALB on the bench. He covers 12 and 13 better IMO.
My worst selection (in that they aren't a specialist) is probably Ioane at 14, but I still think that at this stage of his career, we might be better with him on the wing. Our wingers offer us very little and we need more metres and go forward - in traffic - from our wings. I think Clarke and Ioane meet our high ball and metre needs.
One argument I could entertain would be having an ALB/Goodhue midfield with Clarke and Ioane, which should help the set piece and provide a creator and finisher on either side when we can go left (Barrett, ALB, Clarke) or right (Barrett, Goodhue, Ioane).
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