Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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@Machpants said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
"All Blacks don't cry"
Ok so what is it that you are doing, plums?
fuck as if i wasn't already disappointed enough in this coaching group
we are Cheika's wallabies. start saying goodbye to trophies
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Wallaby fans must find it hilarious to see the hyperventilating about BB and RM, when they have O'Connor at 10. Excellent player but not a test standard flyhalf.
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@Nepia said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
so...in the last 10 minutes ive seen posts on the socials saying
BB didn't train today
JB seen limping with an icepack
and obviously WhitelockMy Barrett voodoo dolls are working.
Hopefully all short term despite your efforts. What did you do to older brother Kane? Chuck the doll under a stampeding herd of cattle?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Nepia said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
so...in the last 10 minutes ive seen posts on the socials saying
BB didn't train today
JB seen limping with an icepack
and obviously WhitelockMy Barrett voodoo dolls are working.
Hopefully all short term despite your efforts. What did you do to older brother Kane? Chuck the doll under a stampeding herd of cattle?
Only short term, and only really for SB when he plays 6, and BB when he was an awesome player but not good 10 (I actually want him returned to 10 at the moment), and only JB, um, when he makes his silly mistakes.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Wallaby fans must find it hilarious to see the hyperventilating about BB and RM, when they have O'Connor at 10. Excellent player but not a test standard flyhalf.
in fairness i thought he did well on the weekend
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Wallaby fans must find it hilarious to see the hyperventilating about BB and RM, when they have O'Connor at 10. Excellent player but not a test standard flyhalf.
in fairness i thought he did well on the weekend
It helped that they had front-foot ball and Sqeak from Baseketball having a picnic at the breakdown.
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@Machpants said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
"All Blacks don't cry"
Ok so what is it that you are doing, plums?
Someone needs media training. "You saw what you saw, the ref can only adjudicate on what his team sees and on the field we need to do a better job responding".
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Wallaby fans must find it hilarious to see the hyperventilating about BB and RM, when they have O'Connor at 10. Excellent player but not a test standard flyhalf.
in fairness i thought he did well on the weekend
Bieber's step off both feet to leave Ofa grasping at air was funny for all the wrong reasons.
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@mariner4life total bitch move
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@Stargazer said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Grant Fox just said it's a 3-test Bledisloe.
Just watched it on YouTube. Have never seen Foxy this defensive and stressed before. Very unlike the cool and measured person we have seen over the last few years.
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@akan004 said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Stargazer said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Grant Fox just said it's a 3-test Bledisloe.
Just watched it on YouTube. Have never seen Foxy this defensive and stressed before. Very unlike the cool and measured person we have seen over the last few years.
Yeah the 'nz needs to understand' is bullshit. Proof is in the pudding and since 2017 the ABs Plum Duff has had more rat dung and cat vomit in it as time has gone on.
Interesting Squidge about Japan beating Boks in 15. I was watching that at (soccer type) bro in laws house, so just checking in once every so often. By the end we were all around the TV! But they played very much off 9, with long passes. That is something the ABs could learn from AKA Lions Test 1, certainly something to think about, with Aaron's bullet pass
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@Machpants Incredible isn't it that we seemingly had worked out how to unlock the rush D in Lions Test 1 by playing off 9 and then never used that tactic again for whatever strange reason.
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Just on BB, I am having trouble explaining what is going on there. It's like he has something major on his mind and rugby just isn't doing it for him anymore. He has just been off all year, did he miss Wellington that much or is married life not all he thought it would be?
Or is it possible he has always wanted to play 10 and has just got the shits the Fozzie has forced him to play 15 and influenced the Blues for him to play there also?
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@Bones said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@chimoaus yeah he hasn't seemed to have the "spark" we're used to seeing. Maybe he's lost that extra yard of pace that made a difference? Maybe trying to change his game? Or as you say, maybe just not "into it".
He's barely played this year. But when he turned out for the Blues, his steadying influence was noticeable
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Don't get the Dmac hate after last week's game. He had a shit year for the Chiefs and y'all know that I was a massive critic of him on here, but dude played well during NvS and the test last week. I'd have no issues with him on the bench and if he had to start at 15 it wouldn't bother me.
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@canefan said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Bones said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@chimoaus yeah he hasn't seemed to have the "spark" we're used to seeing. Maybe he's lost that extra yard of pace that made a difference? Maybe trying to change his game? Or as you say, maybe just not "into it".
He's barely played this year. But when he turned out for the Blues, his steadying influence was noticeable
How many Blues games did he miss?
It’s been a disrupted year for all, but he’s still played quite a bit.
I don’t know what influence AB selectors have over the franchises, but to me the Blues selections were more about weighing the positives of a Black/Barrett 10/15 combo over Barrett/anyone else. Quality fullback options for the Blues were pretty light on from what I remember.
Ideally you want your best options in each position playing there but to me Barrett was both the best 10 and best 15 in the Blues squad.
I agree he has looked less than his best and down on his regular confident and sometimes high risk play.
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@ACT-Crusader yeah I thought he played a decent amount of SRA.
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I think Beauden has played 10 games this year.
7 x Super Rugby Aotearoa (zero original Super Rugby)
North/South
2 x TaranakiI thought he looked far better in the 5 more recent games after he shifted to 10 (2 x Super Rugby Aotearoa, 2 x Taranaki, North/South).
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@African-Monkey said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Oh yay Mo'unga to get another start at 10......
he was never getting cut
And i don't mind that. He will hopefully learn a few lessons, either that, or given the time to prove he's not the guy. The bigger problem is, if he is not the guy, then who the fuck is? Jioane has "solid backup" written all over him. And that's it.
Trask
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