Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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- Joe Moody (47)
- Dane Coles (70)
- Ofa Tuungafasi (36)
- Patrick Tuipulotu (31)
- Tupou Vaa’i (1)
- Shannon Frizell (10)
- Sam Cane (69) - captain
- Ardie Savea (45)
- Aaron Smith (93)
- Richie Mo’unga (18)
- Caleb Clarke (1)
- Jack Goodhue (14)
- Anton Lienert-Brown (44)
- Jordie Barrett (18)
- Beauden Barrett (84)
- Codie Taylor (51)
- Alex Hodgman - debut
- Nepo Laulala (27)
- Scott Barrett (36)
- Hoskins Sotutu (1)
- TJ Perenara (65)
- Rieko Ioane (30)
- Damian McKenzie (24)
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Crucial said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Given that Jordan was about to be released you'd think that he wasn't in the plans and has only been held as cover.
Scares me to think that Scooter may walk straight back in but we are desperately light on locking options.Is DMac a bit redundant on the bench with both Barrett’s starting and Mo’unga?
I wondered that as well but with Reece sent home and Jordan about to be sent home, that does seem to be the plan.
Maybe it is so BB can move to 10, RM can move to fuck right off and with DMac at 14/15 they can continue a two playmaker game?
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@Duluth I thought @bayimports had it the wrong way around in the midfield. But no, it's a 12 at 13 and a 13 at 12.
FFS.
This feels like the most inevitable slide into mediocrity I can remember. It's really concerning for the next few months, let alone the next year or so. I really hope I'm proved wrong, but Fozzie is coaching like he did during the bad Chiefs years
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you have ALB and Goodhue in the side, but play them round the wrong way...
Congrats to Clarke on his first start and Hodgman for his potential debut!
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@nzzp said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Duluth I thought @bayimports had it the wrong way around in the midfield. But no, it's a 12 at 13 and a 13 at 12.
Firms up the point that there is some plan here with the backline tactics.
Goodhue is not a 12 in the sense of a second five or a linebreaker.
It is like they have skipped the 12 altogether and gone for a two 13 setup.
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
you have ALB and Goodhue in the side, but play them round the wrong way...
Congrats to Clarke on his first start and Hodgman for his potential debut!
At least they are both there!
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@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Kirwan said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
So that shows he was going to pick Bridge too, until he got injured.
Not sure you can conclude that.
He made no changes that weren't forced by injury, has kept everything else the same. Think it's pretty clear he would have left Clarke on the bench like Sotutu.
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Uninspiring selections. Same loosies that were underwhelming last week, when will we learn that playing two opensides doesn't work. Jordie is not fast enough to play wing. If you are not going to pick him at fullback, then he shouldn't be starting. Struggling to understand what DMac has done this season to warrant a spot over Jordan.
