Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18
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@Bovidae Nah. He is coming back from injury and I want to see what Tupou Vaa’i can do. I thought he was not bad last week. We know what Barret can do. Injuries might be the only way Fozzie gets to the correct combinations. He safe selection policy will come to bite him in the ass even if we do win. The NZRFU screwed up with his hiring.
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@broughie is less of a risk starting Barrett and managing his minutes coming back, as opposed to Pat T or Vai going down early then he has to play 70...
BUt I expect if he is not up to 80, he owuldnt be there
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@taniwharugby Less of a risk? Are you Fozzie in deguise? God I wish he would take a punt.
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@Duluth said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
I'll mention a positive
Great to see Hodgman get a bench spot. He's been on a steady improvement for a few years now. A well earned debut
Plenty of other spots to disagree with.. in particular Sotutu should've got a start
That may still happen if Ardie's baby pops out.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Kirwan said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
Best ten at 15, best fullback at 14, centres around the wrong way, second best 7 playing at eight where he's behind multiple players in that position, our depth being tested at lock, a player that may not be up to it at six and they drop Reiko who looks like he was in good form. At the very least play him on the wing.
So many problems.
I think it’s still very much up for debate whether Jordie is the best fullback at test level.
I’d say our best fullback and 10 is at fullback.
I don’t think many would have him in our 2 best wingers either
I think I would go beaudy 10 , Caleb 11, Jordan 14, Jordie 15, Richie 23
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@Crucial said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Duluth said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
I'll mention a positive
Great to see Hodgman get a bench spot. He's been on a steady improvement for a few years now. A well earned debut
Plenty of other spots to disagree with.. in particular Sotutu should've got a start
That may still happen if Ardie's baby pops out.
Does Akira come on the bench then? Papalii?You'd assume Papali'i otherwise there is no real 7 cover?
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I say this knowing full well we will probably get blown off the park but.... that Wallabies pack looks better than the ABs. Particularly the tight 5.
Hanigan is a big ol' head scratcher though, particularly as Samu went pretty well last match. Guess we'll have to wait and see if Rennie is a genius or a madman.
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@Bovidae hopefully back on his home turf will lift him too!
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@broughie said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Duluth Whoever comes in we need to see more dominance in the loosies and forwards as a whole. The lightweight Savea is not the man.
Neither is Frizell imo, but hope he proves me wrong.
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Bovidae hopefully back on his home turf will lift him too!
And Beaudy
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Bovidae hopefully back on his home turf will lift him too!
Hopefully they all got a rocket during the week
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@taniwharugby said in Bledisloe Two: Auckland, October 18:
@Bovidae hopefully back on his home turf will lift him too!
The LAST home test of the year for all the players so they shouldn't be lacking any motivation.
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Alright so for the Wallabies:
Fainga'a dropped altogether for lineout which is fair enough I suppose.
Samu dropped because breakdown work wasn't accurate, so fair enough I suppose. Replacing him with Hanigan helps the lineout options so... jeez I dunno. We'd better seriously dominate the AB lineout with him there, because TBH hasn't shown enough physicality for this level of rugby.The modifications to the bench are mostly alright - Noah Lolesio wasn't ever going to get on in Wellington and will be saved for someone like Argentina. Petaia can come off the bench later and see if his prodigious talent can survive the first run/tackle.
Wright off the bench should be a revelation. The kid can play and will help enormously against Sam Cane in the last 20.
I'm sort of in shock at the unchanged backline tho. Been a while since the Wallabies did that, but it is deserved.
