Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October
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@Kirwan said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Right, take a bow Plums! The forwards should be the MOTM. Pat T and Ofa proved me wrong, great games.
Not ready to acknowledge Foster just yet...
Two points, Sototu just showed the benefits of having a real No.8 on the field and ALB should be the first name on the team list after Cane.
Ref awful! The no arms shot to Canes head was just pitiful.ALB has centre sown up, will force Reiko to 14 which will improve the backline even more.
Yep. Thought Goodhue also went well tonight - pressured the Wobblies 10/12 channel and some nice attacking touches.
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@Kruse said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@JC said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Haha Nick Smith squaring off to Ofa
Yeah, what's his problem? He's been taking halfback-ing to a completely new chip-on-shoulder-mouthy-little-fluffybunny level this entire series.
Is he (and I know @Donsteppa meant White) the most annoying yappy little punchable halfback ever?
Let me rephrase that: is he the most halfback ever?
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@Siam said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Ok, so usually we go off the boil from here. Aus grit makes a bit of a stalemate before we stroll over the line good with a couple of late tries but a little underwhelming second half.
Can Fozzies team get another 4 tries and keep the foot on?
That'd be something of an improvement
Nostradamus?
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My only issue with goodhue is the ball just doesn’t make it out through the backline, he almost always hits it up himself
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@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
My only issue with goodhue is the ball just doesn’t make it out through the backline, he almost always hits it up himself
Probably a tactic.
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@junior said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@Jailbreak7 said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
TJ might bring some energy
Probably the worst take of the match thread
This!
TJ was awful.
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@Anonymous said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Shoulder to the head... red card?
@sparky said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Has to be a red card.
Not enough replays on the big screen
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@MrDenmore said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
All Blacks seriously need some succession planning at halfback. The gap between Aaron Smith and the rest is that big.
More succession planning needed at Hooker too.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@Anonymous said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Shoulder to the head... red card?
Cane ducked his head into that right at the tackle. Nothing the tackler could do there. Just an unlucky collision
"Direct contact to the head". Not much mitigation IMO
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Check the grounding
😎
Didn't learn much ...
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Jordan needs to start next game. Jordie really was average today and is lucky that opportunist try will convince most he is an adequate test winger (he had the angle and was nearly caught by the aussie winger who had to cover a much larger distance, i believe nearly all of our backs would have scored in that position.)
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@ACT-Crusader said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Silly kick by Jordie. You had numbers to keep ball on hand and build.
A couple of kicks immediately after turnovers (we seemed to do a bit of that) had Mrs Boo climbing the walls. Was funny
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For us I particularly liked Coles (attitude, speed, etc.), Cane (everything), Smith (hardly put a foot wrong other than lead up to Oz try), Ritchie, and ALB (apart from foot in touch!). Thought Scooter was good off bench, but Hodgman under the pump from Tupou. TJP non passing game really stunted ABs tonight. Not his sort of game. Roane certainly brought X-factor.
For Oz Slipper excellent in scrum and plenty of great tackling. Paenga-Amosa good in tight. Liked look of Simone and Petaia very dangerous. Tupou monstered Hodgman in at least one scrum.
Lolesio too green to be critical, but Rennie needs some gold at 10. Simmons depowers OZ forwards - @NTA isn't there ANYONE else?
Overall ABs just too sharp in first 40 and won easing down. -
@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@pakman when we have guys like Clarke and bb outside him...I’d like to see him pass
That's logical, but I think the thinking is miss pass from RM straight to ALB.
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@Kirwan said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
@Anonymous said in Bledisloe Three: Sydney, 31 October:
Is that a red for Frizell?
Same thing that happened to Cane IMO
No. I reckon Frizell's was incidental. Wilson's was more reckless.
