All Blacks MOTM v Tonga
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@kirwan said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
@crucial said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
4 of Jordan’s 5 could have been strolled in by anyone (well nearly anyone)
I still can’t make out if this guy scores easily or is the luckiest rugby player ever.He’s one of those “lucky” players, makes it look easy. Reminds me of Cullen.
Nah Cully would step, swerve, push, go around and through to score. I swear that most of Jordan’s tries are jog ins.
That’s a skill in itself and it’s his job. He’s obviously got skill and acceleration to. There’s just something that makes me feel he rides a lot of coat tails and lucky breaks. -
@blackeyeagain said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
Couldn't resist and voted G. Bridge - sorry as you were 😉
Ouch. Pity votes show how badly he played.
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@crucial said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
@kirwan said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
@crucial said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
4 of Jordan’s 5 could have been strolled in by anyone (well nearly anyone)
I still can’t make out if this guy scores easily or is the luckiest rugby player ever.He’s one of those “lucky” players, makes it look easy. Reminds me of Cullen.
Nah Cully would step, swerve, push, go around and through to score. I swear that most of Jordan’s tries are jog ins.
That’s a skill in itself and it’s his job. He’s obviously got skill and acceleration to. There’s just something that makes me feel he rides a lot of coat tails and lucky breaks.I meant how Cullen looked like he wasn’t trying very hard, but was still scoring.
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@kirwan ha! No not a pity vote! A drinking vote or a stirring vote as I thought the comments at the end summed it up with how average he was but just how amazing he was in 2 commenters eyes
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@blackeyeagain said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
@kirwan ha! No not a pity vote! A drinking vote or a stirring vote as I thought the comments at the end summed it up with how average he was but just how amazing he was in 2 commenters eyes
Two commentators known for blowing cantab players.
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@stag On the Fern they love to hate Bridge. The Fern is like that group of boys at high school that pick one kid they like to bully. I think it all started when the ABs coaches gave the starts on the left wing to Bridge instead of Rieko in 2019, which angered some Rieko fans here, despite Bridge having a good season and Rieko playing below his usual level. Bridge playing for the most hated franchise doesn't help him, either. The Fern's pack mentality is a little pathetic, but it is what it is.
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@stargazer habullshit
It happened when a winger with the line at his mercy, cut straight into a defender and then tackled himself before he hit the defender.
And then his next masterclass was to get the ball in space and kick it dead, only to be beaten to the ball by the turning defender and another chaser anyway.
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@nepia said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
@machpants said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
@Duluth Brodie???? Cane Coles?
Sweet, helps my voting. Brodie, Weber, now who for third. Ah fuck, Bridge went to school in Hastings.
yeah, but Lindisfarne
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I went Will, Dalton and Cane Coles
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@stockcar86 Speaking of which, Dagg is terrible behind the camera. Sky really need to find some better ex-players if they want to use them in that role.
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@bones He didn't play well today, did he? But I did give him a vote because of the vitriol he churned up here today. Brilliant!
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@old-samurai-jack said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
@bones He didn't play well today, did he? But I did give him a vote because of the vitriol he churned up here today. Brilliant!
I hope you voted for Akira then who ran nearly as many metres as a winger but had apparently a low workrate until near the end..
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@old-samurai-jack said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
@bones He didn't play well today, did he? But I did give him a vote because of the vitriol he churned up here today. Brilliant!
Played like a guy returning to rugby after a couple of years out. Warmed up a bit in the second half, but that first half was everything you don't wanna see from an AB winger.
If Clarke or Ioane played the same game I'm sure SG and stag would agree.
He's a bit Collins isn't he?
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@nostrildamus I did but I genuinely thought he imposed himself physically and had a big influence on the game both defensively and on attack.
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@old-samurai-jack yes I'm not saying he was the best on the park but I thought he did well at key times.
I thought one of the AB locks was a bit quiet but I may have missed him in the tight (as far as that went)... -
@stargazer said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
@stag On the Fern they love to hate Bridge. The Fern is like that group of boys at high school that pick one kid they like to bully. I think it all started when the ABs coaches gave the starts on the left wing to Bridge instead of Rieko in 2019, which angered some Rieko fans here, despite Bridge having a good season and Rieko playing below his usual level. Bridge playing for the most hated franchise doesn't help him, either. The Fern's pack mentality is a little pathetic, but it is what it is.
Have you watched the game yet?
I was completely neutral on Bridge, but in this game... he was noticably tripe, in a flat-track bully game.
That said - I gave him me one and only vote in this poll, as he was the one interesting factor in it. For the above reasons.Edit: and the claim that it's only Reiko fan-bois who are leading this alleged "crusade" against Bridge is laughable. I think Reiko is a tool. But I really would have like to have seen Reiko & Bridge swap positions after Bridge's 3rd or 4th pathetic attempt at finishing a left-winger's job, just to see some tries being scored on that side of the park. Sorry... that "edge" of the park.
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@stargazer said in All Blacks MOTM v Tonga:
@stag On the Fern they love to hate Bridge. The Fern is like that group of boys at high school that pick one kid they like to bully. I think it all started when the ABs coaches gave the starts on the left wing to Bridge instead of Rieko in 2019, which angered some Rieko fans here, despite Bridge having a good season and Rieko playing below his usual level. Bridge playing for the most hated franchise doesn't help him, either. The Fern's pack mentality is a little pathetic, but it is what it is.
Here you go then. Reiko was shit at his job and deserved to be dropped. Bridge came in, scored some run ins and that's all I've seen him do, ever. He's a good player but he's not got the full toolbox.
That's not based on others comments. That's all me baby.
